After Shayla’s father lost his job, there were several months when he was always down. Shayla noticed that he didn’t seem to have the energy for anything.
Question 2
2.
Janet was surprised to find out that adding worms to her soil led to an increase in nutrients. This caused her lettuce to grow faster.
Question 3
3.
Because it was on the other side of the city, Zahara rode the subway to the museum.
Question 4
4.
After realizing all of the speakers were of one race, the committee reached out to experts from many cultures and ethnicities.
Question 5
5.
After her art class completes a project, Ms. Mitchell chooses a few of the best works to display at the front of the classroom.
Question 6
6.
Mr. Flores was irritated when Jaelen started telling a story about his dog in history class. “Let’s try to stay on topic, please,” Mr. Flores said.
Question 7
7.
Pam bought a new printer that’s really fast. The only problem is that the ink takes forever to dry, so it smudges very easily
Question 8
8.
Mayor Adebayo announced that she wouldn’t be running for reelection. Then she said, “I hope you will all vote for Deputy Mayor Tanaka; he has my full support.”
Question 9
9.
Given the choice between a gift and cash, most people we interviewed said they would rather have cash.
Question 10
10.
Carlos found studying and reviewing his notes ___ to his performance on the test
Question 11
11.
I never read the entire newspaper. Instead, I focus on articles that are ___ to my life.
Question 12
12.
My niece has given me so many adorable drawings. It’s hard to ___ a group of them to hang on my fridge!
Question 13
13.
Barclay loved the lunch buffet at the corner bodega because it was filled with ___ food and drink options.
Question 14
14.
Arya heard the rumors ___ her friend Mike, who always passed juicy gossip on to her
Question 15
15.
One of the ___ of getting braces is not being able to eat candy apples or sticky candy.
Question 16
16.
. Between recording and editing her own videos and watching other people’s videos, it seems like Ellie spends the ___ of her free time on TikTok.
Question 17
17.
Mahdi’s big sister is a powerful force in his life. She always ___ his good decisions and cheers him on.
Question 18
18.
When Jack realized that his sadness wasn’t going away, he wondered if he might be ___.
