Question

Fix the following passage by choosing the best option for each (#) from the multiple-choice list. There may be more than one correct answer - select the BEST answer.

What I remember most about those days was working — we all worked (1) I started going out with my brothers, shining shoes. We would also take a bucket of water and some soap and wash whatever cars we could. My mother cooked for people (2) she sold lottery tickets, and she worked day and night. Because of what had happened (3) the only thing we could do was to unite as a family. My mother always told us we had to stick together, so all us kids became very close. We would share everything. We shared our food, we shared our clothing. If one of us didn’t have any shoes to wear (4) we would borrow fro each other. My brother Luis became my hero. I saw how hard he worked for us, and he always watched out for me; he let me go with him wherever he went.

- Sammy Sosa, Celebrity Writing in America

Select the punctuation mark needed for (2).

A.   ,

B.   ;

C.    .

Fix the following passage by choosing the best option for each (#) from the multiple-choice list. There may be more than one correct answer - select the BEST answer.

What I remember most about those days was working — we all worked (1) I started going out with my brothers, shining shoes. We would also take a bucket of water and some soap and wash whatever cars we could. My mother cooked for people (2) she sold lottery tickets, and she worked day and night. Because of what had happened (3) the only thing we could do was to unite as a family. My mother always told us we had to stick together, so all us kids became very close. We would share everything. We shared our food, we shared our clothing. If one of us didn’t have any shoes to wear (4) we would borrow fro each other. My brother Luis became my hero. I saw how hard he worked for us, and he always watched out for me; he let me go with him wherever he went.

- Sammy Sosa, Celebrity Writing in America

Select the punctuation mark needed for (3).

A.   ;

B.   .

C.    ,

Fix the following passage by choosing the best option for each (#) from the multiple-choice list. There may be more than one correct answer - select the BEST answer.

What I remember most about those days was working — we all worked (1) I started going out with my brothers, shining shoes. We would also take a bucket of water and some soap and wash whatever cars we could. My mother cooked for people (2) she sold lottery tickets, and she worked day and night. Because of what had happened (3) the only thing we could do was to unite as a family. My mother always told us we had to stick together, so all us kids became very close. We would share everything. We shared our food, we shared our clothing. If one of us didn’t have any shoes to wear (4) we would borrow fro each other. My brother Luis became my hero. I saw how hard he worked for us, and he always watched out for me; he let me go with him wherever he went.

- Sammy Sosa, Celebrity Writing in America

Select the punctuation mark needed for (4).

A. ;

B. ,

C.   .

Answer 1

The corrected paragraph is as below :

What I remember most about those days was working — we all worked . I started going out with my brothers, shining shoes. We would also take a bucket of water and some soap and wash whatever cars we could. My mother cooked for people ; she sold lottery tickets, and she worked day and night. Because of what had happened , the only thing we could do was to unite as a family. My mother always told us we had to stick together, so all us kids became very close. We would share everything. We shared our food, we shared our clothing. If one of us didn’t have any shoes to wear , we would borrow fro each other. My brother Luis became my hero. I saw how hard he worked for us, and he always watched out for me; he let me go with him wherever he went.

Punctuation mark for # 2 : ;

Punctuation mark for # 3 : ,

Punctuation mark for # 4 : ,