Semester Exam Review

(31) Flour sacks were used to make clothes, a broken door became a new table, and scraps from old clothing was fashioned into beautiful quilts.

What change needs to be made to sentence 31?

• Change broken to broke

• Change became to becomes

• Change was fashioned to were fashioned

• No change needed.

(1)Bella hoped Jesse would except her invitation to her birthday party.  (2) Of all the new people in her new academy, Bella most wanted Jesse to like her.

How should sentence 1 be changed?

• Change hoped to hopped

• Change except to accept

• Change invitation to invitashun

• No change needs to be made

(2) Dentists say that consistent brushing can significantly cut back the chances of cavities. (3) Because it removes plaque from your teeth and gums.

What is the correct way to rewrite sentences 2 and 3?

• Dentists say that consistent brushing can significantly cut back on the chances of cavities, because it removes plaque from your teeth and gums.

• Dentists say that consistent brushing can significantly cut back on the chances of cavities because it removes plaque from your teeth and gums.

• Because it removes plaque from your teeth and gums dentists say that consistent brushing can significantly cut back on the chances of cavities.

• No correction needs to be made

An electric saw is a useful tool, __________ it can be difficult to handle.

• so

• and

• or

• yet

The bushes had grown too tall, _____ Mrs. Sullivan trimmed them.

• so

• and

• but

• or

Trevor ripped a hole in his favorite jeans, ____ he bought a new pair.

• so

• and

• but

• yet

(6) Online resources and field guides can be used by birdwatchers to learn more. (7) As they travel to new locations they can observe a larger variety of birds.

What change should be made to sentence 7? 

• Change birds to Birds

• Add a comma after locations

• Change observe to observes

• No change needed

(5)The electric light was only one of this great man’s accomplishments. (6) He also invented the phonograph and later connected a camera with the phonograph to create motion pictures. (7) The camera was attached so that the phonograph would play a film. (8) In addition, Edison invented the first copy machine.

Which sentence in the (sentences 5-8) repeats information and should be removed?

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 6

• Sentence 7

• Sentence 8

(11) Someone asked him how he felt after Edison failed 10,000 times about all his unsuccessful experiments.

What is the MOST effective revision to make in sentence 11?

• After Edison failed 10,000 times, someone asked him how he felt about all of his unsuccessful experiments.

• After Edison failed someone asked him how he felt 10,000 times about all of his unsuccessful experiments.

• Before Edison failed 10,000 times, someone asked him how he felt about all of his unsuccessful experiments.

• Edison failed 10,000 times, after someone asked him how he felt about all of his unsuccessful experiments.

(1) Thomas Edison made the world a brighter place when he invented the electric light. (2) Did you know that Edison patented 1,093 other inventions in his lifetime?

What is the MOST effective way to combine sentences 1 and 2?

• Thomas Edison invented the electric light and patented 1,093 other inventions, before he made the world a better place in his lifetime.

• Thomas Edison made the world a better place when he invented the electric light did you know that Edison patented 1,093 other inventions in his lifetime?

• Thomas Edison made the world a better place when he invented the electric light, but did you know that Edison patented 1,093 other inventions in his lifetime?

• Thomas Edison made the world a better place when he invented the electric light, did you know that Edison patented 1,093 other inventions in his lifetime?