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Grammar
Quiz by Yaboi beefy
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Some Add/Delete/Revise questions will ask you to identify the information that best _________ or _______ a given paragraph. (1)
changes / completes
reorganizes / modifies
deletes / revises
begins / concludes
___ _______ information will virtually always be presented at the ________ of the passage. (1)
Big-picture / beginning
Most relevant / middle
All conclusionary / end
All correct / beginning
Some Add/Delete/Revise questions will ask you to identify the information that best _________ or _______ a given paragraph. (1)
___ _______ information will virtually always be presented at the ________ of the passage. (1)
When you encounter a sentence order question, you should first determine the ______ of the sentence in question. (2)
You do not need two reread the entire passage to determine whether the existing placement of a paragraph is correct. Rather a ___ ___ places will usually give you all the _____ information. (2)
Notice the ______ ______. You should be suspicious of this type of phrasing because graphs will often reveal ________ to ________ trends. (3)
How many more murders were in 2019 than 2018? (3)
In a passive construction, the subject and the _______ are flipped. X does Y (active) becomes __ is done by __ ( passive). (4)
Numerous adaptations make the polar bear uniquely suited to life [in and around] icy habitats. (4)
Affect - verb meaning "__ impact" (5)
As health of the travel industry has improved, airlines have shifted their focus [at] the flying experience. (5)
Whether a statement is or is not a sentence has absolutely _______ to do with its _________. (6)
Many types of planes, a versatile form of transportation. (6)
When used to begin a clause, __________ _______ should always follow a period or semicolon, never a ______. (7)
The following sentence contains a comma splice: I don't like osteoporosis, diseases aren't good for you. (7)
In most cases, however, "playing synonyms" will only allow you to eliminate two options. The remaining answers you will need to ___________________. (8)
The frog jumped on the log, [therefore ] it got out of the fog. (8)
When a comma is grammatically necessary for other reasons, however, it is ______ to place one after a _____________. (9)
Dalton Barmer and his favorite person [ever, Charles Micheal Campbell,] were getting along today. (9)
______ words are formally known as _____ pronouns. (10)
The comma placements in this sentence are correct: Emily keeps kids in, her attic and takes them to, the ice cream shop if they are well behaved. (10)
A ______ can also be used in the place of a colon. (11)
Many of the nicknames given to Mississippi make sense: The Magnolia State, The Hospitality State, and The Sip'. (11)
In indirect speech, however, a question is embedded in a(n) ________ __________, and no _________ ____ is used. (12)
The only question left is if you will realize your mistake, or continue to remain blissfully ignorant? (12)
To form the possessive of a(n) _______ noun, add apostrophe + -s, even for nouns whose singular ends in -s.* (13)
The estate agent's houses are worth over 2 million dollars. (13)
A pronoun must agree with the noun to which it refers, i.e., its _________ or ________. (14)
Bears in the wild will roam 40 miles to find food. The majority of its time is spent looking for food. (14)
Prepositional phrases are frequently inserted between _______ and _____ to distract from disagreements. (15)
The works of Herman Melville has drawn upon many myths inspired by Shakespeare. (15)
