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Sentence Practice



 This activity contains 5 questions.

Question 1.
No one thought that the Titanic could sink—until April 15, 1912.
 
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Question 2.
The Titanic collided with an iceberg—breaking open five of its sixteen watertight compartments—and began to sink.

 
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Question 3.
The captain sent a distress signal to a nearby cruise ship—however, the radio operator of that ship was not on duty at the time.
 
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Question 4.
After the Titanic went down, the Carpathia—a Cunard ship—rescued many who had been stranded.
 
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Question 5.
The year after the Titanic sank, an international convention passed a regulation that could have saved many passengers on the Titanic—that cruise ships have lifeboat space for all the people on board.

 
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