Wednesday, May 29, 2013

  1. They had difficult identifying the man commited the crime because of the poor lighting along

       A                                      B                             C                           D
            the street

  B) is the incorrect part of the sentences because the relative prounoun who is missing after the man, which    would serve as the subject for the verb commited. Without the prounoun who, the adjective clause in this sentences is constructed incorrectly

2. As the surgeon operated the patient they were a number of specialists who looked on from 
                                       A                                B                                                    C
viewing room in order to learn how to do the new procedure
                                                    D
A)     Is in the inccorect part of the sentence. The proposition on is missing after the verb operated

3. When we are infants, we must depend our parents for everything
 A          B             C                         D
     (C) is the error because of the missing word on. The correct form of the verb is to depend on    

4. There seldom a more spectacular sight than the Fourth of July fireworks over the status of
         A                  B                                C                                                D
      liberty

(A)   Is the error because of the missing verb is. The correct phrase is There is seldom


5.    Left their own in the wild, many domesticated animals will begin to behave like their
         A                                           B                                   C                        D
        undomesticated cousins
   
 C)  Is the error because of the missing prposition on, the correct phrase is left on their own

6.   The pleasure of life are diminished not shared with a friend
        A                     B                      C                D
(C) error because of the missing clause maker if . the correct phrase is …if not shared…

7. Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maintenance has been cult classic now   for more
A          B               C           D
     than 20 years
      
B) Is the error because of the missing article a. the correct phrase is …been a cult classic…

       8. When a cat, large or small, raises its tail, it is normally a sign greeting
         A                                     B                 C                       D
      D) is the error because og the missing preposition of. The correct phrase is …a sign of greeting…

9. World, although once perceived to be limitless, is beginning to reach its capacity
        A                                             B                       C                        D
      A)     the error because og the missing article The. The correct phrase is The world

10. American idioms and British idioms frequently differ, since two language have been avolving
           A                            B                                              C                                      D
       separately for more than three hundred years

C ) Is the error because of the missing article the . the correct phrase is since the two

      II.             This section is designed to measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriate 
for standard written English. 

            1. The Eiffel Tower ___________ Paris, France.
  a.. landmarks
               b. is landmarked in
   c. is a landmark in
               d. is in a landmark
   Answer : C. is a landmark in
2. Young deer _________.
a. are called fawns
b. be fawns
c. is fawns
d. are fawns called
answer : A. are called fawns
3. Not until a dog is several months old does it begin to exhibit signs of 
independence ___________.
a. its mother from
b. from mother
c. to mother
d. from its mother
Answer : D. from its mother
            4. . To score a goal in soccer you ________.
a. must kick the ball
b. must kicks the ball
 c. may kick them ball
d. must kick them balls
Answer : A. must kick the ball
5. The observation deck at the Sears Tower _________ in Chicago.
a. is highest than any other one
b. is highest than any other one
c. is higher than any other one
d. is higher that any other one
Answer : C. is higher than any other one



6. If it _________ so cloudy, we would plan on having the fair outside.
a. was
b. was not
c. weren’t
d. had not
Answer : B. was not
7. At the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, Geraldine Ferraro 
became the first woman _________ for the vice presidency.
a. to being nominated
b. to has been nominated
c. to have been nominated
d. to will be nominated
Answer : C. to have been nominated
8. _______ chocolate will give you a tummy ache.
a. Eat too much
b. Eating to much
c. Eating too much
d. Eating too many
Answer : C. Eating too much



9. If she ____________ to advance her clock one hour, she wouldn’t have been late 
for work.
a. should have remembered
b. could remembered
c. remembered
d. would have remembered
Answer : D. would have remembered
10. A dream about falling _________.
a. scary is
b. is scary
c. are scary
d. very scary is
Answer : B. is scary







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