Punctuation
In the story of Lightning and Thunder, Bryan, an award winner shares a Nigerian legend about a mother sheep and her only son. What is the most appropriate change to "Bryan, an award winner"?
A) No Change
B) Bryan an award winner
C) Bryan, an award winner,
D) Bryan an award winner,
What is C.
Although I didn't like the sunburn I loved the warm feeling of the sun. What is the best change for "sunburn"?
A) No Change
B) sunburn;
C) , sunburn,
D) sunburn,
What is D
I enjoyed the slow climb up the mountain almost like they're the fast turns on the way down. Which is the best change for "like they're"?
A) No Change
B) as much as
C) equally to
D) as
What is B
With temperatures rising in the butterflies' southernmost habitats, plants that attract them are drying up, eliminating the insects' food source at the caterpillar stage. What is the best change for "rising"?
A) No change
B) having rose
C) raising
D) risen
What is A
True or False: You should treat the ASPIRE Test as a closed book and only use the knowledge in your brain.
What is False
The artificial light that shines down on three customers and a waiter, sets off the dark world outside. What change should be made to "customers and a waiter"?
A) NO CHANGE
B) customers and, a waiter,
C) customers, and a waiter
D) customers and a waiter
What is D
I love going to the beach; however I hate getting a sunburn. What is the best change for "; however I"?
A) No Change
B) ,however,
C) ;however,
D) however I
What is C
Los Angeles lies directly in their path should they be inclined to try migrating to cooler climates. Which choice most clearly emphasizes Los Angeles' size as a barrier to the butterlies' migration?
A) No Change
B) sprawls
C) exists
D) sits
What is B
Quino checkerspot butterflies, each a red and black flutter of stained glass, ranging along the Pacific coast from Mexico to Canada. What is the best change for "glass, ranging"?
A) NO CHANGE
B) glass--range
C) glass. Range
D) glass, range
What is D
True or False: You should read the passage first and not just skim it.
What is True
Lee presented complex issues, such as interest rates, in a confident, straightforward, manner. What change should be made to "in a confident, straightforward, manner."?
A) No change
B) in a confident, straightforward manner.
C) in a confident straightforward manner.
D) in a confident straightforward, manner.
What is B
The Ameican realist painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967) loved light, in the 1920s, Hopper painted pictures of cities and New England coastal regions in which he caputred varieties and intensities of light ranging from brilliant afternoons to dusks to sinnister nights. What change should be made to "light,"
A) NO CHANGE
B) light during
C) light, during
D) light. In
What is D
In other paintings people sit in light streaming through restaurant or hotel windows. Perhaps the artistic rendering of colored matter on canvas that best depicts a person experiencing light is Morning Sun. What is the best choice for "artistic rendering of colored matter on canvas"?
A) NO CHANGE
B) painting
C) colorful, hand-rendered work of art
D) thing
What is B
In his Sun in an Empty Room (1963), light coming from a single window creates large rectangles that seems to inhabit the room. What change should be made to "seems"?
A)NO CHANGE
B) seem
C) appears
D) appeared
What is B
True or False: The eliminating and substituting tip is not helpful and I should just guess on every question
What is False
A woman, with legs drawn up sits on a bed facing an open window. What change should be made to "woman, with legs drawn up sits"?
A) NO CHANGE
B) woman, with legs drawn up sits,
C) woman, with legs drawn up, sits
D) woman with legs drawn up, sits
What is C
Once at the resort, skiers and snowboarders rely on extensive networks of energy-hungry chairlifts--gondolas and high-speed quads--to whisk them up to the top of the mountain. Often, on the other hand, the very snow they relish on the trip back down the mountain has been artificially made using powerful snow cannons that suck water from creeks and streams. Which choice is best for "on the other hand,"?
A) No Change
B) nonetheless,
C) however,
D) Delete the portion
What is D
So, Parmesan has proposed a way to save the quarter-sized butterflies and that doing so, maintain biodiversity. What change should be made to "that doing, so"?
A) No Change
B) by which so doing,
C) in which doing so,
D) in doing so,
What is D
She denounced big businesses and bank owners who, she believed, created disadvantages for farmers and workers by monopolizing wealth. What changes should be made to "who,"?
A) NO CHANGE
B) that of whom,
C) whom,
D) Delete the portion
What is A
Which of the following is not a type of question you will see on the ASPIRE test?
a. global questions
b. detail questions
c. grammar questions
d. trick question: all of these are questions
What is d, this is a trick question
Hopper once stated that human figures interested him less than the light in a scene he believed light was the dramatic element that conveyed vitality and immediacy in a painting. What change should be made to "scene he"?
A) NO CHANGE
B) scene, he
C) scene. He
D) scene that he
What is C
Their caution frustrates Parmesan she believes such a mindset ignores the fact that the alternative outcome could be extinction. What change should be made to "Parmesan she believes"?
A) No change
B) Parmesan who, believing
C) Parmesan. She believes
D) Parmesan, she believes
What is C
On the other hand, those currently living now in the cool, wet climates of northern California and Canada are faring better. What is the best change for "currently living now"?
A) No Change
B) living currently today
C) currently living
D) currently now
What is C
After struggling financially in the Depression of 1873, she and her husband, moved to a farm in Kansas. What is the correct change for "she and her husband,"?
A) NO CHANGE
B) her and her husband,
C) she and her husband
D) her husband and her
What is C
What is the most important thing I want you to remember?
a. just breathe, and read everything slowly and carefully
b. this test does not define you as a student
c. do your best and I am proud of you no matter what!
d. all of the above
What is d, all of the above