Question: Which of the following sentences correctly uses subject-verb agreement?
Answer Choices: Statistics are an interesting subject. However, statistics is often misleading.
Statistics is an interesting subject. However, statistics are often misleading.
Statistics is an interesting subject. However, statistics is often misleading.
Statistics are an interesting subject. However, statistics are often misleading.
Answer: Statistics is an interesting subject. However, statistics is often misleading.
Question: “The skies are clear, and I predict no rain in the ___ future.”
Answer Choices: forseeable; forseeable; forseeible; forseeable
Answer: foreseeable
Question: Which of the following is an example of second-person narrative voice?
Answer Choices: You go to the window…; We are planning a trip…; She won first place…; I wanted to visit…
Answer: You go to the window because someone is knocking insistently on the front door.
Question: Which of the following transitional expressions should a student use to compare two ideas?
Answer Choices: Therefore; For instance; Likewise; In addition
Answer: Likewise
Question: According to the prefix “inter-,” which phrase defines “interplanetary”?
Answer Choices: Beyond planets; Above a planet; Around a planet; Between planets
Answer: Between planets
Question: Which of the following sentences contains formal language?
Answer Choices: Be on lookout for pick-pockets; I didn’t want to tell…; The blue-footed booby is a magnificent specimen; If you can’t take the heat…
Answer: The blue-footed booby is a magnificent specimen.
Question: Which of the following options is correctly punctuated?
Answer Choices: The runaway truck, which had been parked on a steep hill swerved and teetered, before jumping a curb and slamming into a tree.
The runaway truck which had been parked on a steep hill swerved, and teetered before jumping a curb and slamming into a tree.
The runaway truck, which had been parked on a steep hill, swerved and teetered before jumping a curb and slamming into a tree.
The runaway truck which had been parked on a steep hill swerved and teetered before jumping a curb, and slamming into a tree.
Answer: The runaway truck, which had been parked on a steep hill, swerved and teetered before jumping a curb and slamming into a tree.
Question: Which of the following best describes the peer review process?
Answer Choices: It requires time and attention to complete; Incomplete drafts are typically submitted for the process; All comments from peer reviewers should be implemented; Teamwork among participants is not required
Answer: It requires time and attention to complete.
Question: Wow, that was a fast car! Which of the following parts of speech is the word “Wow”?
Answer Choices: Conjunction; Adverb; Interjection; Preposition
Answer: Interjection
Question: Which contraction should correct “whose in charge”?
Answer Choices: they’re; who’s; it’s; you’re
Answer: who’s
Question: Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
Answer Choices: The ladies’s hats were all purple; they looked so pretty.
The strong heavyset fighter won his first fight, and he was featured in the newspaper.
We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful.
The horse rode to our house…
Answer: We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful.