Question

1. what change was made in the second sentence? the boy never considered himself to be an excellent student, yet recently he had focused on his studies and received good grades. the boy never considered himself to be an excellent student. yet recently, he had focused on his studies and received good grades. inverted subject-verb order added a prepositional phrase created a compound sentence changed sentence length

Explanation:

• Analyze each option:
• "inverted subject - verb order": There is no subject - verb inversion in the second sentence. The subject "he" and verb "had focused" remain in normal order.
• "added a prepositional phrase": No prepositional phrase is added. The content of the sentence remains the same in terms of prepositional phrases.
• "created a compound sentence": A compound sentence is made by joining two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction. The first sentence was a compound sentence with "yet" as a conjunction. The second sentence splits the original compound sentence into two sentences (using a period and capitalizing "Yet"), so it does not create a compound sentence.
• "changed sentence length": The first sentence is a single compound sentence, and the second sentence is two separate sentences. The length of the sentence (in terms of being one or two sentences) is changed.

Answer:

changed sentence length