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Pakee Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Hi. I am doing a test. Could you check my answers, please?

Hi. I am doing a test. Could you check my answers, please?

1. Identify the sentence that illustrates clear pronoun reference.


Answers:
• After putting the silverware in the cabinet, Mabel sold it.
• The clowns told the acrobats that they would receive a bonus after the performance.
• Rhonda filed a complaint with the police, but they were unresponsive.
• We called Dr. Arnold's office all day, but he never answered the phone.

2. Choose the series of pronouns that best completes the following sentence. Only one of the nurses _________ works in the field hospital is certified, and ________ has been out sick for two weeks.


Answers:
• who, she
• whom, she
• which, that
• that, which

 3. Read the following passage and identify the type of sentence structure error it contains. Surprisingly, everyone at the pot-luck dinner thought Melina's everyday Jell-O salad was tastier than Frank's spectacular, towering Twinkie cake. In a fit of pique, Frank told each guest that their opinions mean nothing to him; then he grabbed his cake, flung a Twinkie or two at the crowd, and slammed out the door.


Answers:
• Comparison
• Pronoun-antecedent agreement
• Diction
• Parallelism
• Verb tense shift
• b and e
• b, c, and d


4. Choose the option that best corrects the verb tense error in the underlined part of the following sentence. The detailed mosaic work on the ancient altar is of such high quality and rare beauty that no modern artwork of the same genre had ever come close to matching it.


Answers:
• no modern artwork of the same genre had ever come close to matching it
• it had no equal compared to modern artwork of the same genre
• no modern artwork of the same genre comes close to matching it
• no modern artwork of the same genre will ever have come close to matching it
• no modern artwork of the same genre has ever come close to matching it




5. Choose the verb tense that best completes the following sentence. Sarah was so late arriving home that Mike __________ to bed.


Answers:
• had already gone
• has already gone
• already went
• will already have gone

My answers are bold. Thanks for reviewing. 
  

Top answer

1. No. The key word is 'clear'.

— Mister Micawber

  • 1.
  • No.
  • The key word is 'clear'.
  • Which sentence makes it clear which noun the pronoun(s) refer to?
  • 2.
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1. No. The key word is 'clear'. Which sentence makes it clear which noun the pronoun(s) refer to?
2. Right
3. No, I spot only one out-and-out error. Another suspect is not listed.
4. Right
5. No: observe what the clear order of events is.
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#1 - incorrect
#2 OK
#3 - are you sure you copied the question correctly?
#4 - the question is truncated. You answer seems reasonable.
#5 - incorrect
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AlpheccaStars#1 - incorrect#2 OK#3 - are you sure you copied the question correctly?#4 - the question is truncated. You answer seems reasonable.#5 - incorrect
Thanks, I double-checked the 3rd question, everything is copied correct.
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Mister Micawber1. No. The key word is 'clear'. Which sentence makes it clear which noun the pronoun(s) refer to?2. Right3. No, I spot only one out-and-out error. Another suspect is not listed.4. Right5. No: observe what the clear order of events is.
Thanks. I revised my answers, so
1st - Rhonda filed a complaint with the police, but they were unresponsive
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pakee1st - Rhonda filed a complaint with the police, but they were unresponsive.5th - had already gone
Right and right.
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