Daily Edit
Week 24
February 13-17
Monday Feb 13th
1st period
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Doesn’t anyone play pinball anymore? I was disappointed the other day when I took my kids to a game arcade. Afterwards, I went to
the movies.
a.
b.
No change
I made my way to the movie theater after that.
2nd period
c. (The movie theater was my next stop)
d. Omit the underlined portion
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Not one of the many colorful machines with flashing lights were a pinball machine. Video games filled the room.
a.
No change
3rd period
b. was a
c. were an actual
d. would have been an actual
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
I can understand why video games might seem more attractive than pinball. Video screens which have been populated by movie
stars, monsters, and heroes.
a.
No change
4th period
b. that are
c. are
d. OMIT the underlined portion
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
The attractions of video games, however, are superficial and short-lived. As you guide your character through the game’s challenges,
you come to know exactly how the machine that’s built to last will respond to your every move.
a.
No change
5th period
b. machine, which is constructed durably,
c. machine, which is built to last,
d machine
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
He or she learns where the hazards lurk and the special weapons are hidden.
a.
No change
6th period
b. We learn
c. You learn
d People learned
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Pinball, though, can’t be predicted with such accuracy. You never know when the ball will drain straight down the middle, out of
reach of both flippers.
Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would be LEAST acceptable?
a.
Therefore,
b. however,
c. by contrast,
d. on the contrary,
7th period
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Then again, you can sometimes get lucky, and a ball you thought was lost, will inexplicably bounce back into play.
a.
No change
b. lost will
c. lost, will,
d. lost will,
Answers for Monday Feb 13
1st period
D—OMIT (remove) the underlined portion; this sentence doesn’t have anything to do with the first two sentences
and so it should be cut.
2nd period
B----was a is correct; the subject of the sentence is ‘not one of the machines’
3rd period
C—are is correct; other elements don’t make sense
4th period
understanding
D—machine; simply and concisely fills in the sentence; the durability is not needed for sentence meaning and
5th period
C—you learn; narrator is speaking to the reader, earlier in sentences he uses phrases like ‘you guide’
6th period
A –therefore===all the other answers give the contrasting view, and therefore gives a ‘next’ view which doesn’t
work in the sentence context
7th period
B—lost will; the sentence doesn’t require commas in this area
Tuesday Feb 14
1st period
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
3) The attractions of video games, however, are superficial and short-lived. As you guide your character through the game’s
challenges, you come to know exactly how the machine will respond to your every move. You learn where the hazards lurk and the
special weapons are hidden. Pinball, however, can’t be predicted with such accuracy. You never know when the ball will drain
straight down the middle, out of reach of both flippers. Then again, you can sometimes get lucky, and a ball you thought was lost will
inexplicably bounce back into play.
4) It is the element of chance that makes pinball more interesting than video games.
Which choice would most effectively and appropriately lead the reader from the topic of paragraph 3 to that of paragraph 4?
a.
b.
c.
d.
No change
Pinball, although less challenging than video games, can still be fun to play.
Pinball does share certain similarities with video games.
Video games do generally evolve into subsequent editions or enhanced versions.
2nd period
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Most video games are designed so that your main opponent in these video games is a predictable computer program.
a.
No change
b. during these video games
c. in video games
d. OMIT the underlined portion
3rd period
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Once you have mastered a game, the challenge is gone, and you must look for a new game to conquer.
a.
No change
4th period
b. you then looked
c. one then looks
j. one must look
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
After you learn the new game, you get bored again. The cycle keeps repeating. But in pinball, you have three factors to consider:
you, the machine, and chance, which is sometimes your enemy sometimes your ally.
a.
No change
5th period
b. enemy,
c. enemy;
d. enemy, and,
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
No matter how many games you play on any pinball machine, the various times of each game is different.
a.
No change
6th period
b. each
c. each single unique
d. every single time, each
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
That’s what makes pinball a continually challenge.
a.
No change
7th period
b. continuously
c. continual
d. continue
reading comprehension and editing
Suppose the writer had chosen to write an essay that indicates that pinball is superior to video games. Would this passage fulfill the
writer’s goal?
a.
b.
c.
d.
No—because the writer admits that video games have become more popular than pinball machines.
No—because the writer states that video games are designed to challenge the skills of the player.
Yes—because the writer claims that pinball games require luck and are more visually attractive than video games.
Yes—because the writer suggests that it is more difficult to become skilled at a pinball machine than at a video game.
Answers for Tues Feb 14
1st
A==no change; the start of paragraph 4 connects back into what paragraph 3 was talking about
2nd
D—omit/remove the underlined portion---the phrase is repeated and redundant
3rd
A—no change; the sentence is in the correct tense and addresses the ‘you’ in all previous sentences
4th
B—enemy with a comma is correct way to punctuate
5th
B—each is correct; is the simplest, most concise response for the sentence
6th
C—continual is the adjective form of the word, describing what kind of challenge it is
7th
D—yes, the writer suggests it’s difficult to be skilled at pinball; so it would indicate pinball as being superior, or better
Wednesday February 15
1st period
PRONOUNS
Pronouns take the place of nouns to name persons, places, things, or ideas. They can be words like: who, whom, anyone, someone,
no one. Personal pronouns include: I, me, you, him, he, she, her, it, we, us, they, them; Possessive personal pronouns include: my,
mine, yours, his, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs
Write the following sentence and underline the pronoun(s).
He suggested that they clean up Horizonte for their community service project.
2nd period
PRONOUNS
Write the following sentence and underline the pronoun(s).
Who was it you said vacationed in Canada all last summer?
3rd period
PRONOUNS
Write the following sentence and underline the pronoun(s).
Her story was about someone fleeing from a building.
4th period
PRONOUNS
Write the following sentence and underline the pronoun(s).
The factory blew up into a thousand pieces, but no one heard it.
5th period
PRONOUNS
Write the following sentence and underline the pronoun(s).
Mary was so excited she ran all the way home to find it.
6th period
PRONOUNS
Write the following sentence and underline the pronoun(s).
Someone found Hemingway’s journal after his death.
7th period
PRONOUNS
Write the following sentence and underline the pronoun(s).
The teacher asked her to report on it later when everyone had come back from lunch.
Answers for Wednesday Feb 15
1st
he
4th
no one it
7th
her
they
it
their
everyone
2nd
who
it
5th
she
it
you
3rd
her
6th
someone
someone
his
Thursday Feb 16
1st period
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Imagine sitting in front of a computer monitor, filling the screen with your mind’s jumbled thoughts. Tomorrow’s assignment is
slowly materializing before your eyes. Suddenly, without warning, each of the letters, in front of you tumbles to the bottom of the
screen.
a.
No change
2nd period
b. letters in front of you tumbles, c. letters in front of you, tumbles
d. letters in front of you tumbles
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Is this a bad dream? Not exactly. The computer is probably sick, unless the diagnosis may be that the computer has a virus.
a.
No change
3rd period
b. except
c. and
d. as if
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Analogous to a biological virus that takes over a living cell, a computer virus is a program, or set of instructions, that invades a
computer either to create mischief or do real damage. The type of computer virus mentioned above is more mischievous than
harmful. Eventually, the letters reorder themselves on the screen. Not all viruses however, straighten themselves out.
a.
No change
4th period
b. viruses; however,
c. viruses, however
d. viruses, however,
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Computer viruses range from being temporary annoyances to permanently destroying data. Computer vandals rig these
viruses to go off at a preset time. These bombs can permanently destroy data, and that can be disastrous to the operation of a
computer.
Which choice is the most effective first sentence for this paragraph?
a.
b.
c.
d.
No change
Among the more serious viruses are those referred to as ‘bombs.’
Most people would agree that they’d rather have a computer virus than a virus that puts them in bed for a week.
Despite technological advances, computers are still fragile devices in many ways.
5th period
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
These bombs can permanently destroy data, and that can be disastrous to the operation of a computer.
a.
b.
No change
a devastative disaster to the operation
c. possibly disastrous to operating
d. devastation to the operating
6th period
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Detection programs are available that search for and then destroy computer viruses.
a.
b.
No change
Detection programs that detect computer viruses
7th period
c. Computer viruses can be found by detection programs that
d. Detection programs that find computer viruses
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Detection programs are available that searches for and then destroys computer viruses.
a.
No change
b. searches for and destroys
c. search for and destroys
d. search for and destroy
Answers for Thursday Feb 16
1st
D—no need for commas 2nd
3rd
D—viruses, however,--sets off however between commas to add emphasis
4th
B—this sentence leads from the viruses paragraph into what specifically the next paragraph will talk about
5th
A—no change; ‘operating’ phrases are incorrect; and ‘devastative disaster’ is redundant
6th
A---no change; the others are all repetitive and redundant
7th
D---both search and destroy need to be singular—talking about the plural programs and what they do
C—and is correct word for the sentence to make sense
Friday February 17
1st period
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Evidence that some software writers have played up the medical analogy being found in the names of their programs: vaccine,
checkup, antitoxin, and disinfectant.
a.
No change
2nd period
b. analogy is
c. analogy, having been
d. analogy,
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Evidence that some software writers have played up the medical analogy is found in the names of their programs: vaccine, checkup,
antitoxin, and disinfectant.
a.
No change
b. programs;
c. programs
d. programs,
3rd period
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
As with all diseases, the best care is prevention.
a.
No change
4th period
b. similarly to
c. in the same way as
d according with
reading comprehension and editing
Experts suggest that you avoid borrowing computer disks because they might contain viruses. They warn that many of these viruses
are quite sophisticated in their programming.
In the context of this sentence, the word sophisticated means:
a.
Easy to figure out
5th period
b. simple viruses anyone can create
c. very technical and difficult
d. funny
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
If there is a virus in your system, you had hope that it better responds to the appropriate treatment and therapy.
The best replacement for the underlined word would be:
a.
Where it is now
6th period
b. after the word your
c. after the word had
d. after the word responds
reading comprehension and editing
Read through the following passage and answer the questions about the underlined portion of text:
Otherwise you could be in for a long night at the computer.
a.
No change
7th period
b. Otherwise,
c. Otherwise;
d. Otherwise:
reading comprehension and editing
This passage about computer viruses would most likely BEST be published in:
a.
b.
c.
d.
A monthly magazine about new computer games for teens
An encyclopedia article entitled “new computer products”
A website article for a computer company that helps troubleshoot problems with viruses
A news article about how viruses are destroying Americans’ personal laptops and cell phones
Answers for Feb 17
1st
B—analogy is fits correctly in the sentence
2nd
A—no change; the sentence needs a colon there
3rd
A—no change; the sentence is strongest as it is
4th
C—very technical and difficult fits the meaning of the word
5th
C—the word better goes best after had---you had better hope that it responds
6th
B—otherwise needs a comma to set it off as introductory phrase
7th
C---the website troubleshooting problems with viruses fits best, because the content of the article is about that topic