GRAMMAR PRACTICE 3

FRAGMENTS & RUN-ONS

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) living along the West Coast of North America,

  they help

• C) that live along the West Coast of North America

  and help to

• D) that live along the West Coast of North America,

  where they help

DATA INTERPRETATION

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) even two years or less of sea otter presence can

  reduce the sea urchin threat

• C) kelp density increases proportionally as sea

  urchin density increases

• D) even after sea otters were present for ten years or

  more, kelp density was still lower than sea urchin

  density

TRANSITION PURPOSE

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) however,

• C) hence,

• D) likewise,

MAINTAINING FOCUS & DETERMINING PURPOSE

• A) Yes, because it establishes the relationship

  between the level of carbon dioxide in the

  atmosphere and global warming.

• B) Yes, because it explains the key role sea otters,

  sea urchins, and kelp forests play in combating

  global warming.

• C) No, because it contradicts the claim made in the

  previous paragraph that sea otters help keep kelp

  forests healthy.

• D) No, because it mentions the Industrial

  Revolution, blurring the focus of the paragraph.

ESSENTIAL RELATIVE CLAUSE

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) suggests—that

• C) suggests, “that

• D) suggests that

TONE

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) dispatch

• C) overindulge on

• D) dispose of

PRONOUN/ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) they’re

• C) its

• D) it’s

VAGUE PRONOUN PRESENTATION

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) how large a role that it played

• C) how large a role sea otters played

• D) that they played such a large role

LOGICAL FLOW OF IDEAS

• A) After sentence 1

• B) After sentence 3

• C) After sentence 4

• D) After sentence 5

CONCISION & TONE

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) increasing the otter population

• C) the otters multiplying

• D) having more otters than other locations