Grammar 2013 Part 2

Malcolm wants to use a more accurate word than living in sentence 3. Which of the following could BEST replace this word?

(1) A bookmobile is a mobile library usually found in a vehicle such as a van or a truck. (2) Bookmobiles travel around, offering books to people who live far away from public libraries.

(3) Bookmobiles have been living in the United States for more than 100 years.

• showing

• coming

• offering

• operating

Malcolm wants to improve the topic sentence he has written at the end of the second paragraph (sentences 4–7).

Which of the following could BEST replace sentence 7?

(4) There’s a bookmobile in Colombia, too, but it’s a little different. (5) In this South American country, a van isn’t used to bring books to people. (6) Two donkeys are used instead.

(7) The biblioburro is what it is.

• The biblioburro is that.

• This unique bookmobile is called the biblioburro.

• The donkeys are in the biblioburro.

• It is a biblioburro bookmobile with donkeys and books, too.

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 12?

(11) Soriano and his donkeys travel to small villages and rural areas where many children have no books. (12) The excited children wait excitedly for Soriano to come. (13) They know that he will read stories to them when he arrives. (14) After that, he will let each child borrow a book.

• The children wait excitedly for Soriano to come.

• The children wait excitedly. For Soriano to come.

• The children are excited, they wait excitedly for Soriano to come.

• The children who are excited wait excitedly for Soriano to come.

Malcolm wants to add another detail to the fifth paragraph (sentences 18–20). Which sentence belongs in this paragraph and could BEST follow sentence 20?

(18) One day Soriano wrote to a Colombian author, asking for a copy of one of his books. (19) When the author found out about Soriano’s work, he told others. (20) Soon many people began donating books for the biblioburro.

• There were so many people donating books in no time.

• Now Soriano’s mobile library includes more than 4,800 books.

• People can be so thoughtful and nice.

• Soriano loves his home country of Colombia.

How should sentence 3 be changed?

(1) I haven’t always been a great baseball player. (2) In fact, I used to be the worst player on my team. (3) I was so bad that I figured the Coach wouldn’t care if I got bored at practice and lay down in the outfield.

• Change Coach to coach

• Change bored to borred

• Insert a comma after practice

• Sentence 3 should not be changed.

What change needs to be made in sentence 9?

(8) It was a soft Wilson glove, and I was very proud of it. (9) I was sure

that with a little more practice, I would be catching and throwing

just as good as Stan does.

• Change little to littel

• Change the comma to a period

• Insert a comma after catching

• Change good to well

What is the correct way to write sentence 13?

(12) The glove just didn’t feel right. (13) I wanted to take it off, my dad kept telling me that I would get used to it. (14) This went on for months.

• I wanted to take it off my dad. Who kept telling me that I would get used to it.

• I wanted to take it off, and my dad kept telling me. That I would get used to it.

• I wanted to take it off, but my dad kept telling me that I would get used to it.

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 18?

(17) Then one day everything changed. (18) It was time for me to move from T-ball to baseball, and my dad desided that I needed a new glove. (19) We went to the store, and I started trying on gloves.

• Change It was to It is

• Delete and

• Change desided to decided

• Sentence 18 does not need to be changed.