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Review Exercise Five: An Assortment
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On a language test given to journalists, these questions proved difficult for more than half of those taking the test. See how you do.

1
Of the words (a) harrass, (b) Fahrenheit and (c) tomatoes, which is spelled incorrectly, or (d) all are spelled correctly.
A)harass
B)Fahrenheit
C)tomatoes
D)all are spelled correctly
2
Curtis (a) ' (apostrophe) (b) 's (c) s' (d) no punctuation and Spellman's house is for sale.
A)' (apostrophe)
B)'s
C)s'
D)no punctuation
3
Journalism is one of the topics that (a) interest (b) interests her.
A)interest
B)interests
4
He liked the trade the team made more than (a) I (b) me.
A)I
B)me
5
He talked about the issue with (a)whomever (b) whoever would listen to him.
A)whomever
B)whoever
6
The (a)mens' (b) men's team lost its final game.
A)mens'
B)men's
7
She was the person (a) who (b) whom asked permission to speak.
A)who
B)whom
8
Johnston liked neither running nor to block during practice. The error here is
A)agreement
B)redundancy
C)lack of parallelism
D)There is no error.
9
His future plans include travel abroad. The error here is
A)agreement
B)redundancy
C)lack of parallelism
D)There is no error.
10
Running to catch the ball, his hat flew off. The error here is
A)agreement
B)redundancy
C)lack of parallelism
D)There is no error.







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