ELA Week 21 Teacher vs. Student

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

• He talked about baseball with Milo all the time, but Milo never showed the kind of enthusiasm about the game that their friend Issac did.

• On the bus ride to school, Keenan again started to wonder.

• Issac, on the other hand might not even care so much about going to a minor-league game.

• He was doing his homework at the kitchen table when his mother got home form work.

Read this entry from a dictionary.

wonder (WUHN-duhr) verb,

without an object 1. to think with

curiosity 2. to be filled with awe,

to marvel (usually followed by at)

3. 3. to doubt verb, with an object

4. 4. to be curious about

Which definition of wonder is used in sentence 7?

• meaning 1

• meaning 2

• meaning 3

• meaning 4

Read sentence 19 from the passage.

Keenan was certainly sure that his friend would understand, but Milo still might feel left out.

Which word in sentence 19 is the LEAST necessary and should be deleted?

• certainly

• would

• still

• out

Read sentences 20 and 21 from the passage.

Isaac might not care so much about going to a minor-league game. After all, he got to see major-league teams play several times each year.

Which is the correct way to combine these sentences into on complex sentence?

• Isaac might not care so much about going to a minor-league game, after all, he got to see major-league teams play several times each year.

• Isaac might not care so much about going to a minor-league game. because he got to see major-league teams play several times each year.

• After seeing major-league teams play several times each year, Isaac might not care so much about going to a minor-league game.

• Used to seeing major-league teams play several times each year, Isaac might not care so much about going to a minor-league game.

Read this entry from a thesaurus.

dilemma crisis, embarrassment, mess, problem

Which word is the BEST to use in place of dilemma in sentence 36?

• crisis

• embarrassment

• mess

• problem