Which one of the following sentences uses a correct verb tense?

a) The class has been working on this project for over a month.
b) They be on alert for a hurricane.
c) The firefighters be training for an emergency.
d) She throw the ball like a professional athlete.


a) The class has been working on this project for over a month.

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(1) By giving feedback to their children, parents indicate whether a behavior is appropriate and should

continue or is inappropriate and should stop. (2) Feedback comes in two general forms. (3) Reinforcement is any action that increases the likelihood of the response that it follows. (4) Parents may use praise to reinforce a child's studying or give a reward for completing household chores. (5) Punishment is any action that discourages the recurrence of the response that it follows. (6) Parents may forbid children to watch television when they get poor grades in school or make children go to bed early for neglecting household chores. From Robert V. Kail and John C. Cavanaugh, Human Development: A Life-Span View, 6th ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth 2013), Which of the following sentences is a minor supporting detail in the paragraph? a. sentence 1 c. sentence 4 b. sentence 3 d. sentence 5

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The dolphins leaped in and out of the water. The dolphins passed the boat.

For each of the following pairs of sentences, select the answer that correctly combines the two using an –ING modifier. A) Leaping in and out of the water, the dolphins passed the boat. B) The dolphins passed the boat leaping in and out of the water.

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Which of the following best summarizes the main point of the article?

a. achievement motivation is learned in early childhood b. achievement motivation is influenced by social and cultural learning experiences, as well as by the beliefs about oneself these experiences help to create c. ideas about how people achieve differ from culture to culture d. it is possible to increase achievement motivation in people from all types of cultures, even those that do not encourage a high level of achievement in childhood

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When adding headings, be sure to

(a) use no more than two levels of headings. (b) make each higher-level heading yield at least three lower-level headings. (c) avoid using all capital letters. (d) include orphans periodically to show consistency. (e) None of the answers is true.

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