Freshman Writing Seminar
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Course Introduction
The Freshman Writing Seminar is designed to introduce first-year students to the principles and practices of academic writing at the university level. Through a series of reading, writing, and revision assignments, students will develop critical thinking skills, learn to construct well-organized arguments, and engage thoughtfully with a variety of texts across disciplines. The course emphasizes thesis development, evidence-based reasoning, and the conventions of scholarly writing, while also encouraging students to discover and refine their unique academic voice. Workshops, peer reviews, and individual conferences with instructors support students as they gain confidence and proficiency in their writing.
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) Subject: ______________________________________
Audience: college students
Purpose: to explain techniques that will help improve performance on an exam
A) reasons to earn a college degree
B) studying for an exam in a college course
C) topics covered on the driver's license exam
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) inform people about hurricanes.
B) convince people to evacuate when a hurricane is approaching.
C) persuade readers to prepare for hurricanes.
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 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
Q2) The prewriting above is
A) focused freewriting.
B) brainstoming.
C) clustering.
Answer: A
Q3) The prewriting above is
A) focused freewriting.
B) brainstorming.
C) clustering.
Answer: C
Q4) The prewriting above is
A) focused freewriting.
B) brainstorming.
C) clustering.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Developing Effective Paragraphs
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Q1) An effective salesperson knows the product, listens to the customer, and helps the customer find what he or she needs.
A) good topic sentence
B) needs revision
Answer: A
Q2)
___________. When a fifteen-foot tiger shark bit off most of her left arm just below the shoulder, thirteen-year-old Bethany Hamilton did not cry during the attack. She was calm while her friend's father tied a tourniquet around her arm. After a harrowing experience like that, most people wouldn't want to go back into the ocean ever again. Bethany, however, was back on her surfboard just one month later. She also began entering competitions again, refusing special treatment. She said she now prays, sings, or calls out to nearby friends to keep her courage up because fear is something you just have to get over.
A) Sharks are the biggest danger faced by surfers.
B) Bethany Hamilton is a very brave young woman.
C) Bethany Hamilton is a skilled surfer.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Improving Your Paragraphs
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Q1) 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
Q2) In the wake of the hurricane, the house was a mess. (1) _____ The basement and the entire first floor flooded and filled with mud.
(2) _____ The glass of the kitchen window broke. (3) _____ The high winds left debris like broken tree limbs all over the front yard.
A) 3, 1, 2
B) 1, 2, 3
C) 2, 1, 3
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Chapter 5: Thinking Through Paragraph Patterns
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Q1) Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.
A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 10
Q2) Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.
A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 9
Q3) Sajan is addicted to his cell phone.
A) He sleeps with his phone beside him on his pillow.
B) He works in an Indian restaurant where many customers carry cell phones.
C) He takes his cell phone into the bathroom with him so he won't miss a call.
D) Sajan won't ever turn off his phone, even in the movie theaters.
Q4) Give the number of the paragraph's topic sentence.
A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 3
D) Sentence 9
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Chapter 6: Thinking Through Paragraph Patterns
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Q1) Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.
A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 10
Q2) Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.
A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 3
D) Sentence 10
Q3) Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.
A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 10
Q4) What writing pattern does this paragraph employ?
A) Classification
B) Cause and effect
C) Definition
D) Persuasion
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Chapter 7: Moving From Paragraph to Essay
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Q1) 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.
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 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) Slowly reading your revised paragraph or essay in order to find and correct any errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling is called
A) proofreading.
B) studying.
C) revising.
Q2) Which of the following sentences in the paragraph includes a transitional expression that indicates comparison or contrast?
A) Sentence 2
B) Sentence 3
C) Sentence 4
D) Sentence 6
Q3) _____
A) Whenever he takes a long trip, Ed takes his own pillow.
B) Whenever he takes a long trip. Ed takes his own pillow.
C) Ed takes his own pillow. Whenever he takes a long trip.
Q4) _____
A) The company just moved from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Norwalk, Connecticut.
B) The company just moved, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Norwalk, Connecticut.
C) The company just moved, from Cedar Rapids Iowa, to Norwalk, Connecticut.
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Chapter 9: Subjects and Verbs
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Q1) The golfer in the red cap has been waiting at the fourth hole for twenty minutes.
A) golfer, waiting
B) golfer, has been waiting C) cap, has been
Q2) Every Tuesday night between eight and nine o'clock, Tracy would practice her skateboarding.
A) between eight and nine o'clock
B) would practice
C) Tracy would practice her skateboarding
Q3) A teenager vandalized our school last weekend.
A) school, vandalized
B) teenager, vandalized
C) teenager, last weekend
Q4) Will Ashton attend the fundraiser?
A) fundraiser, attend
B) Ashton, will
C) Ashton, will attend
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Chapter 10: Avoiding Sentence Fragments
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Q1) On the other side of the computer room.
A) complete
B) fragment
Q2) Since they closed the local grocery store.
A) complete
B) fragment
Q3) The bird in the cage.
A) complete B) fragment
Q4) While I ran a marathon.
A) complete
B) fragment
Q5) Although Wilma moved here only a year ago. _____
A) complete
B) fragment
Q6) During her Lamaze class. _____
A) complete
B) fragment
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Chapter 11: Present Tense Agreement
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Q1) Alejandro (works, work) in a tractor factory.
A) works
B) work
Q2) Where (has, have) you stacked the DVDs?
A) has
B) have
Q3) The ceiling and the walls (needs, need) plastering.
A) needs
B) need
Q4) Whenever Ms. Burnett sneezes, she (excuses, excuse) herself.
A) excuses
B) excuse
Q5) Every one of the graduates (plans, plan) to attend the class reunion.
A) plans
B) plan
Q6) The box (contains, contain) a stack of junk mail.
A) contains
B) contain
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Chapter 12: Past Tense
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Q1) Waldo ____________ his friends in San Francisco's Chinatown.
A) meet
B) meeted
C) met
Q2) Terrence ________________ to paint scenes of the hill country in Texas.
A) love
B) loved
C) lovied
Q3) The cork _________________ out of the bottle.
A) pop
B) popped
C) popied
Q4) My mother __________________ from Houston to San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon.
A) fly
B) flied
C) flew
Q5) Kenji ___________________ his paycheck on a new audio system.
A) spended
B) spent
C) spend
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Chapter 13: The Past Participle in Action
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Q1) Valerie __________________ (to make) an appointment at the beauty parlor for tomorrow afternoon.
A) has made
B) has make
C) has maked
Q2) The __________ keys were found under the piano.
A) misplacen
B) misplaced
C) misplace
Q3) The debate was won by the Carson College team.
A) active
B) passive
Q4) The beautician dyed Molly's hair green.
A) active
B) passive
Q5) I have _______________ (to drive) to Madison many times before.
A) drive
B) drove
C) driven
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Chapter 14: Progressive Tenses to Be -Ing Verb Form
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Q1) After working several hours at the writing lab, Sam (finished, was finishing) his essay. A) finished B) was finishing
Q2) The professor quizzed the students on Tuesday's history lesson. The professor _____________________ the students on Tuesday's history lesson. A) was quizzing B) were quizzing
Q3) The taxi driver shouted at the pedestrians. The taxi driver _________________________ at the pedestrians. A) was shouting B) were shouting
Q4) On Wednesday, we going to run a marathon. A) is B) are
Q5) Sam lives in South Dakota. Sam ____________________ in South Dakota. A) am living B) is living C) are living
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Chapter 15: Fixed-Form Helping Verbs and Verb Problems
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Q1) Saint Bernards ________ legendary dogs famous for their many acts of bravery. A) is B) are
Q2) Bred in the wild mountains of Switzerland, they _________ find paths in the worst snowstorm, smell human beings buried in snow, and detect avalanches before they occur.
A) can B) could
Q3) Before I register, I would like to know who __________ teach the class. A) will B) would
Q4) If you sit on the log, I __________ take your picture. A) will B) would
Q5) Another dog ________ back to headquarters to sound the alarm and guide a rescue party to the scene. A) goes B) go
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Chapter 16: Coordination
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Q1) My husband loves _______ he drinks it every day.
A) tea, yet
B) tea and, C) tea, so
Q2) Your niece and I went out to lunch, _____________ we both ordered salmon.
A) but B) and C) for
Q3) The reckless bicycle messenger felt dizzy, __________ she refused medical attention.
A) and B) so
C) yet
Q4) Ushi receives many airmail _________ she is far from home.
A) letters, but B) letters so, C) letters, for
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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) The roof began to leak because the rain had continued for more than a week.
B) The roof began to leak unless the rain had continued for more than a week.
C) Even though the rain had continued for more than a week, the roof began to leak.
Q2) _______________ Wanda left early, she didn't see the act.
A) Whether
B) As if
C) Because
Q3) The citizen's group plants flowers __________ they go to the park every weekend.
A) whether
B) when
C) whereas
Q4) _______________ Brenda came home last night, she made a few phone calls.
A) Where
B) After
C) If
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Chapter 18: Avoiding Run-Ons and Comma Splices
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Q1) The last shop closed at nine o'clock, the mall was deserted by ten.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q2) Roller-skating through the traffic, Reni quickly got to his job.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q3) Ralph drove the tractor farming is his hobby.
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) Stan was the best forward on the team before he hurt his knee.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
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Chapter 19: Semicolons and Conjunctive Adverbs
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Q1) 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.
Q2) In each group, select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) This marketing course is a lot of work; nevertheless, we are learning much valuable material.
B) This marketing course is a lot of work, nevertheless we are learning much valuable material.
C) This marketing course is a lot of work nevertheless; we are learning much valuable material.
Q3) David left work early he had a dentist appointment at 3:00 p.m.
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 tugboat that is pulling a heavy barge, churns through dirty water.
B) The tugboat, which is pulling a heavy barge, churns through dirty water.
C) The tugboat, who is pulling a heavy barge, churns through dirty water.
Q2) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation
A) The boats which are for sale, are in the marina.
B) The boats, that are for sale, are in the marina.
C) The boats that are for sale are in the marina.
Q3) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation.
A) The potatoes that are in the green bowl are covered with a mushroom sauce.
B) The potatoes which are in the green bowl are covered with a mushroom sauce.
C) The potatoes, that are in the green bowl, are covered with a mushroom sauce.
Q4) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation.
A) My neighbor, who does desktop publishing, rarely leaves his apartment.
B) My neighbor that does desktop publishing rarely leaves his apartment.
C) My neighbor who does desktop publishing, rarely leaves his apartment.
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Chapter 21: Ing Modifiers
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Q1) For some, a trip to Graceland has become a spiritual experience for example during Elvis Presley's "Death Week," tens of thousands arrive from all over the world to honor their idol.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
D) semicolon error
E) relative pronoun error
F) -ING modifier error
Q2) Moreover, doctors and the army were hostile to Nightingale, they did not want a woman telling them what to do.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
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) The train picked up speed. The train rumbled out of the station.
A) The train rumbled out of the station picking up speed.
B) Picking up speed, the train rumbled out of the station.
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Chapter 22: Nouns
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Q1) Air bags could save many ___________ each year.
A) life
B) lives
Q2) Stacey's (brother-in-law, brothers-in-law) are both attorneys.
A) brother-in-law
B) brothers-in-law
Q3) All the (mountain, mountains) promise good skiing this winter.
A) mountain
B) mountains
Q4) Each of the (employee, employees) is responsible for a different job.
A) employee
B) employees
Q5) One of her ____________ missed a week of school.
A) child
B) children
Q6) His boss made an (example, examples) of him.
A) example
B) examples
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Chapter 23: Pronouns
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Q1) Peter plays handball with Jim and (he, him).
A) he
B) him
Q2) Steve and (I, me) never went out on a date.
A) I
B) me
Q3) Between you and (I, me), you're guaranteed to be hired.
A) I
B) me
Q4) Barbara nominated (she, her) for editor of the literary magazine.
A) she
B) her
Q5) Many of our neighbors leave _______________ doors unlocked all of the time.
A) his or her
B) their
Q6) (He, Him) and Alicia had a fight.
A) He
B) Him
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Chapter 24: Adjectives and Adverbs
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Q1) My grandfather is a ______________ (successful) gardener than I am.
A) successfuler
B) more successful
C) more successfuler
Q2) Tom's (shocking, shockingly) bad behavior surprised all of us.
A) shocking
B) shockingly
Q3) This is the ______________ (bad) fire the city has ever experienced.
A) more bad
B) worse
C) worst
Q4) Jamal returned his phone messages (prompt, promptly).
A) prompt
B) promptly
Q5) Fay and Min (recent, recently) visited Paris.
A) recent
B) recently
Q6) He plays both the drums and the flute (good, well).
A) good
B) well
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Q1) People do not always remember _________________________ manners. A) their B) his or her
Q2) Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and __________ were all performers who bought and loved their Fender guitars.
A) B.B. King
B) B.B. King they
Q3) The 2006 Volvo is very different (from, than) older models. A) from B) than
Q4) Connie knows that she can compute better than (he, him).
A) he B) him
Q5) Mary ran (to, for) the pier to catch the 5:00 p.m. commuter boat. A) to B) for
Q6) World War I ended (in, on) 1918. A) in B) on
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Q1) After it rose steadily for days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (falls, fell) 285 points.
A) falls
B) fell
Q2) After my car broke down, my friend (loans, loaned) me money to buy a new one.
A) loans
B) loaned
Q3) While Jo made coffee, Maria poured the juice, heated the muffins, and (scrambles, scrambled) the eggs.
A) scrambles
B) scrambled
Q4) Ralph was elected to the Senate after he (campaigns, campaigned) on an ecology platform.
A) campaigns
B) campaigned
Q5) 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) Anyone interested in the job should leave _____________ name and address. A) your
B) his or her
Q2) The floor in the ballroom shone; __________________ had just been polished. A) she
B) it
Q3) Everyone has to bring _____________ headphones.
A) your
B) his or her
Q4) All of the honor students accepted ________________ awards with pride. A) your
B) their
Q5) Soon after she arrived, Karen made ________ presentation to the panel. A) her B) his
Q6) You don't always know when ______________ have been taken advantage of. A) you B) we
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Chapter 28: Parallelism
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Q1) Almost every major city in the world has a subway system. Underground trains speed through complex networks of tunnels and __________ millions of passengers every day.
A) carry
B) carried
Q2) ____________________
A) written
B) printed
C) corrected
D) revise
Q3) ____________________
A) shipping
B) sing
C) dancing
D) tripping
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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Q1) Pam visited the mount rushmore national monument in south dakota over the holidays.
A) Mount, Rushmore, South Dakota
B) Mount, Rushmore, National Monument, South, Dakota
C) Mount, Rushmore, National Monument, South, Dakota, Holidays
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
Q2) 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.
Q3) I signed up for the 10:00 a.m. business statistics class with professor keating.
A) Professor, Keating
B) Business, Statistics, Keating
C) Business, Statistics, Professor, Keating
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) I told you to get gas, Alan.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q2) The advertising company is located at 567 Main Street, Butte Montana.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q3) After I rode the roller coaster, I felt nauseous.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q4) Although he is less than six feet tall Luther is a basketball star.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q5) Desks chairs and erasers were scattered all over the classroom.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q6) Toby Jim asked you to call him right away.
A) correct
B) incorrect
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Chapter 31: Apostrophes
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Q1) Tara has a motorcycle. The motorcycle has a flat tire.
A) The motorcycle's flat tire is Tara's.
B) Tara's motorcycle has a flat tire.
Q2) the objection of the chairwoman
A) the chairwomans' objection
B) the chairwoman's objection
Q3) he has
A) he's
B) heh's
Q4) Cant we eat at your cousins restaurant?
A) Can't
B) cousin's
C) Can't, cousin's
Q5) Didnt you work at your uncles bakery?
A) Didn't
B) uncle's
C) Didn't, uncle's
Q6) the binoculars of the guide
A) the guides' binoculars
B) the guide's binoculars
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Chapter 32: Direct and Indirect Quotations
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Q1) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) "Because I need to do more research," Dayan announced, "I will go to the library tonight."
B) "Because I need to do more research, Dayan announced. I will go to the library tonight."
Q2) 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.
Q3) Roy told me that I'd lost my touch.
A) indirect
B) direct
Q4) 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."
Q5) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) The directions say make sure you have all the screws before beginning to assemble the CD player.
B) The directions say, "Make sure you have all the screws before beginning to assemble the CD player."
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Chapter 33: Putting Your Proofreading Skills to Work
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Q1) Simpler activities such as walking, housework, gardening, dancing, cycling, and_____________ can give you all the exercise you need, as long as you make an effort to do some kind of physical activity daily.
A) if you play with your children
B) playing with your children
C) to play with your children
Q2) Although people in any of these groups have the highest chance to develop ____________ can get it.
A) hypertension, anyone
B) hypertension anyone
C) hypertension; anyone
Q3) The first is called the systolic ___________ is how much force is in your arteries when your heart pumps.
A) pressure. Which
B) pressure, which C) pressure which
Q4) Lydia my best friend, calls me every other day.
A) correct
B) incorrect
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Chapter 34: Spelling
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Q1) ___________________
A) pursue
B) persue
Q2) ___________________
A) interest
B) intrest
Q3) pay + ed
A) paid
B) payed
Q4) tuxedo + s/es
A) tuxedos
B) tuxedoes
Q5) ___________________
A) controlled
B) controled
Q6) ___________________
A) responsible
B) responsable
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Chapter 35: Look-Alikes-Sound-Alikes
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Q1) _____
A) thoughtful
B) gratitude
C) kind
D) helpful
Q2) ______
A) The star who won the critics' award thanked the audience.
B) The star, who won the critics' award thanked the audience.
C) The star, who won the critics' award, thanked the audience.
Q3) Until a (new, knew) manager is hired, Sheila will be in charge of the department.
A) new
B) knew
Q4) _____
A) The mystery of Stonehenge a circular group of stones, has never been solved.
B) The mystery of Stonehenge, a circular group of stones, has never been solved.
C) The mystery of Stonehenge, a circular group of stones has never been solved.
Q5) ______
A) My buddy knows he can do it.
B) My buddy know he could do it.
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