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You run up and down the court. You have to be able to chase down the ball. Sometimes you play for five or six minutes straight without a time out.
Which of the options below would make a good topic sentence for this paragraph?

• Exercise is hard.
• Basketball is an athletic sport.
• I love the Lakers.
• I played basketball last Thanksgiving.

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He was learning how to solve equations. He found a trick that would make it easier.
 
What is the most effective way to combine the 2 sentences? 

• While learning how to solve equations, he found a trick that would make it easier.
• He was learning how to solve equations because he found a trick that would make it easier.
• While learning how to solve equations, a trick that he figured out made it easier.
• He was learning to solves the equations, then, he found a trick that would make it easier. 

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What is the best way to combine these sentences using a List?
1) I have three favorite foods.
2) One is pizza.
3) One is steak.
4) One is brussel sprouts.

• My favorite foods are pizza and steak and brussel sprouts.
• One of my favorite foods is pizza and the other favorite foods are steak and brussel sprouts.
• Brussel sprouts, pizza, and steak.
• My three favorite foods are pizza, steak, and brussel sprouts.

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I'm thinking of writing ... novel. It will be set in ... small town where my mother was born.

• -, a

• the, the

• a, the

• -, -

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Opening phrases in a letter of application may be

• I am writing with regard to your advertisement in ...

• I am writing to apply for the position of ...

• I look forward to a favourable reply.

• I am interested in applying for the post of ...

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You may use these phrases in the main body of a letter of application

• I am fluent in ...

• I consider myself well-qualified for the position of...

• I am familiar with...

• I look forward to hearing from you.

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an internet commercial for makeup and hairspray

• Entertain

• Inform

• Persuade

• Argue

• Describe

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2018 (1)Describe a problem you once had while you were travelling. Explain what you did to solve the problem and what have you learned from the experience.

• descriptive of a person

• descriptive of a place

• descriptive of an event / experience

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2014 (1) Describe an important family celebration and how you felt about it.

• descriptive of a person

• descriptive of a place

• descriptive of an event / experience

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Damian would like to use a more appropriate transition in sentence 14. Which of the following is the best replacement for Therefore?

• However

• For example

• Furthermore

• Meanwhile

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