Revise
(8) Bottled water may be attractively packaged. (9) It is simply processed tap water.
What is the most effective way to combine sentences 8 and 9?
F Bottled water may be attractively packaged, but it is simply processed tap water.
G Bottled water is simply processed tap water because it is attractively packaged.
H Bottled water may be attractively packaged, so it is simply processed tap water.
J Bottled water is attractively packaged, because it is simply processed tap water.
F. Bottled water may be attractively packaged, but it is simply processed tap water.
Oh, the (whether/weather) outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful.
weather
(2) Suddenly being transported back to childhood as a memory plays in my mind like a movie.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 2?
F Change being to I am
G Insert a comma after childhood
H Change plays to playing
J Sentence 2 should not be changed.
F. Change being to I am
Furthermore I do not like your attitude.
Where does the comma go?
after furthermore
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
(1) Sweating during a summer afternoon in Texas, people gaze into convenience-store refrigerators. (2) They select chilled bottles of water and stand in line at the register, where they might pay more than $2.00 per bottle. (3) After chugging the water, they toss the bottles into the trash. (4) What’s wrong with this picture? (5) Consumers pay far too much for a drink of water, and those same bottles clog oceans and contaminate the soil. (6) This needs to stop now!
Mimi’s essay does not have a strong position statement. Which of the following sentences
should replace sentence 6 to serve as an effective position statement?
A It’s foolish to buy several bottles of water each day when there’s no good reason for doing
this.
B People need to stop doing this now and protest against bottled-water companies.
C These problems can be solved, however, if people choose to drink water from reusable
containers instead of plastic bottles.
D The list of problems that people are causing, such as increasing pollution, by buying
bottled water is endless.
C. These problems can be solved, however, if people choose to drink water from reusable containers instead of plastic bottles.
The test required him to (write/right) an essay.
write
(8) The smell of freshly cut grass reminds me of my twelve-year-old self, playing Soccer on Saturday mornings.
How should sentence 8 be changed?
F Insert a comma after grass
G Change reminds to reminding
H Change playing to to play
J Change Soccer to soccer
J Change Soccer to soccer
I want to buy the new jacket but it is too expensive.
Where does the comma go?
after but
How many birth days does the average man have?
One
(15) A misstep by just one student creates
a flaw in the perfectly coordinated display that is visible.
What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 15?
A A misstep by just one student and a flaw is created that is visible in the perfectly
coordinated display.
B A misstep by just one student creates a visible flaw in the perfectly coordinated display.
C A misstep by just one student creates a flaw in the perfectly coordinated display, the flaw
is visible.
D A misstep by just one student creates a visible flaw that can be seen in the perfectly
coordinated display.
B. A misstep by just one student creates a visible flaw in the perfectly coordinated display
(Their/There/They're) will be lemonade and cookies served at (Their/There/They're) house tonight.
There, Their
(18) The brain is wired in such a way that the sense of smell is processed near the centers’ of emotion and memory.
What change, if any, is needed in sentence 18?
A Insert a comma after way
B Change is processed to has processed
C Change centers’ to centers
D Sentence 18 should not be changed
C Change centers’ to centers
Carlos wants to visit Paris Italy Germany and China.
after Paris
after Italy
after Germany
after China
What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed, but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats ?
A river
(10) There are no musical cues for the students to use as they march in the changing formations. (11) Furthermore, they walk in perfect step by following the direction of an announcer. (12) Directors bellow loud, sharp commands, such as “Front row, turn left!” and “Cross walk,” over a loudspeaker.
J.T. wants to use a more appropriate transition in sentence 11. Which of the following can
best replace Furthermore in this sentence?
F For example
G In conclusion
H Overall
J Instead
J. Instead
He is (to/too) bossy (to/too) be an effective leader.
too, to
(20) Whatever the case may be, I know for myself that certain smells today always take me back to times that were innocent and full of exploration and wonder.
What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 20?
F Delete the comma
G Insert a comma after today
H Change innocent to inocent
J Make no change to sentence 20.
J Make no change to sentence 20.
When I get home I am going to brush my teeth.
after home
There are three boxes, one contains only apples, one contains only oranges, and one contains both apples and oranges.
The boxes have been incorrectly labeled such that no label identifies the actual contents of the box it labels.
Opening just one box, and without looking in the box, you take out one piece of fruit. By looking at the fruit, how can you immediately label all of the boxes correctly?
You must open the apple and orange box first.
Since they are all labeled incorrectly, you will know what is in that box as it must contain what you take out. Take the label from that box and put it on the one that was labeled A&O then switch the last two labels as ALL the boxes are labeled incorrectly.
1) Texas is known for its superb high school marching bands. (2) Each week
during football season, thousands of students take to the field to display their
musical and marching talents. (3) These same students also compete in local, state,
and national competitions and exhibitions. (4) However, marching bands aren’t
found in just this state or even just this country. (5) But in one country there are
marchers who skip the music component all together. (6) Students at Japan’s
Nippon Sports Science University, NSSU, participate in an intricate marching-like
exhibition known as precision walking.
J.T. would like to add the following sentence to the first paragraph (sentences 1–6).
Students from around the world are also part
of musical marching groups.
Where is the most effective place to insert this sentence?
A After sentence 1
B After sentence 2
C After sentence 4
D After sentence 5
C. After sentence 4
Poor grammar (effects/affects) your credibility, so I hope this assignment has a positive (effect/affect).
affects, effect
Use affect to indicate influence: The medicine did not affect her the way the doctor had hoped. [Verb]
Use effect as a noun: The new medicine had negative side effects. (Note: effect can sometimes be used as a verb meaning to cause/achieve or to bring about – as in "The magician effected his escape with a false door" – but this is mostly a technical term and not used very often.) [Noun]
(1) According to a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: there are 1,900 edible insect species on Earth.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?
A Change Organization to organization
B Change the colon to a comma
C Change species to species’
D No change is needed in sentence 1
B Change the colon to a comma
When school ends today at 3:15 p.m. we will play soccer.
after today
before we
You are trapped in a room with two doors. One leads to certain death and the other leads to freedom. You don't know which is which.
There are two robots guarding the doors. They will let you choose one door but upon doing so you must go through it.
You can, however, ask one robot one question. The problem is one robot always tells the truth ,the other always lies and you don't know which is which.
What is the question you ask?
You must ask the robot “What door would the other robot tell me is the door to freedom?”
If you ask the honest robot, he will tell you what the lying robot would say (which would take you to death, because he always lies), so you must choose the opposite door.
If you ask the lying robot, he would know that the honest robot would tell you the correct door, but since he always lies, he will tell you the other door, so again you must choose the opposite door.