Week of March 3Rd CRCT Review Homework

Week of March 3rd CRCT Review Homework

Grammar and Sentence Construction –

(ELACC7L1b) Choose Among Sentence Types, (ELACC7L1c) Place Phrases/clauses

Student Name: ______/ Date: ______
Teacher Name: Susan Paten / Score: ______

Tuesday’s Homework (1-4)

Wednesday’s Homework (5-10)

Thursday’s Homework (11 – 15)

The Story of an Hour
By: Kate Chopin

1 Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her (1)as gently as possible the news of her husbands death. It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time (2)to assure himself of it’s truth by a second telegram and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
2 She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. (3)When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her. There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. (4)In the street below, a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. There were (5)patches of blue sky showing here and their through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.
3 She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, (6)except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.
4 There was (7)something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? (8)She did not know it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air. Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been. When she abandoned herself, a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!" (9)The vacant stare, and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body. She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her. A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as trivial. She knew that (10)she would weep again, when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome. There would be (11)no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination. Free! Body and soul free!" she kept whispering.
5 Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhole, imploring for admission. "Louise, open the door! I beg, open the door--you will make yourself ill. What are you doing, Louise? (12)For heaven's sake open the door"."Go away. I am not making myself ill." No; she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window. Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long.
6 She arose at length and opened the door to her sister's importunities. There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory. (13)She clasped her sister's waist, and together they descended the stairs. Someone was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip-sack and umbrella. He had been (14)far from the scene of accident, and did not even know there had been one. He stood amazed at Josephine's piercing cry; at Richards' quick motion to screen him from the view of his wife.(15)But Richards was tolate.When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease — of joy that kills.

1) Read the passage underlined (9). There may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose ‘Correct as is.’

A) / Correct as is.
B) / The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed
C) / The vacant stare and the look of terror, that had followed
D) / The vacant stare and the look, of terror that had followed

2) Read the passage underlined (14). There may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose ‘Correct as is.’

A) / far from the scene of the accident: and did not even know
B) / far from the scene of the accident; and did not even know
C) / far from the scene of the accident and did not even know
D) / Correct as is.

Fingerprints
By: Carole Jenkins

(1) What is the worst enemy of a criminal being prosecuted? (2) Is it the answers given to police during interrogation? (3) Is it the witnesses during the trial? (4) Or is it the expertise of the prosecuting attorney? (5) It may surprise you that the identification of the criminal's own fingerprints may be the most important tool in the conviction of a criminal.1
(6) The fingerprints of one person may be distinguished from those of anyone else in the world. (7) When a set of fingerprints is sent to a crime laboratory for identification. (8) The general pattern of the prints is verified first. (9) The unique combination of the loops, arches, and whorls determine the shape of the ridges on a person's fingertips. (10)The particular shape is then checked to see if there is a match with any set of prints on file with the authorities.2
(11)If a match is found, further matching is done by an expert to declare an exact match. (12) Examination of the peculiar spacing and the number of tiny holes along the ridges of the prints determine the final proof of a match. (13) The identity of the criminal can then be established with absolute certainty.3
(14) Today, even traces of fingerprints found at a crime scene may be used for identification. (15) Computers and lasers can develop an entire set of prints from these small traces.4

3) What is the BEST way, if any, to rewrite Sentences (3) and (4) correctly?

A) / Leave the sentence as is.
B) / Is it the witnesses during the trial or is it the expertise of the prosecuting attorney?
C) / Is it the witnesses during the trial or, is it the expertise of the prosecuting attorney?
D) / Is it the witnesses during the trial, or is it the expertise of the prosecuting attorney?

4) What is the BEST way, if any, to revise Sentence (7)?

A) / Leave the sentence as is.
B) / Remove it from the passage.
C) / Combine it with Sentence (8).
D) / Combine it with Sentence (6).

Jackie Robinson - The Early Years
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1(1)Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 — October 24, 1972), became the first African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era in 1947. (2)He was born in Cairo, Georgia and moved with his mother and siblings to Pasadena, California, in 1920 after his father deserted the family. He attended John Muir Junior College and Pasadena City College where he was an enthusiastic athlete. At the University of California, Los Angeles, he was a star player of football, basketball, (3)track, and baseball there he was the first athlete in UCLA history to letter in four different sports. (4)Robinson's honors at UCLA were impressive: for two years, he was the highest scorer in basketball competition in the Pacific Coast Conference, national champion long jumper, All-American football halfback and varsity baseball shortstop. He left college in 1941 because of financial problems.
2(5)After leaving UCLA his senior year Robinson enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II. He enlisted with a segregated Battalion, the U.S. 761st Tank Battalion. While initially refused admission to Officer Candidate School, (6)he fought for it, and eventually was accepted, graduating as a first lieutenant. While training in the Army at Fort Hood, Texas, Robinson refused to go to the back of a public bus. He was court-martialed for insubordination and, therefore, never made it to Europe with his unit. He later received an honorable discharge in 1944 after being acquitted of all charges at the court-martial.
3 Jackie played baseball in 1944 for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro American League where he was noticed by Clyde Sukeforth, a scout working for Branch Rickey who was the club president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rickey had the secret goal of signing the Negro Leagues' top players to the team. Although there was no official ban on blacks in organized baseball, previous attempts at signing black baseball players had been thwarted by league officials and rival clubs in the past, so Rickey operated undercover. Robinson drew national attention (7)when Rickey selected him from a list of promising candidate’s and signed him. In 1946, Robinson was assigned to play (8)for the Dodgers' minor league affiliate in Montreal the Montreal Royals. Although that season was very tiring emotionally for Robinson, it was also a success in a city that treated him well and without the racial tension present in many North American cities of the times.
4 Robinson was a slightly curious candidate to be the first black Major Leaguer in fifty-seven years. Not only was he 27 (relatively old for a prospect), he also had a fiery temperament. While some felt his more laid-back future teammate Roy Campanella might have been a better candidate to face the expected abuse, (9)Rickey chosed Robinson, feeling that Jackie's outspoken nature would, in the long run, be more beneficial for their cause than Campanella's relative docility. But to be sure Rickey had the right man, he laid upon Robinson a three-hour tirade of racial slurs, taunts, and insults in his office. Exasperated at the ordeal, Jackie asked if he should fight back. (10)"I want someone with guts enough not to fight back, Rickey replied.’ Aware of what was at stake, Robinson agreed.

5) Read the passage underlined (3). There may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. If you find a mistake choose the answer that corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose ‘Correct as is.’

A) / Correct as is.
B) / track, and baseball, there he was the first athlete in UCLA history
C) / track, and baseball: there he was the first athlete in UCLA history
D) / track, and baseball; there he was the first athlete in UCLA history

6) Read the passage underlined (5). There may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. If you find a mistake choose the answer that corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose ‘Correct as is.’

A) / Correct as is.
B) / After leaving UCLA his senior year, Robinson enlisted in the U.S. Army
C) / After leaving UCLA his senior year; Robinson enlisted in the U.S. Army
D) / After leaving UCLA, his senior year Robinson enlisted in the U.S. Army

Jackie Robinson - Accomplishments
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1 Robinson was an exceptionally talented and disciplined hitter, with a career average of .311 and substantially more walks than strikeouts. He played several defensive positions extremely well and was the most aggressive and (1)successful baserunner of his era no other player since World War II has more steals of home (19) than Robinson. By his talent and physical presence, (2)he disrupted the concentration of pitchers catchers, and middle infielders. Robinson's overall talent was such that he is often cited as among the best players of his era. It is also frequently claimed that Robinson was one of the most intelligent baseball players ever, a claim that is well supported by his homeplate discipline and defensive prowess. He was elected to baseball's All-Century Team as a second baseman. In one of his most famous quotes, (3)he said "I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... all I ask is that you respect me as a human being."
2 Robinson retired from the game on January 5, 1957. He had wanted to manage or coach in the major leagues but received no offers. He became a vice-president for the Chock Full O' Nuts corporation instead and served on the board of the NAACP until 1967 when he resigned because of the lack of younger influence on the board.(4)He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, his first year of eligibility, becoming the first African-American so honored. (5)Robinson made his final public appearance on October 14, 1972 before Game 2 of the World Series in Cincinnati. He used this chance to express his wish for a black manager to be hired by a Major League Baseball team. This wish was granted two years later, following the 1974 season, (6)when the Cleveland Indians gave there managerial post to Frank Robinson, a Hall of Fame bound slugger who was then still an active player. He was no relation to Jackie Robinson. At the press conference announcing his hiring, (7)Frank expressed his wish, that Jackie had lived to see the moment.(8)Robinsons final few years were marked by tragedy. In 1971, his eldest son, Jackie, Jr., who had beaten back drug problems and was working as a Daytop Village counselor, was killed in an automobile accident. Also, the diabetes that plagued him in middle age had left him virtually blind and contributed to his severe heart troubles.
3 Jackie Robinson was pronounced dead in Stamford, Connecticut, on October 24, 1972 and was interred in the Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York; the highway that goes through the cemetery (Interborough Parkway) has been renamed the Jackie Robinson Parkway. On October 29, 2003, the United States Congress posthumously awarded Robinson the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award the Congress can bestow. (9)Robinson's widow excepted the award in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on March 2, 2005.

7) Read the passage underlined (1). There may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose ‘Correct as is.’

A) / Correct as is.
B) / successful baserunner of his era - no other player since World War II has more steals of home
C) / successful baserunner of his era, no other player since World War II has more steals of home
D) / successful baserunner of his era; no other player since World War II has more steals of home

8) Read the passage underlined (7). There may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose ‘Correct as is.’

A) / Frank expressed his wish that Jackie had lived, to see the moment
B) / Frank expressed, his wish that Jackie had lived to see the moment
C) / Frank expressed his wish that Jackie had lived to see the moment
D) / Correct as is.

9) Which is a simple sentence?

A) / Why didn't you call me after you finished your chores?
B) / Can you help me with this, or should I ask someone else?
C) / Did you know that we went to get ice cream after school yesterday?
D) / Are you going to the store with your mother or your sister this afternoon?

10) Which is a correctly punctuated COMPLEX sentence?

A) / The girl ran across the street and got the mail.
B) / The girl ran across the street, and she got the mail.
C) / The girl ran across the street because she wanted to get the mail.
D) / The girl ran across the street, got the mail, and returned to the house.

11) Which sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier?

A) / Sleeping like a baby, the telephone woke me.
B) / Roller skating can be fun on a Sunday afternoon.
C) / I ordered a garden salad and an iced tea for lunch.
D) / Living on the river, I have learned to love the water.

12) Which sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier?