English Composition II
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
English Composition II builds upon foundational writing skills developed in earlier coursework, focusing on advanced techniques in research, analysis, and argumentation. Students engage with a variety of texts, learning to critically evaluate sources, develop coherent arguments, and synthesize information to produce well-organized, thoroughly researched essays. Emphasis is placed on the writing process, including drafting, revising, and editing, as well as proper citation practices and ethical use of information. Through frequent writing assignments and peer feedback, students refine their ability to express ideas clearly and persuasively in academic and professional contexts.
Recommended Textbook 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) The subject of this paragraph is
A) e-mail.
B) the features of spam.
C) reducing spam e-mail messages.
Answer: C
Q2) Subject: _____________________________________
Audience: people who have adopted a puppy
Purpose: to explain a method of housetraining
A) important reasons for housetraining a new pet
B) things to consider when choosing a pet
C) the steps in housetraining a pet
Answer: C
Q3) Subject: reasons to vote for Mayor Teresa Justice, who is running for reelection in Pleasantview
Audience: _____________________________________
Purpose: to convince readers to vote for the mayor
A) people who have not registered to vote
B) registered voters of Pleasantview who have already decided how they will vote
C) registered voters of Pleasantview who have not yet decided how they will vote
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Prewriting to Generate Ideas
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Q1) The prewriting above is
A) focused freewriting.
B) brainstorming.
C) clustering.
Answer: C
Q2) 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
Q3) 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
Q4) The prewriting above is
A) focused freewriting.
B) brainstoming.
C) clustering.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Developing Effective Paragraphs
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Q1) Therefore, two full moons rarely happen the same calendar month.
A) to
B) in
C) correct
Answer: B
Q2) Full moons occur twenty-nine days apart.
A) a
B) in
C) correct
Answer: C
Q3) _____
A) Exercise improves appearance by toning muscles and eliminating excess weight.
B) Exercise helps lower blood pressure and ward off cardiovascular disease.
C) Exercise reduces stress and contributes to overall well-being.
D) Exercise is essential for good health.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Improving Your Paragraphs
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Q1) When Kyon moved from the dormitory to her own apartment, she followed several steps. (1) _____ Finally, she hired a moving company to transport her furniture and boxes to her new home.
(2) _____ First, she researched available apartments and went to look at the ones that seemed like good possibilities.
(3) _____ Once she had reserved her new place with a deposit, she began packing herbelongings in preparation for her move.
(4) _____ She selected an apartment that fit her budget and was close to campus.
A) 1, 3, 2, 4
B) 4, 1, 3, 2
C) 3, 2, 4, 1
D) 2, 4, 3, 1
Q2) For each pair of sentences, select the letter of the sentence with more concise language.
A) You should walk the dog while I sweep the floor.
B) I am of the opinion that you should take the dog for a walk during the time that I am using a broom to get the dirt up off the floor.
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Chapter 5: Thinking Through Paragraph Patterns
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Q1) Aquariums are adding new interactive exhibits to help visitors enter underwater worlds.
A) Visitors to the National Aquarium in Baltimore can see a life-sized model of a humpback whale.
B) At California's Monterey Bay Aquarium, kids can put on modified scuba gear and jump into the Great Tide Pool for a closer look at creatures like sea cucumbers and sea stars.
C) At Tampa's Florida Aquarium, children ages six and up can swim with angelfish, grouper, and moray eels.
D) The Florida Aquarium allows certified divers over age fifteen to get into a tank with zebra, nurse, and black-trip reef sharks.
Q2) How many steps are in this process?
A) three
B) four
C) five
Q3) What two things are being compared and/or contrasted?
A) printed books and e-books
B) the Kindle and the iPad
C) reading outdoors and reading indoors
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Chapter 6: Thinking Through Paragraph Patterns
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Q1) Doing yoga exercises several times a week results in more flexibility and a lower stress level.
A) Cause: Doing yoga exercises several times a week
Effect: More flexibility and a lower stress level
B) Cause: More flexibility and a lower stress level
Effect: Doing yoga exercises several times a week
Q2) Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.
A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 10
Q3) How many causes or effects does the writer present?
A) one
B) two
C) three
Q4) How many examples does the writer use to develop the topic sentence?
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 thesis statement of this essay?
A) America has always been a multicultural land, and its diversity continues to grow.
B) Immigrants from all over the world are moving to the United States, and although they bring their own languages with them, almost all of them learn how to speak English.
C) Becoming bilingual benefits individuals in a number of ways.
Q2) 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.
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 8: Proofreading to Correct Your Personal Error
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Q1) Lachina thinks that she is a better chess player than _________.
A) I
B) me
C) myself
Q2) One of the __________ on the living room wall is crooked. A) picture B) pictures
C) both A and B
Q3) What type of order (time order, space order, or order of importance) organizes the details in paragraph 3?
A) time order
B) space order
C) order of importance
Q4) _____
A) The surprised man shouted, "I've never seen these woman before."
B) The surprised man shouted, "I've never seen this woman before."
C) The surprised man shouted, "I've never seen those woman before."
Q5) Jotting down her ideas and chuckling to herself, Julia planned her essay. A) correct B) incorrect
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Chapter 9: Subjects and Verbs
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Q1) In our filmmaking class, we are discussing a scene from the classic movie Casablanca.
A) class, discussing B) we, are discussing C) Casablanca, are
Q2) The office manager ordered Stacey a new desk for her office.
A) Stacey, ordered
B) manager, ordered C) ordered, office
Q3) The old pickup truck chugged down the dirt road.
A) old pickup truck
B) chugged down C) down the dirt road
Q4) Kanesha can collect money for the toy drive.
A) money, collect
B) Kanesha, can
C) Kanesha, can collect
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Chapter 10: Avoiding Sentence Fragments
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Q1) Curtis swam three miles on Tuesday. A) complete
B) fragment
Q2) Is she nominated? _____
A) complete
B) fragment
Q3) Whenever cell phones ring in the library
A) and disturb students.
B) they disturb students.
C) disturbing students.
Q4) My puppy ate an entire barbequed chicken.
A) complete
B) fragment
Q5) Henry purchased four tickets to the hip-hop concert. A) complete B) fragment
Q6) Can you imagine driving without stop signs, traffic circles, or one-way streets? A) complete B) fragment
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Chapter 11: Present Tense Agreement
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Q1) Whenever Ms. Burnett sneezes, she (excuses, excuse) herself.
A) excuses
B) excuse
Q2) Harold and Maude (expects, expect) to get married soon.
A) expects
B) expect
Q3) A good detective (searches, search) everywhere for clues.
A) searches
B) search
Q4) Neither of these computer courses (offers, offer) what I need.
A) offers
B) offer
Q5) This digital camera (takes, take) wonderful pictures.
A) takes
B) take
Q6) The ceiling and the walls (needs, need) plastering.
A) needs
B) need
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Chapter 12: Past Tense
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Q1) The moon _______________ over the corn fields.
A) rised
B) rise
C) rose
Q2) The child ______________ to her dolls as she put them in the crib.
A) singed
B) sing
C) sang
Q3) The water in the pond __________________ after the temperature dropped to 26 degrees.
A) freezed
B) froze
C) freeze
Q4) The Olympic Games ___________ more than 2,500 years ago.
A) began
B) beginned
C) being
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Chapter 13: The Past Participle in Action
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Q1) Ms. Gomez has ______________ (to deliver) speeches in my hometown many times.
A) delivered
B) deliver
C) deliveried
Q2) We have ________________ (to buy) Orlando an electronic organizer.
A) buyed
B) bought
C) buy
Q3) My son repaired the leak.
A) active
B) passive
Q4) The __________ train blocked traffic for more than two hours.
A) wreck
B) wrecked
C) wreckied
Q5) Finally, Kristie ________________ (to pass) Oregon's bar exam.
A) has pass
B) has passed
C) has passied
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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) The audience clapped loudly. The audience ______________________________ loudly. A) was clapping B) were clapping
Q3) Julia and Sarah shopping at Target when the lights went out. A) was B) were
Q4) I write my term paper. I __________________________________ my term paper. A) am writing B) is writing C) are writing
Q5) I can't answer the phone now. I (wash, am washing) my hair. A) wash B) am washing
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Chapter 15: Fixed-Form Helping Verbs and Verb Problems
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Q1) Juanita said that she ____________ give us a ride to the library.
A) will
B) would
Q2) Now that the conference is over, Tara _________ rest.
A) can
B) could
Q3) My aunt asked if I ___________ babysit this evening. A) will B) would
Q4) Then, every evening, she uses her calendar to create a list of things she must do the next day, and she _________off each item as she accomplishes it.
A) check
B) checks
Q5) The shaking __________ for forty-five seconds.
A) last B) lasted
Q6) The frightened bird chirped the whole way across town as Muriel _________ quickly.
A) drived
B) drove
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Chapter 16: Coordination
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Q1) His car stalls at ____________ he knows how to get it started again. A) intersections, but B) intersections yet, C) intersections, or
Q2) An opossum is not usually seen in the ___________ it hunts for food at night. A) daytime so, B) daytime, and C) daytime, for
Q3) Kahlia will work in her father's business, ___________ she will attend Montclair State College. A) for B) or C) so
Q4) Jennifer will go to the baseball ___________ Bob will go to the soccer match. A) game, or B) game so, C) game, and
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Chapter 17: Subordination
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Select the sentence with the correct subordinating conjunction and the correct punctuation.
A) I add cream and sugar though the coffee is bitter.
B) If the coffee is bitter I add cream and sugar.
C) Because the coffee is bitter, I add cream and sugar.
Q3) _____________ it is challenging, Jose likes his English class.
A) Until
B) Even though
C) After
Q4) Select the sentence with the correct subordinating conjunction and the correct punctuation.
A) Although she ran a marathon she was not tired.
B) Even though she ran a marathon, she was not tired.
C) She was not tired since she ran a marathon.
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Chapter 18: Avoiding Run-Ons and Comma Splices
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Q1) Maine is beautiful in the fall it is very cold.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q2) Working long hours and going to school, Dave finally got his BS degree.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q3) I saw my niece every day until she moved to Tacoma.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q4) Hip-hop has affected music around the world, it has also influenced fashion. A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q5) I want to hear good bluegrass music I go to the Broken Spoke on Friday night. A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
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Chapter 19: Semicolons and Conjunctive Adverbs
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Q1) Cell phones are not allowed in the exam room; however,
A) one student's phone rang during the test.
B) one student's phone ringing during the test.
C) a ringing phone of one student during the test.
Q2) Paul runs three miles every morning; however,
A) no running today because of his injury.
B) he is injured and cannot run today.
C) injured and unable to run today.
Q3) Gail practiced with cassette tapes while she learned to speak Italian.
A) correct
B) add semicolon
Q4) In each group, select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) The college now offers many courses through distance learning; therefore students enjoy more learning options.
B) The college now offers many courses through distance learning; therefore, students enjoy more learning options.
C) The college now offers many courses through distance learning, therefore; students enjoy more learning options.
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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) Darlene Van Winkel owns a chain of hotels which she inherited from her grandfather.
B) Darlene Van Winkel owns a chain of hotels, that she inherited from her grandfather.
C) Darlene Van Winkel owns a chain of hotels that she inherited from her grandfather.
Q2) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation.
A) Punta Arenas that is in Chile is the southernmost city in the world.
B) Punta Arenas which is in Chile is the southernmost city in the world.
C) Punta Arenas, which is in Chile, is the southernmost city in the world.
Q3) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation.
A) The bike, which is locked to the telephone pole, is a ten-speed.
B) The bike, that is locked to the telephone pole, is a ten-speed.
C) The bike that is locked to the telephone pole, is a ten-speed.
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Chapter 21: Ing Modifiers
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Q1) The monarch butterflies, that live west of the Rocky Mountains, fly to the California coast, those that live east of the Rockies go south.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
D) semicolon error
E) relative pronoun error
F) -ING modifier error
Q2) In each pair of sentences, select the sentence that contains a confusing -ING modifier.
A) Lying under the table, my aunt found her napkin.
B) My aunt found her napkin lying under the table.
Q3) I live on the outskirts of town. I can't ride the bus to work.
A) I can't ride the bus to work living on the outskirts of town.
B) Living on the outskirts of town, I can't ride the bus to work.
Q4) In each pair of sentences, select the sentence that contains a confusing -ING modifier.
A) Ellen spotted the Wall Street Journal rushing past a newsstand.
B) Rushing past a newsstand, Ellen spotted the Wall Street Journal.
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Chapter 22: Nouns
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Q1) Thirty (student, students) signed up for the field trip to the apple orchard.
A) student
B) students
Q2) Both (panda bear, panda bears) in the zoo are on loan from China.
A) panda bear
B) panda bears
Q3) I wore the (dress, dresses) with the pink bow.
A) dress
B) dresses
Q4) Select the correct plural form of each noun.
A) maids-of-honor
B) maid-of- honors
C) maids-of-honors
Q5) One of the (joke, jokes) she told offended me.
A) joke
B) jokes
Q6) Air bags could save many ___________ each year.
A) life
B) lives
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Chapter 23: Pronouns
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Q1) We cheered the performers as ______________ left the stage.
A) they
B) he and she
Q2) Several of my customers prefer ____________ tapes to CDs.
A) their
B) his or her
Q3) All of my nephews put relish on _______________ hamburgers.
A) their
B) his
Q4) I like foreign films as much as (they, them).
A) they
B) them
Q5) Eduardo and (she, her) made plans to attend the concert.
A) she
B) her
Q6) The members of our city council do _______________ best.
A) their B) its
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Chapter 24: Adjectives and Adverbs
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Q1) Kristina spoke (soft, softly) to the visitors, who sat on soft cushions.
A) soft
B) softly
Q2) Rhode Island is _____________ (small) than Maine.
A) smaller
B) more small
C) smallest
Q3) Tim borrowed (this, these) book from the teacher.
A) this
B) these
Q4) Lee is a (good, well) singer, but he didn't perform well on stage last night.
A) good
B) well
Q5) Sarah sighed (heavy, heavily) at the thought of the work left to do.
A) heavy
B) heavily
Q6) Jamal returned his phone messages (prompt, promptly).
A) prompt
B) promptly
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Q1) Consuelo applied (for, to) a job at the candy store in the mall. A) for B) to
Q2) World War I ended (in, on) 1918.
A) in B) on
Q3) Ted seems angry (at, on) everything today.
A) at B) on
Q4) Every winter, we go skiing (in, on) Colorado. A) in B) on
Q5) Approximately 335,000 are sold each year; ____________ instruments are considered classics.
A) this B) these
Q6) Dr. Wright _________deserved to be honored for his work.
A) sure B) surely
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Chapter 26: Consistent Tense
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Q1) Although he knew his lines, Tony (rehearses, rehearsed) every day for the Saturday night performance.
A) rehearses
B) rehearsed
Q2) I nod politely whenever she (speaks, spoke) to me.
A) speaks
B) spoke
Q3) Franco offered me a puppy, but I (tell, told) him my landlord dislikes pets.
A) tell
B) told
Q4) After many calls from the librarian, Katie returned her delinquent books and (pays, paid) the fine.
A) pays
B) paid
Q5) Lisa dressed for her date after I (iron, ironed) her dress.
A) iron
B) ironed
Q6) Jo dropped all of her books when the dog (chases, chased) her.
A) chases
B) chased
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Chapter 27: Consistent Person
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Q1) More people are eating better because ________________ know diet is a key to good health.
A) you B) they
Q2) Everyone has to bring _____________ headphones.
A) your B) his or her
Q3) Those moving companies give _______________ customers a 10 percent discount.
A) their B) its
Q4) Nine salespersons met at _____________________ home office.
A) our B) their
Q5) As we bowled the final frames, we were excited by ________________ scores. A) our B) its
Q6) The herd of zebras moved farther north because _____________ was looking for water.
A) they B) it
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Chapter 28: Parallelism
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Q1) Wooden houses were toppled, smashed, and they were demolished within seconds. A) correct
B) inconsistent tense
C) faulty parallelism
Q2) Pitney Bowes, Toshiba, Apple Computer, and other companies are creating a workforce revolution with "assistive technology." For example, if workers cannot move their arms or legs, _________ can use an eye-gaze program.
A) they
B) you
Q3) Members of the church choir must dry-clean ___________________ own robes. A) your
B) their
Q4) The athletes do not warm up as long as _____________________ should. A) you
B) they
Q5) ____________________
A) funny
B) kind
C) cooperative
D) intelligence
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Q1) During world war II, my father was stationed on the aleutian islands.
A) Father, Aleutian
B) World, War, Aleutian, Islands
C) World War, Father, Aleutian, Islands
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
Q2) If you drive south on rutgers boulevard, you can't miss it.
A) Rutgers
B) Rutgers, Boulevard
C) South, Rutgers, Boulevard
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
Q3) Charlize theron gained fifty pounds for her role in the movie monster.
A) Theron
B) Movie, Monster
C) Theron, Monster
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
Q4) My son, charlie, is named after charles dickens, the author.
A) Son, Charles
B) Charlie, Charles, Dickens
C) Charlie, Charles, Dickens, Author
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
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Chapter 30: Commas
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Q1) After I rode the roller coaster, I felt nauseous.
A) correct
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Q2) Ken Allen, the department chair, called a meeting for next week.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q3) Whenever the community board meets Les makes the same old speech.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q4) There are many ways to resolve this issue but Telly has the best solution.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q5) Desks chairs and erasers were scattered all over the classroom.
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) who is
A) whos'
B) who's
Q2) will not
A) willn't
B) won't
Q3) Lina has a new baby. The baby is named Christopher.
A) Christopher's new baby is named Lina.
B) Lina's new baby is named Christopher.
Q4) Glorias mother-in-law hasnt talked to her in years.
A) Gloria's
B) hasn't
C) Gloria's, hasn't
Q5) the binoculars of the guide
A) the guides' binoculars
B) the guide's binoculars
Q6) My sister has a passion. Her passion is interior decorating.
A) My sister's interior decorating has passion.
B) My sister's passion is interior decorating.
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Q1) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) "I'll clean it up," David replied, but I can't do it now.
B) "I'll clean it up," David replied, "but I can't do it now."
Q2) Keith asked Karla why she wouldn't dance with him.
A) indirect
B) direct
Q3) 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.
Q4) 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."
Q5) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) Warren muttered, "I can't find my keys" as he wandered from room to room.
B) Warren muttered, "I can't find my keys as he wandered from room to room."
Q6) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) He said "here is the dollar I owe you."
B) He said, "Here is the dollar I owe you."
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Chapter 33: Putting Your Proofreading Skills to Work
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Q1) Preventing or ___________high blood pressure means living more healthily.
A) control of
B) controlling
C) controlled
Q2) Consequently, a whole generation of ____________ men became everyday users of __________ invention.
A) American, Gillette's
B) American, Gillettes
C) american, Gillettes'
Q3) Rudys going to leave before its too late to drive down the mountain.
A) Rudy's
B) it's
C) Rudy's, it's
Q4) My ideas dont always agree with yours.
A) idea's, don't
B) don't
C) don't, your's
Q5) When Alex stepped up to bat the crowd went wild.
A) correct
B) incorrect
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Q1) ship + ed
A) shiped
B) shipped
Q2) busy + ness
A) busyness
B) business
Q3) pouch + s/es
A) pouches
B) pouchs
Q4) ___________________
A) knowlege
B) knowledge
Q5) ___________________
A) importent
B) important
Q6) marry + ing
A) marrying
B) marring
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Chapter 35: Look-Alikes-Sound-Alikes
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Q1) _____
A) Roy visited an old theater, that had been renovated.
B) Roy visited an old theater that had been renovated.
C) Roy visited an old theater which had been renovated.
Q2) _____
A) Barbara, that understands Italian, chatted with Carlo.
B) Barbara, which understands Italian, chatted with Carlo.
C) Barbara, who understands Italian, chatted with Carlo.
Q3) The _____ detail of that carved chair _____ auctioned will certainly _____ its price.
A) fine, been, raise
B) find, being, rise
C) fine, being, raise
Q4) At this point, I would probly lose my mind without them, but let me explain.
A) probly
B) lose
C) mind
Q5) It has (been, being) six years since I graduated from college.
A) been
B) being
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