"Hold Bike Riders Accountable"

What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 19? (9Dv)

• Change collisions to colisions

• Change Daily Chronicle to daily Chronicle

• Remove the comma after collisions

• No change needs to be made.

Part A

What is the connotation and meaning of the term carte blanche in sentence 4? (2C)

• Bike riders seem to think they have free reign of the road.

• Bike riders can be dangerous.

• Bike riders do not care about other people on the road.

• Bike riders are treated like pedestrians.

Part B

Which words give you a clue to what carte blanche means? (2C)

• do not follow traffic regulations

• so many bike riders

• danger to pedestrians

• riding a bike is seen as a good thing

What is the best way for Ian to combine sentences 11-13 to improve the style? (9C)

• Recently, I was crossing Broad Street, which is a one-way street running north, and it was dusk.

• Recently, at dusk, I was crossing Broad Street, a one-way street running north.

• Recently, as I was crossing Broad Street that is a one-way street running north, it was dusk.

• At dusk recently I was crossing a one-way street running north that is called Broad Street.

Which is the best way to correct sentence 22? (9Di)

• Because we want to support, bike riding in cities and towns, Newspaper and Magazine articles have concentrated a lot on risks and cyclists and how to prevent them.

• Because, we want to support bike riding in cities and towns, newspaper and magazine articles, have concentrated a lot on risks to cycleists and how to prevent them.

• Because we want to support bike riding in cities and towns, newspaper and magazine articles have concentrated a lot on risks to cyclists and how to prevent them.

• Because we want to support bike riding in cities and towns, newspaper and magazine articles, have concentrated a lot on risks, to cyclists and how to prevent them.

Which details the best support the main message? Select two options. (7Di)

• In cities and towns, a major source of pollution and poor air quality is traffic congestion.

• Right now, riding a bike is seen as a good thing and people want to encourage it.

• Cyclists who break the law are hazards to pedestrians and can cause serious injuries.

• As a result, traffic police often turn a blind eye when a bike rider runs through a red light.

• One way to do this is to enforce traffic regulations for bikers as well as for car and truck drivers.

Which sentence should Ian add after sentence 5 to clarify the counterargument? (7Eii)

• People will say that they want to see more bike riders on the roads.

• "The laws aren't as important for them," people will say, "since, after all, cyclists are riding only bikes, not big cars or SUVs, and can't cause much damage."

• We all know that bike riding is good exercise and it cuts down on pollution.

• I agree that bike riding should be encouraged, and I ride my bike to school every day.

Read the sentence in the photo.

Where is the best place for Ian to add this sentence? (7Ei)

• Before sentence 22

• After sentence 22

• After sentence 23

• After sentence 24

According to the text, traffic police treat bike riders more like pedestrians. Read this sentence from the text that is written in passive voice.

Rewrite the sentence in active voice.