HSA 2007 English Item 42

Read the essay “A Sea Worry.” Then answer the following:

Read these sentences a student wrote after reading the essay.

1. The waves formed tubes.
2. The tubes were various colors.
3. The waves crashed onto the beach.

Which of these most effectively combines the ideas into one sentence?

1. The tubes that crashed onto the beach were waves, and they were colorful.
2. Before the waves crashed onto the beach, they formed tubes of various colors.
3. The various colors of the tubes, which formed the waves, crashed onto the beach.
4. When the waves formed tubes, but before they crashed onto the beach, they became very colorful.