FREE ATB Writing Questions and Answers

Question 1

What correction should be made to this sentence:

After Orville and Wilbur Wright have flown their first airplane in 1903, the age of flying slowly began.

Accepted Answer

Change “have flown” to “flew”

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Add a comma after Wright

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Change “first” to “1st”

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Delete the comma after 1903

Question 2

Which is the best way to combine sentences (A) and (B):

(A) In the years after the war and through the Roaring Twenties, America's pilots found themselves without jobs. (B) Some of them gave up flying altogether.

Accepted Answer

In the years after the war and through the Roaring Twenties, America's pilots found themselves without jobs; thus some of them gave up flying altogether.

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Some of America's pilots in the years after the war and through the Roaring Twenties found themselves without jobs because they gave up flying altogether.

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Some of America's pilots gave up flying altogether in the years after the war and through the Roaring Twenties, and they found themselves without jobs.

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In the years after the war and through the Roaring Twenties, America's pilots found themselves without jobs because some of them gave up flying altogether.

Question 3

What correction should be made to this sentence:

Another pilot, Roscoe Turner traveled around the country with a lion cub in his plane.

Accepted Answer

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Delete the comma before Roscoe

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Add a comma after Turner

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Change with to as

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Change plane to airplane

Question 4

What correction should be made to this sentence:

Before airmail, the post traveled on trains and can take weeks to reach a destination.

Accepted Answer

Change “can” to “could”

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Delete the comma after airmail

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Change “traveled” to “travelled”

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Change “a” to “its"

Question 5

Which is the best way to combine sentences (A) and (B):

(A) Flying for the post office was dangerous work. (B) Early pilots didn't have sophisticated instruments and safety equipment on their planes.

Accepted Answer

Early pilots didn't have sophisticated instruments and safety equipment on their planes which made flying for the post office dangerous work.

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Flying for the post office was dangerous work, but early pilots didn't have sophisticated instruments and safety equipment on their planes.

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Flying for the post office was dangerous work; however, early pilots didn't have sophisticated instruments and safety equipment on their planes.

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Early pilots didn't have sophisticated instruments and safety equipment on their planes, nor was flying for the post office dangerous work.

Question 6

What correction should be made to this sentence:

Nicknamed Sparky when he was a child, Charles schulz endured years of struggle before he finally found success.

Accepted Answer

Change Charles schulz to Charles Schulz

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Change Sparky to sparky

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Change Nicknamed to Nick-named

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Remove the comma after child

Question 7

Which sentence in this paragraph functions as the thesis statement for this composition:

(1) Sparky was a loser, but he didn't stay that way. (2) You probably know Sparky better by his given name: Charles Schulz. (3) Nicknamed Sparky when he was a child, Charles Schulz endured years of struggle before he finally found success. (4) Eventually, the loser became a winner. (5) Thanks to the hard work and perseverance of Sparky, the world will always remember a boy named Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang.

Accepted Answer

Sentence (5)

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Sentence (2)

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Sentence (3)

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Sentence (1)