Sentence Relationships
Managers need to listen to the different ways different groups communicate.
Managers also need to respect the ways and values of ethnic groups.
The second sentence:
A) Gives the main idea.
B) Gives a major supporting detail.
C) Gives a minor supporting detail.
D) Gives a conclusion.
B) What is gives a major supporting detail?
Find the error (if any):
In 1968 Julian Bond could not accept the vice-presidential nomination he was too young to qualify for the position.
A) accept
B) nomination he
C) too young
D) No error.
B) What is nomination he?
Panting, the cab pulled away just as Judy arrived.
The best version of the sentence is:
A) Panting, the cab pulled away (no change necessary)
B) The cab pulled away panting
C) Panting, Judy arrived just as the cab pulled away.
D) Just as Judy was arriving the cab pulled away, panting.
C) What is Panting, Judy arrived just as the cab pulled away?
Japanese food is on the whole superb, one of the adornments of the culture.
Merely by eating it one begins to feel a part of a society that is frugal, competitive, and keen-edged.
The relationship between the two sentences is best described as
A) time.
B) contrast.
C) comparison.
D) cause-effect.
D) What is cause-effect?
Find the error (if any):
The strike came at a time where the public supported efforts to improve the lot of the farm workers.
A) time where
B) to improve
C) of
D) No error.
A) What is time where?
We could watch the starts sitting on the balcony.
The best version of the sentence is:
A) We could watch the stars sitting on the balcony. (no change necessary)
B) We could watch sitting on the balcony, the stars.
C) We could watch on the balcony, the stars, sitting.
D) Sitting on the balcony, we could watch the stars.
D) What is sitting on the balcony, we could watch the stars?
Another important role of peer groups is to give kids a sense of identity.
From their friends, teens learn who they are in relation to other kids around them.
The second sentence
A) Gives the main idea.
B) Gives a major supporting detail.
C) Gives a minor supporting detail.
D) Gives a conclusion.
C) What is gives a minor supporting detail?
Find the error (if any):
There is a great many people in the United States who do not have enough training to work easily with computers.
A) is
B) do not have
C) enough
D) No error.
A) What is is?
The best version of the sentence is:
A) To walk, biking, and driving (no change necessary)
B) Walking, biking, and driving
C) To walk, biking, and to drive
D) To walk, to bike, and also driving
B) What is walking, biking, and driving?