Memories/What a Ride!

(1) I wanted to remember this extraordinary day forever. (2) I was actually at Disney World for the first time, but we forget our camera. (3) Suddenly I saw a flashing neon signe for a gift shop. (4) It was my lucky day. (5) Mom darted into the store and was buying a Canon PowerShot. (6) “Quick, Mom, please take pictures of me with some of the Disney characters. (7) I see them standing over there. (8) “Hurry!” (9) Luckily my mom made the purchase and snapped the shots. (10) Click, click, click. (11) Now I can see the trip every day as I admire photographs of me on Mickey’s knee.

What change if any should be made to sentence 2?

• A. Change was to were

• B. Change was to will be

• C. Change forget to forgot

• D. Make no change

(1) I wanted to remember this extraordinary day forever. (2) I was actually at Disney World for the first time, but we forget our camera. (3) Suddenly I saw a flashing neon signe for a gift shop. (4) It was my lucky day. (5) Mom darted into the store and was buying a Canon PowerShot. (6) “Quick, Mom, please take pictures of me with some of the Disney characters. (7) I see them standing over there. (8) “Hurry!” (9) Luckily my mom made the purchase and snapped the shots. (10) Click, click, click. (11) Now I can see the trip every day as I admire photographs of me on Mickey’s knee.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

• A. Change signe to sign

• B. Change Suddenly to suddenly

• C. Change neon to neeon

• D. Make no change

(1) I wanted to remember this extraordinary day forever. (2) I was actually at Disney World for the first time, but we forgot our camera. (3) Suddenly I saw a flashing neon signe for a gift shop. (4) It was my lucky day. (5) Mom darted into the store and was buying a Canon PowerShot. (6) “Quick, Mom, please take pictures of me with some of the Disney characters. (7) I see them standing over there. (8) “Hurry!” (9) Luckily my mom made the purchase and snapped the shots. (10) Click, click, click. (11) Now I can see the trip every day as I admire photographs of me on Mickey’s knee.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

• A. Change darted to had dart

• B. Change was buying to bought

• C. Change was buying to had bought

• D. Make no change

(1) I wanted to remember this extraordinary day forever. (2) I was actually at Disney World for the first time, but we forgot our camera. (3) Suddenly I saw a flashing neon signe for a gift shop. (4) It was my lucky day. (5) Mom darted into the store and was buying a Canon PowerShot. (6) “Quick, Mom, please take pictures of me with some of the Disney characters. (7) I see them standing over there. (8) “Hurry!” (9) Luckily my mom made the purchase and snapped the shots. (10) Click, click, click. (11) Now I can see the trip every day as I admire photographs of me on Mickey’s knee.

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

• A. Change can see to seen

• B. Change can see to saw

• C. Change admire to admired

• D. Make no change

(1) I rode an enormous ferryboat for the first time in my life. (2) I was traveling from the parking lot to Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom. (3) After the captain launched the boat, I climbed to the second level. (4) I was surprised to learn that the gigantic ship taked six hundred people across the massive lake to the theme park. (5) Before long, my journey ended. (6) A worker connected the boat to a rail with a notted rope. (7) He does not want the vessel to drift away. (8) This new experience was truly magical.

1. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

• A. Change captain to captin

• B. Change climbed to climed

• C. Change launched to lawnched

• D. Make no change

(1) I rode an enormous ferryboat for the first time in my life. (2) I was traveling from the parking lot to Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom. (3) After the captain launched the boat, I climbed to the second level. (4) I was surprised to learn that the gigantic ship taked six hundred people across the massive lake to the theme park. (5) Before long, my journey ended. (6) A worker connected the boat to a rail with a notted rope. (7) He does not want the vessel to drift away. (8) This new experience was truly magical.

2. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?

• A. Change was to would have been

• B. Change taked to could take

• C. Change taked to had taken

• D. Make no change

(1) I rode an enormous ferryboat for the first time in my life. (2) I was traveling from the parking lot to Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom. (3) After the captain launched the boat, I climbed to the second level. (4) I was surprised to learn that the gigantic ship taked six hundred people across the massive lake to the theme park. (5) Before long, my journey ended. (6) A worker connected the boat to a rail with a notted rope. (7) He does not want the vessel to drift away. (8) This new experience was truly magical.

3. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?

• A. Change rail to rale

• B. Change boat to bote

• C. Change notted to knotted

• D. Make no change

(1) I rode an enormous ferryboat for the first time in my life. (2) I was traveling from the parking lot to Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom. (3) After the captain launched the boat, I climbed to the second level. (4) I was surprised to learn that the gigantic ship taked six hundred people across the massive lake to the theme park. (5) Before long, my journey ended. (6) A worker connected the boat to a rail with a notted rope. (7) He does not want the vessel to drift away. (8) This new experience was truly magical.

4. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 7?

• A. Change drift to drifted

• B. Change does to did

• C. Change want to wanting

• D. Make no change