Which is the best version of this sentence?
A) Elizabeth buys all the ingredients and then prepared the meal for her grandmother's 90th birthday party.
B) Elizabeth bought all the ingredients and then prepares the meal for her grandmother's 90th birthday party.
C) Elizabeth bought all the ingredients and then prepared the meal for her grandmother's 90th birthday party.
D) Elizabeth was buying all the ingredients and then prepared the meal for her grandmother's 90th birthday party.
You want to insert an appropriate quote into your essay. Which quote is the BEST choice to use if you want readers to understand the concept of free thought?
A) "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." Henry David Thoreau
B) “Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
C) "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." -Henry David Thoreau
D) “All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.”
― Amos Bronson Alcott
Andre saw the movie. It scared him.
Given the facts established in the above two sentences, what would be the best way to alter the syntax if you wished to emphasize Andre's boldness?
A) The movie was scary, so Andre saw it.
B) The movie was scary, and Andre saw it.
C) Even though the movie was scary, Andre still saw it.
D) If the movie had been scary, then Andre would have seen it.
