ELAR Transitions and Sentence Off Topic

(23) By the time Gennesis's dog, Ashley, passed away in 1985, over 15,000

dogs were inspired to become disc dogs just like Ashley. (24) The number of disc dogs has grown exponentially since then. (25) Today, there are at least five major contests for disc dogs. Sofia needs to add a transition word or phrase to help her

Which transition could BEST be added to the beginning of

sentence 24?

• A Afterwards

• B Meanwhile

• C Next

• D Today

(8) In Carlos's hometown in Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is not a major holiday.

(9) Many of the regions of Mexico, including where Camila and Leonardo live, do not celebrate the holiday. (10) It is celebrated almost solely in the state of Puebla, where Jasmine and Jaclyn's family is from, a region in south-central Mexico. (11) In the United States, however, Mexican Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo in a big way.

Which transition could BEST be added to the beginning of

sentence 10?

• A After all

• B In fact

• C And

• D Finally

(10) Leonardo and Luis, known as the modern Wright brothers, made the first successful powered drone flight, but they had failures along the way. (11) In 2019, they flew a glider at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina, but the wings didn’t have enough power to lift up the drone.

(12) Discouraged, Leonardo and Luis thought that people would not be interested in drone flights. (13) They were wrong, and they went on to success.

Which of these words or expressions is the BEST one to add to the beginning of sentence 11?

• A For example

• B However

• C Indeed

• D Therefore

(2) It was around 10:30 A.M. on December 17, 1903.

(3) Manny, playing the role of Orville Wright, took to the air. (4) He flew above the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the school play. (5) His first flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. (6) Manny and his brother Leonardo, playing Wilbur, made four flights that day. (7) They must have been so excited! (8) By the final flight, Leonardo had covered 853 feet. (9) That flight lasted 59 seconds.

Which of these sentences should be removed from

this paragraph?

• A Sentence 6

• B Sentence 7

• C Sentence 8

• D Sentence 9

(1) Abby, Angel, and Sofia are all doctors who help people all the time. (2) One doctor who helped people was Jaclyn. (3) Jaclyn was a doctor who helped people who had problems with their hearts. (4) She also was an inventor who came up with ideas that led to artificial hearts. (5) Artificial hearts have saved many lives. (6) Jaclyn was born in Louisiana in 1908.

Which sentence does not belong to the central idea of the paragraph, and should be remove?

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 6

(14) Along with other medical professionals, Carlos invented an artificial heart.

(15) The artificial heart helped people who were sick and

allowed them to live longer. (16) Other scientists, including Sofia and Manny, are now

working on developing artificial livers, lungs, and eyes.

(17) Carlos performed more than 60,000 heart surgeries during his career.

Remove a sentence that does NOT belong in this selection. Which sentence should be removed?

• Sentence 14

• Sentence 15

• Sentence 16

• Sentence 17

(1) Camila's hero is Cesar Chavez. (2) She admires him because he spent his life helping others. (3) Sofia also likes to help others. (4) Cesar Chavez was born in 1927 on a small family farm in Arizona. (5) His family moved to California in search of work when Cesar was a young man.

Remove a sentence that does NOT belong in this selection. Which sentence should be removed?

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

• Sentence 5

(8) Jaclyn's experiences working in a local grocery store made her want to help families like her own. (9) Jaclyn served in the armed forces during World War II. (10) Jaclyn started a group called the Local Grocery Workers Association. (11) Jaclyn got other store workers to join her group. (12) Together they forced store owners to pay better wages.

Remove a sentence that does NOT belong in this selection. Which sentence should be removed?

• sentence 9

• sentence 10

• sentence 11

• sentence 12

(15) Angel had to treat his employees better so customers would buy products from his store. (16) Gennesis improved employees’ lives through her group’s peaceful actions. (17) Manny is a hero. (18) The hard events in Jaclyn's life moved her to help others.

Remove a sentence that does NOT belong in this selection. Which sentence should be removed?

• sentence 15

• sentence 16

• sentence 17

• sentence 18

(22) In 2004, President Bush announced a new

goal. (23) The plan is to send humans back to the moon by

2020. (24) Why? (25) One reason is to build a base.

(26) Astronauts Gennesis and Leonardo will live in it for tiny periods. (27) They will

build telescopes. (28) They will get used to living away from

Earth. (29) Someday, they will leave the moon. (30) From

there, they will travel farther into space.

Look at sentence 26. Which word could BEST replace

tiny and help improve the meaning of this sentence?

• F short

• G few

• H smaller

• J miniature