Sentence Combining
Today's restaurants' ordering systems maximize efficiency both in the kitchen and behind the counter. Many of which have expanded their seating spaces to accommodate the increasing number of customers.
A) Ordering systems maximizing efficiency both in the kitchen and behind the counter are why many restaurants have expanded their seating spaces, accommodating the increasing number of customers.
B) Today's restaurants, whose ordering systems maximize efficiency both in the kitchen and behind the counter, have expanded their seating spaces to accommodate the increasing number of customers.
B) Today's restaurants, whose ordering systems maximize efficiency both in the kitchen and behind the counter, have expanded their seating spaces to accommodate the increasing number of customers.
The security company's services are being exited in the short term so that its password algorithms can be reset or strengthened.
A) NO CHANGE
B) winding down in the interim
C) ceasing operations nonpermanently
D) shutting down temporarily
D) shutting down temporarily
One of the tastiest deli sandwiches offered at Katz's is the pastrami on rye.
A) NO CHANGE
B) One of the most tastiest
C) The most tasty
D) The tastiest
A) NO CHANGE
Which one is better?
A. We were invited by our coworkers to attend the dinner party.
B. Our coworkers invited us to attend the dinner party.
B. Our coworkers invited us to attend the dinner party.
The alarm fire burning across the night sky meant that an attack was (eminent/imminent).
imminent
imminent: about to happen
eminent: esteemed/famous
Language opens the door to other perspectives. What’s given to us is the means to apprehend other ways of viewing our common world and our common humanity.
A) Language opens the door to other perspectives while giving to us the means
B) Language opens the door to other perspectives by giving us the means
C) By opening the door to other perspectives through language, we are given the means
B) Language opens the door to other perspectives by giving us the means
Establishing himself as the premier authority on food, David Pine was a harsh critic of any chef who did not conform to his standards.
A) NO CHANGE
B) fall with
C) attach to
D) meet the bar of
A) NO CHANGE
After the AP exam, the subject test seemed far more easier.
A) NO CHANGE
B) far easier.
C) more easier.
D) most easiest.
B) far easier.
Which one is better?
A. The dire warnings serve as reminders of our purpose in life: survival.
B. The dire warnings serve as reminders of our purpose in life is survival.
A. The dire warnings serve as reminders of our purpose in life: survival.
The sight of upside-down turtles struggling to turn over (elicits/illicits) a sadness inside me.
elicit
elicit: bring out/draw out
illicit: illegal (adjective, not a verb)
In addition to farming crops, slaves in Egypt during the rise of Mesopotamia had the mundane tasks of cleaning the house. They also cooked the food.
A) house, but also cooked the food.
B) house and cooking the food.
C) house, and the food was cooked by them.
D) house and food being cooked.
B) house and cooking the food.
The police detective was frustrated by the witness's refusal to cooperate potentially valuable information.
A) NO CHANGE
B) chip in with
C) play ball with
D) contribute
D) contribute
There are two types of models: the easily configurable TI-Inspire and the smallest TI-84.
A) NO CHANGE
B) very littlest
C) more small
D) smaller
D) smaller
Which one is grammatically correct?
A. The college experience is not only an exciting time to meet new people and also a stressful one because of the level of independence required.
B. The college experience is not only an exciting time to meet new people but also a stressful one because of the level of independence required.
B. The college experience is not only an exciting time to meet new people but also a stressful one because of the level of independence required.
I sought the (council/counsel) for advice on health and safety laws.
council
counsel: advice
council: body of people meeting together
Many of the courses in law schools today are purely theoretical exercises. These exercises have little to do with their initial purpose.
A) exercises that
B) exercises, so they
C) exercises; they
D) exercises, being so these
A) exercises that
Korean director Ang Lee is like the American director Katherine Bigelow in his use of vivid imagery, but unlike her, he explores the lighter surfaces of humanity.
A) NO CHANGE
B) strands
C) facets
D) contents
C) facets
The coca leaf has great significance in the Andean civilization, once the more richer and more influential empire in South America.
A) NO CHANGE
B) one of the richest and most
C) the richest and most
D) the richer and more
C) the richest and most
Which one is correct?
A. I am interested in and familiar with graphic design.
B. I am interested and familiar with graphic design.
A. I am interested in and familiar with graphic design.
Many modern movies like Poseidon (allude/elude) to famous Greek myths.
allude
allude: recall/suggest/ hint at
elude: evade/escape
Water filters are designed to handle any tap water that flows through. They eliminate the chlorine and bacteria growth that affect the taste of drinking water and also cause infections in humans.
A) through; they can eliminate
B) through, which is eliminating
C) through, eliminating
D) through, so they eliminate
C) through, eliminating
As long as you (cite/site) your sources in the bibliography, you should be safe from plagiarism.
cite
The drive usually takes just thirty minutes but it felt longer then ever.
A) NO CHANGE
B) more longer then
C) the longest than
D) longer than
D) longer than
Which one is better?
A. It was decided by the jury that the defendant was innocent.
B. The jury decided that the defendant was innocent.
B. The jury decided that the defendant was innocent.
An avid believer of fate and superstition, Jasmine demanded that the fortune cookie (precede/proceed) the Chinese main course.
precede
precede: come before
proceed: move forward