College Writing Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
College Writing is an introductory course designed to develop students abilities in academic writing, critical reading, and research strategies. Emphasizing clear and effective communication, the course guides students through the process of planning, drafting, revising, and editing a variety of essays and written assignments. Students engage in analyzing texts, constructing arguments, and using evidence to support their ideas, while also honing skills in grammar, style, and proper citation practices. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to meet the rigorous writing demands of college-level coursework across disciplines.
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Grassroots with Readings The Writers Workbook 11th Edition by Susan Fawcett
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Chapter 1: Exploring the Writing Process
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Q1) Which sentence does not belong in this paragraph?
A) sentence 3
B) sentence 6
C) sentence 7
Answer: B
Q2) Clustering is a task that should be completed during which step of the writing process?
A) prewriting
B) writing
C) rewriting
Answer: A
Q3) Subject: swinging a golf club
Audience: people who have just begun playing golf
Purpose: ______________________________________
A) to persuade people to try golf
B) to explain how to swing a golf club effectively
C) to inform readers about how golf clubs are made
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Prewriting to Generate Ideas
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Q1) Which of the following is a characteristic of the brainstorming technique?
A) a list of words and phrases
B) associations branching out from a topic in the center
C) nonstop writing in the form of sentences or parts of sentences
Answer: A
Q2) The prewriting above is
A) focused freewriting.
B) brainstorming.
C) clustering.
Answer: B
Q3) The prewriting above is
A) focused freewriting.
B) brainstorming.
C) clustering.
Answer: B
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the freewriting technique?
A) writing without stopping
B) writing complete sentences using correct grammar and spelling
C) writing for five or ten minutes
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Developing Effective Paragraphs
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Q1) I want to become a nurse for three reasons.
A) good topic sentence
B) needs revision
Answer: A
Q2) This musical child changed name to Nicki Minaj and wrote her first rap at age
A) her
B) of
C) correct
Answer: A
Q3) High school and college differ in terms of workload, teachers, and expectations for students.
A) good topic sentence
B) needs revision
Study the body of each of the following paragraphs. Then select the letter of the topic sentence that is most accurate.
Answer: A
Q4) Friendship is very important.
A) good topic sentence
B) needs revision
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Improving Your Paragraphs
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Q1) For each pair of sentences, select the letter of the sentence with more concise language.
A) The police officer yelled in a loud voice for the person who was male to cease moving.
B) The police officer yelled for the man to stop.
Q2) Our town's community playground is in desperate need of renovation. (1) _____ Some of the playground equipment is broken, so it can injure small children.
(2) _____ The playground is choked with weeds, and several pieces of equipment are peeling and in need of a coat of paint, making the whole area unattractive.
(3) _____ Several pieces of equipment, such as the squeaky teeter-totter and the rusted swing set, are run down and don't function well any more.
A) 3, 2, 1
B) 2, 3, 1
C) 1, 3, 2
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Chapter 5: Thinking Through Paragraph Patterns
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Q1) Certain clothing is always inappropriate for the workplace.
A) Clothes that are dirty, stained, torn, ragged, or wrinkled should not be worn to work.
B) The workplace is no place for any garments that are too tight or too revealing- such as plunging necklines, mini-skirts, short shorts, see-through tops, or shirts that expose the midriff.
C) When preparing to go to work, use make-up and cologne sparingly.
D) Clothing that's too casual, such as athletic wear and flip flops, is usually not suitable for work.
Q2) Which of the following sentences in the paragraph does NOT contain a transitional expression that indicates time?
A) Sentence 5
B) Sentence 6
C) Sentence 7
D) Sentence 10
Q3) Does this paragraph compare, contrast, or both?
A) compares only
B) contrasts only
C) compares and contrasts
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Chapter 6: Thinking Through Paragraph Patterns
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Q1) Because Andrea fears flying, she travels by car or train instead of airplane.
A) Cause: Andrea fears flying
Effect: Andrea travels by car or train
B) Cause: Andrea travels by car or train
Effect: Andrea fears flying
Q2) How many arguments support the topic sentence?
A) two
B) three
C) four
Q3) Which of the following is a transitional expression used in the paragraph to indicate cause or effect?
A) According to
B) If
C) Consequently
Q4) How many causes or effects does the writer present?
A) one
B) two
C) three
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Chapter 7: Moving From Paragraph to Essay
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Q1) What is the topic sentence of the first body paragraph?
A) America has always been a multicultural land, and its diversity continues to grow.
B) Becoming bilingual benefits individuals in a number of ways.
C) First of all, learning a foreign language improves academic performance.
Q2) What is the topic sentence of the second body paragraph?
A) First of all, learning a foreign language improves academic performance.
B) In addition to academic benefits, learning a foreign language can help to increase multicultural harmony.
C) Perhaps most important, though, being bilingual is an important skill for the job market.
Q3) What is the topic sentence of the last body paragraph?
A) Perhaps most important, though, being bilingual is an important skill for the job market.
B) For all of these reasons, every American should consider learning a foreign language.
C) Adults should consider enrolling in language study courses in their communities or local colleges.
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Chapter 8: Proofreading to Correct Your Personal Error
Patterns
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Q1) _____
A) bouncing on the waves
B) riding in the pickup truck
C) to walk along the dirt road
Q2) _____
A) Katie Perry is singing on cable television.
B) Katie Perry singing on cable television.
C) Katie Perry is sing on television.
Q3) _____
A) friendship
B) vulgar
C) smart
Q4) One way to help the brain focus on just one sentence at a time is to reformat the paper to __________.
A) make the size of the words in each sentence very large
B) reduce the size of the margins so that there is little white space on the page
C) put every sentence on a separate line
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Chapter 9: Subjects and Verbs
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Q1) In 1908, Henry Ford invented the first car assembly line.
A) in 1908
B) Henry Ford invented
C) the first car assembly line
Q2) Kanesha can collect money for the toy drive.
A) money, collect
B) Kanesha, can
C) Kanesha, can collect
Q3) Sam always parks the truck in tow-away zones.
A) Sam always parks
B) parks the truck
C) in tow-away zones
Q4) Yogurt tastes very creamy.
A) yogurt, tastes
B) yogurt, very creamy
C) creamy, tastes
Q5) Mr. Williams chased his grocery cart down the street.
A) Mr. Williams, chased
B) grocery cart, chased
C) street, down
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Chapter 10: Avoiding Sentence Fragments
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Q1) They snooze at (or under) desks and in cars, closets, cafeterias, meeting rooms, and bathroom stalls.
A) complete
B) fragment
Q2) Not all employers have a problem with employees who sleep on the job.
A) complete
B) fragment
Q3) Bourke-White documented the 1934 "dust bowl" drought in the United States, World War II bombing raids in Europe, the fall of the British Empire in India, and racial injustice in South Africa.
A) complete
B) fragment
Q4) Altogether, more than a million athletes participate. A) complete
B) fragment
Q5) Ironically, Eno himself preferred travel by horseback.
A) complete
B) fragment
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Chapter 11: Present Tense Agreement
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Q1) My golden retriever puppy (grows, grow) bigger every week.
A) grows
B) grow
Q2) Every one of the graduates (plans, plan) to attend the class reunion.
A) plans
B) plan
Q3) Whenever Ms. Burnett sneezes, she (excuses, excuse) herself.
A) excuses
B) excuse
Q4) Jonathan, who (works, work) in the next office, is a good manager.
A) works
B) work
Q5) Who (appears, appear) to use the bike path most often?
A) appears
B) appear
Q6) Which (is, are) your jacket?
A) is
B) are
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Chapter 12: Past Tense
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Q1) Terrence ________________ to paint scenes of the hill country in Texas.
A) love
B) loved
C) lovied
Q2) My father ____________ about the importance of helping people in the community.
A) preach
B) preachied
C) preached
Q3) The cork _________________ out of the bottle.
A) pop
B) popped
C) popied
Q4) Henriette ______________ through the lecture on political economics.
A) sat
B) sit
C) sitted
Q5) Noah ___________ behind the piano when we played hide and seek.
A) hide
B) hid
C) hided
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Chapter 13: The Past Participle in Action
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Q1) The __________ keys were found under the piano. A) misplacen
B) misplaced C) misplace
Q2) The two witnesses have ____________ (to tell) what they observed that night.
A) told
B) telled
C) tell
Q3) The owners are rebuilding the ___________ warehouse.
A) damagied
B) damaged C) damage
Q4) The foul shot was made by Redick.
A) active
B) passive
Q5) Peter Minuit bought Manhattan in 1626.
A) active
B) passive
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Chapter 14: Progressive Tenses to Be -Ing Verb Form
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Q1) Luis and Julia traveled in France. Luis and Julia ___________________ in France. A) was traveling B) were traveling
Q2) Ponce de Leon (searched, was searching) for gold when he explored Florida in 1513. A) searched B) was searching
Q3) On Wednesday, we going to run a marathon. A) is B) are
Q4) In this program, we learn new languages. In this program, we ___________________ new languages.
A) am learning B) is learning C) are learning
Q5) By six o'clock, Myron knocking on everyone's door. A) was B) were
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Chapter 15: Fixed-Form Helping Verbs and Verb Problems
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Q1) They _______ actually two good old, tried-and-true, low-tech items: a calendar and a To Do list.
A) is
B) are
Q2) Ayash has plowed the field. Ayash may _________________ the field.
A) plow
B) plowed
Q3) He has polished the brass. He should _________________ the brass.
A) polished
B) polish
C) polishes
Q4) The plane has landed in Pittsburgh. The plane will _________________ in Pittsburgh.
A) land
B) lands
C) landed
Q5) Select the sentence written in the passive voice.
A) A vaccine for a rare disease was developed by Doctor Chan.
B) Doctor Chan developed a vaccine for a rare disease.
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Chapter 16: Coordination
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Q1) I would not argue with my friend, ___________ I disagreed with her. A) for B) nor C) but
Q2) Venus looked at the antique rocker, ________ she couldn't afford to buy it. A) and B) for C) but
Q3) Guy is a contractor, _____________ he know the construction business. A) so B) but C) or
Q4) Ushi receives many airmail _________ she is far from home. A) letters, but B) letters so, C) letters, for
Q5) The ski slope is my ___________ it is long and wide. A) favorite and, B) favorite, for C) favorite yet,
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Chapter 17: Subordination
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Q1) Mark had to scrub the bathtub ___________ he gave the dog a bath.
A) after
B) while C) although
Q2) My uncle likes steak __________ it is well done.
A) if
B) until C) whereas
Q3) Select the sentence with the correct subordinating conjunction and the correct punctuation.
A) The goat ate the tin can because he likes tin cans.
B) Where the goat likes tin cans, he ate the tin can.
C) The goat ate the tin can, since he likes tin cans.
Q4) Select the sentence with the correct subordinating conjunction and the correct punctuation.
A) Charlie was an excellent student though he studied hard.
B) Charlie was an excellent student because he studied hard.
C) Unless Charlie studied hard, he was an excellent student.
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Chapter 18: Avoiding Run-Ons and Comma Splices
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Q1) Madrid is very hot this time of year, so I am going to Norway.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q2) Hand me the steel wool, this greasy pot needs scrubbing.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q3) Get the lizard out of here, I'll scream.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q4) Wayne is leaving for London, so he rented his house for a month.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q5) Working long hours and going to school, Dave finally got his BS degree.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
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Chapter 19: Semicolons and Conjunctive Adverbs
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Q1) Gail practiced with cassette tapes while she learned to speak Italian.
A) correct
B) add semicolon
Q2) The cafeteria is noisy everyone is talking excitedly.
A) correct
B) add semicolon
Q3) Noah eats fruits and vegetables every day;
A) he is determined to eat a healthy diet.
B) so that he eats a healthy diet.
C) for he is determined to eat a health diet.
Q4) In each group, select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) The football team must score during the overtime, otherwise the game will end in a tie.
B) The football team must score during the overtime, otherwise; the game will end in a tie.
C) The football team must score during the overtime; otherwise, the game will end in a tie.
Q5) I finished studying for my math exam before I went to bed.
A) correct
B) add semicolon
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Chapter 20: Relative Pronouns
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Q1) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation
A) The doctor rushed to see the patient, who was having an asthma attack.
B) The doctor rushed to see the patient who was having an asthma attack.
C) The doctor rushed to see the patient that was having an asthma attack.
Q2) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation.
A) Did your boss who promised to give you a bonus keep her word?
B) Did your boss, which promised to give you a bonus, keep her word?
C) Did your boss, who promised to give you bonus, keep her word?
Q3) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation
A) The dog which defending his territory barked at the mail carrier.
B) The dog, that was defending his territory, barked at the mail carrier.
C) The dog, which was defending his territory, barked at the mail carrier.
Q4) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation.
A) The white Thunderbird which is for sale has a red interior.
B) The white Thunderbird, which is for sale, has a red interior.
C) The white Thunderbird, that is for sale, has a red interior.
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Chapter 21: Ing Modifiers
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Q1) She wrote a long report showing that the death rate of British soldiers in peacetime was twice as high as that of civilians.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q2) The scientist studied changes in the atmosphere. The scientist predicted damage to the ozone layer.
A) Studying changes in the atmosphere, the scientist predicted damage to the ozone layer.
B) The scientist predicted damage to the ozone layer studying changes in the atmosphere.
Q3) Mona set up a lab experiment. Mona spilled a chemical on her notebook.
A) Mona spilled a chemical on her notebook setting up a lab experiment.
B) Setting up a lab experiment, Mona spilled a chemical on her notebook.
Q4) Each night, she made her rounds by lamplight, bringing comfort to the lonely men, they called her the Lady of the Lamp.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
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Chapter 22: Nouns
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Q1) Select the correct plural form of each noun.
A) foot
B) feet
C) foots
Q2) Several (card, cards) are missing from this deck.
A) card
B) cards
Q3) Many (bird, birds) fly south for the winter.
A) bird
B) birds
Q4) Many television (anchor, anchors) got their starts on local stations.
A) anchor
B) anchors
Q5) Select the correct plural form of each noun.
A) boxes
B) boxs
C) box
Q6) I wore the (dress, dresses) with the pink bow.
A) dress
B) dresses
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Chapter 23: Pronouns
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Q1) The other team's cheerleaders shouted louder than (we, us).
A) we
B) us
Q2) Emma and (I, me) always go to the computer megastore.
A) I
B) me
Q3) Clarice loves to eat chocolate more than (I, me).
A) I
B) me
Q4) Ellen and (she, her) love computer graphics.
A) she
B) her
Q5) The members of our city council do _______________ best.
A) their
B) its
Q6) Bruno called in to work to say _____________ was sick.
A) he
B) they
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Chapter 24: Adjectives and Adverbs
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Q1) Jake was the ______________ (slow) base runner on the team.
A) slower
B) most slow
C) slowest
Q2) It is (real, really) cold today.
A) real
B) really
Q3) This is the ______________ (bad) fire the city has ever experienced.
A) more bad
B) worse
C) worst
Q4) He plays both the drums and the flute (good, well).
A) good
B) well
Q5) Because of the construction outside, it was (real, really) hard to concentrate during the lecture.
A) real
B) really
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Chapter 25: Prepositions
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Q1) The usher gave Cheryl and (I, me) the best seats in the theater.
A) I
B) me
Q2) Everyone had __________ doubts, but Schultz succeeded in doing just that.
A) their
B) his or her
Q3) (In, On) Thursdays I have English, history, and math.
A) In
B) On
Q4) In this film, celebrities eloquently read letters and documents from the era, dramatically stating the writer's name __________ the end, and renowned historians like Shelby Foote relate anecdotes about the events.
A) at B) on
Q5) Please, don't say a single (word, words).
A) word
B) words
Q6) Every winter, we go skiing (in, on) Colorado.
A) in
B) on
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Chapter 26: Consistent Tense
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Q1) Paula rinsed the dishes, stacked them in the dishwasher, and (wipes, wiped) the table.
A) wipes
B) wiped
Q2) John passed the New York bar examination and (becomes, became) an attorney. A) becomes
B) became
Q3) She is a talented woman: she runs an office, raises two children, and (takes, took) courses at night.
A) takes
B) took
Q4) After I feed the parakeet, it (chirps, chirped) for an hour.
A) chirps
B) chirped
Q5) During my vacation, I bought postcards every day and (send, sent) them to my roommates.
A) send B) sent
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Chapter 27: Consistent Person
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Q1) A person should never give _____________ address to a total stranger.
A) your
B) his or her
Q2) The workers were happy because ________________ looked forward to a four-day weekend
A) you B) they
Q3) The workers on the dairy farm cleaned the barn before _______________ left for the night.
A) you
B) they
Q4) My brother and I lost ________________ parking place when we drove around the block.
A) his B) our
Q5) Many insurance companies have just raised __________ rates.
A) its B) their
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Chapter 28: Parallelism
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Q1) The laser sets off commands for the computer to follow. Users need only keep their head still and __________.
A) controlling one eye is also necessary
B) control one eye
Q2) ____________________
A) refuse to answer the question
B) planning on running a mile
C) agree to take the children
D) need to ask permission
Q3) Before 1930, however, you could not have found them on your grocer's shelf. One could not have had the pleasure of biting into a cookie and find hard chips of chocolate. A) correct
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism
Q4) People who cannot speak can talk to others. People can operate a computer even if ________ fingers cannot type.
A) your
B) their
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Chapter 29: Capitalization
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Q1) The grand canyon attracts tourists from many states to the west.
A) Grand, Canyon
B) Grand, Canyon, West
C) West
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
Q2) Last night, jim's professor gave a talk at the filmore auditorium on the consequences of global warming.
A) Jim's, Filmore
B) Jim's, Professor, Filmore, Auditorium
C) Jim's, Filmore, Auditorium
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
Q3) The crowd cheered when senator lincoln chaffee left the building.
A) Lincoln, Chaffee
B) Senator, Lincoln, Chaffee
C) Senator, Lincoln, Chaffee, Building
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
Q4) If you have ever seen the atlantic ocean in winter, you will never forget it.
A) Atlantic
B) Atlantic, Ocean
C) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
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Chapter 30: Commas
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Q1) Winter storms in the north Atlantic, are in most cases very dramatic.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q2) Mr. Everhart is now living at 123 Harvard Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q3) Clyde a chicken farmer sells eggs for fifty cents a dozen.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q4) Ken Allen, the department chair, called a meeting for next week.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q5) Although he is less than six feet tall Luther is a basketball star.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q6) Kate, the woman who works in the print shop will quit next week.
A) correct
B) incorrect
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Chapter 31: Apostrophes
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Q1) the worms of the fishermen
A) the fishermens' worms
B) the fishermen's worms
Q2) Dont let anyone smoke in my fathers car.
A) Don't
B) father's
C) Don't, father's
Q3) Glorias mother-in-law hasnt talked to her in years.
A) Gloria's
B) hasn't
C) Gloria's, hasn't
Q4) video games of my son
A) my sons' video games
B) my son's video games
Q5) the binoculars of the guide
A) the guides' binoculars
B) the guide's binoculars
Q6) she is
A) shes'
B) she's
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Chapter 32: Direct and Indirect Quotations
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Q1) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) I haven't seen a movie for two months, she lamented.
B) "I haven't seen a movie for two months," she lamented.
Q2) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) "Dan said, Please pour me a cup of coffee."
B) Dan said, "Please pour me a cup of coffee."
Q3) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) "Could you show me where to hang my backpack?" he asked.
B) "Could you show me where to hang my backpack? he asked."
Q4) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) The warning on this plastic bag says "keep out of reach of children."
B) The warning on this plastic bag says, "Keep out of reach of children."
Q5) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) "The swamp walk was great," said Ralph. "You should try it."
B) "The swamp walk was great, said Ralph, "you should try it."
Q6) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) Franklin said, "A neat desk is a sign of a sick mind."
B) Franklin said that "A neat desk is a sign of a sick mind."
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Chapter 33: Putting Your Proofreading Skills to Work
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Q1) In fact, the seaweed in the Sargasso Sea is merely the home of __________________ barnacles.
A) crabs, shrimp, and B) crabs shrimp and C) crabs shrimp and,
Q2) As they get older, many American develop high blood ___________ Americans have a 90 percent chance of developing hypertension during their lives.
A) pressure middle-aged
B) pressure, middle-aged
C) pressure; middle-aged
Q3) If you do not have heart disease or have not been ________ by your doctor to avoid caffeine, you can probably continue to drink coffee and other caffeinated beverages while still maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
A) warn B) warned C) warning
Q4) When Alex stepped up to bat the crowd went wild.
A) correct
B) incorrect
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Chapter 34: Spelling
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Q1) ___________________
A) address
B) adress
Q2) ___________________
A) finally
B) finaly
Q3) scan + er
A) scaner
B) scanner
Q4) commit + ing
A) commiting
B) committing
Q5) care + ing
A) careing
B) caring
Q6) pouch + s/es
A) pouches
B) pouchs
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Chapter 35: Look-Alikes-Sound-Alikes
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Q1) I still beleive that if I did not make these useful notes, the bills would not be paid, groceries would not be bought, and friends would not be visited. In fact, I keep lists to remind myself to keep lists!
A) beleive
B) paid
C) groceries
Q2) The fireworks _____ me but _____ some children.
A) delight, frightened
B) delighted, frightens
C) delighted, frightened
Q3) _____
A) I couldn't hardly fit into the tiny chair.
B) I could hardly fit into the tiny chair.
Q4) _____
A) foxs, knowledgeable, comittment
B) knowledgeable, foxes, digging
C) commitment, diging, knowledgable
Q5) They often _______ Indian food on Tuesday nights.
A) eat
B) eats
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