Question

Which sentence uses the correct form of "their," "they're" and "there"?

A) They are an unbelievable collection of diamonds on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
B) There is an unbelievable collection of diamonds on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
C) Their is an unbelievable collection of diamonds on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
D) Thier is an unbelievable collection of diamonds on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

36) Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
The two-story brick house at the corner has beautiful rose bushes.
A) The two-story brick house
B) at the corner
C) the corner has
D) has beautiful rose bushes


37)1 Sometimes negative messages are sent through body language. 2 Crossed arms or legs can indicate anger, discomfort, or defensiveness. 3 Darting eyes may signal lying or uneasiness. 4 Hands on the hips with legs apart may suggest a defensive attitude, and blushing can be an indication of shyness or embarrassment. 5 You can really tell when your parents are going to let you have it by the way they look!
What is the BEST way to rewrite Sentence 1?
A) Sometimes body language may send negative messages.
B) Negative messages are sent through body language sometimes.
C) Through body language negative messages are sometimes sent.
D) Negative messages sometimes are sent through body language.


1 Have you ever noticed that the look on a person's face or the movements of a person's body can tell what the person is thinking? 2 Body language is the physical expression of thoughts and feelings. 3 Messages are imparted through facial expressions and body positions. 4 Sometimes body language can send a message that is stronger than the accompanying words, or, in some cases, in direct opposition to what is being said.
Which sentences combined make the thesis for the passage?
A) Sentences 1 and 2
B) Sentences 2 and 3
C) Sentences 1 and 3
D) Sentences 1 and 4

Answer 1

B) There is an unbelievable collection of diamonds on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

This is the correct use of there because it is referring to a place, as in over there is the collection of diamonds. The collection is singular so the verb must be "is".

B) at the corner

Prepositions are words that tell you where one noun is in relation to another noun. "At" tells where the house is in relation to the corner. Prepositional phrases end with a noun or pronoun.

A) Sometimes body language may send negative messages.

In writing it is important to use active voice. The original sentence was in passive voice because the subject of the sentence (messages) was not actually doing the main verb (sent). In the correct answer, body language is the subject and it is doing the sending.

B) Sentences 2 and 3

Sentences 2 and 3 explain how body language can send messages which is what the passage is about.

Answer 2

the first one is b, so is the second, third is d, and the last one is a