OSTP Prep Day #1

Unicorns are famous mythical creatures, they are usually described as horse-like animals with one long spiral horn.

What change, is any, should be made to the sentence?

• Change the comma to a semicolon

• Change are to is

• Add although after the comma

• No change is needed

Most stories say unicorns were white and have magical powers.

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

• Change were to are

• Change have to will have

• Add a comma after white

• No change is needed

Ancient writers from places like Greece and China. Wrote about them as if they were real animals.

What is the best way to combine these sentences?

• Ancient writers from places like Greece and China, wrote about them as if they were real animals.

• Ancient writers from places like Greece and China; wrote about them as if they were real animals.

• Ancient writers from places like Greece and China wrote about them as if they were real animals.

• Ancient writers from places like Greece and China wrote about them; as if they were real animals.

Even though unicorns aren't real, they are still very popular.

What type of sentence is this?

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

They appear in books, movies, and toys many people love them for their beauty and mystery.

What is the best way to rewrite this sentence?

• No change needed

• They appear in books, movies, and toys many people love them; for their beauty and mystery.

• They appear in books, movies, and toys, many people love them for their beauty and mystery.

• They appear in books, movies, and toys. Many people love them for their beauty and mystery.

Unicorns may not exist in real life. But they live on in stories, imagination, and art.

What is the best way to combine these sentences into a compound sentence?

• Unicorns may not exist in real life but they live on in stories, imagination, and art.

• Unicorns may not exist in real life, but they live on in stories, imagination, and art.

• Unicorns may not exist in real life; but they live on in stories, imagination, and art.

• Unicorns may not exist in real life they live on in stories, imagination, and art.

They remind us that it's okay to believe in magical things and dream big.

What type of sentence is this?

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Which of the following would be the MOST reliable source for a research paper on the history of unicorn myths?

• A blog titled "Why Unicorns Are Real and Live in My Backyard."

• An encyclopedia article about unicorn legends around the world.

• A fantasy novel featuring unicorn characters.

• A social media post claiming to have spotted a unicorn.

People who say she's seen Bigfoot describe it as a large, hairy creature that walks on two legs, like a human.

What change should be made to the underlined portion of the sentence?

• Change she's to hers

• Change she's to their

• Change she's to they've

• Change she's to they'll

It is usually said to over seven feet tall.

What type of sentence is this?

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex