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Q9 - Internationally, there are dozens of science-related organizations, grants, scholarships, awards, and buildings that bear her name many of which encourage young girls and women to pursue their interest in math and science.
a) Change Internationally to international
b) Change encourage to encouraged
c) Insert a comma after name
d) Change women to woman
Q7 - Unfortunately, Norris offered Franklin, who he had difficulty working with in the lab environment, very little support or encouragement.
a) Insert a comma after with
b) Change unfortunately to naturally
c) Change who to whom
d) Change offered to offers
Q8 - Franklin later published her findings, nevertheless, her supervisor at this lab insisted that she was only his lab assistant.
a) Replace the comma before nevertheless with a semi-colon
b) Change supervisor to superviser
c) Change insisted to will insist
d) No change should be made.
Q6 - Girls are encouraged to follow their dreams to become police officer, soldiers, scientists, and doctors.
a) Change encouraged to are encouraging
b) Delete the comma after soldiers
c) Change officer to officers
d) Make no change.
Q4 - Not only is this diet healthy for all humans, it makes sense for mother Earth as well.
a) Change mother to Mother
b) Change humans to Humans
c) Change sense to senses
d) Change makes to make’s
Q5 - Correct way to write this sentence--This in turn led to life-saving advances, in medical research and drug development.
a) This in turn, led to life-saving advances, in medical research and drug development.
b) This, in turn, led to life-saving advances, in medical research and drug development.
c) This in turn, led to life-saving advances; in medical research and drug development.
d) This, in turn, led to life-saving advances; in medical research and drug development.
Q3 - Many Americans are unhealthy in order to get healthier, they take lots of medications and go on crazy diets or exercise plans.
a) Insert a comma after unhealthy
b) Change take to took
c) Insert a semicolon after unhealthy
d) No change is necessary.
Q2- Everyone has heard of vegans; they are people who only eat plant-based foods and avoid all meat including fish and chicken, dairy products, like milk, yogurt, and cheese, and eggs.
a) Everyone has heard of vegans, they are people who only eat plant-based foods and avoid all animal products, including meat, f
b) Everyone has heard of vegans, who only eat plant-based foods and avoid all animal products including meat, dairy, and eggs.
c) Everyone has heard of vegans as, they are people who only eat plant-based foods, and avoid all meat including fish, and eggs,
d) Everyone has heard of vegans; they are people who only eat plant-based foods, avoiding all meats, including fish and chicken;
Q1- The doctors also pointed out that eating a steady diet of soda, cheese puffs, and candy is vegetarian, but it doesn't seem very healthy, does it?
a) Change vegetarian to vegatarian
b) Remove the comma before but
c) Change is to had been
d) No change is needed in the sentence
The teacher playing this game with is us is
a) Mr. Ochoa
b) Mr. Galvan
c) Mr. Alvarado
d) Mr. De Leon
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