Revising quiz

1 What is the most effective way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

• A After asking my parents to loan me the skateboard money, my dad told me no, and I said

  I would pay them back later.

• B I asked my parents to loan me the skateboard money, saying I would pay them back

  later, but my dad told me no.

• C I asked my parents to loan me the skateboard money, and I said I would pay them back

  later and my dad told me no.

• Although I asked my parents to loan me the skateboard money my dad told me no even

  though I said I would pay them back later.

2 Veronica has not used the most effective word in sentence 10. Which word should replace use

to create a more effective sentence?

• waste

• designate

• need

• employ

3 What is the most effective transition to add to the beginning of sentence 12?

• In either case

• Correspondingly

• To put it differently

• Unfortunately

Veronica wants to add a call to action to the end of her essay. Which sentence should she

insert after sentence 25 to provide an effective call to action?

• All parents should teach their children about establishing good credit.

• Teenagers often overspend before they head out into the workforce or off to college.

• All teens should take the simple steps necessary to begin building good credit.

• If I can earn better credit, I can do anything.

4 Sentence 20 is unclear. How should it be revised?

• Having my credit history included on the family credit report encouraged me to handle my

  card wisely.

• Because I had my credit history included on the family credit report, it was highly

  motivating to handle my card wisely.

• It became a primary goal of mine to handle my card wisely with the family credit report

  having my credit history included on it.

• J I wanted to handle my card wisely with it including my credit history on the family credit

  report.