My Hero

Which is the correct way to combine sentences 1 and 2?

• Since I admire my grandfather, he is

  patient and he works hard.

• I admire my grandfather because he is

  patient and hard working.

• The person which I admire is my

  grandfather for he is patient and I know

  works hard.

• I admire my grandfather and he is

  patient and he works hard.

Which of the following items that combines sentences 4 and 5 is an example of a complex sentence?

• These include basics such as electricity and indoor plumbing, and they also

  include cars and farm machines.

• Including basics such as electricity and

  indoor plumbing, they also include cars

  and farm machines.

• These include basics such as electricity

  and indoor plumbing, which also

  includes cars and farm machines.

• These include basics such as electricity

  and indoor plumbing as well as cars and

  farm machines.

Which of these is the best way to combine sentences 6-8?

• Although my grandfather had little money or farm equipment, he persevered.

• My grandfather had little money and lacked farm equipment and

  he persevered.

• My grandfather had little money

  and lacked farm equipment while he persevered.

• My grandfather, who persevered, had little money and he lacked farm equipment.

Which of the following revisions of sentences 11-12 contains a dependent clause?

• Sometimes taking him thirty minutes or more to get the fire started when the wood, grass, or rice stalks were damp.

• Sometimes it took him thirty minutes or more because the wood, grass, or rice stalks were damp to get the fire started.

• Sometimes, it took him thirty minutes or more to get the fire started because the wood, grass, or rice stalks were damp.

• It sometimes took him thirty minutes or more to get the fire started, and the wood, grass, or rice stalks were often damp.

Which of these is the best way to combine sentences 13 and 14?

• He tended the fire slowly and carefully, which meant that we could have our bowl of hot rice when we got up in the morning.

• Slowly and carefully, he tended the fire and we could have our bowl of hot rice when we got up in the morning.

• When we got up in the morning, slowly and carefully he tended the fire, allowing us to have our bowl of hot rice when we got up in the morning.

• Slowly and carefully, he tended the fire so that we could have our bowl of hot rice when we got up in the morning.

Which is the best way to revise sentences 18-20 to create a compound-complex

sentence?

• Because we had no water indoors, my grandfather built a small bathroom outside, and he made it from wood and banana leaves.

• With no water indoors, my grandfather built a small bathroom outside from wood and banana leaves.

• Making it from wood and banana leaves, we had no water indoors, therefore grandfather built a small bathroom outside.

• We had no water indoors so from wood and banana leaves outside my grandfather built a small bathroom.

Tuyet wants to improve sentences 16-17 in the essay "My Hero" using a subordinating conjunction. Which of the following is the correct way to do this?

• All by himself my grandfather replaced broken pieces on the houses that were made of big stalks of bamboo.

• Since houses in Vietnam were made of big stalks of bamboo that often needed to be repaired, my grandfather replaced broken stalks of bamboo.

• Most houses in Vietnam were made of big stalks of bamboo that often needed to be repaired, and my grandfather replaced broken stalks of bamboo all by himself.

• Houses in Vietnam were made of big stalks of bamboo and often needed to be repaired. My grandfather replace broken stalks of bamboo all by himself.

Which of the following revisions of sentences 13-14 is an example of a complex sentence?

• When my grandfather tended the fire, we got up slowly and carefully, and then we had our hot bowl of rice.

• My grandfather tended the fire slowly and carefully, and we had our bowls of hot rice.

• So that we could have our bowl of hot rice when we got up in the morning, my grandfather tended the fire.

• My grandfather tended the fire slowly

  and carefully, and we got up, so we had

  our hot bowls of rice .

Which of the following revised sentences from "My Hero" is an example of a compound sentence?

• My grandfather took care of his five grandchildren and taught us to care for one another.

• After lighting the fire every morning, he placed a simple steel tripod called a "cieng" above the coals.

• We had no water indoors, so my grandfather built a small bathroom outside.

• To light the fire first thing in the

  mornings took a lot of patience.

Which piece of evidence best supports your answer to Part A?

• There are two complete sentences joined by "so."

• "To light the fire" is a dependent clause.

• Starting the sentence with "After"

  creates a compound sentence.

• Using the word "and" makes

  it compound.