Set 2

(2) How exactly did Chef Luciano toss the pizza dough; to flatten it and make a perfect circle? What change should be made in sentence 2?

• Change Chef Luciano to chef Luciano

• Change toss to tosses

• Delete the semicolon after dough

• Insert a comma after it

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?

• Change Otherwise to Unfortunately

• Change didn’t realize to doesn’t realize

• Change difficult to dificult

• No change is needed.

What change should be made in sentence 8? (8) “How about going to Tony’s pizzeria tonight?” suggested Mikayla’s dad with a grin.

• Delete the quotation marks

• Change going to having gone

• Change Tony’s pizzeria to Tony’s Pizzeria

• Change with a grin to over a grin

What change should be made in sentence 2? (2) Where else would we have the opportunity to meet an astronaut or touch a rock from the moon.

• Change opportunity to opportunity

• Change touch to touching

• Change moon to Moon

• Change the period to a question mark

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5? (5) We have talked about spending their vacation at an amusement park.

• Change have talked to has talked

• Change their to our

• Insert a comma after vacation

• No change is needed.

What change should be made in sentence 8? (8) Check out the website for more information about this popular tourist distination and to read the latest news on space exploration.

• Change website to Website

• Change tourist to tourist’s

• Change distination to destination

• Change read to have read

Which sentence should replace sentence 5 to provide a more effective claim at the end of the introductory paragraph?

• Learning and practicing self-defense can help improve your physical fitness, mental focus, self-discipline, and social skills.

• You might find that learning and practicing self-defense is more fun and rewarding than spending time using electronic devices.

• Health experts would probably agree that learning and practicing self-defense is a great way to get in shape and learn new skills.

• When you are learning and practicing self-defense, an hour a day does not seem like a lot of time to spend exercising.

Rose wants to add another detail to help support the ideas in the second paragraph (sentences 6–11). Which sentence should replace sentence 10 to accomplish this goal? (6) I know from experience that studying martial arts can help you improve your physical fitness. (7) I began taking karate at age seven when my parents insisted I get off the couch and “do something.” (8) At first it was difficult for me to complete the kicking, punching, and blocking drills in karate. (9) I practiced every week to get my heart pumping and at striking foam pads with my hands to help improve my technique. (10) My dedication paid off, and I eventually worked my way up to the rank of brown belt. (11) I love feeling healthier and knowing that I can defend myself if necessary.

• There were very few kids my age who attend karate daily.

• My parents were happy that I made so many friends in karate class.

• I did not realize kids my age could earn such high ranks in a martial-arts class.

• I have become stronger, faster, and better coordinated than I was when I first started

Which transition is the BEST transition to add at the beginning of sentence 16? (15) Developing strong mental focus helps participants respond to an instructor’s commands and helps participants sense when to adjust their form. (16) Instructors teach students how to focus their energy so they can kick and punch with more power and accuracy.

• Additionally

• As a result

• Later

• In other words

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 18 to make the meaning more clear? (18) In martial arts, they become better at self-discipline the longer people train.

• The people that become better at self-discipline, they train in martial arts longer.

• The people that train in martial arts become better at self-discipline longer.

• The longer people train, they become better at self-discipline in martial arts.

• The longer people train in martial arts, the better they become at self-discipline.