See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Present and Perfect Participles and Infinitives, page 84.. Choice C, see Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—Articles, page 53.. Choice D, see Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Present and Pe
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(A)
they won on
(B) a television game show, include
(C) four days
in London and a
(D) Week in Paris
24 I must tell
(A)
you that you looked so
(B) handsomely
(C)
in your red outfit
(D) the other night
25 A common
(A)
held (B) belief is that man has evolved
(C)
from lower forms of
(D) life
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 mark your answer on the
answer sheet provided in the book or on a separate sheet of paper
26 One should be careful to check the
grease and oil in
periodi-cally
(A) their car
(B) one’s car
(C) our car
(D) your car
27 I wish I had not signed that contract
without
(A) first having consulted a lawyer
(B) not first having consulted a
lawyer
(C) first having consulted lawyer
(D) first having consulting a
lawyer
28 He likes classical music on
the piano
(A) only to play
(B) to only play
(C) only playing
(D) to play only
29 The reason they are not coming is
(A) because they are angry with the hosts
(B) that they are mad at the hosts
(C) that they are angry with the hosts
(D) because they are mad at the
hosts
30 I went to my adviser to ask him
(A) what courses should I take
(B) should I take what courses
(C) I should take what courses
(D) what courses I should take
31 He hopes before spring
break
(A) to completely finish his term paper
(B) to finish his term paper completely
(C) completely to finish his term paper
(D) to finish completely his term
paper
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mainte-nance oneself is often easier competent people to do it
(A) as finding
(B) than to find
(C) than finding
(D) as to find
33 Of all the sports he played, .
(A) he liked tennis least
(B) it was tennis which was his least liked
(C) tennis was liked least by him
(D) tennis was disliked by him
most
34 , she was an excellent
tennis player
(A) Because practiced constantly
(B) She practiced constantly
(C) Because practicing constantly
(D) Because she practiced
con-stantly
35 Social critics often point out the fact
that the fast pace of modern life is causing people to
(A) become increasingly nervous and also even more high-strung
(B) become increasingly nervous and high-strung
(C) become increasingly nervous and to become increasingly high-strung
(D) increasingly become nervous
and high-strung
36 That town was no longer the sleepy
little village it
(A) has been being
(B) has been
(C) was
(D) had been
37 If we had known , we could
have invited him to speak at our ceremonies
(A) whom was
(B) who he was
(C) who was he
(D) he was who
38 I will meet you .
(A) of the second floor
(B) on the floor two
(C) of the floor two
(D) on the second floor
39 They were shipwrecked on a tiny
island off
(A) the coast belonging to Japan
(B) of the coast of Japan
(C) the coast which belongs to Japan
(D) the coast of Japan
40 That fire yesterday could
the whole building
(A) of burned down
(B) have burn down
(C) burned down
(D) have burned down
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Error Identification
1 C
2 A
3 C
4 B
5 D
6 B
7 B
8 B
9 C
10 D
11 B
12 A
13 B
14 C
15 B
16 B
17 A
18 D
19 A
20 A
21 C
22 D
23 C
24 C
25 A
1 The correct answer is (C)
(chang-ing) See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Verbals,
page 77
2 The correct answer is (A) (custom
is) See Chapter 6, “Basic Patterns”—
Double Subjects, page 120.
3 The correct answer is (C) (but
also) See Chapter 7,
“Style”—Correla-tive Conjunctions, page 157.
4 The correct answer is (B) (Kathy
studies hard in the library night and
day) See Chapter 7, “Style”—Voice,
page 129
5 The correct answer is (D) (its) See
Chapter 5, “Pronouns”—Number,
page 104
6 The correct answer is (B) (gave his
advisers) See Chapter 6, “Basic
Pat-terns”—Indirect Objects, page 111.
7 The correct answer is (B) (was
better) See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Comparatives, page 46.
8 The correct answer is (B) (was able
to finish only one semester) See
Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—Adverbs like
Only, page 28.
9 The correct answer is (C) (so that).
See Chapter 7, “Style”—Words Often
Confused, Group III, page 154.
10 The correct answer is (D) (one
should) OR (he should) See Chapter 5,
“Pronouns”—Person, page 102.
11 The correct answer is (B) (have
been) See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Present
and Perfect Participles and Infinitives,
page 84
12 The correct answer is (A) (have
set) See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Past Participles, page 81 See also Chapter
7, “Style”—Usage, page 142.
13 The correct answer is (B) (should
go) See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Modals,
page 75
14 The correct answer is (C) (bored
with it) See Chapter 7, “Style”—
Prepositions in Combinations, page 167.
15 The correct answer is (B) (largely
on) See Chapter 7, “Style”—Preposi-tions in Combina“Style”—Preposi-tions, page 167.
16 The correct answer is (B) (was
displayed) See Chapter 7, “Style”—
Subject/Verb Agreement, page 159.
17 The correct answer is (A) (had been
OR was) See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—
Tense, page 67.
18 The correct answer is (D) (he
retires) See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Time Clauses, page 69.
19 The correct answer is (A) (those).
See Chapter 5, “Pronouns”—Those
Modified, page 107.
20 The correct answer is (A) (few) See
Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—Few, Little,
Much, and Many, page 39.
21 The correct answer is (C) (who).
See Chapter 5, “Pronouns”—Who/
Whom, page 95.
22 The correct answer is (D) (were) See
Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Wishes, page 71.
23 The correct answer is (C)
(in-cludes) See Chapter 7, “Style”—
Subject/Verb Agreement, page 159.
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(hand-some) See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Adjectives After Verbs of Sensation,
page 34
25 The correct answer is (A)
(com-monly) See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”— Adjective/Adverb Confusion, page 32.
Sentence Completion
26 B
27 A
28 D
29 C
30 D
31 B
32 C
33 A
34 D
35 B
36 D
37 B
38 D
39 D
40 D
26 The correct answer is (B) Choice
(A), see Chapter 5, “Pronouns”—
Number, page 104 Choices (C) and
(D), see Chapter 5, “Pronouns”—
Person, page 102.
27 The correct answer is (A) Choice
(B), see Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Negation, page 57 Choice (C), see
Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—Articles,
page 53 Choice (D), see Chapter 4,
“Verbs”—Present and Perfect
Parti-ciples and Infinitives, page 84.
28 The correct answer is (D) Choices
(A) and (C), see Chapter 3,
“Modifi-ers”—Adverbs like Only, page 28.
Choice (B), see Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Split Infinitives, page 29.
29 The correct answer is (C) Choices
(A), (B), and (D), see Chapter 7,
“Style”—Substandard, page 139.
30 The correct answer is (D) Choices
(A), (B), and (C), see Chapter 6, “Basic
Patterns”—Embedded Questions,
page 116
31 The correct answer is (B) Choice
(A), see Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—Split
Infinitives, page 29 Choices (C) and
(D), see Chapter 6, “Basic Patterns”—
Order of Adverbs, page 113.
32 The correct answer is (C) Choice
(A), see Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Comparatives, page 46 Choice (B), see
Chapter 7, “Style”—Parallelism,
page 133 Choice (D), same as A and B
33 The correct answer is (A) Choices
(B) and (D), see Chapter 7, “Style”—
Wordiness, page 136 Choice (C), see
Chapter 7, “Style”—Voice, page 129.
34 The correct answer is (D) Choices
(A), (B), and (C), see Chapter 6, “Basic
Patterns”—Clauses, page 121.
35 The correct answer is (B) Choices
(A) and (C), see Chapter 7, “Style”—
Wordiness, page 136 Choice (D), see
Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—Split
Infini-tives, page 29.
36 The correct answer is (D) Choices
(A), (B), and (C), see Chapter 4,
“Verbs”—Tense, page 67.
37 The correct answer is (B) Choice
(A), see Chapter 5, “Pronouns”—Who/
Whom, page 95 Choices (C) and (D),
see Chapter 6, “Basic Patterns”—
Embedded Questions, page 116.
38 The correct answer is (D) Choice
(A), see Chapter 7,
“Style”—Preposi-tions (General Use), page 164 Choice
(B), see Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
page 42 Choice (C), same as A and B
39 The correct answer is (D) Choices
(A) and (C), see Chapter 7, “Style”—
Wordiness, page 136 Choice (B), see
Chapter 7, “Style”—Substandard,
page 139
40 The correct answer is (D) Choices
(A) and (C), see Chapter 4, “Verbs”—
Modals, page 75 Choice (B), see
Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Past Participles,
page 81
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