Exercise 2
Read the following passage. Some sections are underlined. The underlined sections may be one of the following:
- Incomplete sentences
- Run-on sentences
- Correctly written sentences that should be combined
- Correctly written sentences that do not need to be rewritten
From the choices provided, select the best way to write each underlined section. If the underlined section needs no change, select the choice "Correct as is."
Nathan stood with his family, watching the plane taxi to the gate. His brother Daniel was finally coming home. (1) Daniel had been studying in Italy for the last eight months, Nathan couldn't wait to hear all about it. No one in Nathan's family had ever been to Europe. (2) Just last year, while a freshman at college, Daniel had accepted a scholarship to study abroad. Daniel, an art major, would study with the masters. (3) Architecture was his main interest. He had written a paper on the Sistine Chapel and received admission to the special program.
1. Daniel had been studying in Italy for the last eight months, Nathan couldn't wait to hear all about it.
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Daniel had been studying in Italy for the last eight months. Nathan waiting to hear all about it.
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Daniel studying in Italy for the past eight months. And Nathan couldn't wait to hear all about it.
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Daniel had been studying in Italy for the past eight months, and Nathan couldn't wait to hear all about it.
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Correct as is
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2. Just last year, while a freshman at college, Daniel had accepted a scholarship to study abroad.
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Just last year, while a freshman at college, Daniel had accepted something, it was a scholarship to study abroad.
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Just last year, while a freshman at college. Daniel had accepted a scholarship to study abroad.
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Just last year, while a freshman at college, Daniel had accepted. A scholarship to study abroad.
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Correct as is
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3. Architecture was his main interest. He had written a paper on the Sistine Chapel and received admission to the special program.
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Architecture was his main interest, and he had written a paper on the Sistine Chapel, and he had received admission to the special program.
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Architecture was his main interest, and after writing a paper on the Sistine Chapel, he received admission to the special program.
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Architecture, which was his main interest, had written a paper on the Sistine Chapel and received admission to the special program.
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Architecture was his main interest while he had written a paper on the Sistine Chapel and received admission to the special program.
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