Writing Skills Exam Review
Course Introduction
Writing Skills is a foundational course designed to develop students' ability to effectively communicate ideas through written language. The course covers essential aspects of writing, including grammar, sentence structure, organization, clarity, and style. Students will engage in various writing exercises, from short essays to longer compositions, and will receive feedback to refine their drafts. Emphasizing both academic and practical writing, the course also addresses audience awareness, coherence, and revision techniques, ultimately equipping students with the skills to produce clear, well-organized, and impactful texts suitable for academic, professional, and personal contexts.
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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) Writing a final draft is a task that should be performed during which step of the writing process?
A) prewriting
B) writing
C) rewriting
Answer: C
Q2) English borrows words from many other languages.
A) The Spanish word la reata gives us lariat, "a rope."
B) Diss is a term meaning "disrespect."
C) The expression gung ho comes from the Chinese keng ho, which literally means "more fire."
D) Kimono is the Japanese word for "thing for wearing."
Answer: B
Q3) The purpose of this paragraph is to
A) explain how to reduce spam e-mail messages.
B) inform readers about spam.
C) convince spammers to stop sending spam.
Answer: A
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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: A
Q2) 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
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) The prewriting above is
A) focused freewriting.
B) brainstorming.
C) clustering.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Developing Effective Paragraphs
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Q1) 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
Q2) This paragraph will be about my family.
A) good topic sentence
B) needs revision
Answer: B
Q3) I want to become a nurse for three reasons.
A) good topic sentence
B) needs revision
Answer: A
Q4) Therefore, two full moons rarely happen the same calendar month.
A) to
B) in
C) correct
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Improving Your Paragraphs
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Q1) You should wear sunscreen to protect your skin. (1) _____ Protecting your skin with sunscreen will help prevent skin cancer.
(2) _____ Blocking the sun's harmful rays will keep your skin from aging and becoming lined and wrinkled.
(3) _____ Sunscreen will keep you from getting freckles.
A) 3, 1, 2
B) 1, 2, 3
C) 2, 3, 1
Q2) For each pair of sentences, select the letter of the sentence with more exact language.
A) Jim's living room floor was covered with old newspapers, unopened mail, dirty clothes, and take-out food containers.
B) The room was really messy.
Q3) For each pair of sentences, select the letter of the sentence with more exact language.
A) I like the food at that restaurant.
B) I eat the crab legs at Sam's Seafood Shack at least once a month.
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Chapter 5: Thinking Through Paragraph Patterns
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Q1) Which of the following is a transitional expression used in the paragraph to indicate comparison or contrast?
A) Because
B) However
C) If
Q2) Does this paragraph compare, contrast, or both?
A) compares only
B) contrasts only
C) compares and contrasts
Q3) What writing pattern does this paragraph employ?
A) Illustration
B) Process
C) Comparison and contrast
D) Narration
Q4) 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) What writing pattern does this paragraph employ?
A) Classification
B) Cause and effect
C) Definition
D) Persuasion
Q2) How many arguments support the topic sentence?
A) two
B) three
C) four
Q3) How many reasons support the topic sentence?
A) two
B) three
C) four
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 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) The "bottoms up" proofreading technique involves reading your paper one sentence at a time,
A) from the last sentence to the first sentence.
B) from the first sentence to the last sentence.
C) randomly choosing just two or three sentences to check.
Q2) The villains jumped on _____ horses and rode out of town.
A) its
B) his or her
C) their
Q3) _____
A) You cannot, by the way turn right on a red light in New York City.
B) You cannot, by the way, turn right on a red light in New York City.
C) You cannot by the way, turn right on a red light in New York City.
Q4) Both __________ taught at the local community college.
A) bride-to-be's
B) brides-to-bes
C) brides-to-be
Q5) Scratching at my basement door, I found a scrawny lost pup.
A) correct
B) incorrect
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Chapter 9: Subjects and Verbs
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Q1) The pack of wolves ran into the forest.
A) pack, ran
B) wolves, ran C) forest, ran into
Q2) A teenager vandalized our school last weekend.
A) school, vandalized B) teenager, vandalized C) teenager, last weekend
Q3) Sixty boxes of sweaters were delivered to Macy's before the big sale.
A) sixty, delivered B) boxes, were delivered C) sweaters, were
Q4) The office manager ordered Stacey a new desk for her office.
A) Stacey, ordered
B) manager, ordered C) ordered, office
Q5) Are you taking a kung fu class?
A) class, are you B) you, taking C) you, are taking
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Chapter 10: Avoiding Sentence Fragments
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Q1) Is she nominated? _____
A) complete
B) fragment
Q2) Whereas Special Olympics competitors may not swim as fast or jump as high as Olympics stars. A) complete
B) fragment
Q3) William Phelps Eno created them in 1900. A) complete
B) fragment
Q4) Drivers who get speeding tickets. _____ A) complete B) fragment
Q5) Several apartment buildings were destroyed by the hurricane. A) complete B) fragment
Q6) Her artistic photographs of workers making steel gained her fame. A) complete B) fragment
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Chapter 11: Present Tense Agreement
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Q1) Each of the winners (receives, receive) $1,000.
A) receives
B) receive
Q2) This digital camera (takes, take) wonderful pictures.
A) takes
B) take
Q3) The students who (lives, live) next door have loud parties.
A) lives
B) live
Q4) There (is, are) a historic district in my neighborhood.
A) is
B) are
Q5) The cloths on the table (needs, need) to be ironed.
A) needs
B) need
Q6) These peaches (is, are) rotten.
A) is
B) are
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Chapter 12: Past Tense
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Q1) Tamika ___________ disabled students how to read and write. (teach)
A) teached
B) teach
C) taught
Q2) He ____________ the boxing match and became world champion.
A) win
B) winned C) won
Q3) Andreo ____________ all the words to the songs played at the concert.
A) knew
B) knowed
C) know
Q4) Edie Falco was _____________ with an Emmy for best actress.
A) honor
B) honored
C) honoried
Q5) The cork _________________ out of the bottle.
A) pop
B) popped
C) popied
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Chapter 13: The Past Participle in Action
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Q1) We have ________________ (to buy) Orlando an electronic organizer.
A) buyed
B) bought
C) buy
Q2) My ___________ boss stays at the office until 7 p.m.
A) overwork
B) overworken
C) overworked
Q3) These PowerPoint slides were created by Reggie.
A) active
B) passive
Q4) This photograph was taken by Raoul.
A) active
B) passive
Q5) They _________________ (to store) all their files in boxes.
A) has store
B) have store
C) have stored
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Chapter 14: Progressive Tenses to Be -Ing Verb Form
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Q1) Jackie visiting her best friend in Los Angeles when the earthquake hit. A) was B) were
Q2) The children played in the abandoned house. T he children __________________ in the abandoned house. A) was playing B) were playing
Q3) After working several hours at the writing lab, Sam (finished, was finishing) his essay. A) finished B) was finishing
Q4) I can't answer the phone now. I (wash, am washing) my hair. A) wash B) am washing
Q5) The bread dough (rises, is rising) right now. A) rising B) is rising
Q6) I paying my dues on time for a change. A) is B) am
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Chapter 15: Fixed-Form Helping Verbs and Verb Problems
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Q1) reads
A) to read B) to reads
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) They __________ for a shelter in the Swiss Alps. Monks of the shelter of Saint Bernard used these dogs in rescue patrols.
A) was name
B) were named
Q4) It was the morning of April 18, 1906. Alfred Hunt ________ peacefully in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
A) slept B) sleeped
Q5) We have picked the winners. We can __________________ the winners. A) Pick B) picks
C) picked
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Chapter 16: Coordination
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Q1) The ski slope is my ___________ it is long and wide. A) favorite and, B) favorite, for C) favorite yet,
Q2) I like to play _______ I cannot play tonight. A) chess, for B) chess so, C) chess, but
Q3) His shoes are worn, _____________ he has no socks. A) but B) so C) and
Q4) June wants to be an accountant, ________ she will take a business class. A) so B) for C) nor
Q5) Jasmine couldn't go, ___________ she was tired. A) so B) for C) nor
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Chapter 17: Subordination
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Q1) My pulse rose to 150 ___________ I was running on the treadmill.
A) when
B) before
C) unless
Q2) 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.
Q3) 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.
Q4) I like to fly gliders _________ I love the silent speed.
A) when
B) though
C) because
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Chapter 18: Avoiding Run-Ons and Comma Splices
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Q1) Get the lizard out of here, I'll scream.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q2) The museum bought the painting by Goya it was displayed in the West Gallery.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q3) I am a vegetarian, I cannot sample the spareribs.
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) Hand me the steel wool, this greasy pot needs scrubbing.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
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Chapter 19: Semicolons and Conjunctive Adverbs
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Q1) The students revised their papers in the computer lab;
A) as their instructor circulated to answer questions.
B) their instructor circulated to answer questions.
C) their instructor circulating to answer questions.
Q2) In each group, select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) Emily rehearsed for the play, meanwhile, Roberto finished making the costumes.
B) Emily rehearsed for the play; meanwhile; Roberto finished making the costumes.
C) Emily rehearsed for the play; meanwhile, Roberto finished making the costumes.
Q3) Mary watched the shooting stars in the sky;
A) she loved nature's fireworks show.
B) because she loved nature's fireworks show.
C) loving nature's fireworks show.
Q4) Porters unloaded baggage from the train travelers searched for their suitcases.
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) Telemarketers who are pushy talk quickly.
B) Telemarketers that are pushy talk quickly.
C) Telemarketers who are pushy, talk quickly.
Q2) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation.
A) My baby loved the stuffed zebra which you gave him.
B) My baby loved the stuffed zebra that you gave him.
C) My baby loved the stuff zebra, that you gave him.
Q3) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation
A) Dr. Lee who was studying wildflowers hiked through the woods.
B) Dr. Lee, who was studying wildflowers, hiked through the woods.
C) Dr. Lee that was studying wildflowers, hiked through the woods.
Q4) In each group. select the sentence with the correct relative pronoun and punctuation
A) O'Hare Airport, which is in Chicago, is the busiest airport in the world.
B) O'Hare Airport, that is in Chicago, is the busiest airport in the world.
C) O'Hare Airport that is in Chicago is the busiest airport in the world.
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Chapter 21: Ing Modifiers
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Q1) 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.
Q2) The wards were overcrowded, with few beds and no sanitary facilities at all.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
Q3) In each pair of sentences, select the sentence that contains a confusing -ING modifier.
A) Going through customs, her passport was stamped.
B) Her passport was stamped going through customs.
Q4) In each pair of sentences, select the sentence that contains a confusing -ING modifier.
A) Dr. James showed us the mixture of chemicals bubbling in a test tube.
B) Bubbling in a test tube, Dr. James showed us the mixture of chemicals.
Q5) In each pair of sentences, select the sentence that contains a confusing -ING modifier.
A) Rico found his pants hanging by one leg from a wooden hanger.
B) Hanging by one leg from a wooden hanger, Rico found his pants.
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Chapter 22: Nouns
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Q1) Each (woman, women) in the Garden Club planted a tree in the park.
A) woman
B) women
Q2) One of the (joke, jokes) she told offended me.
A) joke
B) jokes
Q3) All the (mountain, mountains) promise good skiing this winter.
A) mountain
B) mountains
Q4) Select the correct plural form of each noun.
A) maids-of-honor
B) maid-of- honors
C) maids-of-honors
Q5) Both (instructor, instructors) attended the AIDS conference.
A) instructor
B) instructors
Q6) Stacey's (brother-in-law, brothers-in-law) are both attorneys.
A) brother-in-law
B) brothers-in-law
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Chapter 23: Pronouns
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Q1) Cindy can solve math problems more quickly than (he, him).
A) he
B) him
Q2) The book lost _________________ cover during the move yesterday.
A) their
B) its
Q3) Many of our neighbors leave _______________ doors unlocked all of the time.
A) his or her
B) their
Q4) If anyone wants to ask me a question about the test, ______________ can see me after school.
A) they
B) he or she
Q5) (He, Him) and Alicia had a fight.
A) He
B) Him
Q6) Anybody who played in the championship soccer game will get ______________ own trophy.
A) his or her
B) their
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Chapter 24: Adjectives and Adverbs
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Q1) Juan and Velma are the ___________ (happily) married couple whom we know.
A) more happily
B) happiliest
C) most happily
Q2) He plays both the drums and the flute (good, well).
A) good
B) well
Q3) Although Kirby was extremely sick, he played ball very (good, well).
A) good
B) well
Q4) Jenny was the _____________ (good) tap dancer in the chorus line.
A) more good
B) better
C) best
Q5) This is the ______________ (bad) fire the city has ever experienced.
A) more bad
B) worse C) worst
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Chapter 25: Prepositions
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Q1) Mary ran (to, for) the pier to catch the 5:00 p.m. commuter boat. A) to B) for
Q2) My doctor usually takes his vacation (in, on) the summertime. A) in B) on
Q3) The closest Vietnamese restaurant is (in, on) Johnson Street. A) in B) on
Q4) Because of his reputation, the American College of Surgeons elected him to __________membership.
A) its B) their
Q5) Please, don't say a single (word, words).
A) word B) words
Q6) Her daughter will graduate from high school (in, on) June. 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) After he drinks a glass of prune juice, Uncle Louie (ate, eats) pancakes for breakfast. A) ate
B) eats
Q3) After it rose steadily for days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (falls, fell) 285 points. A) falls
B) fell
Q4) She is a talented woman: she runs an office, raises two children, and (takes, took) courses at night.
A) takes
B) took
Q5) Jonathan fell asleep at 7:00 p.m. last night and (wakes, woke) up ten hours later. A) wakes
B) woke
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Chapter 27: Consistent Person
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Q1) The progress report must be completed tonight since _____________ is due tomorrow.
A) it
B) he
Q2) Nine salespersons met at _____________________ home office.
A) our B) their
Q3) The floor in the ballroom shone; __________________ had just been polished.
A) she
B) it
Q4) Twenty-three adults who were surveyed admitted that ___________ watched three hours of television every day.
A) we
B) they
Q5) The workers on the dairy farm cleaned the barn before _______________ left for the night.
A) you B) they
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Chapter 28: Parallelism
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Q1) People held on to pieces of drifting wood or were sitting on top of their houses as they were swept along at a terrifying speed.
A) correct
B) inconsistent tense
C) faulty parallelism
Q2) ____________________
A) a gray sky
B) off the rocky coast
C) a strong wind
D) a wild sea
Q3) If you want to get ahead in this world, ______________________ must work hard.
A) you
B) he or she
Q4) Assistive technology will also benefit the country's aging workforce. Experts estimate that nearly two-thirds of the population will eventually suffer partial or ______________.
A) it may be total hearing loss
B) total hearing loss
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Chapter 29: Capitalization
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Q1) 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.
Q2) The photographer took a great picture of mr. caproni, captain ronson, and me.
A) Mr., Caproni, Ronson
B) Mr., Caproni, Captain, Ronson
C) Photographer, Mr., Caproni, Captain, Ronson
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
Q3) Since doctor jones moved to town, I have had fewer spring colds.
A) Jones
B) Doctor, Jones
C) Doctor, Jones, Spring
D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.
Q4) 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.
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Chapter 30: Commas
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Q1) By the way could you bring me a newspaper when you return?
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q2) Winter storms in the north Atlantic, are in most cases very dramatic.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q3) Tubas trumpets and trombones are stored in the practice rooms.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q4) In the past year I have been exposed to measles three times.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q5) My accountant lives at 404 North Street New York, New York.
A) correct
B) incorrect
Q6) Clyde a chicken farmer sells eggs for fifty cents a dozen.
A) correct
B) incorrect
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Chapter 31: Apostrophes
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Q1) the shoes of the dancer
A) the dancer's shoes
B) the dancers' shoes
Q2) Dont let anyone smoke in my fathers car.
A) Don't
B) father's
C) Don't, father's
Q3) the rights of the woman
A) the woman's rights
B) the womans' rights
Q4) Glorias mother-in-law hasnt talked to her in years.
A) Gloria's
B) hasn't
C) Gloria's, hasn't
Q5) she is
A) shes'
B) she's
Q6) video games of my son
A) my sons' video games
B) my son's video games
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Q1) 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."
Q2) Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A) "You took a wrong turn on Ruth Street!" he exclaimed.
B) "You took a wrong turn on Ruth Street" he exclaimed!
Q3) Did the guard say that we had gone out too far on the pier?
A) indirect
B) direct
Q4) Harry said Grace would volunteer for the project.
A) indirect
B) direct
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) While shaving with his old-fashioned one-piece razor one __________ had an inspiration.
A) morning, he
B) morning he
C) morning he,
Q2) The Sargasso __________________ to frighten sailors, who imagined monster-infested islands underneath the water.
A) sea, a mysterious black spot, used
B) Sea a mysterious black spot used
C) Sea, a mysterious black spot, used
Q3) For years, King Camp Gillette tried to make his fortune by inventing an item that could be ____________ easily replaced.
A) used discarded and B) used, discarded, and C) used, discarded and,
Q4) Lacking land ______________ is marked only by a dark patch of rippling weeds.
A) boundaries, it
B) boundaries it C) boundaries it,
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Chapter 34: Spelling
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Q1) cover + ed
A) covered
B) coverred
Q2) ___________________
A) anser
B) answer
Q3) delay + ing
A) delaying
B) delaing
Q4) ___________________
A) opion
B) opinion
Q5) ___________________
A) importent
B) important
Q6) ___________________
A) delaid
B) delayed
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Chapter 35: Look-Alikes-Sound-Alikes
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Q1) Each morning Andrew _____ to his boss and _____ the mail.
A) reported, answers
B) reports, answers
C) reports, answered
Q2) _____
A) occurence
B) occurrence
Q3) ______
A) Jared was preparing dinner for twelve guests.
B) Jared preparing dinner for twelve guests.
C) Jared was prepare dinner for twelve guests.
Q4) The children were very (quite, quiet) during the movie.
A) quite
B) quiet
Q5) Kim (threw, through) the javelin a record distance.
A) threw
B) through
Q6) Our team will (lose, loose) unless it learns to pass the ball.
A) lose
B) loose
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