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Q1Which sentence contains a misspelled word?
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✓ Correct answer: “It’s begining to look a lot like fall,” Marty said as the leaves turned colors and started to drop from the trees.
The word <em>beginning</em> is spelled with two <em>n</em>s when <em>-ing</em> is added to the end. The other sentences do not contain any spelling errors.
Q2Read the following sentences. <em><code>________</code>1<code>________</code> the forecast said it was supposed to rain all evening, it was sunny as Ali <code>________</code>2<code>________</code> on her deck.</em><br/><br/>Which word would best fit in blank 1?
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✓ Correct answer: Although
Because we can see that the forecast does not match up with the actual weather, we know we need a word of contrast. "Although" is the only word that sets up a logical, complete sentence with a dependent and independent clause.
Q3Three sentences are bolded in the provided passage. Which of them should be eliminated?
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✓ Correct answer: “K-pop, short for Korean Pop, is a famous style of music in South Korea that generally consists of audiovisual effects, dancing, and upbeat music.”
The sentence discussing Korean pop music should be removed because the rest of the passage is completely unrelated to popular culture. The other sentences discuss history and statistics of South Korea, and the K-Pop information seems random in this paragraph.
Q4Which sentence is not written correctly?
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✓ Correct answer: Mark’s short term plan was to get a job and save money to go back to school.
Hyphenated words are often compound words used as modifiers. Hyphens are also used when spelling out many numbers. In the sentence about Mark, <em>short-term</em> should be hyphenated as it’s being used to modify or describe his <em>plan</em>.
Q5Which sentence includes a title that is not in the right format?
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✓ Correct answer: We read the short story called <u>Surviving in the Woods</u>.
Titles of movies, books, plays, magazines, and newspapers are underlined or italicized. Shorter works, such as poems, articles, short stories, and songs go in quotation marks. To underline the title of the short story called Surviving in the Woods is incorrect, and it should be in quotation marks instead.
Q6Which sentence is written correctly?
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✓ Correct answer: We heard the baby’s cries from the other room.
The only sentence that does not have a misspelled word is the sentence about the baby’s cries. Paul’s sentence misspells <em>appearance</em>, the donation was <em>received</em>, and <em>independence</em> does not contain an <em>a</em>.
Q7Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence?
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✓ Correct answer: The Jankowskis typically go out for Italian food, but tonight they tried Thai.
This is a compound sentence joining two independent clauses with a comma and the conjunction <b>but</b>.
Q8Reread sentences 3 through 6 in the passage provided and choose which sentence should be deleted.
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✓ Correct answer: sentence 5
The fifth sentence deviates from the main idea of the paragraph by discussing health issues in dogs rather than the perks of utilizing the pet care industry.
Q9(1) People often travel to Hawaii for its natural beauty. (2. However, there is a human-made attraction that is just as lush and green and gorgeous as any palm tree framed shore. (3) On Honolulu's Dole Plantation, you will find the Pineapple Garden Maze. (4) It is the largest hedge maze in the world, spanning almost three acres of land. (5) To walk through all its paths is to walk almost two and a half miles. (6) While it is a marvelous place to simply stroll at a leisurely pace, some visitors race through the Pineapple Garden Maze as quickly as possible because those with the fastest exit time are allowed to sign their names at the entrance of the maze. (7) Its considered quite an honor among maze enthusiasts. What is the best way to write the underlined portion of sentence 7?
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✓ Correct answer: It's considered quite
Its is the possessive form of it; it's is a contraction of it is, which is what is required in sentence 7. Writing out it is completely would solve the problem if an unnecessary apostrophe were not added to is, as in choice C.
Q10Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
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✓ Correct answer: Everyone in the crowd waved as the firetrucks passed the bleachers.
Because the firetrucks are driving by the crowd in the present tense, so “passed” is the correct form of the verb to use. This is why answer choice (A) is incorrect. Similarly, answer choices (B) and (D) are incorrect because they use the wrong forms of “by” and “buy,” respectively.
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