SAMPLE TEST - EXPLANATI - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS - answers form B

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Sample English Language Arts test explanations for Form B provide guided corrections and reasoning for multiple-choice items. The content focuses on revising and editing, identifying punctuation needs, and fixing sentence-structure issues such as nonessential clauses and run-on sentences. It also explains how to improve clarity and logic in sentence revisions, including tense consistency and appropriate comma use in series or modifying phrases. The document concludes with guidance on selecting sentences that introduce main claims and provide the strongest support.

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Revising/Editing Part A

Item 1 - Comma needed for a nonrestrictive clause

Item 2 - Fix run-on sentence structure

Item 3 - Correct unclear modifier reference

Item 4 - Tense consistency and comma rules

Revising/Editing Part B

Item 5 - Sentence that introduces the main claim

Item 6 - Best support for a specific sentence

Item 7 - Sentence revision for best main

SAMPLE TESTEXPLANATI– ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTSONS OF CORRECT ANSWERS FORM B | REVISING/EDITING PART A | | --- | | 1. (B) The question asks for the correction needed for an error in the sentence. The sentence needs a comma to set off the clause “which is considered one of the ‘new’ Seven Wonders ofthe World,” because the clause is not essential to the meaning of the sentence (nonrestrictive clause) . Option B is correct because it places a comma where it is needed, after “Italy,” to set off the nonrestrictive clause that follows. Option A is incorrect because when a name has more than one element, a comma is used to separate the elements for clarity. Option C is incorrect because it would remove the comma at the end of the nonrestrictive clause, which should be set off by commas at the beginning and the end. Option D is incorrect because a comma after “built” would separate the phrase “could hold more than 50,000 spectators,” which is a dependent clause that uses the subject from the main clause and so needs to stay connected to the rest ofthe sentence. | | 2. (E) The question asks for the correction of an error in sentence structure in the paragraph. The first sentence is a run-on sentence because both clauses—“In September 2016 the National Museum of African American
History and Culture opened as part of the Smithsonian Institution” and “the museum is already the Smithsonian’s third most popular site”—are independent clauses, and independent clauses should not be combined without the use of a conjunction and a comma. The revision in Option E adds the word “and” before the comma, which corrects the run-on. Option F, Option G, Option H are incorrect responses because the corresponding underlined portions in the paragraph are not structural errors. No edits are needed to correct those portions ofthe text. | | 3. (C) The question asks for the correct revision of the sentence in the box. The sentence is incorrect because, as written, the phrase “to promote their club” refers to the closest noun to the phrase, which is “a bake sale,”and that does not match logically. Option C is correct because the revision has the phrase “to promote their club” clearly modifying “members of the debate team”and adds the idea that the bake sale is on Wednesday to the end of the sentence. Option A and Option B are incorrect because the revisions do not fix the error that“to promote their club” modifies “a bake sale.” Option Dis incorrect; while the revision clarifies that “to promote their club” relates to the “members of the debate team,”the rest ofthe sentence is poorly written because the insertion of“on Wednesday to promote their club” in the middle of the sentence interrupts the main clause,“Members of the debate team will sponsor a bake sale.” | 4. (G) The question asks for the necessary revisions to the paragraph. Option G is correct because the errors appear in sentence 3 of the paragraph. The word“studies” is in the present tense, but it should be changed to “studied” to match the past tense established in the paragraph (“spent,”“recited”) . Additionally, the comma after the word “emotions” needs to be removed because the words “emotions and motivations” are part of a group (series) of two elements, and when there are only two elements in a series, a comma is not used. Option E is incorrect because sentence 1 does not need to be revised. The word “spent” is correct in the past tense, and there is no need to insert a comma after the word“play.” Option F is incorrect because sentence 2 does not need to be revised. The word “did” is correct as written in the past tense, and there is no comma needed after the word “projection” because “so” is not functioning as a conjunction but rather as part of the conjunction phrase “so that,” which does not take a comma. Option H is incorrect because sentence 4 does not need to be revised. The word “recited” is correct as written in the past tense, and the comma after “times” is needed in order to separa

FAQs

How do items in Part B determine the best answer for main claim or support?

The explanations require choosing options that either introduce the passage’s main claim or strengthen a specific idea by providing directly related examples. Options that only offer implied ideas or unrelated topics are rejected.

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