Response to the following multiple choice questions:
1. Which one of the following items is a complete sentence?
The receptionist, who was away last week.
The receptionist returning to work today.
The receptionist returns today.
The receptionist, who was away last week and returns to work.
2. What, if anything, is wrong with the following senetnce?
Since I no longer maintain an office downtown for working on this kind of project.
Dangler
Misplaced part
Properly constructed sentence
Fragment
3. Which one of the following sentences is a comma splice?
While the laywer prepared the case, her assistant checked the report she found no mistakes.
Because all the memebers were early, the meeting got underway ahead of schedule.
Dr. Matheson, speaking as head of the hospital's medical council.
The secreatary handed the report to the supervisor, he read it quickly.
4. What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?
Noah Webster supported himself through sales of his spelling book over 100 million copies of the book were sold.
Properly constructed sentence
Run-on
Dangler
Misplaced part
5. What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?
Noah Webster supported himself through sales of his spelling book over 100 million copies of the book were sold.
Properly constructed sentence
Dangler
Run-on
Misplaced part
6. What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence? An appeals court ordered the money returned, however, the IRS didn't comply.
Properly constructed sentence
Lacks parallel parts
Dangler
Comma splice
7. What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?
Noah Webster, author of the original Webster's Dictionary, believed that a dictionary should contain more than the definitions of words; therefore, he included their etymologies as well.
Properly constructed sentence
Dangler
Run-on
Comma splice
8. What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?
The new drug proved to be highly effective, it has no side effects.
Properly constructed sentence
Comma splice
Lacks parallel parts
Has unclear pronoun
9. What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?
Do you see the pretty girl standing next to the car with the red boots on?
Properly constructed sentence
Misplaced part
Run-on
Fragment
10. What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?
Do you advise me to go to college or that I should get a job after high school?
Properly constructed sentence
Misplaced part
Lacks parallel parts
Run-on
11. What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?
To be fit, you should get enough sleep, exercise regularly, and eat a healthy diet.
Properly constructed sentence
Comma splice
Lacks parallel parts
Unclear pronoun
12. What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?
Carmen is tall, slender, and a woman of great beauty.
Properly constructed sentence
Dangler
Comma splice
Lacks parallel parts
13. Examine the following sentence and choose the appropriate description.
This material has been tested by our engineers, and they like it.
Both clauses are in active voice.
Both clauses are in passive voice.
The first clause is active; the second clause is passive.
The first clause is passive; the second clause is active.
14. Examine the following sentence and choose the appropriate description.
Your machine has been repaired, and it will be returned to you today.
Both clauses are in active voice.
Both clauses are in passive voice.
The first clause is active; the second clause is passive.
The first clause is passive; the second clause is active.
15. What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?
Being unable to type the letter, the boss fired me.
Properly constructed sentence
Comma splice
Fragment
Dangler
16. What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?
Arriving at the circus early, seats could be selected near the center ring.
Properly constructed sentence
Comma splice
Dangler
Lacks parallel parts
17. When you construct a bulleted list, you should:
begin with an -ing word.
begin with a command verb.
make the items parallel in form.
mix bullet types to attract attention to crucial points.
18. Which one of the following suggestions is not a guideline for proofreading?
Read one line at a time.
Read quickly.
Read backwards for spelling.
Read more than once.
19. Proofreading is a process that:
only inexperienced writers need to do.
you don't need to do if you are a good writer.
all writers should do.
you can only do for yourself.