benchmark questions

How should the sentence be changed: If we were to set up a colony on Mars, missions to bring additional people and supply’s would take just as long.

• Change were to was

• Change the comma to a semicolon

• Insert a comma after people

• Change supply’s to supplies

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change needs to be made in the following sentence: Although the idea is certainly intriguing a human colony on Mars is not something the United States should pursue at this time

• Change Although the idea to The idea

• Insert a comma after intriguing

• Change something to nothing

• No change needs to be made.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

How should the sentence be changed: Consider, though, that cafés such as Meow parlour in Manhattan took reservations a month in advance to deal with the large number of people who wanted to visit.

• Change parlour to Parlour

• Change advance to advanced

• Change large to larger

• The sentence does not need to be changed.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What change should be made in the sentence: Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium in London started a reservation system because “20,000 people wanted to come into a 30-seat café all at the same time, says the founder, Lauren Pears.

• Insert a comma after London

• Change started to start

• Insert quotation marks before says

• Change founder to Founder

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

How should the sentence be changed: However, some researchers at the Massachusetts institute of technology disagree.

• Change researchers to researcher’s

• Change institute of technology to Institute of Technology

• Change disagree to disagreeing

• The sentence does not need to be changed.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What change needs to be made in the sentence: Some say the cost of establishing a colony there could be in the six-billion-dollar range, with an additional four billion dollars needed for each subsaquent mission; NASA estimates the cost to be closer to $100 billion.

• Change say to said

• Change there to they’re

• Delete with

• Change subsaquent to subsequent

What is the correct way to write the sentence: Chris Hadfield is a retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut, he also says there are problems with our current technology.

• Chris Hadfield, a retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut, also says there are problems with our current technology.

• Chris Hadfield, a retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut, also saying there are problems with our current technology.

• Chris Hadfield is a retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut. Who also says there are problems with our current technology.

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Which is not a dead giveaway?

• repetition

• vague

• figurative language

• throwaway writing

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

This is an example of which dead giveaway: I'm going to tell you about...

• vague

• throwaway writing

• repetition

• weird order of words

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

How many examples do I need in my essay

• none

• As many as I want

• 1

• 2