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DIRECTIONS: In the passages that follow, certain words and phrases are underlined and numbered. In the right-hand column, you will find alternatives for the underlined part. You are to choose the best answer to each question. If you think the original version is best, choose “No Change.”
You will also find questions about a section of the passage, or about the passage as a whole. These questions do not refer to an underlined portion of the passage, but rather are identified by a number or numbers in a box.
For each question, choose the alternative you consider best and fill in the corresponding oval on your answer document. Read each passage through once before you begin to answer the questions that accompany it. For many of the questions, you must read several sentences beyond the question to determine the answer. Be sure that you have read far enough ahead each time you choose an alternative.
DIRECTIONS: In the passages that follow, certain words and phrases are underlined and numbered. In the right-hand column, you will find alternatives for the underlined part. You are to choose the best answer to each question. If you think the original version is best, choose “No Change.”
You will also find questions about a section of the passage, or about the passage as a whole. These questions do not refer to an underlined portion of the passage, but rather are identified by a number or numbers in a box.
For each question, choose the alternative you consider best and fill in the corresponding oval on your answer document. Read each passage through once before you begin to answer the questions that accompany it. For many of the questions, you must read several sentences beyond the question to determine the answer. Be sure that you have read far enough ahead each time you choose an alternative.
Which choice is least redundant in context?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Which choice is least redundant in context?
Given that all the choices are accurate, which one best introduces the paragraph?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Given that all the choices are accurate, which one most clearly uses specific details to support the sentence’s claim about stickball playing fields?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
The writer wants to add the following sentence to the essay:
Players cannot touch the ball with their hands.
The sentence would most logically be placed at:
Suppose the writer’s primary purpose had been to provide an overview of a sport. Would this essay accomplish that purpose?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Given that all the choices are accurate, which one sets up a direct contrast regarding the age of the two buildings?
Which sequence of sentences makes this paragraph most logical?
Which choice most precisely conveys the narrowness of the space?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
The writer is considering revising the underlined portion to the following:
still gather pennies in change trays,
Given that the information is accurate, should the writer make this revision?
Which sequence of sentences presents the writer’s argument most logically?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Which choice is least redundant in context?
If the writer were to delete the underlined portion (adjusting the punctuation as needed), the paragraph would primarily lose:
At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence:
Consistently, research shows that Americans respond negatively when prices increase due to inflation.
Should the writer make this addition here?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Which choice most effectively maintains the essay’s tone?
Which choice is clearest and most precise in context?
Which choice provides the most effective conclusion by restating the main claims of the essay’s argument?
Which transition word, if any, is most logical in context?
Given that all the choices are accurate, which one most effectively leads the reader from the preceding sentence to the information that follows?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Which choice is clearest and most grammatically acceptable in context?
Which choice is least redundant in context?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Which choice is least redundant in context?
The writer is considering adding the following sentence to the essay:
A member of the first civilian diving club in the world, Frost was fond of saying that “time spent on the surface is time wasted.”
If the writer were to add this sentence, it would most logically be placed at:
Suppose the writer’s primary purpose had been to explore how a particular field of study has changed over the years. Would this essay accomplish that purpose?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
The writer wants to add the following sentence to the preceding paragraph:
Located 1,300 light-years from Earth, the nebula is a massive cloud of gas and dust.
This sentence would most logically be placed at:
Which transition word is most logical in context?
The writer is considering deleting the preceding sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
Which choice is clearest and most precise in context?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Given that all the following sentences are accurate, which one, if added here, would best conclude the paragraph and the essay by referring back to the opening paragraph?
Suppose the writer’s goal had been to write an essay about a personal experience with astronomy. Would this essay accomplish that goal?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
Which choice most effectively maintains the essay’s tone?
For the sake of the logic and cohesion of this paragraph, Sentence 3 should be placed:
Suppose the writer’s primary purpose had been to describe a designer’s inspiration that led to a new invention. Would this essay accomplish that purpose?