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Spelling and usage errors include incorrect letter patterns, omitted or repeated letters, confusing homophones and wrongly formed words. Usage questions distinguish pairs such as affect and effect, its and it's, lie and lay, and principal and principle, while proofreading also checks agreement, tense and punctuation.

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81. Choose the correct spelling of the word.

  • A. Except
  • B. Exept
  • C. Axept
  • D. Acceptt

Explanation: The correct spelling among these options is "except" which means to exclude or omit. Therefore, the correct option is A.

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Correct answer: Except

82. With this _ I can get to the roof of the house.

  • A. Index
  • B. Lager
  • C. Ladder
  • D. Step

Explanation: The definition of an index is (in a book or set of books) an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc.

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Correct answer: Ladder

83. Choose the correct spelling of the word :

  • A. Prettiest
  • B. Prettyest
  • C. Pretiest
  • D. Preetiest

Explanation: This question tests vocabulary. The correct spelling is option A, "prettiest".

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Correct answer: Prettiest

84. Demonstrate the correct use of writing conventions of spelling, capitalization, and punctuation to clarify meaning: Choose the correct spelling of the word:

  • A. Nite
  • B. Nigt
  • C. Nighte
  • D. Night

Explanation: This question tests vocabulary. The correct spelling is option D, "night".

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Correct answer: Night

85. The _ chosen for the construction of the building is in the heart of the city.

  • A. Incite
  • B. Slight
  • C. Sight
  • D. Site

Explanation: This option is correct because "site" refers to an area of ground on which something is located or built, which fits the context of the…

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Correct answer: Site

86. Contraction for "Should have" is:

  • A. Shouldh've
  • B. Should've
  • C. Shouldv'e
  • D. Should'ave

Explanation: This is the correct and commonly used contraction for "Should have." It combines "should" and "have" into a single word and is used to…

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Correct answer: Should've

87. Choose the correct sentence from the following:

  • A. His remains were interred in the new cemetery.
  • B. His remains were entered in the new cemetery.
  • C. His remains was interred in the new cemetery.
  • D. His remains was entered in the new cemetery.

Explanation: "His remains were interred in the new cemetery.": This sentence is grammatically correct.

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Correct answer: His remains were interred in the new cemetery.

88. Identify the incorrect part of the sentence.The three Abdul Rahman, like his illustrious predecessor, was a young man of twenty-three when he took office.

  • A. The three
  • B. Like his
  • C. Was a
  • D. When he

Explanation: "The three" is a wrong use as "the" is not used to describe a proper noun like it is done in this case.

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Correct answer: The three

89. Select the correct sentence:

  • A. My feet seemed hardly to touch the earth.
  • B. My feet hardly seamed to touch the earth.
  • C. Hardly my feet seemed to touch the earth.
  • D. My feet seemed to touch the earth hardly.

Explanation: To solve english questions, read the sentence outloud. You will eliminate all options except B since that is coherent.

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Correct answer: My feet hardly seamed to touch the earth.
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