Read the following excerpt from a student’s report on the National Park Service. The passage

has errors that need to be corrected. Answer the questions that follow the passage to correct

the errors.

A national park is a large area of land owned and protected by the government. Because

government is for and by the people, the parks really belong to (1) we, the American people. (2)

The National Park Service which was formed in 1916 takes care of the parks. This organization

ensures that the public can enjoy the national parks and that the parks are safe places for the

plants and animals native to the area.



The first national park was Yellowstone. It was established in 1872. (3) Over 4 million people

visited Yellowstone each year to see its most famous feature, Old Faithful. Old Faithful is a

geyser, a hot spring that sends up jets of water and steam into the air.



Although Yellowstone was the first park established, it was not the last. There are now over 400

national parks in the United States. (4) Each park features beutiful landscapes and fasinating

wildlife, all protected by the National Park Service. The best way for us to appreciate the

amazing national parks is visit them (5) myself.



For the sentence labeled 1, which pronoun should be used?
A. we
B. they
C. us
D. them


What is the correct way to punctuate the sentence labeled 2?
A. The National Park Service, which was formed in 1916, takes care of the parks.
B. The National Park Service which was formed in 1916 takes care of the parks.
C. The National Park Service which was formed in 1916, takes care of the parks.
D. The National Park Service, which was formed in 1916 takes care of the parks.


What is the correct way to write the verb in the sentence labeled 3?
A. visit
B. visiting
C. visits
D. have visited


In the sentence labeled 4, the student uses adjectives to describe things one would see
in the park. How should these words be spelled?

A. beutiful/fasinating
B. beautiful/fascinating
C. beautifull/fascinating
D. beatiful/facinating


For the sentence labeled 5, which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?
A. myself
B. yourself
C. yourselves
D. ourselves