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Instructions: Choose the correct version of the sentence. Select the correct answer. |
| | A) | Yawning, the students were clearly disinterested in the lecture. |
| | B) | Yawning, the students were clearly uninterested in the lecture. |
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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) | Perspiring heavily, the fan blew cool air toward Dmitri. |
| | B) | Perspiring heavily, the fan's cool air blew toward Dmitri. |
| | C) | Perspiring heavily, Dmitri sat in front of the fan blowing cool air. |
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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) | Suffering from exhaustion, Lindbergh's plane landed in Paris after crossing the Atlantic. |
| | B) | Suffering from exhaustion, Lindbergh landed his plane in Paris after crossing the Atlantic. |
| | C) | Suffering from exhaustion, after crossing the Atlantic, Lindbergh's plane landed in Paris. |
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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) | Lost in her purse, Lori couldn't find her keys. |
| | B) | Lori couldn't find her keys, which were lost in her purse. |
| | C) | Lori, lost in her purse, couldn't find her keys. |
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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) | Increasing numbers of buildings in this country are banning the smoking of cigarettes, cigars, and pipe smoking. |
| | B) | Increasing numbers of buildings in this country are banning cigarette smoking, cigars, and pipe smoking. |
| | C) | Increasing numbers of buildings in this country are banning the smoking of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. |
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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 she was giving the baby a bath, the telephone had rung. |
| | B) | While she was giving the baby a bath, the telephone rang. |
| | C) | While she was giving the baby a bath, the telephone rings. |
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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) | When Derek arrived, the band had nearly finished playing. |
| | B) | When Derek arrived, the band nearly finished playing. |
| | C) | When Derek arrives, the band nearly finished playing. |
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Instructions: Select the correct end punctuation for the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Amino acids are small molecules that are the building blocks of protein |
| | A) | A period (.) |
| | B) | A question mark (?) |
| | C) | An exclamation point (!) |
| | D) | None |
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Instructions: Select the correct end punctuation for the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Are sharks mammals |
| | A) | A period (.) |
| | B) | A question mark (?) |
| | C) | An exclamation point (!) |
| | D) | None |
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Instructions: Select the correct end punctuation for the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Turn the radio down |
| | A) | An ellipsis (...) |
| | 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. Every time I called her line was busy. |
| | A) | Every time, I called her line was busy. |
| | B) | Every time I called, her line was busy. |
| | C) | Every time I called her line, was busy. |
| | D) | Every time, I called, her line was busy. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The fruit of the tomato has been popular in the Americas for centuries but the plant which is related to deadly nightshade does have poisonous leaves and roots. |
| | A) | The fruit of the tomato has been popular in the Americas, for centuries, but the plant which is related to deadly nightshade, does have poisonous leaves and roots. |
| | B) | The fruit of the tomato has been popular in the Americas for centuries but, the plant, which is related to deadly nightshade does have poisonous leaves and roots. |
| | C) | The fruit of the tomato has been popular in the Americas for centuries, but the plant, which is related to deadly nightshade, does have poisonous leaves and roots. |
| | D) | The fruit of the tomato has been popular in the Americas for centuries but the plant, which is related to deadly nightshade does have poisonous leaves and roots. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The diamonds that are used to pay for terrorist activities and coups usually come from Liberia Sierra Leone the Congo and Angola. |
| | A) | The diamonds, that are used to pay for terrorist activities, and coups usually come from Liberia, Sierra Leone, the Congo and Angola. |
| | B) | The diamonds, that are used to pay for terrorist activities and coups, usually come from Liberia, Sierra Leone, the Congo, and Angola. |
| | C) | The diamonds that are used to pay for terrorist activities and coups, usually come from Liberia, Sierra Leone, the Congo and Angola. |
| | D) | The diamonds that are used to pay for terrorist activities and coups usually come from Liberia, Sierra Leone, the Congo, and Angola. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. My first car lasted almost 480000 kilometres, but my last car died at 145000. |
| | A) | My first, car lasted almost 480000 kilometres, but my, last car died at 145000. |
| | B) | My first car lasted almost 4,80000 kilometres, but my last car died at 14,5000. |
| | C) | My first car lasted almost 4,800,00 kilometres, but my last car died at 1450,00. |
| | D) | My first car lasted almost 480,000 kilometres, but my last car died at 145,000. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. We were married at the Caribana Carnival in Toronto on August 5 2006. |
| | A) | We were married at the Caribana, Carnival in Toronto on August 5, 2006. |
| | B) | We were married, at the Caribana Carnival, in Toronto, on August 5, 2006. |
| | C) | We were married at the Caribana Carnival in Toronto on August 5, 2006. |
| | D) | We were married at the Caribana Carnival in Toronto on August, 5, 2006. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Show me a hero, said F. Scott Fitzgerald, and I'll write you a tragedy. |
| | A) | "Show me a hero," said F. Scott Fitzgerald, and "I'll write you a tragedy." |
| | B) | Show me a hero, said F. Scott Fitzgerald, "and I'll write you a tragedy." |
| | C) | "Show me a hero," said F. Scott Fitzgerald, "and I'll write you a tragedy." |
| | D) | "Show me a hero, said F. Scott Fitzgerald, and I'll write you a tragedy." |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. When I talked to the security officer, he told me he would take personal care of my case. |
| | A) | When I talked to the security officer, he told me "he would take personal care of my case." |
| | B) | No change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The Taj Mahal which is in India was built by a Mogul emperor. |
| | A) | The Taj Mahal which is in India, was built by a Mogul emperor. |
| | B) | The Taj Mahal, which is in India, was built, by a Mogul emperor. |
| | C) | The Taj Mahal, which is in India was built by a Mogul emperor. |
| | D) | The Taj Mahal, which is in India, was built by a Mogul emperor. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. By 1940, Britain was at war in Europe Asia and Africa. |
| | A) | By 1940, Britain was, at war, in Europe Asia and Africa. |
| | B) | By 1940, Britain was at war in Europe, Asia, and Africa. |
| | C) | By 1940, Britain was at war in Europe, Asia and Africa. |
| | D) | By 1940, Britain was at war, in Europe Asia and Africa. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The house on Schalk's Crossing Road was, surrounded by fields and forests. |
| | A) | The house on Schalk's Crossing Road was surrounded by fields and forests. |
| | B) | The house on Schalk's Crossing Road was, surrounded by fields and forests. |
| | C) | The house on Schalk's Crossing Road, was surrounded by fields and forests. |
| | D) | The house on Schalk's, Crossing, Road was surrounded by fields and forests. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Richard and John Plantagenet were medieval English kings they were the sons of Henry II. |
| | A) | Richard and John Plantagenet were medieval English kings, they were the sons of Henry II. |
| | B) | Richard and John Plantagenet were medieval English kings; they were the sons of Henry II. |
| | C) | Richard and John Plantagenet were medieval; English kings, they were the sons of Henry II. |
| | D) | Richard; and John Plantagenet; were medieval English kings they were the sons of Henry II. |
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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. The first plane arrives at 300 p.m. |
| | A) | The first plane arrives at 300: p.m. |
| | B) | The first plane: arrives at 300 p.m. |
| | C) | The first plane arrives at: 300 p.m. |
| | D) | The first plane arrives at 3:00 p.m. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The rent on our new apartment covered all utilities electricity, heat, and water. |
| | A) | The rent on our new apartment covered all utilities including: electricity, heat, and water. |
| | B) | The rent on our new apartment covered all utilities: electricity, heat, and water. |
| | C) | The rent on our new apartment covered: all utilities, electricity, heat, and water. |
| | D) | The rent on our new apartment 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. Mack the Knife was recorded by Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin, and many other great singers. |
| | A) | Mack the Knife was recorded by "Louis Armstrong," "Bobby Darin," and many other great singers. |
| | B) | "Mack the Knife" was recorded by Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin, and many other great singers. |
| | C) | Mack the Knife was recorded by Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin, and many other "great" singers. |
| | D) | "Mack" the Knife was recorded by Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin, and many other great singers. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. According to my professor, Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville is the best short story ever written. |
| | A) | According to my professor, "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Herman Melville is the best short story ever written. |
| | B) | According to my professor, "Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville" is the best short story ever written. |
| | C) | According to my "professor," Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville is the best short story ever written. |
| | D) | According to my professor, Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville is the best short story ever written. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Headless Body Found in Topless Bar has to be one of the oddest headlines ever printed. |
| | A) | "Headless Body Found" in Topless Bar has to be one of the oddest headlines ever printed. |
| | B) | "Headless" Body Found in "Topless" Bar has to be one of the oddest headlines ever printed. |
| | C) | Headless Body Found in Topless Bar has to be one of the oddest headlines ever printed. |
| | D) | "Headless Body Found in Topless Bar" has to be one of the oddest headlines ever printed. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Mother baked two cakes chocolate and lemon for the party. |
| | A) | Mother baked two cakes chocolate and lemon--for the party. |
| | B) | Mother baked two--cakes chocolate and lemon for the party. |
| | C) | Mother baked two cakes--chocolate and lemon--for the party. |
| | D) | Mother baked--two cakes chocolate--and lemon for the party. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Because of our gossipy neighbours, our phone it was on a party line was always busy. |
| | A) | Because of our gossipy neighbours, (our phone it was on a party line was always busy.) |
| | B) | Because of our gossipy neighbours, our phone (it was on a party line) was always busy. |
| | C) | Because of our gossipy neighbours, (our phone) it was on a party line was always busy. |
| | D) | (Because of our gossipy neighbours, our phone it was on a party line was always busy.) |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The childrens books are still in the attic because Sara doesnt want them. |
| | A) | The children's books are still in the attic because Sara doesn't want them. |
| | B) | The childrens' books are still in the attic because Sara does'nt want them. |
| | C) | The childrens book's are still in the attic because Sara does'nt want them. |
| | D) | no change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Lisa received two As' and two Bs' in the last two semesters. |
| | A) | Lisa received two 'As' and two 'Bs' in the last two semesters. |
| | B) | Lisa received two A's and two B's in the last two semester's. |
| | C) | Lisa received two A's and two Bs in the last two semesters. |
| | D) | Lisa received two As and two Bs in the last two semesters. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Your backpack fell off the table and landed on the sleeping cat, injuring its paw. |
| | A) | You're backpack fell off the table and landed on the sleeping cat, injuring its paw. |
| | B) | You're backpack fell off the table and landed on the sleeping cat, injuring it's paw. |
| | C) | Your backpack fell off the table and landed on the sleeping cat, injuring it's paw. |
| | D) | no change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The alexander library was just remodelled. |
| | A) | The Alexander library was just remodelled. |
| | B) | The Alexander Library was just remodelled. |
| | C) | The alexander Library was just remodelled. |
| | D) | no change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. many of the trees along this street are elms. |
| | A) | many of the trees along this street are Elms. |
| | B) | Many of the trees along this street are Elms. |
| | C) | Many of the trees along this street are elms. |
| | 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. 112 of the city's restaurants have been cited for health violations. |
| | A) | 112 of the city's restaurants have been cited for health violations. |
| | B) | One 100 and 12 of the city's restaurants have been cited for health violations. |
| | C) | One hundred and twelve of the city's restaurants have been cited for health violations. |
| | D) | One hundred and 12 of the city's restaurants have been cited for health violations. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. My dentist bill was two thousand five hundred and sixty-three dollars--ouch! |
| | A) | My dentist bill was 2000, 500, and 63 dollars--ouch! |
| | B) | My dentist bill was 2 thousand 5 hundred and 63 dollars--ouch! |
| | C) | My dentist bill was $2,563--ouch! |
| | D) | My dentist bill was $2,563 dollars--ouch! |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Manhattan was supposedly purchased from the Lenape Indians for twenty-four $s in beads. |
| | A) | Manhattan was supposedly purchased from the Lenape Indians for 24 dollars in beads. |
| | B) | Manhattan was supposedly purchased from the Lenape Indians for twenty 4 dollars in beads. |
| | C) | Manhattan was supposedly purchased from the Lenape Indians for twenty-four $ in beads. |
| | D) | Manhattan was supposedly purchased from the Lenape Indians for twenty-four dollars in beads. |
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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) | What on earth made her call me "your majesty"? Does she consider me a snob? |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Harvey was one of the films in which Jimmy Stewart established his reputation as a brilliant actor. |
| | A) | Harvey was one of the films in which Jimmy Stewart established his reputation as a brilliant actor. |
| | B) | Harvey was one of the films in which Jimmy Stewart established his reputation as a brilliant actor. |
| | C) | Harvey was one of the films in which Jimmy Stewart established his reputation as a brilliant actor. |
| | D) | "Harvey" was one of the films in which Jimmy Stewart established his reputation as a brilliant actor. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Richard Wright's novel, Native Son, was both critically and commercially successful. |
| | A) | Richard Wright's novel, Native Son, was both critically and commercially successful. |
| | B) | Richard Wright's novel, "Native Son," was both critically and commercially successful. |
| | C) | Richard Wright's novel, "Native Son", was both critically and commercially successful. |
| | D) | Richard Wright's novel, Native Son, was both critically and commercially successful. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Michelangelo's most beautiful work has to be the cieling of the Sistine Chapel. |
| | A) | Michelangelo's most beautifull work has to be the cieling of the Sistine Chapel. |
| | B) | Michelangelo's most beautiful work has to be the cieling of the Sistine Chaple. |
| | C) | Michelangelo's most baeutiful work has to be the cieling of the Sistine Chapel. |
| | D) | Michelangelo's most beautiful work has to be the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. We mailed them a card, but they never recieved it. |
| | A) | We maled them a card, but they never recieved it. |
| | B) | We maled 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 receved it. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Many immigrants came to Canada hopping for a better life than the one they left behind. |
| | A) | Many immigrants came to Canada hoping for a better life than the one they left behind. |
| | B) | Many immigrants came to Canada hopping for a better life than the one they left behind. |
| | C) | Many imigrants came to Canada hopping for a better life than the one they left behind. |
| | D) | Many immigrants came to Canada hoping for a better life than the won they left behind. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Early 20th century Canada gave rise to many reform movements aimed at improving society. |
| | A) | Early 20th-century Canada gave rise to many reform movements aimed at improving society. |
| | B) | Early 20th-century-Canada gave rise to many reform movements aimed at improving society. |
| | C) | Early 20th century Canada gave rise to many reform-movements aimed at improving society. |
| | D) | Early 20th century-Canada gave rise to many reform movements aimed at improving society. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one room cabin in Kentucky in 1809. |
| | A) | Abraham Lincoln was born in a one room-cabin in Kentucky in 1809. |
| | B) | Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room-cabin in Kentucky in 1809. |
| | C) | Abraham Lincoln was born in a one room cabin-in-Kentucky in 1809. |
| | D) | Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room cabin in Kentucky in 1809. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. In the late 1940s, the Marshall Plan provided economic aid to post war Europe. |
| | A) | In the late 1940s, the Marshall-Plan provided economic aid to post-war-Europe. |
| | B) | In the late 1940s, the Marshall Plan provided economic-aid to post-war Europe. |
| | C) | In the late 1940s, the Marshall Plan provided economic aid to post-war Europe. |
| | D) | In the late 1940s, the Marshall Plan provided economic aid to post war Europe. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. we asked dr. smith if she would speak to our class about breast cancer awareness. |
| | A) | we asked ms. smith if she would speak to our class about breast cancer awareness. |
| | B) | We asked ms. smith if she would speak to our class about breast cancer awareness. |
| | C) | We asked Ms. Smith if she would speak to our class about breast cancer awareness. |
| | D) | We asked Ms. Smith if she would speak to our class about Breast Cancer awareness. |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. Dr. Washington M.D. is a noted pediatric oncologist. |
| | A) | Dr. Washington, M.D. is a noted pediatric oncologist. |
| | B) | Doctor Washington M.D. is a noted pediatric oncologist. |
| | C) | Dr. Washington is a noted pediatric oncologist. |
| | D) | no change |
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Instructions: Select the sentence that best corrects the sentence provided. Select the correct answer. The goose we ate for Christmas dinner in Quebec weighed almost fifteen pounds. |
| | A) | The goose we ate for Xmas dinner in QC weighed almost fifteen pounds. |
| | B) | The goose we ate for Christmas dinner in Quebec weighed almost fifteen lbs. |
| | C) | The goose we ate for Christmas dinner in QC weighed almost fifteen lbs. |
| | D) | no change |
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