Surf's Up (1) and Sour Notes (2)

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

• Delete the comma after while

• Change tosed to tossed

• Change picked to pick

• No change is needed in sentence 2.

Margot wants to add a sentence to the end of her first paragraph (sentence 1-11). Which sentence could she add to clearly state the central idea of her paper?

• "I should have been a surfer!"

• "The surfboard is strong and colorful."

• "We can borrow it if you really want to"

• My brother is the best surfer in our community."

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 16?

• Change Dont to Don't

• Change worry to worried

• Delete the comma after worry

• No change is needed in sentence 16.

Margot needs to add a transition word or phrase to help her readers move from sentence 17 to sentence 18. Which transition or phrase could BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 18?

• After looking around

• Today

• At first

• Then

Which sentence does NOT belong in this paper?

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 12

• Sentence 17

• Sentence 23

Look at sentence 25. The phrase So strange does not express what Margot was trying to say. Which word or phrase could BEST replace So strange and help Margot improve the meaning of this sentence?

• Why not

• Too strange

• How bad

• Too bad

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

• Insert a comma after up

• Change it’s to its

• Change here to hear

• No change is needed in sentence 2.

Samantha would like to add the following sentence to the second paragraph (sentence 7-18):

"I don’t want to show off at all," he blurted.

Where is the BEST place to insert this sentence?

• At the beginning of the paragraph

• After sentence 9

• At the end of the paragraph

• This sentence should not be added to the paragraph.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 16?

• Change don’t to dont

• Change think to thought

• Change your to you’re

• No change is needed in sentence 16.

Mariana wants to combine the ideas in sentences 12 and 13. In the space provided, write a new sentence that combines these ideas in a clear and effective way.