Vocabulary
Prior to the identification of the ship and its’ contents, prevailing wisdom held that Bronze Age maritime commerce was dominated exclusively by the Mycenaean Greeks.
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
A. No Change
B. their
C. it’s
D. its
D- Its
Though Pablo Picasso is best known for his Cubist paintings, he actually experimented with a wide variety of ______ over the course of his long artistic career.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.style's and medium's
B.styles and mediums
C.styles and medium's
D.style's and mediums
B.styles and medium
The team, too, took little care with how they handled artifacts and little note of where they found them.
Which transition word, if any, is most logical in context?
A. No Change
B. team, nevertheless,
C. team, however,
D. team
D. team
Which sentence has the correct use of the apostrophe 's'?
A. I went to the editor-in-chief house for dinner last night.
B. I went to the editor-in-chief's house for dinner last night.
C. I went to the editor-in-chiefs' house for dinner last night.
D. I went to the editor's-in-chief house for dinner last night.
B. I went to the editor-in-chief's house for dinner last night.
He had lived there as a student, but for twenty years and more, since he had been Professor of Philosophy in a Western university, he had seldom come East except to take a steamer for some foreign port.
As used in the text, what does the word “seldom” most nearly mean?
A. frequently
B.sadly
C. officially
D. rarely
D.rarely
In fact, most of them believed that the Phoenicians didn’t sail the Mediterranean at all until the Iron Age.
Which choice is clearest and most grammatically acceptable in context?
A. No Change
B. those individuals
C. scholars
D. the
C. scholars
I even saw the Trapezium star cluster, illuminated by four bright young stars nestled in the nebula like birds’ eggs in a nest.
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
A. No Change
B. bird’s eggs
C. birds eggs
D. bird eggs’
A. No Change
Which of the following is an example of a run on sentence?
A. Music makes my life worth living.
B.My favorite band is in town they are performing now.
C. I love classical music because it makes me feel joyful.
D.I always think of summer whenever they play that song.
B.My favorite band is in town they are performing now.
When cashiers make change for a cash purchase, they often reach, into the registers’ penny trays and count out one to four cents.
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
A. No Change
B. reach, into the register’s
C. reach into the registers
D. reach into the registers’
D. reach into the registers’
Read the paragraph below and answer the following question:
In opera performances, the role and staging of the chorus varies depending on the production. Sometimes the chorus members provide background vocals; other times they provide direct commentary on the action. The staging can range from having the chorus fully visible on stage to having the chorus sing offstage out of the audience’s view. In rare cases, such as in Brett Dean’s Hamlet, there is both an offstage chorus and an onstage chorus.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
A.To describe how opera choruses vary across different productions
B. To compare present-day opera choruses to those in earlier opera productions
C.To discuss a specific opera production with a unique chorus arrangement
D.To argue that opera productions should use choruses more effectively
A.To describe how opera choruses vary across different productions
If it costs $1.03, they pay $1.05. Studies have shown that its a wash; overall, consumers pay no more or no less then they did when the penny was in circulation.
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
A. No Change
B. it’s a wash; overall, consumers pay no more or no less than
C. it’s a wash; overall, consumers pay no more or no less then
D. its a wash; overall, consumers pay no more or no less than
B. it’s a wash; overall, consumers pay no more or no less than
Pittsburgh resident, Eric Singer, is a technologist who creates robotic instruments.
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
A. No Change
B. Pittsburgh, resident, Eric Singer,
C. Pittsburgh resident, Eric Singer
D. Pittsburgh resident Eric Singer
D. Pittsburgh resident Eric Singer
Incomplete sentences that lack a subject, a verb, or a complete thought
A. Sentence Fragment
B. Run on sentence
C. Commo splice
D. Dangling Modifier
A. Sentence Fragment
Salman left at four o’clock, so he’ll be here soon, you should stay to meet him.
The sentence above is an example of a
A. Run on sentence
B. Comma Splice
C. Sentence Fragment
D. Dangling Modifier
B. Comma Splice
Whether out of nostalgia or fear of change, lawmakers have been disinclined to execute a proposed course of action. But the value of today’s penny is defective. By retiring the penny, Congress would cut costs at the US Mint while also giving cashiers some time back at work.
Which choice is clearest and most precise in context?
A. No Change
B. negligible.
C. remote.
D. invalid.
B. negligible
Read the sentence below and answer the following questions:
In evidence was a demonstration of the power held by the Sundance Festival to promote films that fit specific aesthetic preferences and expectations by festival audiences comprised of film critics, entrepreneurs, and Hollywood “types.”
The phrase held by most nearly means:
A. wielded by.
B. within reach of.
C. perceived of.
D. supported by
A-wielded by
Instead, the set of mallets are built in, secured to the frame of the instrument and positioned such that each mallet hovers over its corresponding bar.
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
A. No Change
B. mallet are
C. mallets is
D. mallet is
C. mallets is
Read the sentence below and choose the corrected version of the sentence to fix the dangling modifier:
My uncle bought a house from an elderly realtor with a large bay window.
A.From an elderly realtor with a large bay window, my uncle bought a house.
B. My uncle bought a house with a large bay window from an elderly realtor.
C. With a large bay window, my uncle bought a house from an elderly realtor.
D. No change
B. My uncle bought a house with a large bay window from an elderly realtor.
Choose the correct punctuated sentence below:
A.You may not enter Mr. Harris's office without his permission.
B.You may not enter Mr. Harris' office without his permission.
C.You may not enter Mr. Harries office without his permission.
D. You may not enter Mr. Harrises' office without his permission.
B.You may not enter Mr. Harris' office without his permission.
Read the paragraph below and and answer the question that follow:
Those who adopt Freedom Lawns buck a multinational industry heavily invested in producing seed, sod, fertilizer, pesticide, irrigation and lawn equipment, and service for those twenty-six million American homes that contract out their lawn care. But the pressure to conform is often more immediate. Neighbors who toler?ate shaggy lawns are often thought of as laggards, neg?ligent of their civic duty. As Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, notes: “That subtle yet unmistakable frontier, where the crew-cut lawn rubs up against a shaggy one, is a scar on the face of suburbia— an intolerable hint of trouble in paradise.”
The main point of the paragraph (line is that:
A. adopting a Freedom Lawn can arguably be a bold political and social act.
B. the biggest benefit of adopting a Freedom Lawn is being able to buck a multinational industry.
C. a neighborhood takes on a carefree feel when homeowners adopt a Freedom Lawn.
D. it isn’t logical to reject civic duty simply for the sake of adopting a Freedom Lawn.
A. adopting a Freedom Lawn can arguably be a bold political and social act.
Some historians believed that the Nebra Sky Disk, discovered in Germany in 1999, was an artifact from the Iron Age. However, a team of archaeologists and chemists analyzed the disk’s materials and ______ the Iron Age dating: from their findings, they were able to conclude definitively that the disk was created around 1600 BCE, during the Bronze Age.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. confirmed
B.seized
C.disprove
D.predicted
C.disprove
While the time it takes to do this may seem trivial, each year, billions of cash transactions are made annually.
Which choice is least redundant in context?
A. No Change
B. billions of cash transactions occur each year when physical money is exchanged for goods.
C. on a yearly basis, billions of cash transactions occur annually.
D. billions of cash transactions are made each year.
D. billions of cash transactions are made each year.
I centered my scope where the nebula should be, inserted my lowest-powered eyepiece, and leaned in to look. I just made out a dull smudge. I couldn’t get much improvement even when I adjusted the focuser. Coincidentally, I switched to a higher-powered eyepiece and tried a trick I’d read about for viewing faint objects: using averted vision.
Which transition word is most logical in context?
A. No Change
B. Similarly,
C. Besides,
D. So
D-SO
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence below:
A.The order was requested six weeks ago; therefore, I expected the shipment to arrive by now.
B.The order was requested six weeks ago, therefore. I expected the shipment to arrive by now.
C.The order was requested: six weeks ago, therefore, I expected the shipment to arrive by now.
D.The order was requested six weeks ago: therefore, I expected the shipment, to arrive by now
A.The order was requested six weeks ago; therefore, I expected the shipment to arrive by now.
Read the paragraph below and answer the question that follows:
Many students believe that studying every day leading up to a test is an effective approach to memorization. However, research shows that spacing out study sessions with gaps in between may lead to better results. This phenomenon, known as “the spacing effect,” suggests that students who begin studying earlier and study every other day will retain more information than students who begin studying later and study daily. This occurs because spaced practice requires the brain to work harder to retrieve information, strengthening long-term memory formation.
Which choice best states the overall structure of the text?
A.It describes a common student behavior and then discusses the advantages and disadvantages of that behavior.
B. It distinguishes two learning methods and then provides evidence in favor of both.
C.It identifies an educational problem and then proposes a solution supported by experimental data.
D.It presents a learning strategy that challenges a widespread belief and then explains why the strategy is effective.
D.It presents a learning strategy that challenges a widespread belief and then explains why the strategy is effective.