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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 
 
What would be the best way to expand, or rearrange the following sentences with the most detail?
 

 1. 

The dog slept.
a.
The dog is sleeping.
c.
The lazy dog slept soundly.
b.
The lazy dog slept.
d.
The lazy dog sleep.
 

 2. 

The man is hungry.
a.
The tall man in the back of the line is very hungry.
c.
The line in the back is tall and very hungry.
b.
The tall back of the line is very hungry.
d.
The tall man is hungry.
 

 3. 

The science teacher is happy.
a.
The science teacher happy.
c.
The science teacher is very.
b.
The science teacher is very happy.
d.
If the science teacher is happy.
 

 4. 

The mouse is in the hole.
a.
The mouse is hole.
c.
The mouse are in the dark hole.
b.
The mouse is very dark.
d.
The tiny mouse is in the dark hole.
 

 5. 

The horses run on the moutain.
a.
The wild horses run on the grass covered mountain.
c.
On the moutain the horses.
b.
The horses run.
d.
The horse run mountain in grassy.
 

 6. 

The man is funny. He makes people laugh.
a.
The man is funny.
c.
The people laugh.
b.
The people are funny and laugh.
d.
The funny man makes people laugh.
 
 
Which of the following compound sentences are punctuated correctly?
 

 7. 

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a.
The winter is my favorite time of year, the snow covers the earth.
c.
The winter is my favorite time of year; the snow covers the earth.
b.
The winter is my favorite time of year and the snow covers the earth.
d.
The winter is my favorite time of year the snow covers the earth.
 

 8. 

.
a.
The rabbit is stealing our food and it has built its home in the yard.
c.
The rabbit is stealing our food,  it has built its home in the yard.
b.
The rabbit is stealing our food, and it has built its home in the yard.
d.
The rabbit is stealing our food it has built its home in the yard.
 

 9. 

.
a.
The day is wonderful and it is warm and clear.
c.
The day is wonderful it is warm and clear.
b.
The day is wonderful, it is warm and clear.
d.
The day is wonderful; it is warm and clear.
 

 10. 

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a.
Smile for the camera, and you will like the picture.
c.
Smile for the camera, you will like the picture.
b.
Smile for the camera and you will like the picture.
d.
Smile for the camera you will like the picture.
 



 
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