1. Sentence 1: One of the lifelong memories many of us share are the moment we obtained a driver's license.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1) Change the spelling of memories to memorys
(2) Insert a comma after memories
(3) Change are to is
(4) Change driver's to drivers
(5) No correction is necessary
2. Sentence 2: If we were teenagers at the time these licenses signified our passage to adulthood.
Which of the following is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If you think the original is the best way, choose option 1.
(1.) time these licenses
(2.) time. These licenses
(3.) time; these licenses
(4.) time, these licenses
(5.) time, because these licenses
3. Sentence 3: We clearly remember practicing to handle a car well in heavy traffic and learning to parallel park.
Which of the following is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If you think the original is the best way, choose option 1.
(1.) Traffic and learning
(2.) Traffic, but learning
(3.) Traffic, for learning
(4.) Traffic, so learning
(5.) Traffic when learning
4. Sentence 4: We also prepared for the test by studying the driver's booklet, memorizing rules, and to learn road signs.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Change prepared to prepare
(2.) Change studying to study
(3.) Change driver's to driver
(4.) Remove the comma after booklet
(5.) Change to learn to learning
5. Sentence 6: While conducting these difficult test, the state driving inspectors often seemed stern and unyielding.
Which of the following is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If you think the original is the best way, choose option 1.
(1.) test, the state driving inspectors
(2.) tests the state driving inspectors
(3.) tests. The state driving inspectors
(4.) tests; the state driving inspectors
(5.) tests while the state driving inspectors
6. Sentence 7: Therefore, when all the tests were finally over, we felt a real sense of achievement.
If you rewrote sentence 7 beginning with
Therefore, we felt a real sense of achievement
The next word should be
(1.) Or
(2.) All
(3.) When
(4.) While
(5.) But
7. Sentence 8 and 9: Whether or not we have chosen to use our licenses since then. They remain of enormous value to us.
Which of the following is the best way to write the underlined portion of these sentences? If you think the original is the best way, choose option 1.
(1.) since then. They remain
(2.) since then, and they remain
(3.) since then they remain
(4.) since then; they remain
(5.) since then, they remain
8. Sentence 1: Many people who spend their summers in a city dream of owning a cottage at the shore or in the mountains by the lake.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Change spend to spent
(2.) Replace their with there
(3.) Change dream to dreams
(4.) Insert a comma after shore
(5.) No correction is necessary
9. Sentence 3: Their sue the only sounds they will hear at night will be the wash of ocean waves or the croaks of bullfrogs.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Change Their to They're
(2.) Insert a comma after sure
(3.) Change the spelling of hear to here
(4.) Change will be to are
(5.) Change will be to is
10. Sentence 4: Some just look forward to the perspect of watching birds and animals, such as rabbits or deer, in their natural habitats.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Change look forward to looks forward
(2.) Change the spelling of perspectto prospect
(3.) Insert a comma after such as
(4.) Change deer to deers
(5.) Change their to they're
11. Sentence 7: Unless you are luckier than most, hundreds of other people will also have discovered your natural paradise.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Replace you with one
(2.) Change than to then
(3.) Remove the comma after most
(4.) Change discovered to been discovering
(5.) No correction is necessary
12. Sentence 8: As a result, although the swimming or boating may be great, you will have to get up at daybreak to beat the crowds.
If you rewrote sentence 8 beginning with
As a result, the swimming or boating may be great,
The next word should be
(1.) Since
(2.) But
(3.) And
(4.) If
(5.) For
13. Sentence 9: In addition to the sounds of nature, you'll hear music blasting tired children crying and twenty-four hours a day.
Which of the following is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If you think the original is the best way, choose option 1.
(1.) music blasting tired children crying and
(2.) musicblasting tired children crying, and
(3.) music blasting and tired children crying and
(4.) music blasting, tired children crying, and
(5.) music blasting, and tired children crying, and
14. Sentence 10: Finally, friends whom you haven't seen in years, long-lost relatives, and even mere acquaintances will begin calling in februaryto plan a lengthy visit with you in the summer.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Change friends to friend's
(2.) Change februaryto February
(3.) Remove the comma after years
(4.) Change summer to Summer
(5.) Change haven't to have'nt
15. Sentences 1 and 2: The cost of new homes is high today. Many people are purchasing older homes in need of renovation.
The most effective combination of sentences 1 and 2 would include which of the following groups of words?
(1.) Although many homes need renovation
(2.) Although the cost of new homes is high today
(3.) Because many people are purchasing older homes
(4.) Because the cost of new homes is high today
(5.) Purchase older homes in need of renovation
16. Sentence 5: The first challenge to the confidence of these amateur renovators come with buying tools or equipment.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Change the spelling of challenge to challenge
(2.) Change come to comes
(3.) Change come to came
(4.) Change come to coming
(5.) Change the spelling of confidence to confidance
17. Sentence 6: Just choosing among handsaws circular saws jigsaws and saber saws can be bewildering
Which of the following is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If you think the original is the best way, choose option 1.
(1.) Handsaws circular saws jigsaws and saber saws
(2.) Handsaws circular saws jigsaws, and saber saws
(3.) Handsaws, circular saws, jigsaws, and saber saws
(4.) Handsaws, circular saws jigsaws, and saber saws
(5.) Handsaws or circular saws or jigsaws and saber saws
18. Sentence 9: Frequently their renovations need to be completely redone. Which of the following is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If you think the original is the best way, choose option 1.
(1.) Need
(2.) Needed
(3.) were needing
(4.) will have been needing
(5.) needs
19. Sentence 10: What else can they do when repaired walls separate from beams or restoring sockets carry no electricity? What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Insert a comma after walls
(2.) Change the spelling of separate to separate
(3.) Change restoring to restored
(4.) Change the spelling of electricity to electricity
(5.) No correction is necessary
20. Sentence 11: Still, do-it-yourself renovations is usually a source of pride for new homeowners, no matter how hard or how frustrating. What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) remove the comma after Still
(2.) change is to are
(3.) change the spelling of usually to usualy
(4.) remove the comma after homeowners
(5.) no correction is necessary
21. Sentence 1: Doctors in the field of preventive medicine concentrate on preventing disease and to encourage good health practices. Which of the following is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If you think the original is the best way, choose option 1
(1.) Preventing disease and to encourage
(2.) Prevent disease and to encourage
(3.) To prevent disease and to encourage
(4.) Preventing disease and encouraging
(5.) Prevent disease and encourage
22. Sentence 2: In the past, the United States Public Health Service and state and local helth departments dominate the field. What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Insert a comma after Service
(2.) Change state and local to State and Local
(3.) Insert a comma after departments
(4.) change dominate to dominated
(5.) no correction is necessary
23. Sentence 3 and 4: More recently, however, doctors have taken a greater interest in the field. Along with the general public, too. The most effective combination of sentences 3 and 4 would include which of the following groups of words?
(1.) doctors, as well as the general public,
(2.) doctors with the general public too
(3.) doctors or the general public too
(4.) doctors since the general public
(5.) doctors but the general public
24. Sentence 7: Because of such research, practicing physicians are able to administer vaccines for polio, measles small pox, and other communicable diseases.
Which of the following is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If you think the original is the best way, choose option 1
(1.) Polio, measles small pox, and other
(2.) Polio measles small pox and other
(3.) Polio, measles, small pox, and other
(4.) Polio measles, small pox, and other
(5.) Polio and measles and small pox, and other
25. Sentence 9: They emphasized the importance of good material and child health care, including the administering of vaccines. What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Replace They with it
(2.) Change emphasized with emphasize
(3.) Change the spelling of importance to importants
(4.) Insert a comma after importance
(5.) Remove the comma after care
26. Sentence 10: Together, private physicians and researchers are working for a healthier population. What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Replace and with or
(2.) Change researchers to Researchers
(3.) Change are working to worked
(4.) Change the spelling of healthyerto healthier
(5.) No correction is necessary
27. Sentence 11: With time and public support, they should be successful. What correction should be made to this sentence?
(1.) Change the spelling of support to suport
(2.) Replace they with one
(3.) Change should be to should have been
(4.) Change the spelling of successful to sucessful
(5.) No correction is necessary