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#15. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

• A. Change Organization to organization

• B. Change the colon to a comma

• C. Change species to species’

• D. No change is needed in sentence 1.

Answer explanation

Gander Tip

B is the correct answer. A comma is the correct punctuation to use in this sentence because it begins with an introductory phrase. The job of the comma in this sentence is to separate the dependent clause from the independent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

#16. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?

• F. Delete since

• G. Change accustomed to acustomed

• H. Change to trying to to try

• J. No change is needed in this sentence.

Answer explanation

Gander Tip

H is the correct answer. This is verb form. The phrase "to trying" is not the correct verb form to use in this sentence. The correct verb for is "to try". Changing “to trying” to “to try” corrects a verb-form error in sentence 11.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

#17. What change should be made in sentence 14?

• A. Change Doing to When we do

• B. Delete the comma after though

• C. Change preferances to preferences

• D. Change simply to simple

Answer explanation

Gander Tip

C is the correct answer. This is all about spelling.

Use the dictionary.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

#18. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?

• F. Change whose to who’s

• G. Change brought to bringing

• H. Delete the comma after try

• J. No change is needed in sentence 18.

Answer explanation

Gander Tip

F is the correct answer. This is about correct word usage. For this sentence we need to use the contraction who's which means who is. Changing “whose” to “who’s” corrects a usage error in the sentence. The possessive form of who, whose, is not needed in this sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

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