Tenses
A crowd of admiring spectators watched as Kingman squeezes dollops of paint from several tubes into a tin.
A) NO CHANGE
B) had watched
C) would watch
D) watch
D) watch
Select the correct option:
A) The twins eat cereal for breakfast.
B) The twins eats cereal for breakfast.
C) The twins eating cereal for breakfast.
D) The twins ateing cereal for breakfast.
A) The twins eat cereal for breakfast.
Sallah asked the cook "do you have bread"?
A) NO CHANGE
B) cook, "do you have bread?"
C) cook, "Do you have bread?"
D) cook, "do you have bread"?
C) cook, "Do you have bread?"
Riduan is the fastest runner in the class. He wins all of the races.
A) Riduan is the fastest runner in the class because he wins all of the races.
B) Riduan is the fastest runner, he wins all of the races.
C) Riduan is the fastest runner; he wins all of the races.
D) Riduan is the fastest runner and he wins all of the races.
C) Riduan is the fastest runner; he wins all of the races.
Manish warmly welcomed us, and Rahim said he cant believe we invited him.
A) Replace "warmly" with "warm"
B) replace "said" with "says"
C) replace "cant" with "can't"
D) No change needed
C) can't is a contraction and needs an apostrophe
Select the correct option:
A) When Timia wake up, it was sunny.
B) When Timia woke up, it was sunny.
C) When Timia waking up, it was sunny.
D) When Timia waking, it was sunny.
B) When Timia woke up, it was sunny.
Select the correct option:
A) Tomorrow, Jeremy are going to the zoo.
B) Tomorrow, we are going to the zoo.
C) Tomorrow, Jeremy is going to the zoo.
D) Tomorrow, we is going to the zoo.
B) Tomorrow, we are going to the zoo.
Yogurt manufacturers, food scientists; and government officials, are also working together to develop additional solutions.
A) NO CHANGE
B) scientists: and
C) scientists, and,
D) scientists, and
D) scientists, and
She founded it after seeing a photo of a child. It appeared to be screaming in pain.
A) She founded it after seeing a photo of a child, it appeared to be screaming in pain.
B) She founded it after seeing a photo of a child who appeared to be screaming in pain.
C) She founded it after seeing a photo of a child and appeared to be screaming in pain.
D) She founded it after seeing a photo of a child which appeared to be screaming in pain.
B) She founded it after seeing a photo of a child who appeared to be screaming in pain.
Much of Karime's story revolves around the effect of the volcano on the village.
A) Replace "effect with affect"
B) Add a comma after story
C) Replace "Karime's" with "karime's"
D) No change necessary
D). No change necessary. Effect is the correct noun.
When Alexa graduates from university next year, she learned English for nearly four years.
A) NO CHANGE
B) learns
C) learning
D) will have learned
D) will have learned
Select the correct option:
A) The family like to get popcorn.
B) The family liking to get popcorn.
C) The family likes to get popcorn.
D) The family was like to popcorn.
C) The family likes to get popcorn.
The name Kingman was selected for its two 14 parts, “king” and “man”; Cantonese for “scenery” and “composition.”
A) NO CHANGE
B) parts: “king” and “man,”
C) parts “king” and “man”;
D) parts; “king” and “man”
B) parts: "king" and "man,"
Omar was late for work. There was a problem at the bank.
A) Omar was late for work because there was a problem at the bank.
B) There was a problem at the bank because Omar was late for work.
C) Omar was late for work and there was a problem at the bank.
D) There was a problem at the bank and Omar was late for work.
A) Omar was late for work because there was a problem at the bank.
The uncertainty of soccer try-outs made it hard for James and Joshua to focus on there work.
A) Change "there" to "their"
B) Change "there" to "they're"
C) Change "there" to "they are"
D) No Change necessary
A) There is pointing to a place (has the word "here" in it"
Their mean it belongs to someone (heir means you inherit something; it will belong to you)
Hardly had the president finished his speech when gunshots storm the stadium.
A) NO CHANGE
B) storms
C) stormed
D) storming
C) stormed
Select the correct option:
A) Drayke be told that he couldn't wear a beanie anymore.
B) Drayke was told that he couldn't wear a beanie anymore.
C) Drayke are told that he couldn't wear a beanie anymore.
D) Drayke were told that he couldn't wear a beanie anymore.
B) Drayke was told that he couldn't wear a beanie anymore.
His fine brushwork conveys detailed street-level activity: a peanut vendor pushing his cart on the sidewalk, a pigeon pecking for crumbs around a fire hydrant, an old man tending to a baby outside a doorway.
A) NO CHANGE
B) hydrant—
C) hydrant:
D) hydrant
A) NO CHANGE
There is no time left. I can try to get you in using my pass.
A) There is no time left, and I can try to get you in using my pass.
B) I can try to get you in using my pass because there is no time left.
C) There is no time left; however, I can try to get you in using my pass.
D) I can try to get you in using my pass; therefore, there is no time left.
C) There is no time left; however, I can try to get you in using my pass.
Xavier proclaimed to you're brother, "Rules are made to be broken."
A) Change "broken" to "broke"
B) Change "you're" to "your"
C) Change "you're" to "you'r"
D) No Change
C) Your show possession (the brother belongs to you)
You're is a contraction with you and are
Animal behaviorists interpret how individuals or whole populations of animals eat, move, rest, play, and relating to their environment.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) environmental relation of animals
(C) the way in which they relate to their environment
(D) relate to their environment
D) relate to their environment
When any one of these changes occur, it is likely the result of careful analysis conducted by transportation planners.
A) NO CHANGE
B) occur, they are
C) occurs, they are
D) occurs, it is
B) occur, they are
During his career, Kingman exhibited his work 21 internationally. He garnered much acclaim.
A) internationally, and Kingman also garnered
B) internationally; from exhibiting, he garnered
C) internationally but garnered
D) internationally, garnering
A) internationally, and Kingman also garnered
Everyone was worried I wouldn't be safe. I boarded the plane in New York boldly.
A) Everyone was worried I wouldn't be safe, and I boarded the plane in New York boldly.
B) Everyone was worried I wouldn't be safe but I boarded the plane in New York boldly.
C) Although, everyone was worried I wouldn't be safe, I boarded the plane in New York boldly.
D) Although everyone was worried I wouldn't be safe, I boarded the plane in New York boldly
D) Although everyone was worried I wouldn't be safe, I boarded the plane in New York boldly
Annias is more talkative then Cameron.
A) Change "Annias" is to "Annias are"
B) Change "then" to "there"
C) Change "then" to "than"
D) No change needed
C) then tells us about time order (first, then, last)
Than tells there is a comparison