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7701. Spot the error: "You think it's a practical joke." she asked as they went into the room.
- A. it's
- B. joke
- C. as they went
- D. into
Explanation: The period after "joke." is incorrect because a dialogue tag follows; it should be a comma: You think it's a practical joke," she asked. The other parts of the sentence are grammatically fine.
Correct answer: joke7702. Punctuate the following word: how are
- A. Howre
- B. H're
- C. Ho're
- D. How're
Explanation: The contraction "how're" combines "how" and "are" with an apostrophe to show the missing letter.
Correct answer: How're7703. Spot the error: Mary, who has two young children, has a part time job in the library.
- A. Mary
- B. children
- C. part time
- D. in the library
Explanation: When "part time" is used as an adjective to describe "job," it should be hyphenated as "part-time."
Correct answer: part time7704. Spot the error: The package was lying by the front door- a cube shaped carton sealed with tape.
- A. The package
- B. lying
- C. door- a cube
- D. with tape
Explanation: The dash (-) is used incorrectly. It should be either a colon (:) or a proper dash (-) without a space before "a cube".
Correct answer: door- a cube7705. Spot the error: The cost of the room included the following, breakfast, dinner, and Wi-Fi.
- A. following
- B. breakfast
- C. dinner
- D. Wi-Fi
Explanation: The word "following" is correctly used to introduce a list. However, it should be followed by a colon rather than a comma.
Correct answer: following7706. Choose the CORRECT one:
- A. I'm afraid the meat isnt suitable for vegetarians.
- B. I'am afraid the meat isn't suitable for vegetarians.
- C. I'm afraid the meat is'nt suitable for vegetarians.
- D. I'm afraid the meat isn't suitable for vegetarians.
Explanation: This sentence is grammatically correct and uses the appropriate contractions: "I'm" for "I am" and "isn't" for "is not."
Correct answer: I'm afraid the meat isn't suitable for vegetarians.7707. Choose the CORRECT one:
- A. The headline read; 'Local Women Save Geese'.
- B. The headline read, 'Local Women Save Geese'.
- C. The headline read: 'Local Women Save Geese'.
- D. The headline read: "Local Women Save Geese'
Explanation: A colon (:) is the correct punctuation after "The headline read". Single quotation marks ' ' are correctly used around the headline.
Correct answer: The headline read: 'Local Women Save Geese'.7708. Choose the CORRECT one:
- A. 'Yes.' he said 'and I always keep my promises.'
- B. 'Yes,' he said. 'And I always keep my promises.'
- C. 'Yes.' he said! 'and I always keep my promises.'
- D. 'Yes.' he said. 'And I always keep my promises.'
Explanation: This sentence properly uses a comma after 'Yes,' a period after 'he said,' and capitalizes 'And' to start the new sentence.
Correct answer: 'Yes,' he said. 'And I always keep my promises.'7709. Choose the CORRECT one:
- A. The friendly looking vet examined our dogs paw.
- B. The friendly-looking vet examined our dogs paw.
- C. The friendly-looking vet examined our dog's paw.
- D. The friendly looking vet examined our dog's paw.
Explanation: "Friendly-looking" is correctly hyphenated, and "dog's paw" uses the correct possessive form.
Correct answer: The friendly-looking vet examined our dog's paw.7710. Spot the error: That book over there belongs to Eileen; so we should return it to her before she needs to study for the massive English test next week.
- A. That
- B. there
- C. Eileen;
- D. to study
Explanation: The semicolon (;) after Eileen is wrong. A comma (,) should be used instead because the second clause (so we should return it...) is not independent enough to follow a semicolon.
Correct answer: Eileen;