16-30 Swing to the Beat Review

SENTENCE STRUCTURE QUESTION:

16. While all of these hobbies are fun, my favorite hobby as a child, without a doubt was playing waitress.

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• child without a doubt

• child, without a doubt,

• child without a doubt,

GRAMMAR QUESTION:

17. Which it seems like a strange pastime, right?

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• This

• While it

• So it

GRAMMAR QUESTION:

18. I mean, I now know a lot of people that don't enjoy "playing waitress" in reality, so why was I so fond of playing it in a make-believe world?

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• whom

• they

• who

STRATEGY QUESTION:

19. At the time, my special game gave me a sense of responsibility that only a child could find so satisfying.

If the author replaced the underlined portion with "useful," what would the paragraph lose?

• The paragraph wouldn't lose anything.

• The paragraph wouldn't convey the lack of fun that the author experienced in other activities.

• The paragraph wouldn't convey the ultimate fulfillment the author found while playing waitress.

• The paragraph wouldn't convey to the reader that the author enjoyed playing waitress as an adult.

GRAMMAR QUESTION:

20. My favorite place to play was my grandparents house.

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• grandparent's

• grandparents'

• their

SENTENCE STRUCTURE QUESTION:

21. Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate alternative to the underlined portion?

They had an in-ground pool in their backyard, and that pool was my restaurant.

• backyard. That

• backyard that

• backyard; that

• backyard. The

GRAMMAR QUESTION:

22. As I said, ones childhood idea of playing waitress was not your average role playing.

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• their

• my

• some

GRAMMAR QUESTION:

23. Probably the best part about my pool restaurant was its multitude of invisible customers who never criticized and did not care Some entrée they were served.

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• such

• that

• which

STYLE QUESTION:

24. The author is considering deleting the underlined portion. What would the paragraph lose if the author deletes this?

It didn't matter if the daily special was fried octopus with a side of cow tongue; no matter how unappetizing my restaurant's food may have been my customers never complained.

• It wouldn't lose anything.

• It would lose an indication of the pleasure of working in a restaurant.

• It would lose a descriptive detail about the positive appeal of make-believe.

• It would lose a description of the food served at an actual restaurant.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE QUESTION:

25. Not only were my customers easy to serve, the food was easy to serve as well.

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• the serving of food was easy

• the food serving was easy

• the food serving was done with ease