Question

editing: read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. then fill in the answer on your answer document. jazlynn wrote the following paragraphs for a story about a family reunion. read the paragraphs and look for corrections jazlynn needs to make. then answer the questions that follow. the reunion (1) while parking the car near a pavilion at metropolitan centennial park, marta’s father announced, “welcome to the esquivel family reunion!” (2) marta grumbled, “dad, its been a decade since we’ve seen these people.” (3) “you are going to have a magnificent time,” replied her father. (4) “your cousin juan will be their, and you used to play basketball for hours with him.” (5) “he probably won’t remember me, dad. (6) even if he does, we won’t have anything to say to each other,” marta fretted. (7) she sighed as her father, who was walking toward some older relatives, was greeted warmly with big hugs. (8) at last, marta captured a glimpse of juan, who was wearing his terra vista middle school basketball jersey. (9) he saw marta and hesitantly tossed his basketball to her. (10) reflecting, marta thought, “it looks like we still have something in common.” 20. what change, if any, should be made to sentence 2? change decade to decade change seen to saw change its to it’s make no change

Explanation:

In sentence 2, "its" is a possessive form, but here the contraction "it's" (which means "it has") is needed. "Decade" is a common - noun and doesn't need capitalization, and "seen" is in the correct past - participle form with "has" (implied in "it's been").

Answer:

change its to it's