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The questions below require you to rewrite sentences in your head.  Each question tells you exactly how to begin your new sentence.  Your new sentence should have the same meaning and contain the same information as the original sentence.

Example:

The student senate debated for two hours and finally voted down the resolution.

Rewrite, beginning with

Having debated the issue for two hours, ...

The next word or words will be

  1. the issue
  2. it
  3. the student senate
  4. a vote

1)

The congressman who faced a federal investigation resigned from his position yesterday.

Rewrite, beginning with

Facing a federal investigation, ...

The next word or words will be

  1. his position
  2. he
  3. yesterday the investigation
  4. the congressman

2)

The department store is having a huge sale tomorrow and everything will be an additional 40% off.

Rewrite, beginning with

During its huge sale tomorrow, ...

The next word or words will be

  1. shoppers
  2. the department store
  3. all items
  4. 40% off

3)

Students use highlighters to make notes in their textbooks and in their own personal notes, as well as for color coding their class materials.

Rewrite, beginning with

Useful for many things, ...

The next word or words will be

  1. students
  2. notes in textbooks
  3. class materials
  4. highlighters

4)

Apple releases new versions of its key products every year to encourage consumers to upgrade and buy new products.

Rewrite, beginning with

Hoping to encourage people to purchase new devices, ...

The next word or words will be

  1. Apple
  2. consumers
  3. new versions
  4. products

5)

Kaitlin reads voraciously, even though she has an extremely busy school and work schedule.

Rewrite, beginning with

Despite her busy schedule, ...

The next word or words will be

  1. readers
  2. Kaitlin
  3. the voracious reader
  4. her reading

6)

The teacher made a point to celebrate holidays ranging from Christmas to Diwali in order to accommodate all of the different cultural and religious views in her classroom.

Rewrite, beginning with

Working to accommodate the views of all students, ...

The next word or words will be

  1. the class
  2. the holidays
  3. the teacher
  4. the celebrations

7)

The Pokemon Go phenomenon took the country by storm, turning regular people into walking gamers.

Rewrite, beginning with

Taking the country by storm, ...

The next word or words will be

  1. gamers
  2. regular people
  3. the phenomenon
  4. Pokemon Go

8)

Boosters praise AP classes for providing students with advanced materials and the chance to earn college credit, while critics argue that the classes are a sham and force students to waste money on unnecessary exams.

Rewrite, beginning with

Lauded by boosts and scorned by critics, ...

The next word or words will be

  1. AP exams
  2. AP classes
  3. advanced materials
  4. boosters

9)

Dropbox and Google Drive are both storage technologies that make it easier to work without access to a hard drive but rely on possibly insecure cloud security.

Rewrite, beginning with

Making it easier to work without access to a hard drive, ...

The next word or words will be

  1. storage technologies like
  2. Dropbox's technology
  3. cloud security
  4. Google storage's security

10)

The American Southwest contains both geographic and anthropological sites that any lover of history and nature would love to visit.

Rewrite, beginning with

Containing both geographic and anthropological sites, ...

The next word or words will be

  1. The American Southwest
  2. history and nature
  3. travelers
  4. lovers of history and nature

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