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What is the best way to combine the following sentences: 
Mike has a new job, and he starts next week.
Sue has a new job, and she starts next week.

• Mike has a new job, and he starts next week.
• Mike and Sue have new jobs.
• Mike and Sue have new jobs, and they start next week.
• Mike and Sue must start their new jobs soon. 

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Rob and Henry were throwing a frisbee in Henry's backyard. Rob accidentally threw the frisbee too hard. It landed on the roof of Henry's house. When Henry's father got home from work, he used a ladder to get the frisbee down. 
What happened second? 

• Father got the frisbee off the roof. 
• Rob threw the frisbee too hard. 
• Father came home from work. 
• Rob and Henry were throwing a frisbee. 

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When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
The best summary of this passage is:

• There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
• There are a lot of cows in Texas.
• There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.
• Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.

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Which of the following statements is true about SUMMARIZING?

• A summary  should include many story details.
• A summary is always found in the first sentence of a paragraph or chapter.
• A summary should always be fiction.
• A summary is what the passage is mostly about.

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They said, "We have just arrived."

•  They said that they have just arrived
•  They said that they had just arrived.

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Rewording the ideas of an author or source

• Citation

• Plagiarize

• Paraphrase

• Quote

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Rearrange it: I want to take a nap since I didn't sleep much last night.

• Last night, since I didn't sleep much, I want to take a nap.

• Since I did sleep much, I want to take a nap last night.

• Since I didn't sleep much last night, I want to take a nap.

• Since I want, to take a nap I didn't sleep much last night.

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Rearrange it: We will be late for the concert if the rain is heavy.

• If the rain is heavy we will be late for the concert.

• If the rain is heavy, we will be late for the concert.

• If we will be late, the rain is heavy for the concert.

• If we will be, the rain is heavy for the late concert.

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As soon as she arrived at grandmother's house, Jessica ran into her bedroom to look at the blue quilt. It covered her grandmother's bed and was Jessica's favorite. It had patches of dark blue, medium blue, and light blue, with pictures of birds and flowers on every other patch. Jessica liked to take naps with the quilt wrapped around her. She loved the way it felt so soft and warm against her skin. Whenever she was visiting grandma, just looking at the quilt made Jessica happy. The best summary of this passage is...

• Jessica's grandmother has a pretty blue quilt.

• Jessica loved her grandmother's quilt.

• Jessica took naps at her grandmother's house.

• The quilt was warm.

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Which of the following statements is true about SUMMARIZING?

• A summary should include many story details.

• A summary is always found in the first sentence of a paragraph or chapter.

• A summary should always be fiction.

• A summary is what the passage is mostly about.

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