Question

read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.
aliyah is writing a paper about a place that is special to her family. read these paragraphs from the body of aliyah’s paper and look for corrections she needs to make. then answer the questions that follow
the pump stop
(1) granddaddy roy, my mom’s granddad, owned a gas station in amarillo, where my mom grew up. (2) when she and her sisters finished school each day, they would walk to the pump stop to help granddaddy roy with closing. (3) upon arrival, they would immediately jump onto the swivel barstools. (4) granddaddy roy would bring them each a bottle of cold ginger ale and a large cup of ice. (5) mom loves to share these details and recount the extravagant, hilarious stories granddaddy roy told. (6) as the girls swung around in their seats. (7) she remembers the uncontrollable giggles that sent burning bubbles straight up her nose.
(8) whenever my family drives out to visit my grandparents in amarillo, we always visit the old gas station. (9) the barstools are still there, and behind them sits a big display case of items that the station used to sell. (10) there are some original bottles of ginger ale, the earliest packaging of a famous bubble gum, and several old candies that i have no interest in trying. (11) mom’s eyes sparkle when she tells you about the delicious ginger flavor in those bottles. (12) it’s clear that she wishes they were still for sale.

1. what change needs to be made in sentence 11?

○ change mom’s to moms’
○ change when to then
○ change you to me
○ change delicious to delicous
clear all

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: "Mom's" is correct (singular possessive), so changing to "Moms'" (plural possessive) is wrong.
• Option 2: "when" is correct in the context (timing of her telling), so changing to "then" is wrong.
• Option 3: The sentence is from the narrator's mom telling the narrator (or others), but the pronoun "you" should be "me" to match the first - person perspective of the paper (since the narrator is talking about their mom telling them).
• Option 4: "delicious" is the correct spelling, so changing to "delicous" (incorrect spelling) is wrong.

Answer:

C. Change you to me