To make garlic roasted potato skins, bake six rus-set potatoes and roast one small head of garlic; then, squeeze the garlic into a small bowl and mash with two tablespoons of butter, sa
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answer sheet Errors must be erased completely
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined words or phrases Read each sentence and
deter-mine which underlined portion, if any, has an error in grammar, usage, word choice, or idiom (standard
expres-sion) If there is no error, select choice e—No error No sentence has more than one error.
1 If you’re bothered by pesky telemarketers constantly interrupting you, register with the National
Do Not Call Registry to add you’re home and/or cell phone number to their list No error
2 Last year’s runner up and her presented the award together at this year’s well-attended ceremony.
No error
e
3 During the past decade, we experience many changes in technology that greatly improved the quality
of our lives No error
4 Fermat’s last theorem survived for 350 years as a hypothesis until English mathematician Andrew Wiles,
a
who devoted most of his career to the problem, proved it in 1994 No error
5 From 1947 to 1956, thousands of scrolls and fragments of ancient manuscripts has been found in caves
a
on the shore of the Dead Sea, including early copies of biblical books in Hebrew and Aramaic No error
6 Historians agree that the combat mission was a failure because the soldiers were inadequate armed.
No error
e
Trang 37 Due to increased interest on the subject of motocross racing, our county library now has the
AMA Pro Racing Series Guide No error
e
8 Between all of the members of their team, they couldn’t decide who should throw out the first pitch.
No error
e
9 Ron’s untimely entrance on stage disrupted the scene and caused the actors to flub they’re lines No error.
10 Because we experience temperatures below freezing and having mild summers, we can’t garden with
tropical plants No error
e
11 Having a membership to a health club has helped me to lose weight, increase my overall fitness level,
and introduced me to new friends No error
12 While only seven of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published in her lifetime, she wrote 1800 over
the course of thirty-five years No error
13 If one is looking to buy a used car, you should check the classified section of the local paper, where many
sellers advertise No error
14 Recent studies show that certain plant species developed by man are very susceptible to some diseases
than native species No error
e
Trang 416 The best dish on the menu is Tiramisu, a dessert comprised mainly of mascarpone cheese and ladyfingers,
that translate from Italian as “pick me up.” No error
17 Pouring over thousands of applications each spring, the Admissions Committee decides who will be in the
next freshman class No error
18 The more I read about deep sea fishing, the more it makes me want to get out there and try it No error.
19 The difference between you and me is that you get your best work done in the morning while I
perform better in the evening No error
Trang 5Directions: In each of the following sentences, part or
all of the sentence is underlined The underlined text
may contain an error in sentence construction,
gram-mar, word choice, or punctuation Choice a repeats the
original underlined text If there is no error in the
underlined portion, choose a If there is an error, select
the answer choice that most effectively expresses the
meaning of the sentence without any ambiguity or
awkwardness
20 To make garlic roasted potato skins, bake six
rus-set potatoes and roast one small head of garlic;
then, squeeze the garlic into a small bowl and
mash with two tablespoons of butter, salt, and
pepper
a To make garlic roasted potato skins, bake six
russet potatoes and roast one small head of
garlic;
b To make garlic roasted potato skins, first you
bake six russet potatoes and roast one small
head of garlic,
c To make garlic roasted potato skins, in the
oven bake six russet potatoes and roast one
small head of garlic,
d Bake six russet potatoes and roast one small
head of garlic to make garlic roasted potato
skins;
e Making garlic roasted potato skins, bake six
russet potatoes and roast one small head of
garlic in the oven for 40 minutes;
21 I need to get a handle on my credit-card
charg-ing, and my budget will be in serious trouble
a charging, and my budget will be in serious
trouble
b charging My budget will be in serious trouble.
c charging My budget has been in serious
22 Awkwardly tall and prone to tripping over her
own feet, Grace felt her name was truly a misnomer
a Awkwardly tall and prone to tripping over her
own feet,
b Because she is awkwardly tall and prone to
tripping over her own feet,
c Awkwardly tall and prone to trip over her own
feet,
d Grace is awkwardly tall and prone to tripping
over her own feet
e Awkwardly tall in height, and prone to
trip-ping over her own two feet
23 Kyle was able to surmount the difficulties of an
uncooperative staff, an impossible deadline, and
a complicated project; in order to present the report to the client
a an uncooperative staff, an impossible
dead-line, and a complicated project; in order to present the report to the client
b an uncooperative staff, an impossible
dead-line, and a complicated project in order to present the report to the client
c an uncooperative staff, an impossible
dead-line, and complicated project in order to pres-ent the report to the clipres-ent
d an uncooperative staff, impossible deadline,
and a complicated project in order to present the report to the client
e a staff that was uncooperative, an impossible
deadline, and a project that was complicated
in order to present the report to the client
Trang 624 Ariana was outstanding as the moderator; she
handled the intensely heated debate with great
finesse, diplomatically and tactfully keeping the
conversation on track
a she handled the intensely heated debate with
great finesse, diplomatically and tactfully
keeping the conversation on track
b she handled the intensely heated debate with
great finesse; diplomatically and tactfully
keeping the conversation on track
c she handled the debate with great finesse,
keeping the conversation on track
d she handled the intensely heated debate with
great finesse, and then she diplomatically and
tactfully kept the conversation on track
e the intensely heated debate was handled with
great finesse, and the conversation was
diplo-matically and tactfully kept on track
25 When she saw that our rivals were wearing the
same one, another track uniform was ordered by
our coach
a another track uniform was ordered by our
coach
b another track uniform that was different was
ordered by our coach
c while our coach ordered another track
uniform
d our coach will order another track uniform.
e our coach ordered another track uniform.
26 The Netherlands, often wrongly referred to as
Holland, are best known for artists such as Rem-brandt and Van Gogh, tulips, windmills, and social tolerance
a The Netherlands, often wrongly referred to as
Holland, are best known for artists such as Rembrandt and Van Gogh, tulips, windmills, and social tolerance
b The Netherlands, which are often wrongly
referred to as Holland, are best known for artists such as Rembrandt and Van Gogh, tulips, windmills, and social tolerance
c The Netherlands, wrongly referred to as
Hol-land, are known for artists such as Rembrandt and Van Gogh, tulips, windmills, and
tolerance
d The Netherlands, often wrongly referred to as
Holland, is best known for artists such as Rembrandt and Van Gogh, tulips, windmills, and social tolerance
e The Netherlands, which are often wrongly
referred to as Holland, is best known for artists such as Rembrandt and Van Gogh, tulips, windmills, and social tolerance
27 Cable television is revolutionary in its capacity to
provide services to users, also offering Internet access that replaces slow, unreliable dial-up service
a also offering Internet access that replaces slow,
unreliable dial-up service
b while offering Internet access that replaces
slow, unreliable dial-up service
c while, offering Internet access that replaces
slow, unreliable dial-up service
d while they offer access to the Internet that
replaces dial-up service that is slow and unreliable
e including offering Internet access that replaces
slow, unreliable dial-up service