What does infer mean?

make a guess based on what you read

use a dictionary to find the answer

to learn new things, be entertained, be informed

because there is nothing else to do

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In today’s idea-driven economy, the cost of time is what really matters. With the constant pressure to innovate, it makes little sense to waste countless collective hours commuting. So, the most efficient and productive regions are those in which people are thinking and working—not sitting in traffic.The auto-dependent transportation system has reached its limit in most major cities and megaregions. Commuting by car is among the least efficient of all our activities—not to mention among the least enjoyable, according to detailed research by the Nobel Prize–winning economist Daniel Kahneman and his colleagues. Though one might think that the economic crisis beginning in 2007 would have reduced traffic (high unemployment means fewer workers traveling to and from work), the opposite has been true. Average commutes have lengthened, and congestion has gotten worse, if anything. The average commute rose in 2008 to 25.5 minutes, “erasing years of decreases to stand at the level of 2000, as people had to leave home earlier in the morning to pick up friends for their ride to work or to catch a bus or subway train,” according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which collects the figures. And those are average figures. Commutes are far longer in the big West Coast cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco and the East Coast cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. In many of these cities, gridlock has become the norm, not just at rush hour but all day, every day.The costs are astounding. In Los Angeles, congestion eats up more than 485 million working hours a year; that’s seventy hours, or nearly two weeks, of full-time work per commuter. In D.C., the time cost of congestion is sixty-two hours per worker per year. In New York it’s forty-four hours. Average it out, and the time cost across America’s thirteen biggest city-regions is fifty-one hours per worker per year. Acrossthe country, commuting wastes 4.2 billion hours of work time annually—nearly a full workweek for every commuter. The overall cost to the U.S. economy is nearly $90 billion when lost productivity and wasted fuel are taken into account. At the Martin Prosperity Institute, we calculate that every minute shaved off America’s commuting time is worth $19.5 billion in value added to the economy. The numbers add up fast: five minutes is worth $97.7 billion; ten minutes, $195 billion; fifteen minutes, $292 billion.It’s ironic that so many people still believe the main remedy for traffic congestion is to build more roads and highways, which of course only makes the problem worse. New roads generate higher levels of “induced traffic,” that is, new roads just invite drivers to drive more and lure people who take mass transit back to their cars. Eventually, we end up with more clogged roads rather than a long-term improvement in traffic flow.The coming decades will likely see more intense clustering of jobs, innovation, and productivity in a smaller number of bigger cities and city-regions. Some regions could end up bloated beyond the capacity of their infrastructure, while others struggle, their promise stymied by inadequate human or other resources. The passage most strongly suggests that researchers at the Martin Prosperity Institute share which assumption?

Employees whose commutes are shortened will use the time saved to do additional productive work for their employers.

Employees who work from home are more valuable to their employers than employees who commute.

Employees can conduct business activities, such as composing memos or joining conference calls, while commuting.

Employees who have lengthy commutes tend to make more money than employees who have shorter commutes.

The author included paragraph 1 in the selection mostly likely to -

provide background information about the home of the red crabs

explain why it is important for the red crabs to reach the ocean

provide reasons for visiting Christmas Island during red crab migration

explain why Christmas Island is a perfect place for red crabs to live

Question 1: What transition would be the most appropriate to use at the beginning of sentence 6?

D. For this reason among others

Which answer shows the correct way to write the sentence?

Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, and we would have a big mess to clean up.

Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the the surface. And have a big mess to clean up.

Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface then we would have a big mess to clean up.

Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, we would have a big mess to clean up then.

Sentence Combining: Which of these is the correct way to join two sentences:

He was practicing his soccer skills when he found a stray dog.

He was practicing his soccer skills because he found a stray dog.

He was practicing his soccer skills, there, he found a stray dog.

He was practicing his soccer skills; and then found a stray dog.

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: When I opened my present I let out a yell.

Change I let out to and yell out

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

We went to their house because they're hosting a party.

We went to their house because there hosting a party.

They're having a party at there house this weekend.

There having a party at their house this weekend.

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.

Identify the run-on sentence.

I like learning English it makes me tired.

I like learning English, but it makes me tired.

I like learning English, even though it makes me tired.

I like learning English; it makes me tired.

What title below uses correct capitalization?

Harry potter and The Sorcerer's Stone

Fatima realizes she has offered a weak thesis in this paper . Which of the following could replace sentences 1 and 2 and provide a more effective thesis statement for Fatima’s paper ? (1) Mia Hamm is a soccer player who is fun to study. (2) She is an expert at the sport who has encouraged others to play

Mia Hamm is one of the most celebrated female soccer players of all time and is an inspiration to young women everywhere. Her contributions to women’s soccer have had an unmistakable impact on the sport, both in the United States and internationally.

Mia Hamm is an interesting and fun personality, and I am grateful for this opportunity to research her story. I think that as you read my paper, you will agree that she has added great energy to women’s sports in this country and also to sports around the world.

There is a soccer player in this country that is clearly more talented than all the rest. Her name is Mia Hamm, and she is an outstanding player and a model athlete who works hard to make sure she is always setting an example for other athletes and for the world at large.

If you don’t know Mia Hamm, you probably don’t know much. Many people say that she is the greatest soccer player of all time because she is so supremely committed to soccer and also to all that it means to herself and the other people of the world.

Mixed ELA Review

Quiz

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English

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6th - 8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS

RL.8.2, RL.7.10, RI.5.5

+49

Standards-aligned

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

32 questions

Show all answers

1.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 8 pts

Match the following

an ending or wrap-up for your writing

Topic

the person or thing the passage is about--usually one or two words

Subject

The topic of a text. What the text is about.

Conclusion

the central or most important idea about a topic that the writer wants to communicate to readers.

Main Idea

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

the person or thing the passage is about--usually one or two words

Topic

Main Idea

Conclusion

Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

the central or most important idea about a topic that the writer wants to communicate to readers.

Main Idea

Conclusion

Analogy

Subject

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

Topic

Main Idea

Analogy

Subject

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 sec • 5 pts

The topic of a text. What the text is about.

Main Idea

Conclusion

Analogy

Subject

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 9 pts

Match the following

The most important point the writer is trying to make is DIRECTLY stated.

Implicit Main Idea

Important to the highest degree

opinion

give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing

emphasize

A personal judgement or belief about a person or thing

essential

not stated directly in the text; implied

Explicit Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

Read each Paragraph and select the main idea.
Lantern fish live near the bottom of the ocean where it is very dark, so they carry their own lights. The lights look like tiny glowing pearls. They are called photophores. A lantern fish can flash its photophores on and off. A lantern fish gives off enough light to light up a dark room.

Lantern Fish live near bottom of the ocean.

Lantern fish produce light only in the daylight.

Lantern fish give off light.

Lantern fish are like glowing pearls.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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the central or most important idea about a topic that the writer wants to communicate to readers.

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

The topic of a text. What the text is about.

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Why do we read?

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