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Writing skills cover sentence construction, spelling, word usage and the editing of written English. The work includes finding fragments, run-on sentences, faulty coordination, misplaced modifiers, misspellings, confusing word pairs and errors that proofreading should correct without changing the intended meaning.
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- A. Morgage
- B. Morguage
- C. Mortgage
- D. Morgauge
Explanation: Mortgage is the standard spelling for a loan secured against property. The other forms incorrectly place or omit letters after “Mortg-”.
Correct answer: Mortgage- A. In
- B. Un
- C. Dis
- D. None
Explanation: The prefix “un-” forms the opposite of believable: unbelievable. “In-” and “dis-” do not form the standard word in this context.
Correct answer: Un- A. Hail
- B. Hale
- C. Hell
- D. Hall
Explanation: Hale means healthy, and the fixed expression is “hale and hearty.” Hail means frozen precipitation or a call to someone, while hell and…
Correct answer: Hale- A. raising
- B. rising
- C. growing
- D. lifting
Explanation: Prices “rise” by themselves, whereas people “raise” prices or other things.
Correct answer: rising- A. Thiefs
- B. Thiefes
- C. Thievse
- D. Thieves
Explanation: The plural of “thief” changes the final “f” sound to “v” and takes “-es,” producing “thieves.” The other forms do not follow this spelling…
Correct answer: Thieves- A. Harrass
- B. Harass
- C. Harras
- D. Herrass
Explanation: The correct spelling is “harass,” with one “r” and two “s” letters. “Harrass” incorrectly doubles the first consonant.
Correct answer: Harass- A. Perseverance
- B. Persevarance
- C. Perceverence
- D. Perseverence
Explanation: The correct spelling is perseverance, meaning continued effort despite difficulty. The middle sequence is -sever-, not -sevar- or -cever-.
Correct answer: Perseverance- A. Brutility
- B. Brutality
- C. Brutelity
- D. Brutilety
Explanation: The correct spelling is brutality, formed from brutal with the suffix -ity.
Correct answer: Brutality- A. hare
- B. heir
- C. hair
- D. here
Explanation: An heir is a person who is legally entitled to receive someone’s property or fortune.
Correct answer: heir- A. Monotransitive
- B. Ditransitive
- C. Complex transitive
- D. Reflexive transitive
Explanation: Complex transitive verb is a verb that requires both a direct object and an object compliment. E.g., "They" named "their" new baby Giada.
Correct answer: Complex transitive- A. I asked them to leave their luggage at the hotel room.
- B. I asked them to leave their luggages at the hotel room.
- C. I asked them to leave one's luggage at the hotel's room.
- D. I asked them to leave their luggages at the room of the hotel.
Explanation: - "Luggage" is an uncountable noun, which means it refers to a general category of items (in this case, suitcases, bags, etc.) rather than…
Correct answer: I asked them to leave their luggage at the hotel room.- A. Write
- B. For
- C. Make
- D. Approaching
- E. Bushes
Explanation: Option A is correct. This option is correct. Write is a misspelling of right, which refers to the direction from which the traffic is…
Correct answer: Write- A. suit
- B. suite
- C. dress
- D. gown
Explanation: A suit is a set of matching garments typically consisting of a jacket and trousers.
Correct answer: suit- A. Discremination
- B. Discrimenation
- C. Discrimination
- D. Disscrimnation
Explanation: The correct answer is Option C: Discrimination. This spelling accurately reflects the standard English form of the word.
Correct answer: Discrimination- A. Mnemonics
- B. Mnenomics
- C. Nemonics
- D. Nenomics
Explanation: Mnemonics is the correctly spelled word for memory aids or memory techniques. The initial combination mn is retained, as in mnemonic.
Correct answer: Mnemonics- A. pedagogical
- B. pediagogical
- C. pedagogcial
- D. padegogical
Explanation: Pedagogical is the correctly spelled word, meaning related to teaching or education. The other forms wrongly arrange or omit letters.
Correct answer: pedagogical- A. Temparary
- B. Temperary
- C. Temporary
- D. Temprary
Explanation: Temporary is spelled with the sequence “-porary,” as in temporary work. The extra or missing vowels in the other forms make them incorrect.
Correct answer: Temporary- A. Encyclopedia
- B. Encyeklopedia
- C. Ensyclopedia
- D. Encycloopedia
Explanation: The standard spelling is encyclopedia, with “-pedia” at the end. The other forms contain incorrect letter sequences or extra letters.
Correct answer: Encyclopedia- A. Knowladge
- B. Knowlidge
- C. Knowledge
- D. Knwoledge
Explanation: Knowledge is spelled with “know” followed by “ledge,” giving knowledge.
Correct answer: Knowledge- A. Happened
- B. Hapened
- C. Happend
- D. Hapend
Explanation: Happened has a double “p” and a single “n” before the “ed” ending. The alternatives omit or misplace one of these letters.
Correct answer: Happened