How We Eat

Gabby would like to add a more effective controlling idea. Which sentence should replace sentence 3 to serve as a more effective controlling idea for her paper?

• People should pay more attention to eating with the proper forks, knives, and spoons at the mealtime.

• The following details provide the information about how forks, spoons, and knives are used around the world.

• Yet, the story of how modern-day forks, spoons, and knives developed is an interesting journey through time.

• However, most people have no idea that forks, spoons, and knives have been in existence for thousands of years.

Gabby has not used the MOST effective word in sentence 8. Which word should replace stuff in this sentence?

• materials

• parts

• units

• pieces

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 13 and 14?

• Forks during the Middle Ages were smaller, they became more widely used for eating, but not everyone liked the idea of using forks.

• Forks during the Middle Ages, which were smaller and more widely used for eating, though everyone did not like the idea of using them.

• During the Middle Ages, forks were smaller and more widely used for eating, and everyone did not like the idea of using forks, though.

• During the Middle Ages, forks were smaller and became more widely used for eating, but not everyone liked the idea of using them.

Gabby wants to add a transition at the beginning of sentence 20 to improve the connection to the previous sentence. Which transition should Gabby add to the beginning of sentence 20?

• For this reason

• In other words

• In any case

• At the same time

What is the MOST effective way to revise sentence 24?

• Utensils have changed over time and still changing to meet modern needs.

• Utensils have changed over time, there are still changes to meet modern needs.

• Utensils have changed over time and are still changing to meet modern needs.

• Utensils have changed over time, which are still changing to meet modern needs.

Gabby wants to improve the conclusion to her paper. Which sentence should be added after sentence 29 to bring this paper to a more effective conclusion?

• The next time you sit down to dinner and pick up your fork, think about the ways a fork has changed over time.

• We should be able to get by with a simple fork, knife, and spoon, but humans just can’t seem to stop inventing.

• Keep in mind that most of these strange and unusual eating utensils will find their way into very few of our homes today.

• These new utensils may seem unnecessary to us today, but remember, so did the fork and knife all those years ago.

What change should be made in sentence 3?

• Change rise to raise

• Change cities to cities'

• Insert a comma after supplies

• Change would not have occurred to will not have occurred

What change should be made in sentence 5?

• Change Bessemer's to Bessemers

• Change invention to invension

• Change rely to relied

• Change iron to Iron

What change should be made in sentence 7?

• Change permanently to perminently

• Change changed to changes

• Change large to largest

• Change pittsburgh to Pittsburgh