Freshman Composition
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Course Introduction
Freshman Composition is an introductory course designed to develop students abilities in critical reading, effective writing, and analytical thinking. Emphasizing the writing process, the course guides students through planning, drafting, revising, and editing essays across various genres and purposes. Students engage with diverse texts, practice constructing coherent arguments, and learn to incorporate evidence and proper citation styles, preparing them for academic writing demands throughout their college careers.
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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) The purpose of this paragraph is to
A) persuade young adults to join the Army.
B) persuade parents that the Army is a good career choice for their children.
C) assure new Army recruits that they made the right choice.
Answer: B
Q2) 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
Q3) The purpose of this paragraph is to
A) persuade readers about the importance of voting in elections.
B) inform readers about politics in America.
C) inform readers about the procedures involved in casting a 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) The prewriting above is
A) focused freewriting.
B) brainstorming.
C) clustering.
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following is a characteristic of the clustering 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: B
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the brainstorming technique?
A) writing words and phrases
B) jotting down ideas in the form of a list
C) writing down only the best ideas
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Developing Effective Paragraphs
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Q1) Friendship is very important.
A) good topic sentence
B) needs revision Answer: B
Q2) In 2010, the fierce rapper won the BET award for Hip-Hop Best Female. A) is
B) a C) correct Answer: C
Q3) It is a nickname for second full moon in the same month. A) the B) an
C) correct Answer: A
Q4) Future rap star Onika Tanya Maraj born in Trinidad in 1982. A) the B) was C) correct 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) Soon, I'll probably buy a used car.
B) Sometime in the near future, I'll probably spend some money on a used car that was preowned by someone else.
Q2) For each pair of sentences, select the letter of the sentence with more concise language.
A) Eating a nutritious breakfast will boost your energy and brain power.
B) Eating a nutritious breakfast meal in the morning will give your energy level a boost and improve your brain power so that you can think better.
Q3) Pedro has recently experienced a run of bad luck. (1) _____ It rained right after he washed his car, which immediately became dirty again.
(2) _____ The company he worked for went bankrupt, so he lost his job.
(3) _____ He forgot an important math test, didn't study, and got a failing grade.
A) 2, 3, 1
B) 3, 1, 2
C) 1, 2, 3
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Chapter 5: Thinking Through Paragraph Patterns
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Q1) Which of the following sentences does NOT contain a transitional expression that indicates time?
A) Sentence 2
B) Sentence 4
C) Sentence 6
D) Sentence 8
Q2) In other nations, warnings on tobacco products are more blunt--even disgusting--than the warnings required in the United States.
A) Australia has adopted new warnings that show pictures of cancerous lungs and bloody brains, along with the warning "Smoking doubles your risk of stroke."
B) The European Union sponsors an antismoking campaign that targets twelve- to eighteen-year-olds.
C) Packages of cigarettes in England feature messages such as "Smoking kills," which are printed in letters so large that they cover a third of the box.
D) In Canada, photos of decayed teeth are on packages of tobacco products.
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Chapter 6: Thinking Through Paragraph Patterns
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Q1) What writing pattern does this paragraph employ?
A) Classification
B) Cause and effect
C) Definition
D) Persuasion
Q2) Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.
A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 8
Q3) Select the transitional expression in the paragraph that introduces an example:
A) Experts say that
B) Yet
C) Often
D) A third instance
Q4) Types of pain
A) sharp, shooting pain
B) burning pain
C) aching pain
D) constant pain
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Chapter 7: Moving From Paragraph to Essay
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Q1) 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.
Q2) 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.
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 8: Proofreading to Correct Your Personal Error
Patterns
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Q1) Many athletes use good luck charms in hopes that they will magically enhance their performance.
A) Some players always wear a St. Christopher medal around their necks during games.
B) Most athletes insist on having a long warm-up period prior to playing in a game.
C) Many athletes have been known to tuck an item, such as a lucky coin or a photo of someone special, in a pocket of their uniform.
D) Quite a few players like to wear an item of clothing they consider lucky, such as an undershirt or a certain pair of socks.
Q2) The villains jumped on _____ horses and rode out of town.
A) its
B) his or her
C) their
Q3) Every parent has to develop _____ own approach to raising a child.
A) your
B) his or her
C) their
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Chapter 9: Subjects and Verbs
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Q1) Dean Alvarez spoke to the enthusiastic students.
A) Dean Alvarez, spoke to the enthusiastic students
B) Dean Alvarez, spoke
C) students, spoke
Q2) Claudia runs ten miles every day.
A) miles, runs
B) runs, miles
C) Claudia, runs
Q3) Kanesha can collect money for the toy drive.
A) money, collect
B) Kanesha, can
C) Kanesha, can collect
Q4) Should I ask Kelsey to my party?
A) Kelsey, should
B) I, should ask
C) I, ask
Q5) Have you eaten at the new restaurant on 2nd Street?
A) restaurant, eaten
B) you, have eaten
C) you, have
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Chapter 10: Avoiding Sentence Fragments
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Q1) The movie we saw A) last night.
B) several times.
C) cost $10.
Q2) Not all employers have a problem with employees who sleep on the job. A) complete B) fragment
Q3) Ironically, Eno himself preferred travel by horseback. A) complete B) fragment
Q4) And never learned to drive a car.
A) complete B) fragment
Q5) She kept her crippling condition a secret.
A) complete B) fragment
Q6) Although Wilma moved here only a year ago. _____ A) complete B) fragment
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Chapter 11: Present Tense Agreement
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Q1) Which (is, are) Sarita's software manuals?
A) is
B) are
Q2) My golden retriever puppy (grows, grow) bigger every week.
A) grows
B) grow
Q3) Where (has, have) you stacked the DVDs?
A) has
B) have
Q4) Whenever Ms. Burnett sneezes, she (excuses, excuse) herself.
A) excuses
B) excuse
Q5) Which (is, are) your jacket?
A) is
B) are
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) My father ____________ about the importance of helping people in the community.
A) preach
B) preachied
C) preached
Q2) Tamika ___________ disabled students how to read and write. (teach)
A) teached
B) teach
C) taught
Q3) Kenji ___________________ his paycheck on a new audio system.
A) spended
B) spent
C) spend
Q4) The jeweler _____________ the antique watch.
A) repair
B) repaired
C) repairied
Q5) We __________ all of the blueberry pie after dinner.
A) eat
B) ate
C) eated
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Chapter 13: The Past Participle in Action
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Q1) That professor has ______________ (to teach) biology for ten years.
A) teach
B) teached
C) taught
Q2) The two witnesses have ____________ (to tell) what they observed that night.
A) told
B) telled
C) tell
Q3) Our newspaper was delivered by a neighbor.
A) active
B) passive
Q4) I ___________ already _______________ (to speak) to the expert who will fix my stereo.
A) have speak
B) has spoke
C) have spoken
Q5) We have ________________ (to buy) Orlando an electronic organizer. A) buyed
B) bought
C) buy
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Chapter 14: Progressive Tenses to Be -Ing Verb Form
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Q1) The taxi driver shouted at the pedestrians. The taxi driver _________________________ at the pedestrians.
A) was shouting B) were shouting
Q2) Sam lives in South Dakota. Sam ____________________ in South Dakota. A) am living B) is living C) are living
Q3) Since I (bought, have been buying) health food, I have lost ten pounds. A) bought B) have been buying
Q4) This morning, the attorney asking the judge to set bail for his client. A) is B) are
Q5) The twins attend Boston College. The twins _________________________________ Boston College.
A) am attending B) is attending C) are attending
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Chapter 15: Fixed-Form Helping Verbs and Verb Problems
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Q1) Sarah _______________ (ask) her mother to be in the film.
A) asks
B) asked
C) ask
Q2) Sean wanted to know whom Jeff __________ bring to the party.
A) will
B) would
Q3) We have picked the winners. We can __________________ the winners.
A) Pick
B) picks
C) picked
Q4) Now, every time one of her teachers _________ a test, paper, or other assignment, Jada writes it in her calendar on the day it is due.
A) assign B) assigns
Q5) She explained to Muriel how to care for the bird while it healed and _______ her that it would be two or three weeks before the bird flew again.
A) telled
B) told
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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) Constance might go to the club, ________________ she might stay home. A) or B) and C) so
Q3) June wants to be an accountant, ________ she will take a business class. A) so B) for C) nor
Q4) The duck hunter fell in the pond, __________ his waders filled with water. A) yet B) and C) for
Q5) I like to play _______ I cannot play tonight. A) chess, for B) chess so, C) chess, but
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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) Until the airline conducted an exhaustive search, it located our lost baggage in Alaska.
B) After the airline conducted an exhaustive search, it located our lost baggage in Alaska.
C) The airline located our lost baggage in Alaska, when it conducted an exhaustive search.
Q2) Gus performed the Heimlich maneuver _________ his cousin was choking.
A) when B) unless C) before
Q3) I can't go to sleep tonight _____________ I finish studying for my economics exam.
A) as B) since C) until
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Chapter 18: Avoiding Run-Ons and Comma Splices
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Q1) Drinking coffee and soft drinks is a common habit, caffeine is a drug.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q2) Jim made the putt it was a birdie.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q3) Stan was the best forward on the team before he hurt his knee.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q4) The game room was crowded a ping-pong tournament was being held.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q5) The last shop closed at nine o'clock, the mall was deserted by ten.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
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Chapter 19: Semicolons and Conjunctive Adverbs
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Q1) David left work early he had a dentist appointment at 3:00 p.m.
A) correct
B) add semicolon
Q2) In each group, select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) Installing software takes an hour; furthermore, you must restart the computer.
B) Installing software takes an hour, furthermore; you must restart the computer.
C) Installing software takes an hour furthermore; you must restart the computer.
Q3) Stacey went shopping at the flea market she needed something to wear on Saturday night.
A) correct
B) add semicolon
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.
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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 old house which is supposedly haunted was sold to out-of-towners.
B) The old house that is supposedly haunted was sold to out-of-towners.
C) The old house who is supposedly haunted was sold to out-of-towners.
Q2) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation.
A) The chairperson carries a briefcase which is filled with important contracts.
B) The chairperson carries a briefcase, that is filled with important contracts.
C) The chairperson carries a briefcase that is filled with important contracts.
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) Bill, who had never baked before, made delicious muffins for breakfast.
B) Bill who had never baked before made delicious muffins for breakfast.
C) Bill that had never baked before made delicious muffins for breakfast.
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Chapter 21: Ing Modifiers
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Q1) Josie loves the cold she will go to Minnesota this winter.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q2) Wondering for years where the eastern monarchs went, the butterflies began to be tagged by researchers at the University of Toronto.
A) correct
B) run-on
C)comma splice
D) semicolon error
E) relative pronoun error
F) -ING modifier error
Q3) Carmen pulled up to the drive-in window. Carmen recited her fast-food order.
A) Pulling up to the drive-in window, Carmen recited her fast-food order.
B) Carmen recited her fast-food order pulling up to the drive-in window.
Q4) We found a quaint inn by the sea, but all the rooms were taken.
A) coordinating conjunction
B) subordinating conjunction
C) conjunctive adverb
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Chapter 22: Nouns
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Q1) Each of the (employee, employees) is responsible for a different job.
A) employee
B) employees
Q2) Select the correct plural form of each noun.
A) boss
B) bosss
C) bosses
Q3) Each (woman, women) in the Garden Club planted a tree in the park.
A) woman
B) women
Q4) The plaintiff and three defense __________ met to discuss a settlement.
A) attorney
B) attorneys
Q5) Select the correct plural form of each noun.
A) foot
B) feet
C) foots
Q6) Many of the (article, articles) in the newspaper seem biased.
A) article
B) articles
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Chapter 23: Pronouns
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Q1) One of my best friends asked me to visit ______________ in Senegal.
A) them
B) her
Q2) (We, Us) mountain climbers don't have any fear of heights.
A) We
B) Us
Q3) The other team's cheerleaders shouted louder than (we, us).
A) we
B) us
Q4) Roberto would rather dance with me than with (she, her).
A) she
B) her
Q5) (He, Him) and Alicia had a fight.
A) He
B) Him
Q6) My neighbors take _________________ dalmations for a walk around the block.
A) their
B) his
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Chapter 24: Adjectives and Adverbs
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Q1) Fay and Min (recent, recently) visited Paris.
A) recent
B) recently
Q2) Although Kirby was extremely sick, he played ball very (good, well).
A) good
B) well
Q3) Jake was the ______________ (slow) base runner on the team.
A) slower
B) most slow
C) slowest
Q4) Tim borrowed (this, these) book from the teacher.
A) this
B) these
Q5) He is a __________ (good) conversationalist than his best friend.
A) more good
B) better
C) best
Q6) You surely planned a (good, well) surprise party.
A) good
B) well
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Chapter 25: Prepositions
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Q1) Unfortunately, by the time Fender sold his invention to CBS, the famous Fender guitars had declined in quality and were selling _____________. A) poor B) poorly
Q2) Anybody who wants this job should submit ____________________ application here.
A) their B) his or her
Q3) The guests left their dirty dishes (in, on) the table. A) in B) on
Q4) Rem Koolhas' amazing public library building is (in, on) Seattle. A) in B) on
Q5) That was a (real, really) hard test, but I finished it quickly. A) real B) really
Q6) It will appear again __________ the year 2061. A) on B) in
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Chapter 26: Consistent Tense
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Q1) John passed the New York bar examination and (becomes, became) an attorney.
A) becomes
B) became
Q2) Tomas will inflate the tire as soon as you (get, got) the pump.
A) get
B) got
Q3) She is a talented woman: she runs an office, raises two children, and (takes, took) courses at night.
A) takes
B) took
Q4) Ralph was elected to the Senate after he (campaigns, campaigned) on an ecology platform.
A) campaigns
B) campaigned
Q5) The famous pop singer appeared at the civic center last night and (sings, sang) her favorite songs.
A) sings
B) sang
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Chapter 27: Consistent Person
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Q1) Everyone has to bring _____________ headphones.
A) your
B) his or her
Q2) Twenty-three adults who were surveyed admitted that ___________ watched three hours of television every day.
A) we
B) they
Q3) Many insurance companies have just raised __________ rates.
A) its
B) their
Q4) When I bike, _______________ stay away from truck routes.
A) you
B) I
Q5) Some of the new homes collapsed because __________________ were poorly built.
A) it
B) they
Q6) Our neighbors are packing because _______________ are moving tomorrow.
A) they
B) he or she
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Chapter 28: Parallelism
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Q1) In that year, a New England innkeeper invented this treat while developing her inn's menu.
A) correct
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism
Q2) ____________________
A) a car that goes 100 miles per hour
B) a police officer who gives tickets
C) a salesperson helping customers
D) a gymnast who does splits
Q3) ____________________
A) dogs with fleas
B) cats with lice
C) children who have measles
D) people with bad breath
Q4) Then one day, she mixed batter for plain butter drop cookies and creatively added chocolate bits.
A) correct
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism
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Chapter 29: Capitalization
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Q1) 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.
Q2) On mondays, lucia goes to the gym.
A) Lucia
B) Mondays, Lucia
C) Mondays, Lucia, Gym
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
Q3) Be sure to turn north on hastings highway.
A) Hastings
B) Hastings, Highway
C) North, Hastings, Highway
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
Q4) Laura was born in san antonio, texas, in 1969.
A) San
B) San, Antonio
C) San, Antonio, Texas
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
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Chapter 30: Commas
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Q1) My brother believe it or not never eats anything but hamburgers and french fries.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q2) Jennifer I asked you not to keep the shed locked.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q3) I plan to be married on June, 6, 2008.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q4) I woke up with a bad head cold, so I took the day off.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q5) Clyde a chicken farmer sells eggs for fifty cents a dozen.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q6) Desks chairs and erasers were scattered all over the classroom.
A) correct
B) incorrect
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Chapter 31: Apostrophes
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Q1) Connie wants me to iron Emils shirt.
A) want's
B) Emil's
C) want's, Emil's
Q2) the flowers of the patients
A) the patient's flowers
B) the patients' flowers
Q3) The dean ignored the students reactions to their new dress code.
A) students'
B) reactions'
C) students', reactions'
Q4) the pulpit of the minister
A) the minister's pulpit
B) the ministers' pulpit
Q5) the shoes of the dancer
A) the dancer's shoes
B) the dancers' shoes
Q6) Al owns an old phonograph. The phonograph plays 78 rpm records.
A) Al's old phonograph plays 78 rpm records.
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B) Al's old 78 rpm records play on a phonograph.
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Chapter 32: Direct and Indirect Quotations
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Q1) 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."
Q2) 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."
Q3) Keith asked Karla why she wouldn't dance with him.
A) indirect
B) direct
Q4) Tom said that he wasn't joining the choir.
A) indirect
B) direct
Q5) The instructions say that we should turn the crank and kick twice.
A) indirect
B) direct
Q6) 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."
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Chapter 33: Putting Your Proofreading Skills to Work
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Q1) In addition to making the heart work harder than it should, hypertension can lead to hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis) and increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, kidney disease, and ____________.
A) you could go blind
B) becoming blind
C) blindness
Q2) _________ name comes from a ___________ word for the kind of seaweed that floats in great quantities on its surface.
A) It's, portuguese
B) Its, Portuguese
C) Its', Portuguese
Q3) The sailors ideas of course are not true.
A) sailors' ideas, of course, are
B) sailors' ideas of course are
C) sailor's ideas, of course, are
Q4) Reducing your intake of salt and sodium __________ also important.
A) is
B) are
C) am
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Chapter 34: Spelling
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Q1) ___________________
A) probly
B) probably
Q2) ___________________
A) eighth
B) eigth
Q3) ___________________
A) mathmatics
B) mathematics
Q4) ___________________
A) responsible
B) responsable
Q5) ___________________
A) calendar
B) calandar
Q6) happy + est
A) happiest
B) happyest
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Chapter 35: Look-Alikes-Sound-Alikes
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Q1) Barbara rode the (stationary, stationery) bike in the gym three miles every morning.
A) stationary
B) stationery
Q2) _____
A) businesses
B) busineses
Q3) Every one of the participants _____ confused.
A) is
B) are
Q4) _____
A) Helped at the cash register.
B) The supervisor hiring new employees today.
C) Wilma bought a digital watch.
Q5) The manager had to decide (weather, whether) to press charges against the shoplifter.
A) weather
B) whether
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