Bell Ringer #14

People were unprepared for the sinking of the Titanic simply because of believing that the ship was unsinkable.

• NO CHANGE

• of having a belief in the ship as unsinkable

• they believed that the ship was unsinkable

• they believed the unsinkable nature of the ship

When he returned to India after bleak and lonely years in an English public school, there was suddenly perceived by himself a strong desire to write about the people and land he loved.

• NO CHANGE

• he suddenly was perceived

• suddenly the feeling that came to him being

• he suddenly felt

The Portuguese musical tradition known as fado, or "fate," has been called the Portuguese blues because of their songs that bemoan someone's misfortune, especially the loss of romantic love.

• NO CHANGE

• of their songs bemoaning their

• its songs bemoan

• the songs that bemoaned

Knowing the roots of words that are hard to spell helps students to become a better speller.

• NO CHANGE

• is helpful to students who want to be better spellers

• helps students to become better spellers

• is helpful to students in becoming a better speller

Alone on the prairie, one often begins to feel that they have a special connection to the desolate landscape.

• NO CHANGE

• it has

• one has

• we have