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LEARNINGEXPRESS SKILL BUILDERS PRACTICE
501GrammarandWriting Questions
For more material and information, ... students to learn or review
basic writing skills. Practice on 501grammarandwritingquestions should go a long way in
alleviating writing anxiety, too!
For more material and information, please visit ... Century Grammar Handbook by Joseph Holland and Barbara Ann Kipfer (Princeton
Language Institute)
Grammar Smart: A Guide to Perfect Usage by Nell Goddin and Erik Palma (Villard Books)
Actiongrammar:...
... recognize all types of writing errors. These sets consist
of paragraphs with numbered parts, followed by two, three, or four questions. The questions
focus not only on grammarand structure, but ... organization, and
effective transitions between sentences. These questions ask you to look at various types of
writing and to make decisions about the most effective way to edit and revise.
For ... clearer?
a. Place Part 5 after Part 1.
b. Reverse Parts 3 and 5.
c. Reverse the order of Parts 4 and 5.
d. Delete Part 2.
Answer questions 369 and 370 on the basis of the following passage.
(1) In...
... long-sleeved
shirts and pants, and insect repellent are recommended in the summer.
(7) Walking and canoe trails, boat tours, and tram tours are excellent for viewing wildlife,
including alligators and a multitude ... bitter, biting wind
that whistled and sang over the flat land and lashed one's face like fine wires. (2) There was
baking going on in the Rosicky kitchen all day, and Rosicky sat inside, making ... parts contains a nonstandard use of a preposition?
a. Part 1
b. Part 2
c. Part 8
d. Part 10
Answer questions 418 and 419 on the basis of the following passage.
(1) Understand that your boss has...
... Ages and served as a break from the requirements of daily life and society. (6) Most of
all, it allowed the hard-working and desperately poor serfs the opportunity to ridicule their
wealthy and ... look, and in captivity, when a researcher slips a hand into the tanks, cuttlefish tend to
grasp it with their tentacles in a hearty but gentle handshake.
b. The cuttlefish can be cooked and eaten ... same age (as well as same sex and race), preventing violence among and against adolescents
is a twofold challenge. (4) Adolescents are at risk of being both victims and perpetrators of
violence....
... peeling paint,
cracked plaster, and smoke emissions; by feeling walls and floors with the back of the hand; by
listening for popping, cracking, and hissing sounds; and by using electronic sensors ... would improve discipline and build a strong sense of community and
identity. On the other hand, opponents believe that uniforms limit students' freedom of
expression and their development as ... final section provide 26 essay -writing topics. These topics are representative of
the kinds of writing prompts that you might find on an essay -writing test. As you plan and write
practice essays,...
... 6
Essay Questions
115
Answers 123
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501GrammarandWriting Questions
For ... F. Olson (LearningExpress)
21st Century Grammar Handbook by Joseph Holland and Barbara Ann Kipfer (Princeton
Language Institute)
Grammar Smart: A Guide to Perfect Usage by Nell Goddin and Erik ... The 501grammarandwritingquestions in this book will provide you with lots of practice.
As you work through each set of questions, you'll be gaining a solid understanding of basic
grammar...
... Oregon.
e. correct as is
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39. a. Don't stand in my way.
b. Cecilia and I fought our way through the crowd.
c. ... material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org
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SET 5 (Answers begin on page 125.)
Questions 54–57 are based on the following passage. First read the passage, and ... capitalization and punctuation for each underlined part.
Madam Helena P. 54) Blavatsky born in Russia on May 8, 1831, claimed to have psychic powers
and to be capable of performing feats of clairvoyance and...
... supply and demand determines the
price of a commodity.
a. between supply and demand determines
b. among supply and demand determines
c. among supply and demand determine
d. between supply and demand ... correct as it is
61. a. malfunctioned, and my
b. malfunctioned: and my
c. malfunctioned? And my
d. malfunctioned and, my
e. correct as it is
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d. fewer
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Section 2—
Grammar
The following sets deal with basic grammarand usage: using correct verb...
... 1981.
a. she
b. and
c. but
d. was
187. __________the Beatles' most popular songs—most of which were written by Lennon and
McCartney—are "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "Hey, ... mistakes.
157. a. David and Mickey danced in the street
b. Here is the photographs I wanted to show you.
c. My grandfather owns a 1967 Mustang.
d. No mistakes.
For more material and information, please ... structure are unclear and
ambiguous; often they just don't make sense. In the following sets, you will practice identifying
and correcting sentences with structural problems and sentences that...
... between Andre and Robert began when he and his family moved to Ohio.
a. The friendship between Andre and Robert began when he and his
b. Andre and Robert's friendship began when he and his
c. ... his
c. The friendship among the two boys began when he and his
d. The friendship between Andre and Robert began when Robert and his
e. Andre and Robert's friendship began when their
212. Most ... doorway
and began to beg.
a. meal, and after we had eaten, the dog
b. meal, and after we had eaten the dog
c. meal and after we had eaten, the dog,
d. meal; and, after we had eaten, the dog
e. meal and...
... politely. His expression was bewildered.
a. Nodding politely, the man's expression was bewildered.
b. The man nodded politely his expression was bewildered.
c. The man nodded politely, his expression ... Georgia, and the travel systems.
274. Plato believed that boys and girls should be given an equal education. This idea is rarely
mentioned in textbooks.
a. Plato believed that boys and girls ... hall. Art can be found in the expressive
behavior of ordinary people, as well.
a. Art can be found not only in the museum or concert hall, and it can be found in the
expressive behavior of ordinary...
... true relationship between ethics and the law.
b. Ethics and the law having no true relationship.
c. Between ethics and the law, no true relationship.
d. Ethics and the law is no true relationship.
289. ... lots of good reasons to work for the Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS): interesting and diverse work, good benefits, job security, and more.
a. The INS inspects aliens to determine ... spices for profit and, in searching, have changed the course of history
Indeed, to gain control of lands harboring new spices, nations have actually gone to war.
301. a. The taste and aroma of spices...
... mysterious and complex object on earth. 2) It has created
poetry and music, planned and executed horrific wars, devised intricate scientific theories. 3) It
thinks and dreams, plots and schemes, and ... sails, bearing Grandma back to a life
as exotic to me as the deserts of Egypt. 4) When Grandma's visit was over, we'd take her down to
the Greyhound station and watch her hand her ticket ... first to the heart and only second to the intellect. 2) It should, in
Isaac Singer's words, "be both clear and profound," and it should also entertain. 3) Many fine
writing programs...