TSI Writing Preparation #1

On the wall hangs the pictures of everyone who has lived in the house since it was built, whether family or not.

• hangs

• is hanging

• was hanging

• hang

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Heart attack, cancer, and stroke, in that order, is the leading cause of death in the United States, with chronic lung disease and accidents in the fourth and fifth positions.

• is the leading cause

• are the leading cause

• are the leading causes

• is the leading cause

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Principal Taylor explained that there is going to be some changes made in the school code that will have an immediate effect on both teachers and students.

• Principal Taylor explained that there is going to be some changes made in the school code

• Principal Taylor explained that there are going to be some changes made in the school code

• Principal Taylor explained that there's going to be some changes made in the school

• Principal Taylor explained that there's some changes that are going to be made in the school

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

According to legend, somewhere on the island are buried the remains of the notorious pirate along with a chestful of gold and jewels.

• are buried

• is buried

• buried

• was buried

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

French Impressionism had a definitive and extended effect on American painting in the decades around the beginning of the twentieth century; this effect i clearly seen in the works of Americans such as Edward Willis Redfield, John Singer Sargent, and Cecilia Beaux.

• this effect is clearly seen in the works of Americans such as

• it is clearly seen in the works of Americans such as

• as is clearly seen in the works of such Americans as

• clearly seen in the works of such Americans as

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CCSS.L.3.1A

The actual votes cast by incumbents can provide voters with a more accurate picture of their attitudes than the speeches they make while campaigning for reelection.

• their attitudes than the speeches they make

• the attitudes of incumbents than the speeches they make

• the attitudes of incumbents than do the speeches they make

• the attitudes of incumbents than do the speeches

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Although today it is cost-effective to make perfumes with synthetic ingredients, they used to make the classic fragrances from flowers only and other natural essences.

• they used to make the classic fragrances from flowers only

• the classic fragrances used to be made from only flowers

• the classic fragrances used to be made by them only from flowers

• the classic fragrances used to be made from flowers only

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The fictional ship on the television comedy Gilligan's Island was named the Minnow after the head of the Federal communications Commission Newton Minow who, in 1961, called it a "vast wasteland."

• called it

• calling it

• called television

• called them

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

Ballet dancers warm up before each performance by doing a series of pliės and stretching exercises, and it reduces the chance of injury.

• exercises, and it reduces

• exercises, reducing

• exercises; the routine reduces

• exercises, so it reduces

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Last week's snowstorm pushed the season's total over the eight-foot mark, breaking a record that stood for nearly 40 years.

Rewrite, beginning with

Breaking a record that stood for nearly 40 years...

• pushing the season's total

• last week's snowstorm pushed the season's total

• last week's snowstorm, pushing

• that last week's snowstorm would push the season's total

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C