Expressions & prepositions
Food manufacturers should be encouraged to either reduce the amount of plastic they use in food packaging ________ replace plastic packaging with recyclable or compostable materials.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.and B. or C. nor D.but also
B. or
Before a jury trial begins, lawyers for each side interview potential jurors closely, ______ questions intended to reveal any biases.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. asking him or her
B. asking them
C. asking it
D. to ask him or her
B. asking them
When Andy said he wanted cold hard cash for his birthday, his ________ response was to give him a block of ice with dollar bills frozen inside.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. mothers B. mother's C. mother D. mother is
B. mother's
Astounded, _______.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.the sunken ship they had encountered was inspected closely by the divers as they swam closer
B. an inspection was needed as the divers swam closer to the sunken ship they had encountered
C. the divers swam closer to inspect the sunken ship they had encountered
D.the encounter with the sunken ship led the divers to swim closer and inspect
c. the divers swam closer to inspect the sunken ship they had encountered.
While they have been largely replaced by Arabic numerals, Roman numerals are still used in a few ________ it is sometimes useful to have distinct numerals for distinct purposes, like when numbering the quadrants of a graph.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.contexts. Because B. contexts; because
C. contexts because D.contexts: because
c. contexts because
Although the black diamond ski run was clearly marked, Simon ________ he thought it was a less challenging green circle trail.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.insisted which B. insisted that C. insisting D.insisted in
B insisted that
According to author Nadine Gordimer, the process of writing fiction is unconscious, emerging from what people learn and how they live. Gordimer, who was born in South Africa in 1923, was an authority on that subject. ________ received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, having attained international recognition for her work.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. Her B. This C. One D. She
D. She
Stephen King was so poor when his first novel sold that he couldn't afford medicine for his sick children; ________ first purchase with his book earnings was medicine.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. King’s B. Kings C. Kings' D. King
A. King's
Having returned from the ocean to the stream where it was born, ________ after which its offspring start the cycle anew.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.an adult salmon's life cycle ends when it spawns and dies,
B. an adult salmon spawns and dies, completing its life cycle,
C. the spawning and death of an adult salmon complete its life cycle,
D.the life cycle of an adult salmon is complete when it spawns and die,
A. an adult salmon's life cycle ends when it spawns and dies,
One of Brendan’s favorite things to prepare was duck- The ones he got slid out of a waxy cardboard box naked and headless. The breasts he cured and smoked, he would confit the legs in their own ________
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.juices, and roast the rest of the carcass for stock.
B. juices; and roast the rest of the carcass for stock.
C. juices and roast the rest of the carcass for stock. D.juices, roast the rest of the carcass for stock.
A. juices, and roast the rest of the carcass for stock.
RANDOM DOUBLE JEP:While pumpkins, squash, and zucchini may look and taste different, ________ actually all the same species of plant.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. their B. its C. it's D. they're
The industrial processing of orange juice— which involves pasteurization and up to a year of storage—results in a product with very little flavor, so _______ add “flavor packs” just prior to bottling.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. they B. manufacturers
C. they have to D. consumers
B. Manufacturers
A professional long-distance runners life revolves around his or her workout schedule, sleep routine, and dietary needs.
A. [NO CHANGE]
B. runner
C. runner's
D. runners'
C runner's
The process of writing, revising, and ________ a manuscript for publication can take months.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.to submit B.submitting C.submit D.submission
c. submitting
I talked to Jenny this morning; who said that it was too cold to go swimming.
A. no change
B. morning, who
c. morning. Who
D. morning who,
B. morning, who
. Despite having only had a few minutes to study the information packet before being rushed onstage, the young debater showed a powerful command ________ the facts.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.on B.from C. of D.over
D. over
A Neapolitan pizza made with San Marzano tomatoes ______ considered more traditional than one made with any other type of tomatoes.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. are B. have been C. is D. were
C. is
When working at the kennel, Samantha was often astonished at the sheer variety of the dogs' collars, including spiked ones, simple ones, and colorful ones.
A. [NO CHANGE]
B. the dogs' collar
C. the dog's collars
D. the dogs collars
A
Beau could not decide whether he should become an astronaut, study medicine, or _________ the garbage truck.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.riding B.ride C. he should ride D.to ride
A. ride
DOUBLE JEP:When they were first discovered in Australia in 1798, duck-billed, beaver-tailed platypuses so defied categorization that one scientist assigned them the name Ornithorhynchus paradoxus: “paradoxical bird-snout.” The animal, which lays eggs but also nurses ______ young with milk, has since been classified as belonging to the monotremes group.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.it’s B. their C. they’re D.its
D. its
The foreign investors acquired the land for passive investment rather than ________.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.a park B.for development C. develop D.to park
B. for development
. For my first trip, they said I ________ a “super-dose” of ketamine intravenously while having my brain scanned in a 3-Tesla fMRI machine.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.have received B. had been receiving
C. would receive D.can receive
C. would receive
DOUBLE JEP: Photographer Ansel Adams’s landscape portraits are iconic pieces of American art. However, many of the ______ of landscapes were intended not as art but as marketing; a concessions company at Yosemite National Park had hired Adams to take pictures of the park for restaurant menus and brochures.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.photographers early photo’s
B. photographers early photos
C. photographer’s early photos
D.photographer’s early photo’s
c. photographer's early photos
fix it!
She wore a bicycle helmet on her head that was too large.
She wore a bicycle helmet that was too large on her head.
There are three colors in a typical traffic light red green and yellow
What punctuation is missing (if any) in this sentence!
There are three colors in a typical traffic light: red, green, and yellow.