Question

Questions 6 through 10 refer to the following

paragraphs.
The History of Daylight Saving Time

Answer 1

1. Choice B
2. Choice B
3. Choice A
4. Choice C

Step-by-step explanation:

Question 7:

• Choice B is the best answer. It's is a contraction meaning it is or it has. Its is possessive, meaning it relates an object or idea to a subject. In this case, its relates "each time zone" and "standard time". The time zone is the possessor and the standard time is the object.
• Choice A is incorrect. The comma in this sentence is correctly placed. "With daylight savings time" is an introductory clause, thus the comma is placed after the clause.
• Choice C is incorrect. "Our" is oftentimes confused with "hour" because they are similar-sounding words. However, "our" is possessive and typically associates an object or idea with yourself and more than one person. An "hour" is a measure of time. Thus replacing "hour" with "our" wouldn't make sense in this context.
• Choice D is incorrect. Placing a comma after standard time would be unnecessary. "Each time zone changes its standard time by an hour" is an independent clause that is already linked to "With daylight savings time" via a comma.

Question 8:

• Choice B is the best answer. Congress should be capitalized when referring to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
• Choice A is incorrect. "In 1918, Congress passed a law making the rail time zones official" places a comma correctly after the introductory clause.
• Choice C is incorrect. "Passed" is the past tense of the verb pass. In this context, it is used to describe a proceeding (ie. a law). "Past" can be used to describe something that occurred long ago. "Passed" makes more sense in this context.
• Choice D is incorrect. "Making" is the present participle of the word make. "Made" is the past tense of the word make. In this context, "making" makes more sense because it means to create or bring something into existence.

Question 9:

• Choice A is the best answer. A comma is needed after "For example" because it is an introductory clause and it presents an example.
• Choice B is incorrect. The word "had" is the past tense of possess, own, or hold. Whereas "have" is the present tense of the word. Because the "schedules" in this sentence were put out in the past, "had" makes more sense than have.
• Choice C is incorrect. "Schedules" is the plural form of the word schedule and "schedule's" is the possessive form of the word. "Schedule's" does not make sense in this context because the sentence is about the TV and Radio shows putting out multiple schedules NOT the schedules' possession.
• Choice D is incorrect. Putting a comma after schedules would be separating two dependent clauses with a comma. Neither clause would be able to stand on its own.

Question 10:

***NOTE*** Choice D is missing.

• Choice C is the best answer. The phrase "..., which established starting and ending dates for daylight savings time,..." needs to be enclosed in commas because it is additional information that disrupts the flow of the original sentence.
• Choice A is incorrect. "Act" should stay capitalized because it refers to a specific act: "The Uniform Time Act of 1966."
• Choice B is incorrect. "Dates" is the plural form of the word date and "date's" is the possessive form of the word. "Date's" does not make sense in this context because the sentence is about the starting and ending dates NOT the dates possessing anything.

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