English 11 Semester 2 Final Review

Which of the following sentences is punctuated CORRECTLY?

• When you prepare a personal statement, for your college application you want to make yourself stand out.

• When you prepare a personal statement for your college application, you want to make yourself stand out.

• When you prepare a personal statement for your college application; you want to make yourself stand out.

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Which of the following fragments uses the CORRECT homonym (your/you're)?

• When you prepare a personal statement, for your college application …

• When you prepare a personal statement for you’re college application …

• When you prepare a personal statement for you are college application …

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Which of the following sentences contains CORRECT use of parallelism?

• Colleges look for uniqueness, for you to showcase your originality, and for you to be honest.

• Colleges look for you to be unique, original, and for you to be honest.

• Colleges look for uniqueness, originality, and honesty.

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Which of the following sentences contains a punctuation error?

• Admissions officers look for professionalism; for example, they want to see correct use of English grammar.

• Admissions officers look for professionalism. For example, they want to see correct use of English grammar.

• Admissions officers look for: professionalism, for example, they want to see correct use of English grammar.

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which of the following sentences contains CORRECT use of parallelism?

• In your essay, remember to avoid the following: misspelled words, bad grammar, and use of slang.

• In your essay, remember to avoid the following: misspelling words, using bad grammar, and slang.

• In your essay, remember to avoid the following: the misspelling of words, bad grammar, and the use of slang.

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Which of the following sentences is punctuated CORRECTLY?

• Before you write a personal statement; there is one crucial guideline always find out exactly what each college requires.

• Before you write a personal statement there is one crucial guideline always find out exactly: what each college requires.

• Before you write a personal statement, there is one crucial guideline: always find out exactly what each college requires.

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

Which of the following sentences uses the CORRECT homonym (there/their/they're)?

• The essays which stand out the best are those that use lots of detail in there explanations and descriptions.

• The essays which stand out the best are those that use lots of detail in they’re explanations and descriptions.

• The essays which stand out the best are those that use lots of detail in their explanations and descriptions.

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Which of the following sentences contains CORRECT subject/verb agreement?

• The students studies for their semester final exam.

• The students studying for their semester final exam.

• The students study for their semester final exam.

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Which of the following sentences contains CORRECT subject/verb agreement?

• Pedro or Miguel is the new Student Council President.

• Pedro or Miguel were the new Student Council President.

• Pedro or Miguel are the new Student Council President.

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Decide whether or not the bold/italicized word in each sentence in used properly, in both meaning and grammatical usage

Please integrate your data from all sources to prove that the law has truly been violated.

• Correct

• Incorrect

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5