8th Grade CBA #4

Using Jazlyn's passage:

What change should be made in sentence 2?

• Delete the comma after Dad

• Change its to it's

• Change since to between

• Change these the them

Using Jazlyn's passage:

What change should be made in sentence 6?

• Change toward to at

• Insert a comma after relatives

• Change greeted to greated

• Change warmly to warm

Looking at Gena's paragraph:

What is the correct way to write sentence 2?

• After becoming registered voters, many people have exercised their right to vote in every election

• Many people have exercised their right to vote. Voted in every election after becoming registered voters.

• After becoming registered voters. Many people have exercised their right to vote in every election.

• Many people have exercised their right to vote, voted in every election, becoming registered voters.

Looking at Gena's paragraph:

What change should be made in sentence 4?

• Insert a comma after Today

• Change published to had published

• Change with to about

• Change low to lower

Looking at Gena's paragraph:

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?

• Change This to These

• Change the comma to a semicolon

• Change shockingly to shocking

• No change is needed

Using the passage, "It Takes Science"

Greg would like to provide a more effective controlling idea for his paper. Which sentence should replace sentence 8 to effectively state the controlling idea of this paper?

• Quite a bit of knowledge is needed to figure out how the best roller coasters work.

• Hard work, science, and having lots of other skills are needed to design popular roller coasters.

• Roller coasters have to be fun, so the scientists who design and build them must know something about amusement parks.

• Designing an exciting roller-coaster ride involves imagination and creativity, but it also requires using science.

Using "It Takes Science"

Greg would like to use a more appropriate word in sentence 14. Which word should replace lower in this sentence?

• depart

• extend

• descend

• increase

Using "It Takes Science"

Which sentence in the third paragraph (sentences 16-23) is extraneous and should be deleted?

• Sentence 16

• Sentence 18

• Sentence 19

• Sentence 20

Using Jazlyn's Paragraph:

What change should be made in sentence 4?

• Delete the quotation marks before Your

• Change used to play to are playing

• Insert a comma after basketball

• Change them to him

Using "It Takes Science"

Greg would like to provide a more effective closing in the fourth paragraph (sentences 24-30). Which sentence should replace sentence 30 to accomplish this goal?

• Visitors to amusement parks should ride only steel roller coasters.

• Wooden roller coasters are fun to ride, but they need to have better features.

• Designers should stop making wooden roller coasters since riders dislike them.

• By using steel, designers can create rides full of drops, twists, and loops.