Writing CA5 Review

Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.

• Change knew to new.

• Change theirselves to themselves.

• Change thrown to threw.

• No change is needed.

Natalies' flower was the most beautiful I had ever seen.

• Change most beautiful to more beautiful.

• Change flower to flour.

• ^{Change Natalies' to Natalies's}

• No change is needed

Quickly I headed for the kitchen. Mom was making my favorite dinner in the kitchen.

• Quickly I headed for the kitchen, Mom was making my favorite dinner.

• I headed quickly to the kitchen and Mom was making my favorite dinner.

• I headed quickly to the kitchen because Mom was making my favorite dinner.

• Quickly I headed to the kitchen, then Mom was making my favorite dinner.

At Mariah's school, there are several book's written in Spanish.

• Change book's to books

• Change Spanish to spanish

• Change Mariah's to Mariahs'

• The sentence is correct

Delhi, in India, has a percolation of over 25,000,000.

The word percolation is not the correct word for the sentence. Which word should be used?

• puncuation

• habitation

• population

• plurality

"I keeped the popcorn from the movie theatre to eat later. "

What change should be made in the sentence?

• Change popcorn to pop corn

• Change eat to eating

• Change keeped to kept

• No change should be made

"Suddenly, he hered the door to his room open."

What change should be made in the sentence?

• Remove the comma

• Change his to he's

• Change hered to heard

• No change should be made

"What could be a most perfect gift?"

How should the sentence be changed?

• Change most perfect to perfecter.

• Change the question mark to a period.

• Change most perfect to more perfect

• The sentence should not be changed

Read the paragraph. Then, add the better concluding sentence.

Some animals have good reasons for staying awake at night and sleeping during the day. Animals who are most awake at night are nocturnal. This may sound tiring, but being nocturanal can actually be helpful in many ways. For example, it's a good way to avoid predators that hunt only during the day. Also, nocturnal animals can use the dark of night to sneak up on their prey. Finally, temperatures are cooler at night. So, animals that live in hot climates, like deserts, are usually nocturnal. This way they can move around without overheating.

• Some animals are nocturnal because this helps them avoid their predators.

• There are many ways in which being nocturnal makes sense for certain animals.

Read the paragraph. Then, add the topic sentence.

In the 1800s there were few places where young African American nurses and doctors could study medicine. To help solve this problem, Williams opened a new hospital in chicago, Illinois, in 1891. It was the first training hospital for African American nurses and doctors. He later went on to work at a hospital in Washington, D.C. While there, he hired African American doctors and nurses to work with him.

• Daniel Hale Williams helped African Americans become doctors and nurses.

• Daniel Hale Williams invented a new way to fix a patient's heart.