Question

read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. mateo is writing a story about a girl who is playing chess in a tournament. read these paragraphs from the body of mateo’s paper and look for corrections he needs to make. then answer the questions that follow. the chess tournament (1) jordan sat across from her opponent, a seven-year-old boy named kyle. (2) as the competitors placed their chess pieces on the board. (3) kyle asked jordan how long she had been playing the game. (4) jordan felt a little embarrassed telling him she had been playing chess for only six months. (5) kyle opened the match by saying, “good luck, jordan.” (6) he then confidently advanced one of his white pawns. (7) jordan countered with a black pawn she then hit the chess clock to signal the end of her move. (8) she tried to tell herself that playing in this tournament was just like playing against her dad, but it didn’t feel the same. (9) even what is the correct way to write sentences 2 and 3? ∘ as the competitors placed their chess pieces on the board, kyle asked jordan how long she had been playing the game. ∘ as the competitors placed their chess pieces on the board, kyle asked jordan. how long she had been playing the game. ∘ the competitors places their chess pieces on the board, after that kyle asked jordan how long she had been playing the game. ∘ the competitors placed their chess pieces on the board. then kyle asking jordan how long she had been playing the game.

Explanation:

To determine the correct way to write sentences 2 and 3, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: "As the competitors placed their chess pieces on the board, Kyle asked Jordan how long she had been playing the game." This option correctly combines the two sentences into a complex sentence with a dependent clause ("As the competitors placed their chess pieces on the board") and an independent clause ("Kyle asked Jordan how long she had been playing the game"). The punctuation and verb tenses are correct.
• Option 2: The use of a period after "Jordan" is incorrect as it creates a fragment. The second part "How long she had been playing the game" is a dependent clause and should not stand alone as a sentence.
• Option 3: "The competitors places..." has a subject-verb agreement error (should be "placed"). Also, "after that" is a bit awkward and less concise than using "as" to show the simultaneous action.
• Option 4: "Then Kyle asking Jordan..." has a verb form error. "Asking" is a gerund and should be "asked" to form a correct simple sentence.

Answer:

A. As the competitors placed their chess pieces on the board, Kyle asked Jordan how long she had been playing the game.