Generating Ideas Practice

Let’s see what reasons other students have come up with for the prompt on improving transportation in the city. Take a look at the reasons listed below and then try to answer the questions that follow:

 

QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following reasons will best support the proposal to upgrade the transportation system?

1. Elevators for wheel chairs.
   
2. Buses without maps and stop signals that don’t work.
   
3. Better services for disabled.
   
4. Need to upgrade trains and buses.

 

2. Which of the following reasons will best support the proposal to upgrade the transportation system?

1. Give people more choices.
   
2. People would get to work faster.
   
3. It would create jobs.
   
4. Many commuters will benefit.

 

3. Three of the four reasons below could be used to support the proposal to upgrade the transportation. Find the one reason that does not effectively support the proposal to upgrade the transportation system?

1. Better services for disabled.
   
2. Stations in bad condition that need to be fixed.
   
3. Clean bathrooms.
   
4. Reduce train delays.

 

4. Three of the four reasons below could be used to support the proposal to expand the bus and subway system. Find the one reason that does not effectively support the proposal to expand the bus and subway system?

1. Many commuters will benefit.
   
2. People without cars could use new bus lines.
   
3. Important to people living in different boroughs.
   
4. With good transportation, people will use cars less.

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