What correction should be made to this sentence:
After Orville and Wilbur Wright have flown their first airplane in 1903, the age of flying slowly began.
Changing “have flown” to “flew” is the correct answer because the verb should be in past tense rather than present tense.
Which is the best way to combine sentences (A) and (B):
(A) In the years after the war and through the Roaring Twenties, America's pilots found themselves without jobs. (B) Some of them gave up flying altogether.
The other answer choices show a relationship between American pilots not having work because they gave up flying airplanes. The original sentences intend the opposite. Some American pilots returned from World War I without work in flying planes. So, they had to give up flying altogether and find other jobs.
What correction should be made to this sentence:
Another pilot, Roscoe Turner traveled around the country with a lion cub in his plane.
Adding a comma after “Turner” is correct because a comma is needed to offset the non-essential clause “Roscoe Turner”. Deleting the comma before Roscoe is incorrect because Roscoe Turner is a non-essential clause; it is not required to understand the meaning of the sentence. The clause should be offset by commas on both sides. Changing with to as is incorrect because as would change the meaning of the sentence to imply that Roscoe Turner dressed as a lion cub. Changing plane to airplane is incorrect because the words plane and airplane can be used interchangeably.
What correction should be made to this sentence:
Before airmail, the post traveled on trains and can take weeks to reach a destination.
Changing “can” to “could” is correct because the passage discusses the past. Therefore, the past tense “could” is preferable over the present tense “can”.
Which is the best way to combine sentences (A) and (B):
(A) Flying for the post office was dangerous work. (B) Early pilots didn't have sophisticated instruments and safety equipment on their planes.
This is the best choice because it correctly transitions from sentence (A) to sentence (B) and maintains the original meaning of the author.
What correction should be made to this sentence:
Nicknamed Sparky when he was a child, Charles schulz endured years of struggle before he finally found success.
Changing Charles schulz to Charles Schulz is the best choice because it corrects the capitalization error in the sentence. The other choices create new errors in the sentence instead of correcting the existing error.
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Which sentence in this paragraph functions as the thesis statement for this composition:
(1) Sparky was a loser, but he didn't stay that way. (2) You probably know Sparky better by his given name: Charles Schulz. (3) Nicknamed Sparky when he was a child, Charles Schulz endured years of struggle before he finally found success. (4) Eventually, the loser became a winner. (5) Thanks to the hard work and perseverance of Sparky, the world will always remember a boy named Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang.
Sentence (5) functions as the thesis statement for this composition. Sentences (1), (2), and (3) do not function as the thesis statement for this composition.