A Summer Project and Fire Prevention Week

A Summer Project: What is the BEST way to combine sentence 2 and 3?

• Something has to change, although she says your room is a disaster

• Your room is a disaster she says something has to change.

• She says your room is a disaster, and something has to change.

• A disaster is your room so she says something has to change.

A Summer Project: Bonnie wants to add a sentence to the first paragraph (sentences 1-4). Which sentence could she add to clearly state the central idea of her paper?

• Your mother will be angry if you do not clean your room.

• Engineers are assigned to important projects.

• Your summer project has just been assigned to you.

• The business of cleaning can be completed any time of the year.

A Summer Project: Bonnie needs to add a transition word or phase to help readers move from sentence 6 to sentence 7. Which transition could BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 7?

• Today

• At the beginning

• Then

• The first step

A Summer Project: Which sentence in the third paragraph (sentences 11-14) does NOT provide a specific step in the process?

• Sentence 11

• Sentence 12

• Sentence 13

• Sentence 14

A Summer Project: Bonnie would like to add the following sentence to the fourth paragraph (sentences 15 - 20).

Separate the boxes of items you plan to keep and items you will donate.

Where is the BEST place to insert this sentence?

• Between sentences 16 and 17

• At the beginning of the paragraph

• Between Sentences 18 and 19

• At the end of the paragraph

A Summer Project: Bonnie wants to add a conclusion to her paper. Which of the following could BEST follow sentence 25 and close this paper?

• Maybe your mother will not be pleased with your summer project!

• You might wonder what project is in your future!

• Mother will remind you to keep your room organized during the summer!

• The disaster engineer has completed her summer project!

Fire Prevention Week: What change, if any, should be made in sentence 8?

• Change OR to NOR

• Change EITHER to NEITHER

• Change EITHER to BOTH

• Make no change

Fire Prevention Week: What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?

• Change ARE to IS

• Change ARE to WAS

• Change ARE to WERE

• Make no change

Fire Prevention Week: What is the correct way to write sentence 16?

• Not only started by an overturned lamp and by matches, the fire was dreadful and deadly.

• Whether started by an overturned lamp or by matches, the fire was dreadful and deadly.

• The fire dreadful and deadly whether started by an overturned lamp and by matches.

• Sentence 16 is correct in the paper.

Fire Prevention Week: What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?

• Change OR to ALSO

• Change BOTH to EITHER

• Change OR to AND

• Make no change