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- 1. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptI ......for my pen. Have you seen it?am lookinglookinglookwill look
- 2. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptWhat time ....the train leaves?does the train leave?is the train leaving?leaves the train
- 3. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptSorry, you can't borrow my pencil. I ....it myself.usedwas usingam usingusing
- 4. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptI think I.... a new calculator. This one does not work properly any more.am needingneededneedsneed
- 5. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptJane is .....her blue jeans today, but usually she wears a skirt or a dress.is wearingwearswearwearing
- 6. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptBabies ....when they are hungry.criedis cryingcrycries
- 7. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptHow many students in your class ....from Korea?comescomeare comingcame
- 8. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptSorry, she can't come to the phone. She ..... a bath!is havinghashavehad
- 9. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptI ..... tennis every Sunday morning.playedplaysplayingplay
- 10. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt..... many times every winter in Frankfurt.it is snowit snowsit snowedit is snowing
- 11. Multiple-choice45 seconds1 ptWhich option is not a sentence?He laughed uncontrollably.Rolled along the sidewalk.She loved running at night.Her dog barked and cried.
- 12. Multiple-choice45 seconds1 ptAcademic essays tend to be highly logical, clear logical reasoning is very persuasive.no errorrun-on sentencecomma splicesentence fragment
- 13. Multiple-choice45 seconds1 ptRichard Wagamese is an Ojibway First Nations’ poet, novelist, and journalist in “Returning to Harmony,” he critiques Canada’s residential school system.no errorrun-on sentencecomma splicesentence fragment
- 14. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptRevision is essential to good writing, consequently it is important to develop a revision process that works.no errorrun-on sentencecomma splicesentence fragment
- 15. Multiple-choice30 seconds12 ptsSuccessful academic essays use language that is clear, concise, and grammatically correct unsuccessful academic essays are unclear, wordy, and grammatically incorrect.no errorrun-on sentencecomma splicesentence fragment
- 16. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptThe war lasted ten years many young men were killed.Run-onComma spliceFragmentComplete sentence
- 17. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptI go to bed at 10:00 otherwise I can’t get up in the morning.Run-onComma spliceFragmentComplete sentence
- 18. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptJanet has packed an orange soda, a blanket, and waters the plants before leaving.correcterror in structure
- 19. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptClaude glanced at his watch, took a last sip of coffee, and began his trek to Dr. Grayson’s three-hour snooze fest on the French Revolution.correcterror in structure
- 20. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptSelect the sentence that illustrates the use of proper parallel construction.Phuong Tran has wit, charm, and she has an extremely pleasant personality.Phuong Tran has wit, charm, and a pleasing personality.
- 21. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt. Select the sentence that illustrates the use of proper parallel construction.Mr. Nguyen kept his store clean, neat, and he made it conveniently arranged.Mr. Nguyen kept his store clean, neat, and conveniently arranged.
- 22. Multiple-choice5 minutes1 ptWhich sentence uses parallel structure?Her excuses bothered me more than her absence.Her excuses bothered me more than her being absent.
- 23. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptWhat is the best way to rewrite this sentence?
She wore a sweater to school that was blue.She wore a blue sweater to school.A blue sweater, she wore to school.She wore a sweater to school that was blue. - 24. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptWhat is the misplaced modifier in this sentence?
The first music called blues began in the Deep South more than one hundred years ago.Deepfirstcalled blues - 25. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptDoes this sentence have a misplaced modifier?
At the museum, I saw a painting of flowers with my mother.YesNo - 26. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptDoes this sentence have a misplaced modifier?
Mary visited the doctor who is sick.YesNo
