Sandra's principal reason for choosing the job was that it would be full-time and would offer benefits.
Which of the following is the complete subject?
A. Sandra's principal reason for choosing the job
B. Sandra's pri
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Sandra's principal reason for choosing the job was that it would be full-time and would offer benefits.
Which of the following is the complete subject?
A. Sandra's principal reason for choosing the job
B. Sandra's principal reason
C. Sandra's principal
D. Sandra - A. Sandra's principal reason for choosing the job
First and foremost, they received an ***annual pension payment. The amount of the pension*** has
been reviewed and changed a number of times, most recently to reflect the salary of a high-level
government executive.
Which of the following would NOT be an acceptable way to revise and combine the underlined portion
of the sentence above?
A. annual pension payment, the amount of which
B. annual pension payment; the amount of the pension
C. annual pension payment; over the years since 1958, the amount of the pension
D. annual pension payment, the amount of the pension - D. annual pension payment, the amount of the
pensionTypically, water that has evaporated remains in the sky in cloud form for less than ten days before falling
to Earth again as precipitation.
Which of the following parts of speech is remains as used in the sentence?
A. noun
B. verb
C. adjective
D. adverb - B. verb
On Parents' Day, a public holiday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, families celebrate parents' both
living and deceased.
Which of the following punctuation marks is used incorrectly?
A. the apostrophe in Parents' Day
B. the comma following Day
C. the comma following Congo
D. the apostrophe in parents' - D. the apostrophe in parents'
Unfortunately, the belief that changelings could be convinced to leave was not just ***an innocuous
superstition. On some occasions,*** harm came to the individual who was thought to be a changeling.
Which is the best way to revise and combine the underlined portion of the sentences?
A. an innocuous superstition, on some occasions,B. an innocuous superstition, but on some occasions,
C. an innocuous superstition; however, on some occasions,
D. an innocuous superstition: on some occasions, - D. an innocuous superstition: on some occasions,
Vivariums, common in elementary school classrooms, are enclosed spaces designed to replicate a
particular habitat.
Which of the following is part of the predicate in the sentence?
A. are enclosed spaces
B. vivariums
C. elementary school classrooms
D. common in - A. are enclosed spaces
predicate = part containing the verb
"designed"
The Boat Race, a rowing race that has been held almost annually in London, England, since 1856, was
infamously interupted in 2012.
Which of the following is misspelled in the sentence?
A. rowing
B. annuallyC. infamously
D. interupted - D. interupted
should be spelled interrupted
The warning against smoking may have been tactit, but Beryl instinctively knew that her mother wanted
her to avoid picking up the habit.
What is the definition of tactit?
complicated
empty
wordy
unstated - unstated
Beryl knew instinctively, meaning that it was not said outright.
(1) I zoned out in class, turned in work late, talked out in class, and handed in assignments after the due
date. (2) Every time, Mr. Shanbourne just nodded.
What transition should be added to the beginning of sentence 2?
however
actually
furthermore
eventually - eventually
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