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Select the correct word for each sentence. Mark the letter on the space to the left.
1. The book had lost É cover. 6. She É the mayor's talk to prove her point.
(A) its (A) sited
(B) it's (B) sighted
(C) its' (C) citied
(D) it's' (D) cited
2. He É the invitation. 7. Let your É be your guide.
(A) excepted (A) conscious
(B) axcepted (B) conscience
(C) accepted (C) conscientious
(D) exxepted (D) contious
3. She is the only one É knows. 8. She is É at typing.
(A) who (A) adapt
(B) whom (B) adept
(C) that (C) adopt
(D) which (D) adaptable
4. The tax will É take-home pay. 9. The queen of England has É for 25 years.
(A) effect your (A) reigned
(B) effect you're (B) reined
(C) affect your (C) arraigned
(D) affect you're (D) rained
5. He was É excited to eat. 10. All of the students wrote É themes on time.
(A) to (A) their
(B) two (B) there
(C) too (C) they're
(D) tow (D) thier
Select the best version for the part of the sentence in bold type.
11. Dr. Catherine Wilson, who is a scholar in Latin-American history, and who has written a new book.
(A) and she has written a new book.
(B) she has written a new book.
(C) has written a new book.
(D) The sentence is correct as written.
12. Ms. Taylor's remarks resulted in many voters who were irritated because they thought her views extreme.
(A) resulted in many voters becoming irritated, who thought
(B) irritated many voters, who thought
(C) irritated many voters because of thinking
13. Detergents have polluted the water on Long Island, experts predict a water shortage there within 10 years.
(A) polluted the water on Long Island, experts predicting
(B) so polluted the water on Long Island that experts predict
(C) so polluted the water on Long Island, experts predict
14. Because some children are taught by precept rather than by example, this is why they do not adopt their
parents' values.
(A) example, thus they
(B) example is why they
(C) example, they
15. Passing by the bank the other morning, a crowd, I noticed, was waiting for the guard to open the doors.
(A) there was I noticed a crowd waiting
(B) a crowd was waiting, I noticed,
(C) I noticed a crowd waiting
16. Now that he is 18, he is still afraid of the dark.
(A) Because he is 18
(B) Having attained 18
(C) Although he is now 18
17. Originally intending it as part of a larger play, Lee's one-act sketch caused such a stir that he never added
to or changed it.
(A) Intended as it was originally as
(B) Although originally intended to be
(C) Having originally intended it to be
18. Standing near the door was a tall man, who had closed it noiselessly behind him, with a red beard.
(A) door was a tall man, who had closed it behind him noiselessly,
(B) door, who had closed it noiselessly behind him, was a tall man
(C) door, which he had closed noiselessly behind him, was a tall man
Rewrite the following sentences in your head. You are told how to begin your new sentence. It should have the same meaning as the original.
19. George saw no familiar faces when he looked around the room.
Rewrite, beginning with: Looking around the roomÉ
The next words will be
(A) and seeing no familiar faces
(B) no familiar faces could be seen
(C) George saw no familiar faces
(D) then George saw no familiar faces
20. The Rev. Jesse Jackson was convinced of the economic power of black people, and he organized that power in
the 1960s to win jobs for blacks.
Rewrite, beginning with: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, convinced of the economic power of blackÉ
(A) people, and he organized
(B) people, organized
(C) people, so he organized
(D) people, thus organizing
Select the version that makes the sentence correct.
21. Students should be encouraged to think for theirselves.
(A) "Theirselves" should be replaced with "themselves"
(B) "Theirselves" should be replaced with "himself or herself"
(C) "Theirselves" should be replaced with "their selves"
(D) "Theirselves" should be replaced with "them selves"
(E) The sentence is correct as written.
22. The Optimist Club and the newer group, the Civic Society for Advancing Culture, is helping in
the drive.
(A) "Newer" should be replaced with "more new"
(B) "Newer" should be replaced with "more newer"
(C) "Is" should be replaced with "was"
(D) "Is" should be replaced with "are"
23. When selling goods, questions are asked of salesmen.
(A) "When" should be replaced with "where"
(B) The comma after "goods" should be omitted
(C) "Are" should be replaced with "were"
(D) "Questions are asked of salesmen" should be replaced with "Salesmen are asked questions"
24. Its motor ran perfectly for more than a year and then suddenly stops.
(A) "Its" should be replaced with "It's"
(B) "Perfectly" should be replaced with "perfect"
(C) "More than" should be replaced with "over"
(D) "Stops" should be replaced with "stopped"
25. Sandra and myself are convinced the picnic will be rained out.
(A) "Are" should be replaced with "is"
(B) "Myself" should be replaced with "me"
(C) "Are" should be replaced with "am"
(D) "Myself" should be replaced with "I"
26. They're having a lot of trouble with there car.
(A) "They're" should be replaced with "there"
(B) "They're" should be replaced with "their"
(C) "There" should be replaced with "they're"
(D) "There" should be replaced with "their"
27. The report shows that two in nine undergraduates are aided by scholarships at this university.
(A) "Shows" should be replaced with "shown"
(B) "Undergraduates" should be replaced with "undergraduate's"
(C) "Are" should be replaced with "is"
(D) "Scholarships" should be replaced with "scholarship's"
28. Going down the drain, I heard the chemical make a boiling noise.
(A) "Heard" should be replaced with "hear"
(B) "Heard" should be replaced with "have heard"
(C) "Make" should be replaced with "making"
(D) "I heard the chemical make" should be replaced with "the chemical made"
29. Schoolteachers sometimes have their different ideas of what is correct English.
(A) "Have" should be replaced with "has"
(B) "Their" should be omitted
(C) "Their" should be replaced with "there"
30. Dad gave up smoking because it wasted money and the damage to his health.
(A) "Gave" should be replaced with "gived"
(B) "Because" should be replaced with "since"
(C) There should be a comma after "money"
(D) "The damage to" should be replaced with "damaged"
Select the correct spelling from each set.
31. 36.
(A) recieve (A) February
(B) receive (B) Febuary
(C) reseive (C) Feburary
(D) resieve (D) Febrary
32. 37.
(A) athletic (A) varietys
(B) atheletic (B) varieties
(C) atheletec (C) vareities
(D) athletec (D) verieties
33. 38.
(A) collum (A) suprise
(B) collom (B) suprize
(C) column (C) supprize
(D) collumn (D) surprise
34. 39.
(A) campaign (A) truely
(B) campaigne (B) truelly
(C) campain (C) truly
(D) campagne (D) trully
35. 40.
(A) goverment (A) necessary
(B) govermant (B) nesessary
(C) government (C) neccessary
(D) governmant (D) nessessary
41. Uncle Emil said Margaret will have to be home by midnight.
(A) There should be a colon after "said"
(B) There should be a comma after "said"
(C) There should be a comma after "Emil"
(D) There should be a colon after "by"
42. The girl who had bought the high-heeled shoes, came wobbling back into the busy store.
(A) There should be a comma after "busy"
(B) There should be a dash between "wobbling" and "back"
(C) The comma after "shoes" should be omitted
(D) There should be a comma after "wobbling"
43. "When the weather is bad," said the manager. "our sales drop."
(A) The comma after "bad" should follow the quotation marks
(B) The comma after "bad" should be omitted
(C) The period after "manager" should be omitted
(D) The period after "manager" should be replaced with a comma
44. The driver obviously a beginner, started and stopped the bus jerkily.
(A) There should be a comma after "driver"
(B) The comma after "beginner" should be omitted
(C) The comma after "beginner" should be replaced with a semicolon
(D) There should be a comma after "bus"
45. Last nights paper was used to wrap the garbage, but I found one dated two weeks earlier.
(A) The comma after "garbage" should be omitted
(B) The comma after "garbage" should be replaced with a semicolon
(C) There should be an apostrophe before the "s" in "nights"
(D) There should be an apostrophe before the "s" in "weeks"
46. Tomatoes that are grown in a hothouse, are, of course, more expensive.
(A) There should be a comma after "tomatoes"
(B) The comma after "hothouse" should be omitted
(C) The comma after "are" should be omitted
(D) The commas after "are" and "course" should be omitted
47. He heard the bell ring at noon, it rang again at 4 p.m.
(A) There should be a comma after "ring"
(B) There should be a comma after "again"
(C) The comma after "noon" should be replaced with a period, with "it" capitalized
(D) There should be a comma after "again"
48. Knowing nothing, of the terms of the contract, Peterson hesitated; nevertheless, driven by worry, he
signed it.
(A) The comma after "nothing" should be omitted
(B) The commas after "nothing" and "contract" should be omitted
(C) The semicolon after "hesitated" should be replaced with a comma
(D) The semicolon after "hesitated" should be omitted
49. The mayor and the county supervisor prepared a statement declaring that, "senseless waste" would be
the only result of a referendum.
(A) There should be a comma after "statement"
(B) There should be a colon after "statement"
(C) The comma after "that" should be omitted
(D) There should be a comma after "waste"
50. Dr. Maria Alvarez, deputy director of admissions at the college told the prospective students they
have "stupendous opportunities to build satisfying careers."
(A) There should be a comma after "college"
(B) There should be a colon after "students"
(C) There should be a comma after "have"
(D) The period should follow the final quotation mark