Domed and bowl-shaped, my sons sit in a park where the players meander about on artificial turf and where we sit at such a distance that the game appears to be only a rumor.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) My sons sit, in a park, domed and bowl-shaped
(C) My sons in a park sit domed and bowl-shaped
(D) My sons sit in a domed, bowl-shaped park
One Sunday morning in September, I convinced several friends to accompany me to a wildlife preserve famous for the remarkable number of Canada geese that stop during their annual migration there. The best placement for the underlined phrase would be:
(A)where it is now.
(B) after the word preserve.
(C) after the word geese.
(D) after the word there(ending the sentence with a period).
Correct Answer: D
While the harmonica was marketed as originally a child's toy, it eventually became a valued portable instrument for folk and blues musicians.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) toy; (C) toy (D) toy, that
Correct Answer: A
Growing up, in' Mexico in the 1920s Hernandez believed she was bom to dance.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) up in Mexico in the 1920s, (C) up, in Mexico in the 1920s, (D) up in Mexico, in the 1920s
Correct Answer: B
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