7th Grade Writing 2003 TAKS Release
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What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
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Delete the comma after bed
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Change starts to start
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Change getting to geting
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?
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Change Add to Adding
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Change goggles to goggle’s
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Change your to you’re
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?
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Change discover to discovers
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Change amazing to amazeing
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Insert a comma after history
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 14?
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Change live to is living
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Change mcmurdo station to McMurdo Station
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Change largest to larger
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Make no change
Which sentence could logically follow sentence 18?
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The research station has a summertime population of more than 1,000.
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Antarctica is buried under about 29 million cubic kilometers of ice.
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People who live in snowy climates like to ride snowmobiles.
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Some rocks might be as small as golf balls, while others are as large as footballs.
What is the BEST way to rewrite the ideas in sentence 19?
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Every rock that is found is logged with its location. And then examined to see what secrets it might hold.
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Every rock that is found is logged with its location. Then it is examined to see what secrets it might hold.
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Every rock that is found is logged with its location, or then it is examined to see what secrets it might hold.
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Every rock that is found, logged with its location, and then examined to see what secrets it might hold.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 21?
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Change know to no
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Change yield to yeild
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Change worlds to world’s
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 25?
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Change easy to easier
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Delete the comma after easy
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Change exitting to exciting
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?
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Change couldn’t to could’nt
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Delete hardly
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Change wait to weight
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Make no change
What is the BEST way to rewrite the ideas in sentence 6?
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My physical education class gathered in the gymnasium, that was when Ms. Chang she waved us toward the exit.
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My physical education class gathered in the gymnasium because Ms. Chang was there, and Ms. Chang waved us toward the exit.
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Gathering in the gymnasium with my physical education class, that was when Ms. Chang waved us toward the exit.
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After my physical education class gathered in the gymnasium, Ms. Chang waved us toward the exit.
The meaning of sentence 9 can be improved by changing the first we to —
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my classmates and I
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he
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they
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the classes
What is the BEST way to rewrite sentence 10?
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A few minutes later we were all gathered near the equipment it was on the field.
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A few minutes later near the equipment on the field is where we were all gathered.
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A few minutes later we were all gathered. Near the equipment on the field.
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A few minutes later we were all gathered near the equipment on the field.
Which sentence could logically follow sentence 15?
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To nock an arrow means to fit it into a bowstring.
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Ms. Chang had been teaching archery for seven years.
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The feathers on my arrows were red and white.
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Our last unit in physical education had been a unit on badminton.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 16?
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Change struggled to struggle
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Change right to write
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Change droping to dropping
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?
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Change It’s to Its
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Change feel to fell
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Insert quotation marks after the comma
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Make no change
Which transition word or phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 22?
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Then
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As a result,
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Next
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For example,
What is the BEST way to combine sentences 27 and 28?
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Because the arrow hadn’t hit the center, Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first time.
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The arrow hadn’t hit the center, Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first time.
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Ms. Chang said the arrow hadn’t hit the center, and I’d done very well for my first time.
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The arrow hadn’t hit the center, but Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first time.
What is the BEST way to rewrite sentence 2?
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A boy who wanted to become a knight started training. When he was as young as seven.
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A boy who wanted to become a knight started training when he was as young as seven. To become a knight.
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A boy who wanted to become a knight, he started training when he was as young as seven to become a knight.
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A boy who wanted to become a knight started training when he was as young as seven.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?
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Change invited to envited
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Insert a comma after squire
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Change knight’s to knights’
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?
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Change rode to rides
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Change beside to besides
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Change their to his
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 8?
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Change become to became
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Change they to their
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Change were to was
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Make no change
What is the BEST way to combine sentences 12 and 13?
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The next morning he knelt before his knight, his friends and family were gathered around.
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The next morning he knelt before his knight, friends, and family that were gathered around.
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The next morning he knelt before his knight with his friends and family gathered around.
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The next morning he knelt before his knight because his friends and family were gathered around.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 14?
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Change had to has
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Change his to your
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Change reason’s to reasons
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Make no change
What is the BEST way to revise sentence 15?
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At the end of the ceremony, the knight tapped his squire on both shoulders with a sword and reminded him of the ideals he should honor.
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At the end of the ceremony, the knight tapped his squire on both shoulders with a sword, so he reminded him of the ideals he should honor.
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At the end of the ceremony, the knight tapped his squire on both shoulders with a sword. And reminded him of the ideals he should honor.
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No revision is needed.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 17?
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Delete the comma after battle
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Change him to it
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Change immediately to imediately
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 19?
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Change who to they
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Change there to their
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Change protect to protects
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
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Change walked to walks
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Change it to them
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Insert a comma after said
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Make no change
Which transition word or phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 9?
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In other words,
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Therefore,
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For example,
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Apparently,
What is the BEST way to rewrite sentence 11?
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Every day I checked outside to see whether he had returned.
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Every day checking outside, it was to see whether he had returned.
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Every day I checked outside. To see whether he had returned.
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Every day I checked outside, I wanted to see whether he had returned.
What is the BEST way to rewrite the ideas in sentence 17?
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Coming from a cage by the window. I heard a loud squawking sound as soon as I entered the house.
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I entered the house coming from a cage by the window, and I heard a loud squawking sound.
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I entered the house, and as soon as I did, I heard a loud squawking sound, it was coming from a cage by the window.
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As soon as I entered the house, I heard a loud squawking sound coming from a cage by the window.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 19?
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Change starred to stared
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Change himself to hisself
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Change had always done to have always done
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 23?
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Change seen to saw
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Change beaming to beeming
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Change the period to a question mark
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 24?
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Change Obviously to Obvious
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Change themselves to them
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Change pleasure to plesure
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?
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Change more hotter to hottest
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Insert a comma after fads
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Change United States to united states
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Make no change
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?
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Change unfold to unfolds
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Delete the comma after scooter
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Change board to bored
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Make no change
What is the BEST way to combine sentences 14 and 15?
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Scooters are handy and enjoyable for people of all ages, they can also be dangerous.
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While scooters are handy and enjoyable for people of all ages, they can also be dangerous.
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Scooters, which are handy and enjoyable for people of all ages, that can be dangerous, too.
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Handy and enjoyable for people of all ages, scooters they are also dangerous, too.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?
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Change have passed to had passed
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Change requireing to requiring
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Insert a comma after users
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Make no change
What transition word or phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 21?
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As a result,
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Furthermore,
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In the end,
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For example,
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 26?
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Change Britain’s to Britains’
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Change Prince of wales to Prince of Wales
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Change gliding to glideing
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Make no change
Which sentence does NOT belong in this paper?
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Sentence 3
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Sentence 6
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Sentence 19
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Sentence 25
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