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1. The only acceptable way to divide words at the end of a line is ________.
a. to let the computer decide
b. before the last three letters
c. between syllables
d. after the first three letters
2. Never divide ________.
a. the last word on a page
b. a word with fewer than five letters
c. a word containing an apostrophe
d. All of the above.
3. A ________ is always placed after a closing quotation mark.
a. semicolon or comma
b. semicolon or colon
c. period or question mark
d. period or comma
4. Identify the correct sentence.
a. The Joneses’ factories’ are all over the world.
b. The Joneses factory’s are all over the world.
c. The Joneses’ factories are all over the world.
d. The Jonese’s factories are all over the world.
5. Identify the correct sentence.
a. Wilma does’nt have too much trouble distinguishing between “their, there, and theyre.”
b. Wilma doesn’t have to much trouble distinguishing between their, there, and they’re.
c. Wilma doesn’t have too much trouble distinguishing between their, there, and they’re.
d. None of the above.
6. Identify the correct sentence.
a. Have you read William Blake’s poem “London” from Songs of Innocence and Experience?
b. Have you read William Blake’s poem “london” from Songs of Innocence and Experience?
c. Have you read William Blake’s poem London from Songs of Innocence and Experience?
d. Have you read William Blake’s poem “London” from “Songs of Innocence and
Experience”?
7. Identify the correct sentence.
a. In order to assess you’re level of improvement in the course, you need to take both the pretest and the post-test.
b. In order to assess your level of improvement in the course, you need to take both the pretest and the post-test.
c. In order to assess your level of improvement in the course, you need to take both the
pretest and the posttest.
d. In order to assess your level of improvement in the course, you need to take both the pre
test and the post test.
8. Identify the correct sentence.
a. The mother took her three-year-old daughter to the zoo to see the monkeys.
b. The mother took her three year old daughter to the zoo to see the monkeys.
c. The little girl was only three-years-old when she saw the monkeys at the zoo.
d. None of the above.
9. Identify the correct sentence.
a. My friend Arlene called and asked me “if I would pick her up when her car broke down on
the highway?”
b. My friend Arlene called and asked me “if I would pick her up” when her car broke down on
the highway.
c. My friend Arlene called and said, “My car broke down on the highway. Can you pick me
up?”
d. My friend Arlene called asking “My car broke down on the highway. Can you pick me up”?
10. An appeals court ordered the money returned, however, the IRS didn’t comply.
a. properly constructed sentence
b. misplaced part
c. lacks parallel parts
d. dangler
e. comma splice
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