Tenses & S-V Agreement
Harold, even though he had an evening job, ______ to take an early morning class.
(a) choose
(b) chose
(b) chose
Just between you and ____, I think the midterm exam was easy.
(a) I
(b) me
(b) me
Diagnose the following sentence's faults:
Martha budgeted 750 dollars for books next semester.
(a) Commas or semicolons.
(b) Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including colons, hyphens, apostrophes, periods, and question marks).
(c) Number expressions (i.e., word or figure forms or symbols).
(d) Capitalization.
(c) Number expressions (i.e., word or figure forms or symbols).
Identify the problem that weakens the sentence in the following sentence:
Interesting programs were created by our board.
(a) Fillers
(b) Use of passive instead of active voice
(c) Lack of parallel structure
(d) Redundancies
(e) Dangling or misplaced modifiers
(b) Use of passive instead of active voice
Identify the sentence structure error in the following sentence:
Carol told Ann that she had to make up the test this week.
(a) Faulty or vague pronoun reference
(b) Sentence fragment
(c) Comma splice
(d) Fused sentence
(a) Faulty or vague pronoun reference
Sometimes I wish I ____ in charge of the department.
(a) was
(b) were
(b) were
The committee presented ___ report to the board yesterday.
(a) its
(b) it's
(a) its
Diagnose the following sentence's faults:
Carmen is going to work but she will stop at the store on the way home.
(a) Commas or semicolons.
(b) Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including colons, hyphens, apostrophes, periods, and question marks).
(c) Number expressions (i.e., word or figure forms or symbols).
(d) Capitalization.
(a) Commas or semicolons.
Identify the problem that weakens the sentence in the following sentence:
Acting as team leader, the meeting was organized and led by Matt.
(a) Fillers
(b) Use of passive instead of active voice
(c) Lack of parallel structure
(d) Redundancies
(e) Dangling or misplaced modifiers
(e) Dangling or misplaced modifiers
Identify the sentence structure error in the following sentence:
I am going to go to the store, I am also going to the dry cleaners.
(a) Faulty or vague pronoun reference
(b) Sentence fragment
(c) Comma splice
(d) Fused sentence
(c) Comma splice
Joan found that weight training and walking ________ a balanced exercise plan for her.
(a) provides
(b) provide
(b) provide
Kevin asked Joanne and ____ to help him prepare the report.
(a) I
(b) myself
(c) me
(c) me
Diagnose the following sentence's faults:
Finals are scheduled to start on May 18th.
(a) Commas or semicolons.
(b) Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including colons, hyphens, apostrophes, periods, and question marks).
(c) Number expressions (i.e., word or figure forms or symbols).
(d) Capitalization.
(c) Number expressions (i.e., word or figure forms or symbols).
Identify the problem that weakens the sentence in the following sentence:
We will follow your recommendation to not alter or change the last and final copy of the report so that the end result is perfectly clear.
(a) Fillers
(b) Use of passive instead of active voice
(c) Lack of parallel structure
(d) Redundancies
(e) Dangling or misplaced modifiers
(d) Redundancies
Identify the sentence structure error in the following sentence:
Because of the rain and the wet field conditions causing a delay in the game.
(a) Faulty or vague pronoun reference
(b) Sentence fragment
(c) Comma splice
(d) Fused sentence
(b) Sentence fragment
Neither Carl nor his sisters ______ to go to the movie.
(a) wants
(b) want
(b) want
I appreciate _______ responding to my request so quickly.
(a) you
(b) your
(b) your
Diagnose the following sentence's faults:
George is going to take an Accounting class over the summer.
(a) Commas or semicolons.
(b) Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including colons, hyphens, apostrophes, periods, and question marks).
(c) Number expressions (i.e., word or figure forms or symbols).
(d) Capitalization.
(d) Capitalization.
Identify the problem that weakens the sentence in the following sentence:
Performing at lightning speed, the new contract was revised quickly.
(a) Fillers
(b) Use of passive instead of active voice
(c) Lack of parallel structure
(d) Redundancies
(e) Dangling or misplaced modifiers
(e) Dangling or misplaced modifiers
Identify the sentence structure error in the following sentence:
Many students prefer to eat lunch on campus a few prefer to eat off campus.
(a) Faulty or vague pronoun reference
(b) Sentence fragment
(c) Comma splice
(d) Fused sentence
(d) Fused sentence
Everyone in all 22 classes ____ attended a workshop.
(a) has
(b) have
(a) has
Give the tickets to _______ arrives first.
(a) whoever
(b) whomever
(a) whoever
Diagnose the following sentence's faults:
Tim built the entertainment center by carefully following the step by step instructions.
(a) Commas or semicolons.
(b) Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including colons, hyphens, apostrophes, periods, and question marks).
(c) Number expressions (i.e., word or figure forms or symbols).
(d) Capitalization.
(b) Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including colons, hyphens, apostrophes, periods, and question marks).
Identify the problem that weakens the sentence in the following sentence:
It is the goal of the board to promote meeting attendance.
(a) Fillers
(b) Use of passive instead of active voice
(c) Lack of parallel structure
(d) Redundancies
(e) Dangling or misplaced modifiers
(a) Fillers
Identify the sentence structure error in the following sentence:
Although Michael was an excellent student and he completed all of his assignments on time.
(a) Faulty or vague pronoun reference
(b) Sentence fragment
(c) Comma splice
(d) Fused sentence
(b) Sentence fragment