Making Connections

When you fly a plane, controllers on the ground will let you know how to takeoff.

Which sentence comes next?

• Once your plane is in the air, a regional controller will begin guiding you in order to ensure you’re flying safe.

• Before that, a regional controller will begin guiding you in order to ensure that you’re flyng safe.

• With that in mind, a regional controller will begin guiding you in order to ensure that you’re flying safe.

• Over and above all else, a regional controller will begin guiding you in order to ensure that you’re flying safe.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Choose the correct sentence.

• Finally, I’m in middle school, which means that I have more homework then Megan does.
• Finally, I’m in middle school, which means that I have more homework than Megan does.
• Finally, I’m in middle school, yet I have more homework than Megan does.
• Finally, I’m in middle school, because I have more homework than Megan does.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Choose the correct sentence.

• The mother of one child with a severe peanut allergy puts her faith in detective dog Rock’O and his trainers.
• The mother of one child with a severe peanut allergy puts her faith in detective dog Rock’O and their trainers.
• The mother of one child with a severe peanut allergy puts their faith in detective dog Rock’O and her trainers.
• The mother of one child with a severe peanut allergy puts his faith in detective dog Rock’O and his trainers.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Choose the correct sentence.

• Animal shelter workers could tell that the female greyhound had been neglected. The day she arrived, caked in mud and terrified of you, was difficult.

• Animal shelter workers could tell that the female greyhound had been neglected. The day she arrived, caked in mud and terrified of them, was difficult.

• Animal shelter workers could tell that the female greyhound had been neglected. The day they arrived, caked in mud and terrified of you, was difficult.

• Animal shelter workers could tell that the female greyhound had been neglected. The day they arrived, caked in mud and terrified of them, was difficult.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Technology is helpful, but you can have too much of a good thing.

Which sentence comes next?

• Obviously, some researchers have suggested that relationships formed online are weaker than those formed in real-life.

• For example, some researchers have suggested that relationships formed online are weaker than those formed in real-life.

• However, some researchers have suggested that relationships formed online are weaker than those formed in real-life.

• In the end, some researchers have suggested that relationships formed online are weaker than those formed in real-life.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

By the age of 11, Bindi Irwin had starred in her own kid fitness video, her own television show, and a movie.

Which sentence comes next?

• Evidently, she continues her work at the Australia Zoo, but she’s also busy co-authoring a book series with her mother.

• Today, she continues her work at the Australia Zoo, but she’s also busy co-authoring a book series with her mother.

• As a result, she continues her work at the Australia Zoo, but she’s also busy co-authoring a book series with her mother.

• For example, she continues her work at the Australia Zoo, but she’s also busy co-authoring a book series with her mother.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Choose the correct sentence.

• That’s what I thought getting glasses would be like and was certain it would be the end of life as I knew it.
• That’s what I thought getting glasses would be like because I was certain it would be the end of life as I knew it.
• That’s what I thought getting glasses would be like unless I was certain it would be the end of life as I knew it.
• That’s what I thought getting glasses would be like and I was certain it would be the end of life as I knew it.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the correct sentence.

• Since her name was first given to her father’s favorite crocodile, it means “little girl” in a native Australian language.
• After her name was first given to her father’s favorite crocodile, it means “little girl” in a native Australian language.
• While her name was first given to her father’s favorite crocodile, it means “little girl” in a native Australian language.
• Her name was first given to her father’s favorite crocodile, though it means “little girl” in a native Australian language.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Choose the correct sentence.

• There she helped care for several animals and a giant Galápagos land tortoise.
• There she helped care for several animals or Harriet, a giant Galápagos land tortoise.
• There she helped care for several animals, including Harriet, a giant Galápagos land tortoise.
• There she helped care for several animals, although one was Harriet, a giant Galápagos land tortoise.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A