USAGE 2: CSEC

Choose the option A,B,C, or D that best describes this sentence below:

To attract more business, the store free gifts at no expense to the customer.

• (A) The sentence is too wordy, contains redundancies or is repetitive.

• (B) The sentence contains clichés or misused metaphors.

• (C) The sentence is incorrect grammatically or faulty in diction.

• (D) The sentence is acceptable as it stands.

Choose the option A,B,C, or D that best describes this sentence below:

The new disciplinary methods have affected a vast improvement on the behaviour of the students.

• (A) The sentence is too wordy, contains redundancies or is repetitive.

• (B) The sentence contains clichés or misused metaphors.

• (C) The sentence is incorrect grammatically or faulty in diction.

• (D) The sentence is acceptable as it stands.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Choose the option A,B,C, or D that best describes this sentence below:

The politician hammered the nail of his argument into the leafy minds of the audience who had come to hear him speak on the difficult subject of monetary policy.

• (A) The sentence is too wordy, contains redundancies or is repetitive.

• (B) The sentence contains clichés or misused metaphors.

• (C) The sentence is incorrect grammatically or faulty in diction.

• (D) The sentence is acceptable as it stands.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Choose the option A,B,C, or D that best describes this sentence below:

The army retreated back to the hills in order to prolong the sporadic shooting.

• (A) The sentence is too wordy, contains redundancies or is repetitive.

• (B) The sentence contains clichés or misused metaphors.

• (C) The sentence is incorrect grammatically or faulty in diction.

• (D) The sentence is acceptable as it stands.

Choose the option A,B,C, or D that best describes this sentence below:

The vagrant, having no settled home, wandered the street in search of mischief.

• (A) The sentence is too wordy, contains redundancies or is repetitive.

• (B) The sentence contains clichés or misused metaphors.

• (C) The sentence is incorrect grammatically or faulty in diction.

• (D) The sentence is acceptable as it stands.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Choose the option A,B,C, or D that best describes this sentence below:

His temper flared when he sighted the enemy but it was soon drowned in a flood of verbal exchange.

• (A) The sentence is too wordy, contains redundancies or is repetitive.

• (B) The sentence contains clichés or misused metaphors.

• (C) The sentence is incorrect grammatically or faulty in diction.

• (D) The sentence is acceptable as it stands.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the option A,B,C, or D that best describes this sentence below:

Walking down the streets, the city lights glittered in the night.

• (A) The sentence is too wordy, contains redundancies or is repetitive.

• (B) The sentence contains clichés or misused metaphors.

• (C) The sentence is incorrect grammatically or faulty in diction.

• (D) The sentence is acceptable as it stands.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Choose the option A,B,C, or D that best describes this sentence below:

If I had not been hale and hearty and ready for an uphill task, I would not have come through with flying colours.

• (A) The sentence is too wordy, contains redundancies or is repetitive.

• (B) The sentence contains clichés or misused metaphors.

• (C) The sentence is incorrect grammatically or faulty in diction.

• (D) The sentence is acceptable as it stands.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3