TSI Assessment Practice (Writing)
Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
(1) Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car. (2) It is more than just an
ingredient in a purifying face mask or a sushi roll. (3) According to new research,
seaweed has the potential to become an advanced biofuel known as biobutanol.
(4) In the past, U.S. scientists have looked to the possibility of algae-based biofuels, but
most of these explorations have shied away from kelp and seaweed. (5) One reason why
seaweed may not have taken off as a potential fuel source
is the fact that it's not a major part of American culture. (6) In contrast, in Asian
countries such as Japan, there has been a long history of seaweed in the cuisine. (7)
Japanese researchers are much more familiar with it and have spent decades studying
its potential uses.
(8) A second reason for the U.S. avoidance of seaweed-
based biofuel is the country's lack of experience with seaweed farming. (9) The U.S. is
no stranger to seaweed harvesting - ANSWER✔✔-Choice (C) is correct. The new
sentence must be a logical and grammatical combination of the existing sentences,
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, which indicate that "Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car" and that "It"
(presumably, seaweed) "is more than just an ingredient in a purifying face mask or a
sushi roll." Only (C) properly orders the two claims, first expressing that "Seaweed is
more than just an ingredient . . ." and then, following a correct use of a semicolon to join
two related independent clauses, narrowing the focus to "seaweed-based fuel." The
other choices introduce errors: choice (A) creates a comma splice (two independent
clauses joined by only a comma), choice (B) provides an illogical cause-effect statement,
and choice (D) contains a vague pronoun ("it").
(1) Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car. (2)It is more than just an
ingredient in a purifying face mask or a sushi roll. (3) According to new research,
seaweed has the potential to become an advanced biofuel known as biobutanol.
(4) In the past, U.S. scientists have looked to the possibility of algae-based biofuels, but
most of these explorations have shied away from kelp and seaweed. (5) One reason why
seaweed may not have taken off as a potential fuel source
is the fact that it's not a major part of American culture.(6) In contrast, in Asian
countries such as Japan, there has been a long history of seaweed in the cuisine. (7)
Japanese researchers are much more familiar with it and have spent decades studying
its potential uses.
(8) A second reason for the U.S. avoidance of seaweed-
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Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
(1) Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car. (2) It is more than just an
ingredient in a purifying face mask or a sushi roll. (3) According to new research,
seaweed has the potential to become an advanced biofuel known as biobutanol.
(4) In the past, U.S. scientists have looked to the possibility of algae-based biofuels, but
most of these explorations have shied away from kelp and seaweed. (5) One reason why
seaweed may not have taken off as a potential fuel source
is the fact that it's not a major part of American culture. (6) In contrast, in Asian
countries such as Japan, there has been a long history of seaweed in the cuisine. (7)
Japanese researchers are much more familiar with it and have spent decades studying
its potential uses.
(8) A second reason for the U.S. avoidance of seaweed-
based biofuel is the country's lack of experience with seaweed farming. (9) The U.S. is
no stranger to seaweed harvesting - ANSWER✔✔-Choice (C) is correct. The new
sentence must be a logical and grammatical combination of the existing sentences,
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, which indicate that "Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car" and that "It"
(presumably, seaweed) "is more than just an ingredient in a purifying face mask or a
sushi roll." Only (C) properly orders the two claims, first expressing that "Seaweed is
more than just an ingredient . . ." and then, following a correct use of a semicolon to join
two related independent clauses, narrowing the focus to "seaweed-based fuel." The
other choices introduce errors: choice (A) creates a comma splice (two independent
clauses joined by only a comma), choice (B) provides an illogical cause-effect statement,
and choice (D) contains a vague pronoun ("it").
(1) Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car. (2)It is more than just an
ingredient in a purifying face mask or a sushi roll. (3) According to new research,
seaweed has the potential to become an advanced biofuel known as biobutanol.
(4) In the past, U.S. scientists have looked to the possibility of algae-based biofuels, but
most of these explorations have shied away from kelp and seaweed. (5) One reason why
seaweed may not have taken off as a potential fuel source
is the fact that it's not a major part of American culture.(6) In contrast, in Asian
countries such as Japan, there has been a long history of seaweed in the cuisine. (7)
Japanese researchers are much more familiar with it and have spent decades studying
its potential uses.
(8) A second reason for the U.S. avoidance of seaweed-
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