Quoting Accurately from Texts

Question 1

Read the excerpt below: "Every Saturday, the community garden buzzes with activity. Mrs. Patel says, 'We grow more than twenty different vegetables, and the kids love picking fresh carrots.' The garden supplies half of the school's salad bar." Which of the following sentences correctly uses quotation marks to quote Mrs. Patel’s exact words while writing about how many vegetables the garden grows?

Accepted Answer

Mrs. Patel says, "We grow more than twenty different vegetables, and the kids love picking fresh carrots."

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Mrs. Patel says, "We grow more than twenty different vegetables, and the kids love picking fresh carrots.

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Mrs. Patel says, "We grow more than twenty different vegetables, and the kids love picking fresh carrots".

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Mrs. Patel says, 'We grow more than twenty different vegetables, and the kids love picking fresh carrots.'

Question 2

Read the passage below: "Water on Earth moves in a continuous cycle. When the sun's energy warms bodies of water, the water turns into vapor and rises into the sky; this process is called evaporation. The vapor then cools and forms clouds through condensation, and eventually falls as precipitation." Which of the following quotes from the passage best supports the idea that the sun’s energy causes water to become vapor?

Accepted Answer

"When the sun's energy warms bodies of water, the water turns into vapor and rises into the sky."

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"The vapor then cools and forms clouds through condensation."

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"When the sun's energy warms bodies of water, the water turns into vapor and falls as rain."

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"Water on Earth moves in a continuous cycle."

Question 3

Read the passage below: "Water moves through the Earth in a continuous cycle. The sun's heat causes water in oceans, lakes, and rivers to change into vapor, a process called evaporation. This vapor rises into the atmosphere, cools, and forms clouds through condensation. When the clouds become heavy, precipitation falls back to the surface as rain or snow." Which quote from the passage best supports the statement: "Evaporation happens because of the sun's heat"?

Accepted Answer

"The sun's heat causes water in oceans, lakes, and rivers to change into vapor, a process called evaporation."

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"Water in oceans, lakes, and rivers changes into vapor, a process called evaporation."

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"The sun's heat causes water to rise into the atmosphere, cooling and forming clouds."

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"When the clouds become heavy, precipitation falls back to the surface as rain or snow."

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