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Question 1

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Sentence 1Keep several of the dishes refrigerated until they is needed.

What correction should be made to sentence 15?

Options:

A.

change Keep to Keeping

B.

change Keep to To keep

C.

replace they with it

D.

change is to are

E.

change is needed to needed

Question 2

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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?

Options:

A.

Supporting us, your position would be reconsidered and

B.

To support us, our town should be quiet

C.

Reconsidering your position and to support

D.

Please reconsider your position and support

E.

Please reconsider your position but support

Question 3

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Sentence 7:Your scrubbing brush dishcloth, and sponge are the principal threats.

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

Your scrubbing brush dishcloth,

B.

Your scrubbing, brush dishcloth,

C.

Your scrubbing brush, dishcloth,

D.

You’re scrubbing brush, dishcloth,

E.

You’re scrubbing brush dishcloth,

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.

Options:

A.

to low to affect

B.

to low to effect

C.

to low, to affect

D.

too low to effect

E.

too low to affect

Question 5

Sentence 1With the fireplace sealed, the temperature rises quick.

Which correction should be made to sentence 15?

Options:

A.

insert is after fireplace

B.

remove the comma after sealed

C.

change rises to rose

D.

change rises to is rising

E.

change quick to quickly

Question 6

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Sentence 1Do we want to loose our local shoe, clothing, and variety stores?

Which correction should be made to sentence 12?

Options:

A.

change Do to Does

B.

replace Do we want with Have we wanted

C.

replace loose with lose

D.

replace loose with lost

E.

replace clothing, and variety with clothing, variety

Question 7

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Sentence 7:Many times when I sign in after hours, fails he does to give me a pass slip that I need to use when I leave the building.

Which correction should be made to sentence 7?

Options:

A.

remove when

B.

change hours, fails to hours.Fails

C.

replace fails he does with he fails

D.

replace slip, that I with slip.I

E.

change use when to use.When

Question 8

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Which sentence would be most effective if inserted at the beginning of paragraph D?

Options:

A.

Food is a problem, and there are more problems

B.

Be quiet, and don’t talk so loud.

C.

Finally, we need to discuss phone etiquette in the workstation

D.

There are many other problems that we need to discuss

E.

Think about safety issues, health issues, and general etiquette at the office

Question 9

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Sentence 10:Also created many still-life paintings.

Which correction should be made to sentence 10?

Options:

A.

replace Also with He also

B.

insert a comma after Also

C.

insert had after Also

D.

change life to lives

E.

change paintings to paints

Question 10

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Sentence 1As an employee, any organization would be proud to have someone like her.

Options:

A.

proud to have the type of person

B.

an employee that would be proud

C.

any organization of the type of person

D.

someone whom any organization

E.

as an employee, proud

Question 11

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Sentence 10:The seedlings are later transported by truck to a local distribution center for delivery to your home.

Which correction should be made to sentence 10?

Options:

A.

replace later with latter

B.

replace local with locale

C.

change distribution center to Distribution Center

D.

insert a comma after center

E.

no correction is necessary

Question 12

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Sentence 8:The next step is to prepare the walls, any nail holes should be filled with spackle.

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

walls, any nail

B.

walls, but any nail

C.

walls.Any nail

D.

walls any nail

E.

walls yet any nail

Question 13

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Sentence 20:If we continue to receive complaints regarding inappropriate workstation behavior, management, will have to find a better means of controlling the situation.

Which correction should be made to sentence 20?.

Options:

A.

insert a comma after complaints

B.

remove the comma after behavior

C.

remove the comma after management

D.

change will have to could have

E.

change of controlling to to controlling

Question 14

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Which revision would improve the effectiveness of paragraph A?

Options:

A.

remove sentence 4

B.

begin a new paragraph with sentence 5

C.

begin a new paragraph with sentence 6

D.

move sentence 9 to follow sentence 10

E.

no revision is necessary

Question 15

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Which sentence would be most effective if inserted at the beginning of paragraph D?

Options:

A.

Libraries have books, and many libraries belong to law offices.

B.

When addressing problems in a library, you may or may not have problems with filing.

C.

In a reference library, which contains informational books, some of them may be about law.

D.

Libraries are interesting places to visit.

E.

In addition to our filing problems, we should also address difficulties associated with our reference library.

Question 16

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Sentence 8:The construction superintendent estimating that it will take a month to complete the garage addition, which will provide 30 new parking spaces.

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

estimating

B.

estimates

C.

to estimate

D.

has been estimating

E.

estimate

Question 17

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Sentence 9:It’s important to keep the refrigerators temperature at 39 degrees and to refrigerate hot foods within two hours of cooking.

Which correction should be made to sentence 9?

Options:

A.

replace It’s with Its

B.

change keep to kept

C.

replace refrigerators with refrigerator’s

D.

insert a comma after refrigerate

E.

insert a comma after hours

Question 18

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Sentence 7:We buy our burlap from a regional manufacturer located several miles from the nursery.

Which revision should be made to the placement of sentence 7?

Options:

A.

remove sentence 7

B.

begin a new paragraph with sentence 7

C.

move sentence 7 to follow sentence 5

D.

move sentence 7 to follow sentence 8

E.

move sentence 7 to the end of paragraph A

Question 19

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Sentence 1Please respond to this letter at one’s earliest convenience so that the necessary arrangements can be made.

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

one’s earliest

B.

once earliest

C.

our earliest

D.

your earliest

E.

one’s early

Question 20

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Sentence Also, we would make the space available for community events.

Which revision should be made to the placement of sentence 4?

Options:

A.

remove sentence 4

B.

move sentence 4 to follow sentence 2

C.

move sentence 4 to the end of paragraph A

D.

move sentence 4 to the beginning of paragraph B

E.

no revision is necessary

Question 21

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Sentence 1When they return home at night, they are frequently to tired to do more than eat dinner and sit in front of the television set.

Which correction should be made to sentence 11?

Options:

A.

replace night, they with night they

B.

replace to tired with too tired

C.

change to do to to have done

D.

change sit to sitting

E.

no correction is necessary

Question 22

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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?

Options:

A.

replace When with You are

B.

insert a comma after light

C.

remove the comma after sign

D.

replace now with begin

E.

change sooner to soon

Question 23

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Sentences 1 and I use your offices at 14 Wall St.three or four days a week.I use both during office hours and after office hours.

The most effective combination of sentences 1 and 2 would include which group of words?

Options:

A.

week, I use them

B.

week, to use them I

C.

week, for them both

D.

week, hours of both

E.

week, both during

Question 24

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Sentence I responded that I do not deal with such appeals by phone abruptly, but only by mail—and hung up.

Which correction should be made to sentence 3?

Options:

A.

change do not deal to did not deal

B.

move abruptly to follow responded

C.

remove the comma after abruptly

D.

remove but

E.

no correction is necessary

Question 25

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Sentence 9:Traffic lights may be synchronized, so if you continued steadily, you may sail through several green lights.

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

continued

B.

were continuing

C.

had continued

D.

must have continuing

E.

continue

Question 26

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Sentence 10:Sundays session topic is job interviews.

Which correction should be made to sentence 10?

Options:

A.

change Sundays to Sunday’s

B.

change session to sessions

C.

insert a comma after topic

D.

change is to are

E.

no correction is necessary

Question 27

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Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

feel this way you are

B.

felt this way.You are

C.

feel this way, you are

D.

feel this way you were

E.

feel this, way you are

Question 28

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Sentence 1The holes should be at least three feet in diameter and two to two-and-a-half feet deep, which you can dig.

Options:

A.

three feet

B.

the holes that

C.

which should be

D.

should be at least

E.

the holes should be

Question 29

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Sentence Recently our department processed your income tax return for last year and determined that a refund of $6055.40 were owed to you.

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

were owed to you

B.

you was owed

C.

was owed to you

D.

should of been owed to you

E.

will have been owed to you

Question 30

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Sentence 8:We will no longer be a place where all of the residents knew the business owners personally.

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

knew

B.

had known

C.

would have known

D.

know

E.

were knowing

Question 31

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Sentence 1Each of these installment payments require a payment fee of $3.50.

Which correction should be made to sentence 13?

Options:

A.

replace Each with Each and every single one

B.

change these to them

C.

replace payments require with payment require

D.

change payments to payment

E.

change require to requires

Question 32

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Sentence 10:Many of our local businesses are already struggling to survive, this plan may put those places out of business altogether.

Which correction should be made to sentence 10?

Options:

A.

change are to is

B.

insert and after survive,

C.

remove the comma after survive

D.

replace this with the

E.

replace this with whose

Question 33

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Sentence 1Family and social obligations became burdensome.

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

became

B.

become

C.

will become

D.

are becoming

E.

had become

Question 34

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

smell

B.

smells

C.

smelled

D.

is smelled

E.

is smelling

Question 35

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Sentence 1Are the people of Medford ready to see Marvin’s Hardware, whose owners have been in the same location for more than seventy-five years, dessert its location forever?

Which correction should be made to sentence 11?

Options:

A.

remove the comma after Hardware,

B.

replace whose with who’s

C.

replace dessert with desert

D.

replace its with it’s

E.

no correction is necessary

Question 36

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Sentence 1You should also have a good supply of manure or compost to mix with the soil, and these materials should be included with the soil when you pack the soil around the root ball.

The most effective revision of sentence 15 would begin with which group of words?

Options:

A.

When packing the soil around the root ball, you should

B.

Packing the soil, the root ball

C.

The manure, the compost, the root ball, and packing

D.

Supplying the manure or compost, the root ball should

E.

Pack the soil and include a root ball

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