Bellringer Quiz Week 2 Jan. 19-22

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1. CHOOSE THE BEST REPLACEMENT FOR THE UNDERLINED SECTION OF THE SENTENCE.
“Each second, the Amazon discharjes more than six million cubic feets of water into the Atlantic ocean” said karl.

Explanation

The correct replacement for the underlined section of the sentence is "discharges." This is because "discharges" is the correct spelling of the verb form that means to release or let out, which is what is happening with the water in the sentence. "Dischargies" and "descharjes" are incorrect spellings and do not exist in standard English.

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Bellringer Quiz Week 2 Jan. 19-22 - Quiz

This Bellringer Quiz for the week of Jan 19-22 focuses on sentence correction in English Grammar. It assesses the ability to correct grammatical errors and improve sentence structure, enhancing students' understanding of English syntax and usage.

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2. CHOOSE THE BEST REPLACEMENT FOR THE UNDERLINED SECTION OF THE SENTENCE.
“Is it possible mr. Wong that in prehistaric times Africa and south America may have been joined,” asked Karl.

Explanation

The correct replacement for the underlined section is "South America." In this sentence, "South America" is a proper noun and should be capitalized. The correct format is to have a space between "South" and "America."

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3. CHOOSE THE BEST REPLACEMENT FOR THE UNDERLINED SECTION OF THE SENTENCE.
What an amazing variety of wildlife the Amazon foster, more than 300 kinds of hummingbirds live near this river.

Explanation

The correct answer is "fosters". In the given sentence, the subject "the Amazon" is singular, so it requires a singular verb form. "Fosters" is the correct verb form in the present tense for the singular subject "the Amazon".

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4. CHOOSE THE BEST REPLACEMENT FOR THE UNDERLINED SECTION OF THE SENTENCE.
The Amazon River, the second long river in the world, carry one fifth of the world’s river water.

Explanation

The underlined section of the sentence should be replaced with "one-fifth" because it is the correct way to express the fraction 1/5 in words.

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5. CHOOSE THE BEST REPLACEMENT FOR THE UNDERLINED SECTION OF THE SENTENCE.
Mr. Wong said, “Well the rivers in the two continants did contains similar fish millions of years ago Karl”

Explanation

The correct answer is "contain" because it is the correct form of the verb to agree with the subject "rivers." The sentence is talking about the past, so the past tense form "contained" would also be acceptable. "Containes" and "countan" are incorrect spellings and do not match the subject or tense of the sentence.

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6. CHOOSE THE BEST REPLACEMENT FOR THE UNDERLINED SECTION OF THE SENTENCE.
Mr. Wongs students studying the amazon river, therefore, their teacher made a special raquest.

Explanation

The underlined section of the sentence should be replaced with "are studying". This is because the sentence is referring to the current action of Mr. Wong's students studying the Amazon River. The present continuous tense "are studying" accurately conveys this ongoing action.

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7. CHOOSE THE BEST REPLACEMENT FOR THE UNDERLINED SECTION OF THE SENTENCE.
“The Nile river is longest than the amazong but the Amazon is wide than the Mississippi river,” perclaimed Mara.

Explanation

The underlined section of the sentence should be replaced with "longer -- wider" because it is comparing the length of the Nile river to the length of the Amazon river, and it is also comparing the width of the Amazon river to the width of the Mississippi river.

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8. CHOOSE THE BEST REPLACEMENT FOR THE UNDERLINED SECTION OF THE SENTENCE.
Mr. wong wants them to watch the special television show at 800 p. m. next Thursday.

Explanation

The correct answer is "8:00 P. M." because it follows the standard format for indicating time with the use of capital letters for "P. M." and the colon between the hour and minute.

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