home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- NEW SET
- A
- 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 if the sentence is correct. If not,
- type the letter of the choice that improves the sentence without changing
- its original meaning.
- next
- 1
- 1. He HAS HANGED the blue curtain in the living room.
-
- (A) has hanged
- (B) has hung
- (C) hanged
- (D) had hanged
- (E) will have hanged
- next
- b
- 0
- 2
- Correct.
- next
- wrong answer explanation
- 2
- (B) The correct form of the verb is "has hung."
- next
- 2
- 2. The number of papers in this stack is FEWER THAN THE AMOUNT IN THAT ONE.
-
- (A) fewer than the amount in that one
- (B) fewer than the number in that one
- (C) less than the number in that one
- (D) less than the amount in that one
- (E) fewer then the amount in that one
- next
- b
- 0
- 3
- Correct.
- next
- wrong answer explanation
- 3
- (B) The word "number" is required.
- next
- 3
- 3. CRITICS AGREE THAT KEATS POETRY is among the most beautiful in the
- English language.
-
- (A) Critics agree that Keats poetry
- (B) Critic's agree that Keats poetry
- (C) Critics agree that Keat's poetry
- (D) Critics agree that Keats' poetry
- (E) Critic's agree that Keat's poetry
- next
- d
- 0
- 4
- Correct.
- next
- wrong answer explanation
- 4
- (D) The correct spelling of the possessive is "Keats'." "Critics" is
- plural, not possessive.
- next
- 4
- 4. I prefer reading books THAN going to the movies.
-
- (A) than
- (B) then
- (C) rather then
- (D) too
- (E) to
- next
- e
- 0
- 5
- Correct.
- next
- wrong answer explanation
- 5
- (E) The correct word is "to."
- next
- 5
- 5. Tommy had tears in his eyes when he confessed, "I LOST MY MITTENS,
- MOMMY."
-
- (A) "I lost my mittens, Mommy."
- (B) I lost my mittens, Mommy.
- (C) Mommy, I lost my mittens.
- (D) "Mommy!" "I lost my mittens."
- (E) "Mommy. I lost my mittens"!
- next
- a
- 0
- 6
- Correct.
- next
- wrong answer explanation
- 6
- (A) This sentence is correct.
- next
- 6
- 6. Every student in the room, EXCEPTING ME, understood the work, and that
- is why I felt foolish.
-
- (A) excepting me
- (B) except me
- (C) except I
- (D) outside of me
- (E) excepting I
- next
- b
- 0
- 7
- Correct.
- next
- wrong answer explanation
- 7
- (B) The correct prepositional phrase is "except me."
- next
- 7
- 7. He plays the piano AS WELL AS, IF NOT BETTER THAN, his friend Jim.
-
- (A) as well as, if not better than,
- (B) as well, if not better than,
- (C) as well as, if not better than
- (D) as well, if not better then,
- (E) as good as, if not better than
- next
- a
- 0
- 8
- Correct.
- next
- wrong answer explanation
- 8
- (A) This sentence is correct.
- next
- 8
- 8. Whether the briefcase is HER'S OR THEIR'S is of little consequence.
-
- (A) her's or their's
- (B) her's nor their's
- (C) hers or theirs
- (D) her's or theirs
- (E) hers not theirs
- next
- c
- 0
- B
- Correct.
- next
- wrong answer explanation
- B
- (C) No apostrophe is required with the pronoun in the possessive case.
- end