(1) Alfred I ruled England for nearly 20 years. (2) He ruled from A. D. 871 to 899. (3) He is known as Alfred the Great. (4) He deserves that title. (5) Alfred firmly believed in the importance of education. (6) He showed that belief by building schools. (7) He also invited scholars to his court. (8) Alfred had the scholars translate books from Latin into Anglo Saxon, the common language of his subjects. (9) In fact, Alfred himself translated some important works. (10) He was well versed in Latin. (11) He had studied it. Which is the most effective way to combine sentences 10 and 11? He was well versed in Latin, which he had studied. He was well versed in Latin, and he had studied it. He had studied Latin, so he was well versed. He, having studied Latin, was well versed in it.

Excerpt from saving the thrift store: a dramalee washington2rosa: eddie, i don’t recognize the shirt you’re wearing. when did you get it? 3louis: it doesn’t look as disheveled as the soccer shirts you wear all the time.4eddie: well, i’m not going to tiptoe through the soccer field to keep my clothes neat. (louis playfully aims a soccer ball at eddie. rosa deflects it.)5rosa: what i was trying to say is that the shirt looks really good. (louis wanders over to the morning newspaper that is still sitting on the front lawn. he leafs through it while eddie and rosa talk.) in line 5, which point is rosa making when she says eddie’s shirt looks good? a) the store must have new merchandise. b) rosa is jealous of eddie’s new shirt. c) eddie must have done his own laundry. d) eddie often wears old, tattered shirts.