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What is the correct way to write sentence 1?

• Despite graduating from school years ago. Juan still cherishes his football jersey and wears it consistently, whether for trips to the gym or daily chores.

• Despite graduating from school years ago, Juan still cherishes his football jersey and wears it consistently, whether for trips to the gym or daily chores.

• Despite graduating from school years ago Juan still cherishes his football jersey and wears it consistently. Whether for trips to the gym or daily chores.

• Despite graduating from school years ago, Juan still cherishes his football jersey and wears it consistently; whether for trips to the gym or daily chores.

Of course, all zookeepers spend time every day caring for the zoo animals. Each week, I got to shadow different zoo workers, they would be taking care of their assigned animals. Although the animals were different, the daily tasks of each zookeeper were surprisingly similar. What is the correct way to write sentence 19?

• Each week, I got to shadow different zoo workers. Who would be taking care of their assigned animals.

• Each week, I got to shadow different zoo workers as they took care of their assigned animals.

• Each week, getting to shadow different zoo workers. They would be taking care of their assigned animals.

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

I look ahead to see a blurry tunnel approaching at what must be about 60 miles an hour. I wonder briefly what it would feel like to hit the roof of the tunnel at this speed and decide that it’s probably better not to think of such things. A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream from the car behind me and returns my focus to the world around me. What is the BEST way to revise sentence 8?

• A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream, and from the car behind me, it returns my focus to the world around me.

• A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream and returns my focus to the world around me, it came from the car behind me.

• A shrill scream from the car behind me snaps me out of my daydream and returns my focus to the world around me.

• A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream from the car behind me, returning my focus to the world around me

My favorite part about this change in science class is that it has made me more interested in science. I didn’t like having to memorize things all the time, I found it hard to learn from pictures and drawings, in elementary school. Now, the experiments and demonstrations are keeping me interested. I am learning more I am getting better grades. In fact, I may think about becoming a scientist when I am older. What is the BEST way to revise sentence 15?

• I didn’t like having to memorize things all the time, in elementary school, and I found it hard to learn from pictures and drawings.

• In elementary school, I didn’t like having to memorize things all the time, and I found it hard to learn from pictures and drawings.

• I didn’t like having to memorize things all the time and I found it hard to learn from pictures and drawings in elementary school.

• I didn’t like having to memorize all the time, and I found it hard in elementary school. To learn from pictures and drawings.

Revise the following sentence fragment into a complete sentence: "Outside to play."

• We went outside to play.

• Went outside to play.

• Played outside.

• To play outside.

Identify the correctly revised version of the run-on sentence: "She loves to read she goes to the library every week."

• She loves to read, she goes to the library every week.

• She loves to read, or she goes to the library every week.

• She loves to read, but she goes to the library every week.

• She loves to read, and she goes to the library every week.

Choose the option that corrects the following fragment: "Late to school."

• Melanie was late to school.

• Because she was late to school.

• Melanie late to school.

• Late to school she was.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

• A) The cat chased the mouse, it was very fast.

• B) The cat chased the mouse it was very fast.

• C) The cat chased the mouse; it was very fast.

• D) The cat chased the mouse: it was very fast.

Identify the correct use of the word 'their' in a sentence.

• A) Their going to the park later.

• B) The dog wagged their tail.

• C) Their house is at the end of the street.

• D) Their is a book on the table.

Choose the sentence that uses the correct verb tense.

• A) She will went to the store yesterday.

• B) She goes to the store yesterday.

• C) She went to the store yesterday.

• D) She going to the store yesterday.