Grammar Detective 🕵️♂️
Many companies have simplified their products’ packaging designs in recent years, but ______ Researcher Lan Anh Nu Ton and her colleagues designed a research study to find out.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A: consumers actually do prefer this simpler style.
B: do consumers actually prefer this simpler style?
C: do consumers actually prefer this simpler style.
D: consumers actually do prefer this simpler style?
What is ...
B: do consumers actually prefer this simpler style?
Just Patty is a 1911 novel by Jean Webster. Patty and her friends have just been informed that they will no longer be roommates while at school. Patty talks to Mrs. Trent, the head of the school, about the situation. The narrator presents Patty as trying hard to convince Mrs. Trent to allow the group to continue sharing a room: ______blank
Which quotation from Just Patty most effectively illustrates the claim?
Answer
A: “[Mrs. Trent’s] lips twitched. It was a fact, deplored by her assistants, that her sense of humour frequently ran away with her sense of justice.”
B: “[Mrs. Trent] nodded dismissal, and the three of them found themselves in the hall again. They looked at one another for a moment of blank silence.”
C: “Patty’s eyes suddenly brightened. She seized [her friends] by [the] elbow and shoved them into the empty schoolroom.”
D: “Patty did use all the diplomacy at her command. Having dwelt touchingly upon their long friendship, and their sorrow at being separated, she passed lightly to the matter of their new roommates.”
What is ... D: “Patty did use all the diplomacy at her command. Having dwelt touchingly upon their long friendship, and their sorrow at being separated, she passed lightly to the matter of their new roommates.”
Difficulty: Easy
A total of 364 paper straws of equal length were used to construct two types of polygons: triangles and rectangles. The triangles and rectangles were constructed so that no two polygons had a common side. The equation 3x + 4y = 364 represents this situation, where X is the number of triangles constructed and Y is the number of rectangles constructed. What is the best interpretation of (x,y) = (24,73) in this context?
Answers:
A: If 24 triangles were constructed, then 73 rectangles were constructed.
B: If 24 triangles were constructed, then 73 paper straws were used.
C: If 73 triangles were constructed, then 24 rectangles were constructed.
D: If 73 triangles were constructed, then 24 paper straws were used.
What is...?
A: If 24 triangles were constructed, then 73 rectangles were constructed.
In triangle ABC , the measure of angle B is 52 degrees and the measure of angle C is 17 degrees . What is the measure of angle A in degrees?
AnswerA: 21
B: 35
C: 69
D: 111
What is D: 111 ‼️
y = 3x
2x + y = 12
The solution to the given system of equations is (x , y ) . What is the value of 5x ?
What is ... 12 ‼️
In 1881, French chemist Camille Faure redesigned the rechargeable lead-acid battery. Faure’s design greatly increased the amount of electricity that the original battery, which the French physicist Gaston Planté ______ fifteen years earlier, could hold.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Answer
A: is inventing
B: will invent
C: invents
D: had invented
What is...?
D: had invented
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
The student wants to specify who may have first populated the Azores, according to the 2015 study. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A: Historians have long believed that the first humans to populate the Azores, a group of islands about 870 miles off the coast of Portugal, arrived in the fifteenth century.
B: Portuguese mariners may not have been the first humans to populate the Azores.
C: In their 2015 study, the researchers found a genetic connection between house mice in the Azores and those in Scandinavia.
D: According to a 2015 study, the first humans to populate the Azores may have been Vikings from Scandinavia, not mariners from Portugal as previously believed.
What is ... D: According to a 2015 study, the first humans to populate the Azores may have been Vikings from Scandinavia, not mariners from Portugal as previously believed.
5x = 15
-4x +y=-2
The solution to the given system of equations is (x, y). What is the value of
x + y ?
A: -17
B: -13
C: 13
D:17
What is ...
C: 13
What is the value of Cos (565 PI / 6)
A. 1/2
B. 1
C. (31/3) / 2
D. 31/2
What is ... C. (31/3) / 2 ‼️.
A candle is made of 17 ounces of wax. When the candle is burning, the amount of wax in the candle decreases by 1 ounce every 4 hours. If 6 ounces of wax remain in this candle, for how many hours has it been burning?
A: 3
B: 6
C: 24
D: 44
What is ... D: 44 Hours ‼️
Far from being modern inventions, ______blank more than 5,000 years ago.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A: Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia used drinking straws
B: drinking straws were used by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia
C: the use of drinking straws by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia happened
D: ancient Mesopotamia was home to Sumerians who used drinking straws
What is ...
B: drinking straws were used by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia !!!
Text 1
Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel Orlando is an oddity within her body of work. Her other major novels consist mainly of scenes of everyday life and describe their characters’ interior states in great detail, whereas Orlando propels itself through a series of fantastical events and considers its characters’ psychology more superficially. Woolf herself sometimes regarded the novel as a minor work, even admitting once that she “began it as a joke.”
Text 2
Like Woolf’s other great novels, Orlando portrays how people’s memories inform their experience of the present. Like those works, it examines how people navigate social interactions shaped by gender and social class. Though it is lighter in tone—more entertaining, even—this literary “joke” nonetheless engages seriously with the themes that motivated the four or five other novels by Woolf that have achieved the status of literary classics.
Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the assessment of Orlando presented in Text 1?
Answer
A: By conceding that Woolf’s talents were best suited to serious novels but asserting that the humor in Orlando is often effective
B:By agreeing that Orlando is less impressive than certain other novels by Woolf but arguing that it should still be regarded as a classic
C: By acknowledging that Orlando clearly differs from Woolf’s other major novels but insisting on its centrality to her body of work nonetheless
D: By concurring that the reputation of Orlando as a minor work has led readers to overlook this novel but maintaining that the reputation is unearned
What is ... C: By acknowledging that Orlando clearly differs from Woolf’s other major novels but insisting on its centrality to her body of work nonetheless ‼️
A sample consisting of 720 adults who own televisions was selected at random for a study. Based on the sample, it is estimated that 32% of all adults who own televisions use their televisions to watch nature shows, with an associated margin of error of 3.41% . Which of the following is the most plausible conclusion about all adults who own televisions?
Answer
A: More than 35.41% of all adults who own televisions use their televisions to watch nature shows.
B: Between 28.59% and 35.41% of all adults who own televisions use their televisions to watch nature shows.
C: Since the sample included adults who own televisions and not just those who use their televisions to watch nature shows, no conclusion can be made.
D: Since the sample did not include all the people who watch nature shows, no conclusion can be made.
What is...
B: Between 28.59% and 35.41% of all adults who own televisions use their televisions to watch nature shows‼️
Question ID: 2c02a042
Skill : Right triangles and trigonometry
What is ... 45 ‼️
The following text is adapted from George Eliot’s 1871–72 novel Middlemarch.
[Mr. Brooke] had travelled in his younger years, and was held in this part of the country to have CONTRACTED a too rambling habit of mind. Mr. Brooke’s conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather.
As used in the text, what does the word “contracted” most nearly mean?
Answer
A: Restricted
B: Described
C: Developed
D: Settled
What is ... C: Developed ‼️
In 1453, English King Henry VI became unfit to rule after falling gravely ill. As a result, Parliament appointed Richard, Third Duke of York, who had a strong claim to the English throne, to rule as Lord Protector. Upon recovering two years later, ______blank forcing an angered Richard from the royal court and precipitating a series of battles later known as the Wars of the Roses.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A: Henry resumed his reign,
B: the reign of Henry resumed,
C: Henry’s reign resumed,
D: it was Henry who resumed his reign,
What is...?
A: Henry resumed his reign,
Difficulty: Hard
While scholars believe many Mesoamerican cities influenced each other, direct evidence of such influence is difficult to ascertain. However, recent excavations in a sector of Tikal (Guatemala) unearthed a citadel that shows ______blank Teotihuacán (Mexico) architecture—including a near replica of a famed Teotihuacán temple—providing tangible evidence of outside influence in portions of Tikal.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Answer
A: refinements of
B: precursors of
C: commonalities with
D: animosities toward
What is ... C: commonalities with ‼️
One of the factors of 2x3 + 42x2 + 208x is x+b , where b is a positive constant. What is the smallest possible value of b?
What is ... 8
A triangle has a base length of 56 centimeters and a height of 112 centimeters. What is the area, in square centimeters, of the triangle?
AnswerA: 168
B: 1568
C: 3136
D: 6,272
What is... C: 3136 ‼️
A circle in the xy-plane has its center at -4,5 and the point -8,8 lies on the circle. Which equation represents this circle?
A: (x - 4) + (y + 5) = 5
B: (x + 4) + (y - 5) = 5
C: (x - 4) + (y +5) = 25
D: (x + 4) + (y - 5) = 25
What is ... D: (x + 4) + (y - 5) = 25 ‼️
Consider the mechanics of the pinhole camera: light passes through a small hole, resulting in a focused projected image. A ray diagram reveals how this ______ the hole’s small size restricts light to a single ray, all light passing through the hole can only arrive at a single destination, eliminating diffraction and ensuring a clear image.
A: works because
B: works. Because
C: works, it’s because
D: works: it’s because
What is...
B: works. Because
“Mr. Cornelius Johnson, Office-Seeker” is a 1900 short story by Paul Laurence Dunbar. In the story, the narrator describes Mr. Cornelius Johnson’s appearance as conveying his exaggerated sense of his importance: ______blank
Which quotation from “Mr. Cornelius Johnson, Office-Seeker” most effectively illustrates the claim?
Answer
A: “He carried himself always as if he were passing under his own triumphal arch.”
B: “The grey Prince Albert was scrupulously buttoned about his form, and a shiny top hat replaced the felt of the afternoon.”
C:“It was a beautiful day in balmy May and the sun shone pleasantly on Mr. Cornelius Johnson’s very spruce Prince Albert suit of grey as he alighted from the train in Washington.”
D: “Mr. Cornelius Johnson always spoke in a large and important tone.”
What is ... A: “He carried himself always as if he were passing under his own triumphal arch.” ‼️
A line in the xy-plane has a slope of 9 and passes through the point (0, -5) . The equation y = px +r defines the line, where p and r are constants. What is the value of X?
What is...?
9 !!
Circle A in the xy-plane has the equation (x + 5)2 + (y - 5)2 = 4. Circle B has the same center as circle A. The radius of circle B is two times the radius of circle A. The equation defining circle B is (x + 5)2 + (y - 5)2 = K, where K is a constant. What is the value of K?
What is ... 16 ‼️
To dye wool, Navajo (Diné) weaver Lillie Taylor uses plants and vegetables from Arizona, where she lives. For example, she achieved the deep reds and browns featured in her 2003 rug In the Path of the Four Seasons by using Arizona dock roots, drying and grinding them before mixing the powder with water to create a dye bath. To intensify the appearance of certain colors, Taylor also sometimes mixes in clay obtained from nearby soil.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Answer
A: Reds and browns are not commonly featured in most of Taylor’s rugs.
B: Taylor draws on local resources in the approach she uses to dye wool.
C: Taylor finds it difficult to locate Arizona dock root in the desert.
D: In the Path of the Four Seasons is widely acclaimed for its many colors and innovative weaving techniques.
What is ... B: Taylor draws on local resources in the approach she uses to dye wool. ‼️