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Writers often have to adapt texts to make them easier for young children to understand.

Read the paragraph and answer the question below.

Adaptability in Martial Arts

 

The ability to adapt to any situation has always been a central goal of experts in martial arts. Bruce Lee used the following quotation to explain this goal:

"Be formless, shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. If you put it into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it in a tea cup, it becomes the tea cup. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."

How would you adapt the above text for students in the 5th grade? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Add clearer explanations.

Put in martial arts terminology.

Give examples that are easier to understand.

Add some pictures to illustrate the text.