writing review - use the text to answer the following questions. (1) that year, chinese new year fell on a…

writing review - use the text to answer the following questions. (1) that year, chinese new year fell on a thursday, so i got off work early to help my mother shop. (2) my mother was seventy - one, but she still walked instantly along, her small body straight and purposeful, carrying a colorful flowery plastic bag. 8. what change needs to be made in sentence 1? a. change new year to new year b. change fell to fallen c. delete the comma after thursday d. change my to me 9. the author has not used the most effective word in sentence 2. which word should replace instantly in the sentence? a. immediately b. briskly c. momentarily d. suddenly

writing review - use the text to answer the following questions. (1) that year, chinese new year fell on a thursday, so i got off work early to help my mother shop. (2) my mother was seventy - one, but she still walked instantly along, her small body straight and purposeful, carrying a colorful flowery plastic bag. 8. what change needs to be made in sentence 1? a. change new year to new year b. change fell to fallen c. delete the comma after thursday d. change my to me 9. the author has not used the most effective word in sentence 2. which word should replace instantly in the sentence? a. immediately b. briskly c. momentarily d. suddenly

Answer

Brief Explanations:

For question 8, "Chinese New Year" is a proper - noun and should be capitalized, so "new year" should be "New Year". For question 9, "briskly" means in a lively, energetic way which best describes the mother's walking, while "instantly" means immediately and doesn't fit the context of describing the manner of walking as well as "briskly".

Answer:

  1. A. Change new year to New Year
  2. B. briskly