hahaha I just finished it and got 100 :)
He had left school in junior high, {ostensibly} because
his mother was ill. (“Delfino II: Diez in the Desert") - supposedly
2. And I throbbed with a burning desire / To travel this {immensity}. (“Your
World") - vastness
3. [T]he Last Poets {embodied} black power. (“Hip-Hop Planet") - personified
4. What happens to a dream {deferred}? (“Harlem II") - postponed
5. The Statue of Liberty has stood {for more than 100 years} in New York
Harbor. - adverb phrase
6. Frédéric Bartholdi, {the sculptor}, came up with the concept of a “mighty
woman with a torch” as he sailed into the harbor. - appositive phrase
7. The huge statue was shipped {in 214 separate cases}, then assembled in New
York. - adverb phrase
8. Bowling is the top participation sport in the U.S. today, with 53 million
players. - gerund
9. One form of bowling, found in Scotland, involves heaving a ball at the pins
and flopping down faceforward. - participial phrase
10. To score accurately, bowlers must learn what the terms spare, strike, and
split mean. - infinitive phrase
11. A cool, pine-scented breeze. - phrase fragment
12. Throughout history, birds have been considered important symbols and omens.
- independent clause
13. In Europe, where winters are long and hard, cuckoos are considered a sign
of spring. - adjective clause
14. Many people believe that storks symbolize good luck and welcome stork nests
on their chimneys. - noun clause
15. Doves, which are considered symbols of peace and beauty, are related to
plain old pigeons. - adjective clause
16. Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly? -
I hope that you do not oversleep, or we will be late for school.
17. Even before telescopes were invented, humans were interested in astronomy. - complex
18. Galileo, the first astronomer to use a telescope, confirmed the theory that the earth and planets circle the sun. - complex
19. Halley’s comet should return in the year 2061. - simple
