Paralegal-certification-Day-1-Practical-Exercise

Which of the following is correct?

• The team plays good in decisive games.

• The team plays well in decisive games.

Is this sentence correct?

To see well, the lights in this room need to be adjusted.

• This sentence is correct.

• This sentence has a dangling modifier.

• This sentence has a comma splice.

Which of the following is correct?

• I haven't barely started to think about my exam.

• I have barely started to think about my exam.

Which of the following is correct?

• The candidate promised not to raise taxes when elected.

• The candidate promised not to rise taxes when elected.

Identify the problem with the following paragraph:

Elizabeth Peabody was born in a school and thereafter felt destined to be a teacher. Her mother was a teacher and trains her daughters at her side. The academic life seems to suit Elizabeth, who thrived on the rigorous curriculum.

• It lacks subject - verb agreement in some sentences.

• There are inconsistent shifts in verb tenses.

• Punctuation is wrong in this paragraph.

Is this sentence correct?

The suspects were interviewed right after the crime was committed by the detectives.

• This sentence is correct.

• This sentence has a misplaced modifier.

• This sentence needs a different form of the verb.

Which of the following is correct?

• Most people not only are lifting weights at the gym, but they also do a cardiovascular workout.

• Most people not only lift weights at the gym, but they also do a cardiovascular workout.

Which of the following is correct?

• Neither of the players in the last game was injured.

• Neither of the players in the last game were injured.

Is this sentence correct?

The teacher asked Anne and myself to do a peer review of each other's writing.

• This sentence is correct.

• "Each other's" should be replaced with "one another's."

• Pronoun "myself" should be replaced with "me."

Which of the following is correct?

• Anne whose research on health effects of air pollution was well-known was invited to speak at a conference.

• Anne, whose research on health effects of air pollution was well-known, was invited to speak at a conference.

• Anne which research on health effects of air pollution was well-known was invited to speak at a conference.