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Unit 3 Exam - 8th ELA/8th Honors ELAR

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Unit 3 Exam - 8th ELA/8th Honors ELAR

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Question 1

1.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 2?

A Add a comma after However

B Change shorelines to shorlines

C Change anything to nothing

D No change is needed in sentence 2.

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Question 2

2.

Rafael does not think that sentence 3 is appropriate for this assignment. He does not think the tone is appropriate for his audience. How should he change the sentence?

F For many critters, this environment, called the intertidal zone, is one super-duper tough place to live.

G For many creatures, this environment, called the intertidal zone, is one of the most challenging places to lvie on earth.

H For a whole heap of creatures, this environment, called the intertidal zone, is one of the most challenging places to live on Earth.

J For many critters, this environment, called the intertidal zone, is one of the most challenging places to live on this big blue marble we call Earth.

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Question 3

3.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 5?

A Change washed to washing

B Change rise to rising

C Change the period to a question mark

D No change is needed in sentence 5.

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Question 4

4.

What is the best way to combine sentence 7 and 8?

F When the driest zone, the part furthest inland, is called the spray zone, it receives only a spray of seawter during high tide.

G The driest zone, the part furthest inland, is called the spray zone, or it receives only a spray of seawater during high tide.

H The driest zone, the part furthest inland, and the spray zone receive only a spray of seawater during high tide.

J The driest zone, the part furthest inland, is called the spray zone because it receives only a spray of seawater during high tide.

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Question 5

5.

Rafael wants to add a topic sentence to the third paragraph (sentences 13-16). Which of these would be the best topic sentencd for this paragraph?

A One of the most obvious problems animals have in the intertidal zone is moisture differences.

B Some animals that live in the intertidal zone prefer to be wet most of the time.

C Most beaches aroudn the world experience two high tides and two low tides each day.

D Different animals around the world have evolved to be specially suited for their environments.

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Question 6

6.

Sentence 19 needs a transition word or phrase added to the beginning to connect it with the previous ideas. What word or phrase should be added?

F Therefore

G Consequently

H For example

J In other words

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Question 7

7.

Rafael would like to add the following sentence to the fifth paragraph (sentences 24-29).

That is why many animals have adapted to burrow into the sand or hang onto rocks.

Where is the best place to insert this sentence?

A after sentence 26

B after sentence 27

C after sentence 28

D after sentence 29

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Question 8

8.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 32?

F Remove the comma after However

G Change recedes to will recede

H Add a comma after air

J Change they to them

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Question 9

9.

What is the best way to combine sentences 34 and 35?

A The beach may look like a peaceful place where you can relax your cares away, but for many animals, the intertidal zone is no "day at the beach."

B Since the beach may look like a peaceful place where you can relax your cares away, for many animals, the intertidal zone is no "day at the beach."

C Looking like a peaceful plac,e you can relax your cares away, for mamy animals, the intertidal zone is no "day at the beach."

D Before the beach may look like a peaceful place where you can relax your cares away, for many animals, the intertidal zone is no "day at the beach."

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Question 10

10.

Rafael wants to look up some information to add to this paper. He wants to include more information about tidal zones in different parts of the world. What would be the best source for him to use to find this information?

F a science book

G an atlas

H a website that shows weather forecasts

J a travel guide