Grade Level Semester Exam (Accommodated)

Read the sentence from the passage: "If someone asked you what color deer are, you would immediately picture without hesitation the brown fur on these familiar animals." How should this sentence be changed?

• change "asked you what" to "asks what"

• change "deer are" to "deers are"

• change "immediately picture without hesitation" to "immediately picture"

• correct as is

Read the sentence from the passage: "The condition is not seen frequently and is rare in mammals, with some researchers estimating that it affects only about one out of every ten thousand individuals." How should this sentence be changed?

• change "is not seen frequently and is rare" to "is infrequent and fairly rare"

• change "is not seen frequently and is rare" to "is rare"

• change "is not seen frequently and is rare" to "is frequently rare"

• correct as is

Read the sentence from the passage: "Let’s start with why certain animals are albinos." How should this sentence be changed?

• change "why" to "how we know that"

• change "why" to "that"

• change "why" to "since"

• correct as is

Read the sentence from the passage: "Without the pigment melanin that produces these colors, these parts of the body appear white or pinkish in color." How should this sentence be changed?

• Without melanin

• Without the pigment melanin

• Without melanin that produces these colors

• Correct as is

Read the sentence from the passage: "Why animals are born with albinism is a genetic condition." How should this sentence be changed?

• Whenever animals born with albinism is a genetic condition.

• If animals born with albinism is a genetic condition.

• Animals are born with albinism because it is a genetic condition.

• Correct as is

Read the sentence from Yasmin's oral presentation: "I am gonna share something I saw happen in art class the other day." The word choice in this sentence may be considered too casual by Yasmin’s audience. What can Yasmin do to convey a more appropriate tone?

• Change “saw happen” to “witnessed.”

• Change “gonna” to “going to.”

• Change “am gonna” to “wanna.”

• Change “the other day” to “yesterday.”

Choose the correct word or phrase to replace the underlined text "messy careless habits" in the passage.

• messy careless habits

• messy and careless habits

• correct as is

Read the sentence from the passage: "Looking around, one of the petri dishes appeared different from the others." Which sentence would best replace the sentence from the passage?

• One of the petri dishes appeared different from the others with Fleming looking around his lab.

• Looking around the petri dishes, Fleming noticed that one of them appeared different from the others.

Read this sentence from the passage: "This event changed the course of medicine and earned him a Nobel Prize." Which is the correct way to write the underlined part of the sentence?

• coarse

• course

Read the sentence from the passage: "With the mold growing in his lab having been observed to have amazing properties, two other scientists figured out a way to produce penicillin in large amounts." Which sentence would best replace the sentence from the passage?

• After Fleming observed the amazing properties of the mold growing in his lab, two other scientists figured out a way to produce penicillin in large amounts.

• After observing the amazing properties of the mold growing in his lab, two other scientists figured out a way to produce penicillin in large amounts.