How to pass GED GED-Writing exam with the help of dumps?

Question # 1

-- Exhibit– Sentence 1When I tried contacting your branch office in Tucson, we got a message tellingme that the number was out of service.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. Tucson, we got
B. Tucson, I got
C. Tucson.We got
D. Tucson we got
E. Tucson we were giving

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Question # 2

Sentence I do not wish to accuse anyone and am only concerned with improving conditionsso we works as a team to meet deadlines. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. works
B. can work
C. have worked
D. had worked
E. is working

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Question # 3

-- Exhibit– Sentence 7:Our town will never again enjoy the advantages of being a tightly-knitcommunity.Which correction should be made to sentence 7?

A. replace Our town with They
B. replace Our town with Theirs
C. replace will never with won’t never
D. remove the after enjoy
E. no correction is necessary

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Question # 4

Sentence To us, the problem of discovering materials missing or misfiled is a constantproblem when seeking information for reports.

A. and discovering reports with problems
B. to us and the problem
C. misfiled, missing, and us
D. we misfiled a constant problem
E. we constantly discover missing or misfiled

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Question # 5

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

A. look forward to see
B. is looking forward
C. look forward to have seen
D. looking forward for seeing
E. look forward to seeing

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Question # 6

Sentences 5 and 6:They race through breakfast.Often not eating enough to give them theenergy they need to face the challenges of the day.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of these sentences? If the original isthe best way, choose optionA.

A. breakfast.Often
B. breakfast, often
C. breakfast.They often
D. breakfast and they often
E. breakfast.And they often

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Question # 7

Sentence 10:While they don’t count as places off the beaten track many woodland spacesare preserved within city limits.Which correction should be made to sentence 10?

A. change don’t to doesn’t
B. replace off with for
C. insert a comma after track
D. insert a comma after preserved
E. change limits to limit’s

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Question # 8

-- Exhibit --Making a Budget(A)A. 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 otherchecks 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 regularexpenses; 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 forcredit cards, interest on loans, and insurance.(B)(7) You also should keep track of minor daily expenses because you probably spend moreon 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 theweekly 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, shouldalso be calculated as monthly expenses.(C)(11) Finally, it’s important to plan as much as possible for special expenses, such as visitsto doctors and dentists and repairs to your home or car.(12) Gifts for such events asChristmas 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 extraspending, too.(14) Some months may also require you according to the season to buy newclothes.(15) By preparing a budget in all these areas, you can figure out how much moneyyou need for each month, this will help you watch your spending and may help you to savefor the future.-- Exhibit --Sentence 1Some months may also require you according to the season to buy newclothes.The most effective revision of sentence 14 would begin with which group of words?

A. Buying new clothes, the months
B. According to the season, some months may
C. Some months you may require also new clothes
D. Buying new clothes and requiring the season
E. New clothes, being bought in some months, you

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Question # 9

-- Exhibit– Which is the best way to write sentence 5? If the original is the best way, choose optionA..

A. We couldn’t agree more.
B. Us couldn’t agree more.
C. We couldn’t disagree more.
D. We couldn’t not agree more.
E. We couldn’t agree with anyone.

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Question # 10

Sentence 9:In fact, because gold is so soft, it must be mixed with harder metals to makecrowns jewelry, and other decorations.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. crowns jewelry, and
B. crowns jewelry and
C. crown’s.Jewelry and
D. crowns’ jewelry, and
E. crowns, jewelry, and

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Question # 11

-- Exhibit– Sentence 10:If you have children or pets, one should arrange to have them looked after ifyou want to supervise the move yourself.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. If you have children or pets, one should arrange
B. Having children or having pets, one should arrange
C. If you have children or pets, you should arrange
D. If you have children or pets, one should have arranged
E. To have children or pets, you should arrange

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Question # 12

Sentence 1When we do, we disrupt traffic behind us and leave yourself vulnerable tocollision with a car sitting in our blind spot.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. yourself
B. yourselves
C. ourselves
D. you
E. us

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Question # 13

Sentence 10:Sundays session topic is job interviews. Which correction should be made to sentence 10?

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

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Question # 14

-- Exhibit– Sentence With this mailing, we happy to extend an offer to renew your policy.Which correction should be made to sentence 2?

A. replace With with Because
B. insert are after we
C. replace to extend with by extending
D. replace an with a
E. replace to renew with for to renew

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Question # 15

-- Exhibit --Cowgirls(A)A. Who was the first rodeo cowgirls? B.While some of the earliest cowgirls were productsof the American West, where they learned their skills on a ranch or farm, others came fromdifferent backgrounds.C.One had emigrated from Norway, another was a hairdresser fromNew York, and still another learned to ride horses on a Georgia plantation.D.Attracted bythe excitement, glory, and possible financial rewards, this first group of daredevil riders andropers rose to prominence in the first half of the 1900s.(B)B. Lucille Mulhall and Bertha Kalpernik were two of the first rodeo cowgirls.(6) As ateenager, Mulhall rode and put on a roping exhibition in a public celebration where TeddyRoosevelt was a guest.(7) During a visit to the Mulhall family’s ranch Roosevelt witnessedLucille’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 aspresident of the United States.(9) Kalpernik is believed to be the first cowgirl to ride abucking horse in serious competition.(10) Around 1900, she rode 100 miles from Coloradoto Wyoming to enter the previously all-male rodeo.(11) She won on a horse namedTombstone.(12) She rode him all the way back to Colorado! (13) Roy Rogers named hishorse "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 andcontinued competing in top rodeos held throughout the country.(15) As true pioneers thosewomen 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 1A year later, Kalpernik becomes the star performer in a Wild West show andcontinued competing in top rodeos held throughout the country.Which correction should be made to sentence 14?

A. change becomes to became
B. change continued to has continued
C. change competing to to compete
D. change held to having been held
E. no revision is necessary

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Question # 16

Sentence The lives of many have gotten to the point where they feel as if they are participating in a marathon, their days are crammed with a whirlwind of activities.Which correction should be made to sentence 4?

A. change lives to life’s
B. replace point where with point, where
C. change participating to participated
D. replace marathon, their with marathon.Their
E. replace their with there

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Question # 17

SentenceStarting next Tuesday, October 25, Sunny Park Apartments will be undergoing amajor transformation that will effect the next lease.Which correction should be made to sentence 1?-- Exhibit --

A. insert a comma after Starting
B. remove the comma after Tuesday
C. change will be to has been
D. insert a comma after transformation
E. replace effect with affect

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Question # 18

-- Exhibit– Sentence I am writing to you on behalf of the Galena Arts Academy.Which correction should be made to sentence 1?

A. change am to have been
B. replace to with too
C. replace on behalf with for
D. change Academy to academy
E. no correction is necessary

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Question # 19

-- Exhibit --The Internet(A)A. We use the Internet or hear about it almost daily.B.However, there was a time when theInternet was known to just a network of scientists who used it as a means to communicateresearch information.C.They lived all over the world, the idea of calling on the phone was amajor problem and a major expense.D.Faxing was a problem also if they wanted to keeptheir ideas secret.E.This group of international scientists needed a means to share theirinformation with each other.(B)(6) In 1989, computer scientist Timothy Berners-Lee created a system that enabled an elitegroup of scientists to communicate with one another.(7) The original goal of the scientists isto share information that was number- and text-based.(8) This format was an easyprocedure for the early computers and computer programs to use.(C)(9) Many other people were interested in this"new"exchange of information for a fewreasons.(10) It was much cheaper than a long distance phone call or fax, and it providedsome privacy.(11) Soon, others were experimenting with this new communicationdevice.(12) Eventually, a group of people at the Massachusetts Institute of technologydeveloped the World Wide Web.(D) (13) Changes that are made in computers and the way they communicate with each otherprovide the opportunity for the Web to evolve.(14) This evolution continue to change theway we all communicatewith each other, too.(15) To do more than just communicate today,the Web is used.(16) Its a valuable marketing and selling tool for businesses.(17) Howinteresting to think of the many new ways that this technology shaping our future.-- Exhibit --Sentence They lived all over the world, the idea of calling on the phone was a majorproblem and a major expense.The most effective revision of sentence 3 would begin with which group of words?

A. Since they lived
B. Although they lived
C. When they lived
D. If they lived
E. Unless they lived

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Question # 20

-- Exhibit --Sentence 6:Errors based on misinformation also may result in financial penalties, both forwe and our clients.Which correction should be made to sentence 6?

A. change based to are based
B. insert a comma after misinformation
C. change result to resulting
D. change result to results
E. replace we with us

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Question # 21

Sentence 1Family and social obligations became burdensome.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. became
B. become
C. will become
D. are becoming
E. had become

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Question # 22

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

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

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Question # 23

Sentence 10:Also created many still-life paintings.Which correction should be made to sentence 10?

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

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Question # 24

Sentence 10:On the contrary, this keeps the roots shallow and the grass vulnerable topests and the whether.Which correction should be made to sentence 10?

A. change this keeps to that kept
B. change keeps to keep
C. insert a comma after shallow
D. replace whether with weather
E. no correction is necessary

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Question # 25

Sentence 7:However, they have not effectively implemented this law, and still the garbagepiles up.If you rewrote sentence 7 beginning withHowever, this lawthe next word(s) should be:

A. has
B. implements
C. piles
D. by them
E. effectively

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Question # 26

-- Exhibit– Which revision would improve the effectiveness of this letter?

A. sentence 4
B. sentence 5
C. sentence 7
D. sentence 11
E. sentence 12

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Question # 27

Sentence The new version is both an attractive fireplace, with a glass window and anefficient heating unit.Which correction should be made to sentence 2?

A. change new to knew
B. change is to are
C. remove the comma after fireplace
D. insert a comma after and
E. insert a comma after efficient

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Question # 28

Which revision should be made to sentence 7?

A. remove sentence 7
B. move sentence 7 to the end of paragraph A
C. move sentence 7 to follow sentence 11
D. move sentence 7 to the beginning of paragraph A
E. no correction is necessary

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Question # 29

-- Exhibit --Cowgirls(A)A. Who was the first rodeo cowgirls? B.While some of the earliest cowgirls were productsof the American West, where they learned their skills on a ranch or farm, others came fromdifferent backgrounds.C.One had emigrated from Norway, another was a hairdresser fromNew York, and still another learned to ride horses on a Georgia plantation.D.Attracted bythe excitement, glory, and possible financial rewards, this first group of daredevil riders andropers rose to prominence in the first half of the 1900s.(B)B. Lucille Mulhall and Bertha Kalpernik were two of the first rodeo cowgirls.(6) As ateenager, Mulhall rode and put on a roping exhibition in a public celebration where TeddyRoosevelt was a guest.(7) During a visit to the Mulhall family’s ranch Roosevelt witnessedLucille’s breathtaking ride on an outlaw horse.(8) Impressed by her skill and daring,Roosevelt later inviting Mulhall tolead the inaugural procession when he took office aspresident of the United States.(9) Kalpernik is believed to be the first cowgirl to ride abucking horse in serious competition.(10) Around 1900, she rode 100 miles from Coloradoto Wyoming to enter the previously all-male rodeo.(11) She won on a horse namedTombstone.(12) She rode him all the way back to Colorado! (13) Roy Rogers named hishorse "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 andcontinued competing in top rodeos held throughout the country.(15) As true pioneers thosewomen 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 RodeoCowgirl.Cheyenne:Wyoming Publishing, 1983.-- Exhibit --Sentence 8:Impressed by her skill and daring, Roosevelt later inviting Mulhall to lead theinaugural procession when he took office as president of the United States.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. inviting
B. did invite
C. invites
D. invited
E. will invite

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Question # 30

-- Exhibit --How to Bake a Sicilian Pizza at Home(A)A. Its almost impossible to bake a Sicilian pizza at home like those pizzas baked in yourhometown pizza parlor.B.The reason is that wood-fired brickovens at the pizza parlorgenerates the intense heat needed to create fine pizza.(B)B. Since the conventional oven at home cannot produce such intense heat, you must use aconventional oven equipped with a pizza stone.D.An oven of this kind preheated for half anhour will make you a very good pizza.(C)C. Generally, you start with the bread dough, putting on some toppings, and bake the pizzain the oven.(6) However, you must first preheat the oven to 500 degrees for at least a halfan 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) Flattenone of the balls and stretch them with your hands into a circle.(10) Next, place the doughon a metal or wooden baking sheet that has been dusted with flour, then coat the doughwith tomato sauce and other toppings, including a drizzle of olive oil.(11) Finally, for thebest effect, slide the dough from the baking sheet onto the pizza stone.(12) Baking forabout 15 minutes until the bottom is cooked and the edges are brown.(D)(13) There is other important things to remember as you make your own pizza.(14) Makesure that your dough is soft so that it is easy to work with.(15) Also, to avoid creating asoggy pizza, you should use tomato sauce sparingly.(16) Now you are ready to enjoy apizza at home that is the equal to that of your favorite pizza parlor.(17) Bon appetit!-- Exhibit --Sentence The reason is that wood-fired brick ovens at the pizza parlor generates theintense heat needed to create fine pizza.Which correction should be made to sentence 2?

A. change is to are
B. insert a comma after ovens
C. change generates to generate
D. change needed to needing
E. change create to creates

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Question # 31

-- Exhibit --How to Bake a Sicilian Pizza at Home(A)A. Its almost impossible to bake a Sicilian pizza at home like those pizzas baked in yourhometown pizza parlor.B.The reason is that wood-fired brickovens at the pizza parlorgenerates the intense heat needed to create fine pizza.(B)B. Since the conventional oven at home cannot produce such intense heat, you must use aconventional oven equipped with a pizza stone.D.An oven of this kind preheated for half anhour will make you a very good pizza.(C)C. Generally, you start with the bread dough, putting on some toppings, and bake the pizzain the oven.(6) However, you must first preheat the oven to 500 degrees for at least a halfan 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) Flattenone of the balls and stretch them with your hands into a circle.(10) Next, place the doughon a metal or wooden baking sheet that has been dusted with flour, then coat the doughwith tomato sauce and other toppings, including a drizzle of olive oil.(11) Finally, for thebest effect, slide the dough from the baking sheet onto the pizza stone.(12) Baking forabout 15 minutes until the bottom is cooked and the edges are brown.(D)(13) There is other important things to remember as you make your own pizza.(14) Makesure that your dough is soft so that it is easy to work with.(15) Also, to avoid creating asoggy pizza, you should use tomato sauce sparingly.(16) Now you are ready to enjoy apizza at home that is the equal to that of your favorite pizza parlor.(17) Bon appetit!-- Exhibit --Sentence 1Baking for about 15 minutes until the bottom is cooked and the edges arebrown.Which correction should be made to sentence 12?

A. change Baking to Bake
B. insert a comma after minutes
C. change cooked to cooking
D. change are to is
E. no correction is necessary

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Question # 32

-- Exhibit– Sentence I am amazed you would support the city councils plan to widen Sycamore Streetand turn it into a highway, a plan that will lead to much unhappiness and bear muchcriticism.Which correction should be made to sentence 4?

A. change councils to council’s
B. insert a comma after Street
C. remove the comma after highway
D. replace lead with led
E. no correction is necessary

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Question # 33

-- Exhibit --Making a Budget(A)A. 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 otherchecks 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 importantregularexpenses; you should also include expenses for food and medicine you takeregularly.(6) You must not forget because they add up, the smaller monthly bills such aspayments for credit cards, interest on loans, and insurance.(B)(7) You also should keep track of minor daily expenses because you probably spend moreon 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 theweekly 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, shouldalso be calculated as monthly expenses.(C)(11) Finally, it’s important to plan as much as possible for special expenses, such as visitsto doctors and dentists and repairs to your home or car.(12) Gifts for such events asChristmas 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 extraspending, too.(14) Some months may also require you according to the season to buy newclothes.(15) By preparing a budget in all these areas, you can figure out how much moneyyou need for each month, this will help you watch your spending and may help you to savefor the future.-- Exhibit --Sentence 1By preparing a budget in all these areas, you can figure out how much moneyyou need for each month, this will help you watch your spending and may help you to savefor the future.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. month, this will help
B. month, moreover, this will help
C. month, helping
D. month.This will help
E. month.By helping

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Question # 34

-- Exhibit ---- Exhibit --Sentence 2Ms.Ciofreddi and me think that it is up to all of us to work together to addressthis policy.Which correction should be made to sentence 21?

A. insert a comma after Ciofreddi
B. insert a comma after me
C. change me to I
D. change us to them
E. no correction is necessary

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Question # 35

-- Exhibit – Sentence 7:Dealing with your company’s needs we are most flexible.The most effective revision of sentence 7 should begin with which group of words?

A. With dealing your company’s
B. Your company’s needs dealing with
C. Needs we are most flexible dealing with
D. We are most flexible in dealing with
E. Most flexible we are dealing with

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Question # 36

-- Exhibit --Sentence 16:In addition, we recommend that bone meal, a phosphorus-rich preparation beadded to the mix.Which correction should be made to sentence 16?

A. change recommend to recommended
B. remove the comma after meal
C. insert a comma after preparation
D. replace added with aided
E. no correction is necessary

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Question # 37

-- Exhibit– Sentence As you know, Montgomery is home to many artists and who volunteer their timeto work at the Galena Arts Academy with the children as a part of the city-wide VolunteerArtists’ Program.Which correction should be made to sentence 2?

A. remove the comma after know
B. remove and after artists
C. replace who with which
D. insert a comma after children
E. replace a part with apart

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Question # 38

-- Exhibit --Comics:A Window on Life(A) A. When I was a child.B.A clergyman said that he read the comic strips in the daily paperevery day.C.This amazed me because I believed that comics was for the young.D.I thoughtadults considered comics juvenile.E."But no,"he said."Comic strips can give you an insightinto the human condition the way people think and behave." (6) Today, most would agreethat he will be right.(7) The wide range of topics treated in the daily comic strips doesn’tmiss much about how people live their lives.(B)(8) A popular comic strip subject is family life.(9) Strips on the family range from stay-athomeparenting with all its joys and trials to when the kids went to a restaurant with all thethings that can go wrong there.(10) Some strips deal with sibling relationships.(11) Othersexplore adolescence and the stresses of children becoming more independent.(12) Thehumorous look at the role of husbands and wives in the family also makes for interestingreading.(C)(13) Pets have been playing an important role in comic strips.(14) Sometimes they aresecondary to the human characters, the family dog, or rabbit, but sometimes it is the wholepoint of the strip.(15) Who can resist a cynical self-centered cat or a lolloping, brainlessdog, especially if it gets the better of the humans?(D)(16) Comic strips allow people to laugh at themselves and their very human failings.(17) Alittle light is brought into our lives by them for a brief moment each day.(18) They are alsoabarometer of popular culture, telling what the social trends are and how some peopleregard them.(19) If the comic strips suddenly disappeared from the newspapers, societywould lose a valuable piece of its culture.-- Exhibit --Sentence 17:A little light is brought into our lives by them for a brief moment each day.If you rewrote sentence 17 beginning withThey bringthe next words should be:

A. a little
B. lives by
C. each day
D. them into
E. brief day

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Question # 39

-- Exhibit– Sentences 11 and 1Although he painted all kinds of flowers.He is usually associated withhis paintings of sunflowers.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of these sentences? If the original isthe best way, choose optionA.

A. flowers.He is usually associated
B. flowers, he is usually associated
C. flowers, but he is usually associated
D. flowers, and he is usually associated
E. flowers, being associated

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Question # 40

Sentence 9:A sturdy pare of hiking boots and a compass will take you to many places awayfrom urban streets where you can enjoy the feeling of being outdoors.Which correction should be made to sentence 9?

A. replace pare with pair
B. replace boots and with boots, and
C. change will take to took
D. change you can to one can
E. change being to having been

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Question # 41

-- Exhibit– Sentence 1We would be honored by you’re presence.Which correction should be made to sentence 14?

A. change We to They
B. change be to have been
C. insert a comma after honored
D. replace you’re with your
E. replace presence with presents

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Question # 42

-- Exhibit– Sentence By investing in just one weekend you will have the background knowledge thatwill give you lifelong skills.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. weekend you will have
B. weekend you, will have
C. weekend, you, will have
D. weekend, you will have
E. weekend you will be having

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Question # 43

-- Exhibit– Sentence 9:Thus, they forget all about the vehicles they have past, while vehicles that passthem stay conspicuous.Which correction should be made to sentence 9?

A. change they to we
B. change forget to forgot
C. replace past with passed
D. change past, while to past.While
E. change stay to stays

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Question # 44

Sentence 8:The construction superintendent estimating that it will take a month to completethe 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 thebest way, choose optionA.

A. estimating
B. estimates
C. to estimate
D. has been estimating
E. estimate

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Question # 45

-- Exhibit– -- Exhibit --Sentence Also, we would make the space available for community events.Which revision should be made to the placement of sentence 4?

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

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Question # 46

Sentence Unfortunately, what went up do not always come back down, with the result that Mount Everest has a major trash problem today.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. do not always come
B. do not always came
C. do not always have come down
D. don’t always come
E. did not always come

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Question # 47

-- Exhibit --Comics:A Window on Life(A)A. When I was a child.B.A clergyman said that he read the comic strips in the daily paperevery day.C.This amazed me because I believed that comics was for the young.D.I thoughtadults considered comics juvenile.E."But no,"he said."Comic strips can give you an insightinto the human condition the way people think and behave." (6) Today, most would agreethat he will be right.(7) The wide range of topics treated in the daily comic strips doesn’tmiss much about how people live their lives.(B)(8) A popular comic strip subject is family life.(9) Strips on the family range from stay-athomeparenting with all its joys and trials to when the kids went to a restaurant with all thethings that can go wrong there.(10) Some strips deal with sibling relationships.(11) Othersexplore adolescence and the stresses of children becoming more independent.(12) Thehumorous look at the role of husbands and wives in the family also makes for interestingreading.(C)(13) Pets have been playing an important role in comic strips.(14) Sometimes they aresecondary to the human characters, the family dog, or rabbit, but sometimes it is the wholepoint of the strip.(15) Who can resist a cynical self-centered cat or a lolloping, brainlessdog, especially if it gets the better of the humans?(D)(16) Comic strips allow people to laugh at themselves and their very human failings.(17) Alittle light is brought into our lives by them for a brief moment each day.(18) They are also abarometer of popular culture, telling what the social trends are and how some peopleregard them.(19) If the comic strips suddenly disappeared from the newspapers, societywould lose a valuable piece of its culture.-- Exhibit -- Sentence 1 Sometimes they are secondary to the human characters, the family dog, orrabbit, but sometimes it is the whole point of the strip.Which correction should be made to sentence 14?

A. change they are to they were
B. remove the comma after characters
C. replace it is with they are
D. replace whole with hole
E. no correction is necessary

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Question # 48

-- Exhibit --Ethnic Architecture(A)A. Here is a question that is not as silly as it sound:Have you ever wondered why housesare shaped the way they are? B.Bringing with them many different ideas about how to builda house, settlers from around the world have come to the United States for centuries.(B)B. Many of us today take for granted certain features of a house and forget that someonehad to invent them.D.The veranda, a covered porch that wraps around the front of manysouthern houses is probably an adaptation of overhanging roofs found all over theworld.E.In addition to the veranda, the South is known for its cooking and its hospitality.(6)Long ago, home builders responded to hot, humid climates by making the cooling shade ofa porch a common feature of houses in such places as West Africa, Asia, and theMediterranean area.(C)(7) For instance, French settlers in New Orleans tried to put the frames of their homesdirectly on the ground as they had done in France; however, the heat, humidity, andabundant rainfall caused the homes to rot within a few years.(8) The settlers learned alesson by observing the West Indian Creoles, which built raised houses with many doorsand windows to keep cool.(D)(9) Some settlers, like those from Germany, held on to their old building methods eventhough such methods were no longer necessary.(10) Because of a shortage of wood insome parts of Germany, builders had constructed half-timber houses; they used clay orbrick to save wood.(11) When German immigrants settled in Wisconsin where wood wasabundant, they still built their familiar half-timber homes.(12) European peasants and theiranimals once shared a shelter called a "house-barn," which allowed immediate care for theanimals during harsh whether.(13) Today’s covered breezeways serve a related purpose ofprotecting people who need to go to their"car barns,"or garages.(E)(14) No matter which country settlers started from, they brought home-buildingtraditions.(15) Some they changed to adapt to their new land, some they abandoned,andsome their descendants still use today.-- Exhibit --Sentence In addition to the veranda, the South is known for its cooking and its hospitality. Which revision should be made to the placement of sentence 5?

A. remove sentence 5
B. move sentence 5 to follow sentence 2
C. move sentence 5 to follow sentence 3
D. move sentence 5 to follow sentence 6
E. no revision is necessary

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Question # 49

-- Exhibit– Sentence Be sure to review these documents, file them away for safekeeping.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. documents, file
B. documents.To file
C. documents, so file
D. documents and then file
E. documents, but file

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Question # 50

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

A. had been placed
B. placed
C. placing
D. may be placed
E. may be placing

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Question # 51

-- Exhibit– Sentence The legal files in the first floor storage area are usually not in order, they containobsolete material that can lead us to produce inaccurate reports.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. in order, they contain
B. in order, but they contain
C. in order and contain
D. in order and to contain
E. in order.Contain

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Question # 52

Sentence 10:Furthermore, in almost 90 percent of the CO calls reported to utilities and firedepartments 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 thebest way, choose optionA.

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

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Question # 53

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

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

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Question # 54

-- Exhibit --Ethnic Architecture(A)A. Here is a question that is not as silly as it sound:Have you ever wondered why housesare shaped the way they are? B.Bringing with them many different ideas about how to builda house, settlers from around the world have come to the United States for centuries.(B)B. Many of us today take for granted certain features of a house and forget that someonehad to invent them.D.The veranda, a covered porch that wraps around the front of manysouthern houses is probably an adaptation of overhanging roofs found all over theworld.E.In addition to the veranda, the South is known for its cooking and its hospitality.(6)Long ago, home builders responded to hot, humid climates by making the cooling shade ofa porch a common feature of houses in such places as West Africa, Asia, and theMediterranean area.(C)(7) For instance, French settlers in New Orleans tried to put the frames of their homesdirectly on the ground as they had done in France; however, the heat, humidity, andabundant rainfall caused the homes to rot within a few years.(8) The settlers learned alesson by observing the West Indian Creoles, which built raised houses with many doorsand windows to keep cool.(D)(9) Some settlers, like those from Germany, held on to their old building methods eventhough such methods were no longer necessary.(10) Because of a shortage of wood insome parts of Germany, builders had constructed half-timber houses; they used clay orbrick to save wood.(11) When German immigrants settled in Wisconsin where wood wasabundant, they still built their familiar half-timber homes.(12) European peasants and theiranimals once shared a shelter called a "house-barn," which allowed immediate care for theanimals during harsh whether.(13) Today’s covered breezeways serve a related purpose ofprotecting people who need to go to their"car barns,"or garages.(E)(14) No matter which country settlers started from, they brought home-buildingtraditions.(15) Some they changed to adapt to their new land, some they abandoned,andsome their descendants still use today. -- Exhibit --Sentence 8:The settlers learned a lesson by observing the West Indian Creoles, which builtraised houses with many doors and windows to keep cool.Which correction should be made to sentence 8?

A. replace lesson with lessen
B. remove the comma after Creoles
C. replace which with who
D. insert a comma after lesson
E. insert a comma after houses

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Question # 55

-- Exhibit– Sentence 16:Visit our web site at www.quicksilver.com, to learn more about our specializedservices and volume discount rates.Which correction should be made to sentence 16?

A. replace site with cite
B. remove the comma after www.quicksilver.com
C. change specialized to specialize
D. insert a comma after specialized
E. insert a comma after services

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Question # 56

-- Exhibit– Sentence 16:Visit our web site at www.quicksilver.com, to learn more about our specializedservices and volume discount rates.Which correction should be made to sentence 16?

A. replace site with cite
B. remove the comma after www.quicksilver.com
C. change specialized to specialize
D. insert a comma after specialized
E. insert a comma after services

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Question # 57

Sentence 10:Twin Treasures Resort have the look and feel of a classic mountain lodge, butwith the convenience and amenities of a modern hotel. Which correction should be made to sentence 10?

A. change have to has
B. insert a comma after look
C. change look to looks
D. change feel to feels
E. insert a comma after amenities

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Question # 58

-- Exhibit– Sentence 6:It will change the quality of life in Medford with the proposed shopping mall.

A. it will change
B. will change
C. had changed
D. the quality
E. life in Medford

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Question # 59

Sentence 1People who feel that they have been missing out on things because of their hectic pace needs to stop and assess the quality of their lives.Which correction should be made to sentence 14?

A. change feel to felt
B. replace feel that with feel, that
C. change missing to missed
D. replace pace needs with pace, needs
E. change needs to need

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Question # 60

Sentence 8:Persons exposed to CO may complain of dizziness, headache, nausea, sleepiness, and similar flu-like symptoms.Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is thebest way, choose optionA.

A. dizziness, headache, nausea
B. dizziness and headache and nausea and
C. dizziness headache and nausea
D. dizziness, headache nausea
E. dizziness headache, nausea

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