TSI Practice Test Revising and Editing

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What is the best phrase to insert at the beginning of the sentence: "Japanese researchers are much more familiar with it and have spent decades studying its potential uses."? Options: "As a result,", "Ironically,", "However,", "In addition,"

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As a result,

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Front

In context, which sentence would best be inserted between sentences 9 and 10? Options:

New research shows that seaweed may also possess the power to repair tissue damage in heart attack patients.

,

Planting a large-scale seaweed farm will likely meet with stiff opposition.

,

Maine Seaweed Co., for instance, harvests the seaweed naturally available along the U.S. coast.

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Some say that seaweed-based fuel may one day be competitive with petroleum.

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Maine Seaweed Co., for instance, harvests the seaweed naturally available along the U.S. coast.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Front

Best way to revise and combine: "Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car. It is more than just an ingredient in a purifying face mask or a sushi roll."

Back

Seaweed is more than just an ingredient in a purifying face mask or a sushi roll; seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Front

In context, which is the best revision to sentence 13? "They say that the seaweed-based fuel would work better in automobiles than ethanol and be easier to transport." Options: Replace "They say" with "Advocates contend."; Replace "would work" with "would be."; Delete "and be easier to transport."; Insert "their" before "automobiles."

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Replace "They say" with "Advocates contend."

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Front

Where would the sentence "There are a number of possible reasons for this." best be placed? Options: After sentence 2, After sentence 4, After sentence 6, After sentence 9.

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After sentence 4

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Front

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence: It is important to learn how to swim, even if one is afraid; the skill will invariably prove useful later in your life. Options:

one is

,

you are

,

everyone is

,

they are

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you are

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Front

To create a new piñata, ...

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Carmen constructed a papier-mâché figure

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Front

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence: Horror films that keep viewers in a state of endless fright and which draw record-breaking crowds.

Back

that keep viewers in a state of endless fright draw

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Front

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence: According to explorers, a "Lost Falls" resembling New York's Niagara Falls have been found in Tsangpo River Gorge in the Himalaya Mountains. Options: have been found, has been found, having been found, being found.

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has been found

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Front

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence: The idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice is one of the oldest and most well-known weather-related myths; in fact, lightning strikes the Empire State Building in New York City about 100 times per year. Options: in fact, therefore, moreover, in contrast.

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in fact

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E