Lost at the Zoo (Page 163) Revising Test Prep

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 10 and 11?

(10) You have to persuade each of the other group members that your theory, or idea, is what actually happened.

(11) Last week, we all read about Amelia Earhart.

• After I looked up and everyone was gone.

• I looked up because everyone

  was gone.

• When I looked up, everyone

  was gone.

• I looked up, everyone was gone

(3) I hurried over to see where José was looking. (4) I pressed my face close to the cold glass to get a better look. (5) I had been looking forward to our class field trip to the zoo for monthes, and now we were finally here! (6) I was especially excited about visiting the reptile room. (7) My mom won't let me have a pet.

Leah has included a sentence that does not belong in the second paragraph (sentences 3-7). Which sentence should she remove?

• (3) I hurried over to see where José was looking.

• (4) I pressed my face close to the cold glass to get a better look.

• (6) I was especially excited about visiting the reptile room.

• (7) My mom won't let me have a pet.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

(5) I had been looking forward to our class field trip to the zoo for monthes, and now we were finally here!

• Change monthes to months

• Delete the comma

• Change here to hear

• Make no change

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?

(13) She almost made it, but she lost radio contact as she flew over the Pacific Ocean.

• Change panicked to panickked

• Change friendily to friendly

• Change came to comed

• Make no change

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?

(18) Some of the suggestions included the lost city of Atlantis and the Bermuda Triangle.

• Insert quotation marks at the beginning of the sentence

• Change whispered to wispered

• Change secretively to secretive

• Make no change