Question

15)

More and more schools are attempting to save both money and the environment by "going paperless." "Going paperless" means that teachers and students primarily use online programs to test what students are learning. Obviously, going paperless requires every student to have equal and fair access to technology. It is also requires that students and teachers know how to use computers skillfully.
Which sentence provides the best conclusion to the paragraph?
A) Because going paperless requires technology, it also requires a lot of energy.
B) Another important way to help the environment is to increase one's recycling efforts.
Eliminate
C) Going paperless may come with many challenges, but its benefits can outweigh the cost.
D) I am not really a fan of going paperless, but if that's what the school is doing, I'll do it.


16)
All of the little children enjoyed their day at the movies very much.

The bolded verb in this sentence is written in the
A) indicative mood.
B) imperative mood.
C) conditional mood.
D) interrogative mood.

Answer 1

C) Going paperless may come with many challenges, but its benefits can outweigh the cost.

The passage begins with the fact that "going paperless" will save the schools money and the environment. This detail includes the benefits of "going paperless". The paragraph goes on to list a few of the challenges: equal and fair access to technology and students and teachers knowing how to use computers skillfully. The conclusion statement should summarize these points as well as connect them to the essay's overall purpose. Option C does this by stating the benefits can outweigh the cost. The other options are also not correct because many of them are irrelevant. Option B does not conclude the paragraph; instead it introduces another way to help the environment. Option D switches from a formal tone to an informal tone by switching to first person point of view. Option A speaks about energy which is also a knew idea.

A) indicative mood

Enjoyed is the only verb in the sentence. It is written in the indicative mood. The indicative mood is used for factual statements. Sentences in the imperative mood are commands. The conditional mood often has the word IF and talks about hypothetical situations. The interrogative mood is used for questions.