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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. cafine
- B. caffiene
- C. caffine
- D. caffeine
Explanation: This question tests vocabulary. The correct spelling is "Caffeine", option D.
Correct answer: caffeine- A. Hes
- B. Hes'
- C. He's
- D. Heis
Explanation: In contractions, apostrophe replaces the missing letters, in context of the question, the correct option is option B, "he's".
Correct answer: He's- 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.
Correct answer: Except- 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.
Correct answer: Ladder- A. Prettiest
- B. Prettyest
- C. Pretiest
- D. Preetiest
Explanation: This question tests vocabulary. The correct spelling is option A, "prettiest".
Correct answer: Prettiest- A. Nite
- B. Nigt
- C. Nighte
- D. Night
Explanation: This question tests vocabulary. The correct spelling is option D, "night".
Correct answer: Night- 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…
Correct answer: Site- 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…
Correct answer: Should've- A. I like cats: I hate dogs
- B. I like cats I hate dogs
- C. I like cats' I hate dogs
- D. I like cats but I hate dogs
Explanation: The sentence need a conjunction to connect the two contrasting clauses "I like cats" and "I hate dogs".
Correct answer: I like cats but I hate dogs- A. Both are correct
- B. Speak up! I can't hear you because your dog is making too much noise.
- C. Both are wrong
- D. Speak up! I can't hear you because your dog is making much too noise.
Explanation: Too much is used as a determiner with singular (uncountable) nouns while much too is used with comparatives and adjectives.
Correct answer: Speak up! I can't hear you because your dog is making too much noise.- A. Nimra picked the package up, unlock the door, and went into the apartment.
- B. Nimra picked the package up, unlocked the door, and went into the apartment.
- C. Both are correct.
- D. Both are wrong.
Explanation: The sentence should have a parallel structure. Since the main verb is in past tense i.e picked, all other verbs should be in past tense as…
Correct answer: Nimra picked the package up, unlocked the door, and went into the apartment.- A. No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears.
- B. Both are wrong
- C. Both are correct
- D. No sooner had she said it than she burst in tears.
Explanation: The sentence "No sooner had she said it than she burst in tears" is almost correct, but it should use "into tears" instead of "in tears"…
Correct answer: No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears.- 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.
Correct answer: His remains were interred in the new cemetery.- A. E-mail is a relatively new mean of communication.
- B. E-mail is a relatively new means of communication.
- C. E-mail is a relatively new mean to communication.
- D. E-mail is a relatively new means to communication.
Explanation: Explanation:The sentence is correct because "means" is the plural form of "mean," and the preposition "of" is used correctly to indicate…
Correct answer: E-mail is a relatively new means of communication.- A. As she said the computer was programmed by Mona.
- B. Just like she said the computer was programmed by Mona.
- C. As like she said the computer was programmed by Mona.
- D. Just like she had she said the computer was programmed by Mona.
Explanation: Explanation:"As she said" is the expression used to refer to someone's words.This sentence is incorrect because "just like" is an informal…
Correct answer: As she said the computer was programmed by Mona.- A. They felt bad while leaving their friends.
- B. They felt very badly about leaving their friends.
- C. They felt badly about leaving their friends.
- D. They felt badly while teaving their friends.
Explanation: Explanation:"Bad" is an adjective describing how they felt, so the correct sentence is:"They felt bad while leaving their friends."This…
Correct answer: They felt bad while leaving their friends.- A. He weighed himself maunds.
- B. He weighed two maunds.
- C. He weighed themselves two.
- D. He weighed itself two maunds.
Explanation: This is the correct sentence. It clearly indicates that the weight of the person is being expressed in maunds, a unit of measure.
Correct answer: He weighed two maunds.- 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.
Correct answer: The three- A. We up right drove to Karachi in two days.
- B. We to Karachi drove in two days right up.
- C. We right drove to Karachi up in two days.
- D. We drove right up to Karachi in two days.
Explanation: Option D is the only correct sentence structure. The rest are grammatically incorrect.The first sentence, "We up right drove to Karachi in…
Correct answer: We drove right up to Karachi in two days.- A. Told his professors
- B. Said her professors
- C. Told her professors
- D. Is telling her professors
Explanation: The sentence should read: "Maria told her professors that she could not attend classes next week."This indicates that Maria informed her…
Correct answer: Told her professors