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- These sentences may contain problems in grammar, usage, word choice,
- sentence construction, and punctuation. Part or all of each sentence is
- capitalized. Following each sentence you will find five ways of
- expressing the capitalized part. Select Choice A is the sentence is
- correct. If not, type the letter of the choice that improves the sentence
- without changing its original meaning.
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- 1. IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE, please bring me a knife and fork.
-
- (A) If it's not too much trouble
- (B) If its not too much trouble
- (C) If its not to much trouble
- (D) Even if it's not too much trouble
- (E) If it isn't to much trouble
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- a
- 0
- 2
- Correct.
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- wrong answer explanation
- 2
- (A) This sentence is correct.
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- 2
- 2. THE COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA ARE COMPETENT IN THEIR COVERAGE of world
- events.
-
- (A) The communications media are competent in their coverage
- (B) The communications medias are competent in their coverage
- (C) The communications media is competent in its coverage
- (D) The Communications Media is more competent in its coverage
- (E) The communications media are more competent in its coverage
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- a
- 0
- 3
- Correct.
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- wrong answer explanation
- 3
- (A) This sentence is correct.
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- 3. Please do not LET MY SISTER AND HE do the work all by themselves.
-
- (A) let my sister and he
- (B) leave my sister and he
- (C) leave my sister and him
- (D) leave him and my sister
- (E) let my sister and him
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- e
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- 4
- Correct.
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- 4
- (E) The correct pronoun is "him" since it is the object of "let."
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- 4. Before the test, EACH STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO SPEND SEVERAL HOURS
- STUDYING.
-
- (A) each student is required to spend several hours studying
- (B) each student studying is required to spend several hours
- (C) each student will spend several hours studying
- (D) each student studying will have spent several hours
- (E) all students is required to spend several hours studying
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- a
- 0
- 5
- Correct.
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- wrong answer explanation
- 5
- (A) This sentence is correct.
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- 5
- 5. He HAD NOT BUT SCARCELY entered the room when there was a power
- shortage.
-
- (A) had not but scarcely
- (B) had not scarcely
- (C) had but scarcely
- (D) had scarcely
- (E) hadn't scarcely
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- d
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- 6
- Correct.
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- (D) To eliminate the double negative, "had scarcely" is required.
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- 6. "When we see YOU", he said, "we should give you yesterday's
- assignment."
-
- (A) you",
- (B) you"
- (C) you;"
- (D) you,"
- (E) you."
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- d
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- 7
- Correct.
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- wrong answer explanation
- 7
- (D) The comma should be inside the quotation marks.
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- 7
- 7. All of us EXCEPT TED AND SHE knew the effects of the battle.
-
- (A) except Ted and she
- (B) accept Ted and she
- (C) except Ted and her
- (D) accept Ted and her
- (E) excepting Ted and she
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- c
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- 8
- Correct.
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- (C) The correct pronoun is "her" since it is the object of the preposition
- "except."
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- 8. He may be UNRELIABLE, BUT IRREGARDLESS of that I shall call upon him to
- help.
-
- (A) unreliable, but irregardless
- (B) unreliable; but irregardless
- (C) unreliable, but regardless
- (D) unreliable but irregardless
- (E) unreliable and irregardless
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- c
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- B
- Correct.
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- wrong answer explanation
- B
- (C) The correct word is "regardless."
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