EXERCISES: STYLEError Identification Directions: For the Error Identification questions, each sentence contains four underlined words or phrases.. Circle your answer in the book or mark
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Error Identification
Directions: For the Error Identification questions, each sentence contains four
underlined words or phrases Select the one word or phrase that must be changed in
order for the sentence to be correct Circle your answer in the book or mark your answer
on a separate sheet of paper
1 The design for
(A) the new community
center combines
(B) both refreshing
origi-nality as well as
(C)
an impressive respect
for the traditional architecture of
(D) the
area
2 He described his best friend as being
(A) adventuresome, witty
(B)
, and (C) successful,
but very plane-looking
(D)
3 In order to earn
(A)
enough money to
complete his education, John worked
last summer like
(B)
a lifeguard at
(C)
a girls’
(D) camp
4 When
(A)
I was at the grocery store, I
realized
(B)
that the prices of
(C) many items
had been rised
(D)
5 The natives of
(A) that region gathered
plants and hunted small animals, but
supplies were bought by them
(B)
in (C) the
infrequently
6 Our trek
(A)
in the Sahara Dessert
(B)
was
extremely (C) fascinating, totally
challeng-ing, and enormously relaxing
(D)
7 The political polls indicated that most
(A) people were not as
(B)
much in favor with
(C) the new law as was previously thought
(D)
8 We did not hire him because
(A)
his only (B) experience was coaching a high school
basketball team, leading a parochial
(C) school choir, and to work
(D)
as a
substi-tute teacher
9 The new teacher was both
(A) surprised
and (B) delighted when she realized that
her class consisted with
(C) many students
from faraway
(D) countries
10 According to my calculations, the cost
of two dozen roses are
(A) fifty dollars,
(B)
the sixty-two (C)
dollars I was charged
(D)
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(A) his earlier behavior, the
young man demonstrated surprising
(B) maturity in
(C)
the face of
(D) severe stress
12 I told them to take there
(A)
boots off (B) outside so they would
(C)
not bring in (D)
a lot
of snow
13 Try to image
(A)
what life was like
(B)
for (C) the
early settlers of that part of
(D) the world
14 Emergency relief, including
(A)
medicine,
clothing, and foodstuffs
(B)
, were sent (C)
to
following (D) news of the disaster
15 It was so ferociously
(A)
hot yesterday that
our supposed (B) day of outdoor enjoyment
ended with
(C)
everyone’s laying
(D)
in the
shade
Sentence Completion
Directions: In the Sentence Completion questions, one or more words are left out of
each sentence Under each sentence, you will see four words or phrases Select the one word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly, then write it in the space provided
in the book or on a separate sheet of paper
1 The young couple liked to buy,
redecorate, and older homes for a profit
(D) to resell
2 The management was shocked to
realize that its trusted employee was of stealing a large sum of money from the company
(D) suspicion
3 Not only having graduated magna
cum laude , Steve made his
family very proud of him
in the national competition
national competition
national competition
(D) but also having finished first in
the national competition
4 his earlier study, Dr.
Melon’s new study indicates a general warming trend in global weather
(D) In contrast as
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5 The workers have finished pouring
the floors, and waiting for
the house to be framed
(D) they
6 The reason he wants to take a leave
of absence is
complete rest
rest
(D) because a complete rest is
needed by him
7 The teacher objected to the students’
their opened umbrellas
near the door
(D) sat
8 He was a dynamic figure who
inspired awe, devotion, and
in his followers
(A) love
(D) loveliness
9 The rich young newlyweds bought a
beautiful new home and
(D) a pool was installed
10 My boss my taking two
weeks’ leave without pay
(D) consented about
11 The students worked on the problem
for several minutes before
that this problem was one that had no solution
that this problem which seemed merely difficult was, in reality, insolvable
(D) the insolvability of the problem
was realized by them
12 Henry went to the conference
about government con-tracts
opportu-nity to learn
(D) in order to be in a position to
learn
13 Try as he might, he could never
manage to get an balance
in his checkbook
(D) accurateness
14 The professor asked the students
give a speech
a speech
give a speech
(D) neither to write a report but
give a speech
15 She writes such poetry that
it is hard to believe she has never had a formal education
(D) beautify
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Some of the incorrect answers contain more than one kind of error However, in general, we have limited our error-references to those points contained in this chapter
Error Identification
1 C
2 D
3 B
4 D
5 B
6 B
7 C
8 D
9 C
10 A
11 A
12 A
13 A
14 C
15 D
1 The correct answer is (C) (and).
See Correlative Conjunctions, page
157
2 The correct answer is (D)
(plain-looking) See Words Often Confused,
Group II, page 150
3 The correct answer is (B) (as) See
Prepositions (General Use), page 164.
4 The correct answer is (D) (had
been raised) See Usage, page 142.
5 The correct answer is (B) (bought
supplies) See Voice, page 129.
6 The correct answer is (B) (Sahara
Desert) See Words Often Confused,
Group I, page 146
7 The correct answer is (C) (in favor
of) See Prepositions in Combinations,
page 167
8 The correct answer is (D)
(work-ing) See Parallelism, page 133.
9 The correct answer is (C)
(con-sisted of) See Prepositions in
Combi-nations, page 167.
10 The correct answer is (A) (is) See
Subject/Verb Agreement, page 159.
11 The correct answer is (A) (contrast
to) See Prepositions in Combinations,
page 167
12 The correct answer is (A) (their).
See Words Often Confused, Group III,
page 154
13 The correct answer is (A) (to
imagine) See Parts of Speech, page
162
14 The correct answer is (C) (was
sent) See Subject/Verb Agreement,
page 159
15 The correct answer is (D) (lying).
See Usage, page 142.
Sentence Completion
1 C
2 C
3 D
4 B
5 B
6 C
7 C
8 A
9 B
10 A
11 B
12 A
13 C
14 B
15 B
1 The correct answer is (C) Choices
(A), (B), and (D), see Parallelism, page
133
2 The correct answer is (C) Choices
(A), (B), and (D), see Substandard,
3 The correct answer is (D) Choices
(A), (B), and (C), see Correlative
Con-junctions, page 157.
4 The correct answer is (B) Choices
(A), (C), and (D), see Prepositions in
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5 The correct answer is (B) Choices
(A), (C), and (D), see Words Often
Confused, Group III, page 154.
6 The correct answer is (C) Choices
(A), (B), and (D), see Substandard,
page 139 and Voice, page 129.
7 The correct answer is (C) Choices
(A), (B), and (D), see Usage, page 142.
8 The correct answer is (A) Choices
(B), and (C), see Parallelism, page 133.
Choice (D), The meaning of loveliness
does not fit here
9 The correct answer is (B) Choices
(A) and (D), see Voice, page 129 Choice
(C), see Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Verbals,
page 77
10 The correct answer is (A) Choices
(B), (C), and (D), see Prepositions in
Combinations, page 167.
11 The correct answer is (B) Choices
(A) and (C) see Wordiness, page 136.
Choice (D), see Voice, page 129.
12 The correct answer is (A) Choices
(B), (C), and (D), see Wordiness, page
136
13 The correct answer is (C) Choices
(A), (B), and (D), see Parts of Speech,
page 162
14 The correct answer is (B) Choices
(A), (C), and (D), see Correlative
Conjunctions, page 157.
15 The correct answer is (B) Choices
(A), (C), and (D), see Parts of Speech,
page 162
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voice is acceptable and even preferred at times
expressed directly in fewer words, choose the shorter version
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