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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Dr. Washington Ph.D. is a noted business analyst. |
| | A) | Dr. Washington, Ph.D. is a noted business analyst. |
| | B) | Doctor Washington, Ph.D., is a noted business analyst. |
| | C) | Dr. Washington is a noted business analyst. |
| | D) | No change |
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Instructions: Select the correct form of the adjective or adverb from the answers provided. Select the correct answer. The new sales manager speaks French good. |
| | A) | the best |
| | B) | well |
| | C) | no change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The applicants resumés are still in the filing cabinet because Sara doesnt want them. |
| | A) | The applicants’ resumés are still in the filing cabinet because Sara doesn't want them. |
| | B) | The applicant’s resumés are still in the filing cabinet because Sara doesn’t want them. |
| | C) | The applicants resumés are still in the filing cabinet because Sara doesn’t want them. |
| | D) | no change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. If we can complete budget by Friday, then we will have excuse to celebrate. |
| | A) | If we can complete the budget by Friday, then we will have excuse to celebrate. |
| | B) | If we can complete budget by Friday, then we will have the excuse to celebrate. |
| | C) | If we can complete the budget by Friday, then we will have an excuse to celebrate. |
| | D) | No change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. You can find italian wines in every price range. |
| | A) | You can find Italian wines in every price range. |
| | B) | You can find Italian Wines in every price range. |
| | C) | You can find Italian Wines in every price range. |
| | D) | you can find Italian wines in every price range. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The rent on our new office covered all utilities electricity, heat, and water. |
| | A) | The rent on our new office covered all utilities including: electricity, heat, and water. |
| | B) | The rent on our new office covered all utilities: electricity, heat, and water. |
| | C) | The rent on our new office covered: all utilities, electricity, heat, and water. |
| | D) | The rent on our new office covered all: utilities, electricity, heat, and water. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. As I was preparing to return to Canada I found that I had misplaced my passport. |
| | A) | As I was preparing to return to Canada I found, that I had misplaced my passport. |
| | B) | As I was preparing, to return to Canada, I found, that I had misplaced my passport. |
| | C) | As I was preparing to return to Canada, I found that I had misplaced my passport. |
| | D) | As I was preparing to return to Canada, I found, that I had misplaced, my passport. |
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Instructions: Read the numbered sentences and identify any comma splice. Select the answer that includes the sentence(s) with comma splices. There may be more than one error. (1) I waited all night to buy good tickets for the only concert I had wanted to attend in years. (2) All of the best seats were taken by scalpers, I was lucky to get any tickets at all. |
| | A) | Sentence 1 |
| | B) | Sentence 2 |
| | C) | Sentences 1 and 2 |
| | D) | No errors |
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Instructions: Find the subordinate clause in the following sentence. Select the correct answer. John Billes, who was born in Toronto, was the founder of one of Canadas’ major hardware stores. |
| | A) | the founder |
| | B) | John Billes was the founder |
| | C) | of one of Canada’s major hardware stores |
| | D) | who was born Toronto |
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Instructions: This question contains three versions of the same sentence. Click the button next to the letter of the correct version. |
| | A) | While vacationing, my wallet was stolen. |
| | B) | My wallet was stolen while on vacation. |
| | C) | While I was on vacation, my wallet was stolen. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Josh created two versions of the report one grayscale and one colour for the meeting. |
| | A) | Josh created two versions of the report one grayscale and one colour—for the meeting. |
| | B) | Josh created two—versions of the report one grayscale and one colour for the meeting. |
| | C) | Josh created two versions of the report—one grayscale and one colour—for the meeting. |
| | D) | Josh created—two versions of the report one grayscale—and one colour for the meeting. |
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Instructions: Select the correct end punctuation for the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Are stocks falling |
| | A) | A period (.) |
| | B) | A question mark (?) |
| | C) | An exclamation point (!) |
| | D) | None |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Barbara participated in a one day seminar in Banff. |
| | A) | Barbara participated in a one day-seminar in Banff. |
| | B) | Barbara participated in a one-day-seminar in Banff. |
| | C) | Barbara participated in a one day seminar-in-Banff. |
| | D) | Barbara participated in a one-day seminar in Banff. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that uses the best business tone. Select the correct answer. Gino and his buddy thought it would be a piece of cake to get the contract. |
| | A) | Gino and his buddy thought it would be sweet to get the contract. |
| | B) | Gino and his colleague thought it would be easy as pie to get the contract. |
| | C) | Gino and his buddy believed it would be a piece of cake to acquire the contract. |
| | D) | Gino and his colleague thought it would be simple to get the contract. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Edmonton is now important a commercial centre as Toronto. |
| | A) | Edmonton is now very important a commercial centre as Toronto. |
| | B) | Edmonton is now as important a commercial centre as Toronto. |
| | C) | Edmonton is now as important as is a commercial centre as Toronto. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. David Chilton’s book, The Wealthy Barber, was both critically and commercially successful. |
| | A) | David Chilton’s book, The Wealthy Barber, was both critically and commercially successful. |
| | B) | David Chilton’s book, “The Wealthy Barber,” was both critically and commercially successful. |
| | C) | David Chilton’s book, ‘The Wealthy Barber,’ was both critically and commercially successful. |
| | D) | David Chilton’s Book, Wealthy Barber, was both critically and commercially successful. |
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Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. We mailed them a card, but they never received it. |
| | A) | We mailed them a card, but they never received it. |
| | B) | We mailed them a card, but they never received it. |
| | C) | We mailed them a card, but they never received it. |
| | D) | We mailed them a card, but they never received it. |
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Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. She said last month sales increased, but she only mentioned the main store. |
| | A) | She said sales increased last month, but she only mentioned the main store. |
| | B) | She said last month sales increased, but she mentioned the main store only. |
| | C) | She said sales increased last month, but she mentioned the main store only. |
| | D) | No change |
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Instructions: This question contains three versions of the same sentence. Click the button next to the letter of the correct version. |
| | A) | Action movies often use very loud sounds and jumpy camera movements to keep viewers on edge. |
| | B) | In action movies often use very loud sounds and jumpy camera movements to keep viewers on edge. |
| | C) | Action movies that often use very loud sounds and jumpy camera movements to keep viewers on edge. |
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Instructions: Identify the sentence that contains a gerund. (1) When I work at the office late at night, I take my MP3 player with me. (2) Listening to music helps me concentrate. |
| | A) | Sentence 1 |
| | B) | Sentence 2 |
| | C) | Sentences 1 and 2 |
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Instructions: Find the main clause in the following sentence. Select the correct answer. Invented in the fifteenth century, watches depend upon a spring mechanism for power. |
| | A) | Invented in the fifteenth century |
| | B) | watches depend upon a spring mechanism for power |
| | C) | the fifteenth century |
| | D) | upon a spring mechanism for power |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Our bill from the printer was two thousand five hundred and sixty-three dollars--ouch! |
| | A) | Our bill from the printer was 2000, 500, and 63 dollars--ouch! |
| | B) | Our bill from the printer was 2 thousand 5 hundred and 63 dollars--ouch! |
| | C) | Our bill from the printer was $2,563--ouch! |
| | D) | Our bill from the printer was $2,563 dollars--ouch! |
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Instructions: The following item contains three versions of the same sentence. Click the button next to the letter of the correct version. |
| | A) | Before hiring an employee, we have to check the references, create a new human resource file, and getting Carla’s approval. |
| | B) | Before hiring an employee, we have to check the references, create a new human resource file, and get Carla’s approval. |
| | C) | Before hiring an employee, we have to check the references, and also create a new human resource file, and get Carla’s approval. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The ex-broker was briefly mentioned in an article called License to "Steal." |
| | A) | The ex-broker was briefly mentioned in an "article called License to Steal." |
| | B) | The ex-broker was briefly mentioned in an article called License to Steal. |
| | C) | The “ex-broker” was briefly mentioned in an article called License to Steal. |
| | D) | The ex-broker was briefly mentioned in an article called "License to Steal." |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Lonnie was two hours late for the sales conference the bridge was closed because of an accident. |
| | A) | Lonnie was two hours late; for the sales conference, the bridge was closed because of an accident. |
| | B) | Lonnie was two hours late for the sales conference the bridge was closed; because of an accident. |
| | C) | Lonnie was two hours late for the sales conference; the bridge was closed because of an accident. |
| | D) | Lonnie was two hours late for the sales conference the bridge was closed, because of an accident. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Sunny Glasgow he once managed the Winnipeg Canadian Tire store was honoured at the banquet. |
| | A) | Sunny Glasgow (he once managed the Winnipeg Canadian Tire store was honoured) at the banquet. |
| | B) | (Sunny Glasgow) he once managed the Winnipeg Canadian Tire store was honoured at the banquet. |
| | C) | Sunny Glasgow (he once managed the Winnipeg Canadian Tire store) was honoured at the banquet. |
| | D) | (Sunny Glasgow he once managed the Winnipeg Canadian Tire store was honoured at the) banquet. |
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Instructions: Read the original sentence. From the answers provided, select the sentence that best removes sexist pronouns. Select the correct answer. Some countries require a visitor to bring his visa. |
| | A) | A few countries require a visitor to bring his visa. |
| | B) | Some countries require visitors to bring his visa. |
| | C) | Some countries require visitors to bring a visa. |
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Instructions: Read the following sentences. Select the rewritten sentence with the correct forms of the verbs. My doctor recommends that I avoids typing until my wrist feels better. |
| | A) | My doctor recommends that I have been avoiding typing until my wrist feels better. |
| | B) | My doctor recommends that I avoid typing until my wrist feels better. |
| | C) | My doctor recommends that I am avoiding typing until my wrist feels better. |
| | D) | No change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. When Mary, Hanna, and I started carpooling, she was always late. |
| | A) | When Mary, Hanna, and I started carpooling, they was always late. |
| | B) | When Mary, Hanna, and I started carpooling, Mary was always late. |
| | C) | No change |
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Instructions: Select the correct form of the pronoun from the answers provided. Select the correct answer. The marketing division will host their own holiday party this year. |
| | A) | its |
| | B) | No change |
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Instructions: Identify the sentence as a correct or fused sentence. It's impossible to find anything, my desk is a real mess. |
| | A) | Correct sentence |
| | B) | Fused sentence |
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Instructions: Identify the sentence as a Complete Sentence or a Sentence Fragment. Finding it hard to make the sales quota this month. |
| | A) | Complete sentence |
| | B) | Sentence fragment |
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Instructions: Choose the correct form of the verb. Keep verbs in the tense they appear in. Select the correct answer. All of the printers were broken; none has been repaired. |
| | A) | was |
| | B) | is |
| | C) | No change |
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Instructions: This question contains three versions of the same sentence. Click the button next to the letter of the correct version. |
| | A) | Peter stayed home all afternoon and watched TV. |
| | B) | Peter was staying home all afternoon and watched TV. |
| | C) | Peter stayed home all afternoon and the TV was watched. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Renowned for establishing an international peacekeeping force, Lester Bowles Pearson won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1957. |
| | A) | Lester Bowles Pearson won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1957; he was honoured for establishing an international peacekeeping force. |
| | B) | A renowned man for establishing an international peacekeeping force, Lester Bowles Pearson won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1957. |
| | C) | Renowned Lester Bowles Pearson won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1957 for establishing an international peacekeeping force. |
| | D) | For establishing an international peacekeeping force, Lester Bowles Pearson won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1957. |
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Instructions: Identify the sentence that is a fused (run-on) sentence. (1) The new manager is young I think he must be a recent graduate. (2) I made one positive observation: he seems to have a great sense of humour. |
| | A) | Sentence 1 |
| | B) | Sentence 2 |
| | C) | Sentences 1 and 2 |
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Instructions: Choose the correct version of the sentence. Select the correct answer. |
| | A) | Yawning, the bankers were clearly disinterested in the presentation. |
| | B) | Yawning, the bankers were clearly uninterested in the presentation. |
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Instructions: Read the two sentences below. Then choose the version that best combines the two. Select the correct answer. Strange business coincidences do happen. People like to look for patterns to explain them. |
| | A) | Strange business coincidences do happen, which people like to look for patterns to explain them. |
| | B) | Strange business coincidences do happen, people like to look for patterns to explain them. |
| | C) | Strange business coincidences do happen, but people like to look for patterns to explain them. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Wanda is the kind of boss who knows how to give her employees motivation and encouragement. |
| | A) | Wanda is the kind of boss who knows how to give her employees motivation. |
| | B) | Wanda knows how to give her employees motivation and encouragement. |
| | C) | By motivating and encouraging her employees, Wanda shows that she’s a great boss. |
| | D) | Wanda motivates her employees by encouraging them. |
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Instructions: Select the interrogative sentence. |
| | A) | How should I know how to use the photocopier? |
| | B) | How should I know how to use the photocopier. |
| | C) | How should I know—how to use the photocopier. |
| | D) | How should I know how to use the photocopier! |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. No matter how hard he tried he could not persuade his boss to give him a raise. |
| | A) | No matter, how hard he tried he could not persuade his boss to give him a raise. |
| | B) | No, matter how hard he tried he could not persuade his boss to give him a raise. |
| | C) | No matter how hard he tried he could not, persuade his boss to give him a raise. |
| | D) | No matter how hard he tried, he could not persuade his boss to give him a raise. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. What on earth made her call me your majesty? Does she consider me a snob? |
| | A) | What on earth made her call me "your majesty?" Does she consider me a snob? |
| | B) | What on earth made her call me "your majesty?" Does she consider me a "snob?" |
| | C) | What on earth made her call me "your majesty"? Does she consider me a "snob"? |
| | D) | made her call me "your majesty"? Does she consider me a snob? |
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Instructions: Select the correct form of the pronoun from the answers provided. Select the correct answer. Whoever we elect to the committee will serve for two years. |
| | A) | Who |
| | B) | Whomever |
| | C) | No change |
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Instructions: This question contains three versions of the same sentence. Click the button next to the letter of the correct version. |
| | A) | Telling one funny joke after another, the entire audience enjoyed the motivational speaker. |
| | B) | The entire audience, telling one funny joke after another, enjoyed the motivational speaker. |
| | C) | The entire audience enjoyed the motivational speaker telling one funny joke after another. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Sanjeet has just landed his first job he is working as a technology consultant in Waterloo. |
| | A) | Sanjeet has just landed his first job, he is working as a technology consultant in Waterloo. |
| | B) | Sanjeet has just landed his first job; he is working as a technology consultant in Waterloo. |
| | C) | Sanjeet has just landed his first job he is working; as a technology consultant in Waterloo. |
| | D) | Sanjeet has just landed his first job he is working as; a technology consultant in Waterloo. |
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Instructions: Read the following sentence. Select the correct form of the word or words from the choices offered. The administrative assistant noticed the problem, and the solution was found by him soon after. |
| | A) | the solution had been found |
| | B) | the solution was discovered by him |
| | C) | he found the solution |
| | D) | no change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Effective speaking skills which take a lot of time to develop are extremely valuable on the job. |
| | A) | Effective speaking skills which ,take a lot of time to develop, are extremely valuable on the job. |
| | B) | Effective speaking skills ,which take a lot of time to develop are extremely valuable on the job. |
| | C) | Effective speaking skills which take a lot of time to develop, are extremely valuable on the job. |
| | D) | Effective speaking skills, which take a lot of time to develop, are extremely valuable on the job. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. She gave the new receptionist Jacks desk. |
| | A) | She gave the new receptionist Jack’s desk. |
| | B) | She gave the new receptionist Jacks’ desk. |
| | C) | No change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The Frank Sobey memorial cafeteria was just remodeled. |
| | A) | The Frank Sobey memorial cafeteria was just remodeled. |
| | B) | The Frank Sobey Memorial Cafeteria was just remodeled. |
| | C) | The frank sobey Memorial Cafeteria was just remodeled. |
| | D) | no change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. While Marie rehearsed the presentation her assistant arranged the chairs. |
| | A) | While Marie rehearsed the presentation, her assistant arranged the chairs. |
| | B) | While, Marie rehearsed the presentation, her assistant arranged the chairs. |
| | C) | While Marie rehearsed her presentation her assistant, arranged the chairs. |
| | D) | No change |
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