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read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. mateo i…

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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 though kyle was just half her age, he is known to be an exceptional player. what change needs to be made in sentence 5? ∘ change opened to will open ∘ insert a comma after match ∘ change by saying to with saying ∘ change good to good

Explanation:

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In sentence 5, "good luck, Jordan" is a direct address and the first word of the quotation should be capitalized. "good" is at the start of the quoted phrase, so it should be "Good". The other options are incorrect: "opened" is correct in past tense, no comma is needed after "match", and "by saying" is correct prepositional phrase usage.

Answer:

Change good to Good