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Question #1

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Sentence 6:When approaching a red light or stop sign, now slowing down sooner.
Which correction should be made to sentence 6?

A. replace now with begin

B. remove the comma after sign

C. change sooner to soon

D. replace When with You are

E. insert a comma after light

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #2

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Sentence 1It requires contributions of time and resources from those who are genuinely interesting in keeping Everest clean for generations to come.
Which correction should be made to sentence 11?

A. replace resources with resource's

B. insert a comma after time

C. change interesting to interested

D. replace to with too

E. insert a comma after those

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #3

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Sentence 9:In spite of the initiatives of these organizations, there is still groups who are not willing to do their part.
Which correction should be made to sentence 9?

A. change is to are

B. replace there with they're

C. replace who with to whom

D. change these to those

E. change organizations, there to organizations there

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #4

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Sentence 10:Furthermore, in almost 90 percent of the CO calls reported to utilities and fire departments in the mid-1990s, the levels found were to low to affect the average person.
Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

A. to low, to affect

B. too low to affect

C. to low to effect

D. to low to affect

E. too low to effect

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #5

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Sentence 1When you receive your seedlings, its essential that you plant them immediately.
Which correction should be made to sentence 12?

A. remove the comma after seedlings

B. replace you plant with one plants

C. no correction is necessary

D. replace its with it's

E. replace your with them

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #6

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Sentence 7:Thus, two needs are quiet apparent-the need to update these files on a constant basis and to file reports promptly.
Which correction should be made to sentence 7?

A. insert a comma after need

B. change are to is

C. replace quiet with quite

D. replace basis with bases

E. insert a comma after update

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #7

The most effective revision of sentence 2 would begin with which group of words?

A. Crowning gold the

B. Using pharaohs

C. Gold and the ancient

D. Pharaohs using gold

E. The ancient Egyptians

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Correct Answer: E Vote an answer

Question #8

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Sentence 1You should use a pointed brush for edging at the ceiling, or a special edging tool.
The most effective revision of sentence 14 would include which group of words?

A. Using a pointed brush, the edging tool

B. at the ceiling, a pointed brush and a special tool

C. a special edging tool for edging

D. For edging at the ceiling, you should use

E. a pointed brush, ceiling edging, and a special edging tool

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #9

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Cowgirls
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A. move sentence 13 to follow sentence 10

B. move sentence 13 to follow sentence 15

C. remove sentence 13

D. Lucille Mulhall and Bertha Kalpernik were two of the first rodeo cowgirls.(6) As a teenager, Mulhall rode and put on a roping exhibition in a public celebration where Teddy Roosevelt was a guest.(7) During a visit to the Mulhall family's ranch Roosevelt witnessed Lucille's breathtaking ride on an outlaw horse.(8) Impressed by her skill and daring, Roosevelt later inviting Mulhall to lead the inaugural procession when he took office as president of the United States.(9) Kalpernik is believed to be the first cowgirl to ride a bucking horse in serious competition.(10) Around 1900, she rode 100 miles from Colorado to Wyoming to enter the previously all-male rodeo.(11) She won on a horse named Tombstone.(12) She rode him all the way back to Colorado! (13) Roy Rogers named his
horse "Trigger" and Gene Autry, another famous singing cowboy, had a horse named "Champ." (14) A year later, Kalpernik becomes the star performer in a Wild West show and continued competing in top rodeos held throughout the country.(15) As true pioneers those women and many others are part of the history and heritage of the West. Material adapted from Milt Riske.Those Magnificent Cowgirls:A History of the Rodeo Cowgirl.Cheyenne:Wyoming Publishing, 1983. -- Exhibit -Sentence 1 Roy Rogers named his horse "Trigger" and Gene Autry, another famous singing cowboy, had a horse named "Champ." Which revision should be made to the placement of sentence 13?

E. move sentence 13 to follow sentence 14

F. Who was the first rodeo cowgirls? B.While some of the earliest cowgirls were products of the American West, where they learned their skills on a ranch or farm, others came from different backgrounds.C.One had emigrated from Norway, another was a hairdresser from New York, and still another learned to ride horses on a Georgia plantation.D.Attracted by the excitement, glory, and possible financial rewards, this first group of daredevil riders and ropers rose to prominence in the first half of the 1900s.
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G. no revision is necessary

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Correct Answer: E Vote an answer

Question #10

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Sentence 9:Our presenters, Sylvia Rodriguez and Jeffrey Green, who have law degrees from DePaul university, have experience with factory safety and health issues.
Which correction should be made to sentence 9?

A. change law degrees to Law Degrees

B. change Rodriguez to Rodriguez's

C. no correction is necessary

D. change university to University

E. change have to had

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #11

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Making a Budget
(A)

A. fairs, along with gasoline

B. fares, along with gasoline

C. Making a budget is very easy if you no the basic procedure and a few principles.B.First, writing down all your income for one month.C.Income, including your paycheck or other checks from Social Security and the government, means all the money you receive.D.Next, figure out all your regular monthly expenses.E.Rent and utilities are important regular expenses; you should also include expenses for food and medicine you take regularly.(6) You must not forget because they add up, the smaller monthly bills such as payments for credit cards, interest on loans, and insurance.
(B)
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You also should keep track of minor daily expenses because you probably spend more on them than you realize.(8) These includes purchases of such things as sodas, snacks, newspapers, magazines, and candy.(9) Add them up for a week and then multiply the weekly total by the number of weeks in the month to determine the total monthly cost.(10)
Transportation costs, such as bus and subway fairs along with gasoline and tolls, should also be calculated as monthly expenses.
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Finally, it's important to plan as much as possible for special expenses, such as visits to doctors and dentists and repairs to your home or car.(12) Gifts for such events as Christmas and birthdays are other kinds of expenses you can plan for certain months.(13) Other activities, such as celebrating a holiday or taking a vacation, often demand extra spending, too.(14) Some months may also require you according to the season to buy new clothes.(15) By preparing a budget in all these areas, you can figure out how much money you need for each month, this will help you watch your spending and may help you to save for the future. -- Exhibit -Sentence 10:Transportation costs, such as bus and subway fairs, along with gasoline and tolls, should also be calculated as monthly expenses. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

D. fares, along with, gasoline,

E. fairs, along with, gasoline,

F. fairs, along with gasoline,

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Correct Answer: E Vote an answer

Question #12

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Sentences 15 and 16:Please reconsider your position.Support those of us who want to keep our town quiet and local merchants in business.
The most effective combination of sentences 15 and 16 would begin with which group of words?

A. Please reconsider your position but support

B. Supporting us, your position would be reconsidered and

C. To support us, our town should be quiet

D. Please reconsider your position and support

E. Reconsidering your position and to support

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #13

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How to Bake a Sicilian Pizza at Home
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A. replace dough with doe

B. Its almost impossible to bake a Sicilian pizza at home like those pizzas baked in your hometown pizza parlor.B.The reason is that wood-fired brickovens at the pizza parlor generates the intense heat needed to create fine pizza.
(B)

C. change divide to dividing

D. insert you after After

E. Generally, you start with the bread dough, putting on some toppings, and bake the pizza
in the oven.(6) However, you must first preheat the oven to 500 degrees for at least a half an hour.(7) After preheating the oven divide the dough into four equal balls.(8) There are, however, a few specific steps to follow for successfully making a pizza at home (9) Flatten one of the balls and stretch them with your hands into a circle.(10) Next, place the dough on a metal or wooden baking sheet that has been dusted with flour, then coat the dough with tomato sauce and other toppings, including a drizzle of olive oil.(11) Finally, for the best effect, slide the dough from the baking sheet onto the pizza stone.(12) Baking for about 15 minutes until the bottom is cooked and the edges are brown.
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There is other important things to remember as you make your own pizza.(14) Make sure that your dough is soft so that it is easy to work with.(15) Also, to avoid creating a soggy pizza, you should use tomato sauce sparingly.(16) Now you are ready to enjoy a pizza at home that is the equal to that of your favorite pizza parlor.(17) Bon appetit! -- Exhibit -Sentence 7:After preheating the oven divide the dough into four equal balls. Which correction should be made to sentence 7?

F. insert a comma after oven

G. change balls to ball

H. Since the conventional oven at home cannot produce such intense heat, you must use a conventional oven equipped with a pizza stone.D.An oven of this kind preheated for half an hour will make you a very good pizza.
(C)

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