Grammar Quiz 4

CONJUNCTION (JOINING WORD OR PHRASE)

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) from which

• C) so that

• D) whereby

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

NONESSENTIAL PHRASE (APPOSITIVE)

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) usefulness—

• C) usefulness;

• D) usefulness

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

WORD CONNOTATION

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) egregious

• C) unmitigated

• D) stark

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CCSS.L.3.1A

LOGICAL SUPPORT; MAINTAINING FOCUS

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) obsolete goods can become collectible items.

• C) no one knows whether something will fall into

  disrepair again.

• D) new designs often have “bugs” that must be

  worked out.

COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) fair than

• C) fare than

• D) fair, then

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CCSS.L.3.1G

COMPLETE SENTENCE; WHO VS WHOM

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) whom wants

• C) who wanted

• D) she wanted

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1A

JOINING INDEPENDENT CLAUSES

• NO CHANGE

• straightforward, therefore:

• straightforward, nonetheless:

• straightforward:

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

VERB TENSE; GERUND PHRASE

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) awaiting

• C) they waited

• D) waiting

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CCSS.L.8.1A

LOGICAL SEQUENCE OF IDEAS

• where it is now

• before sentence 1

• after sentence 3

• after sentence 6

MAINTAINING FOCUS

• A) Yes, because it provides an example of specific

  repair skills being lost.

• B) Yes, because it elaborates on the statistic about

  the Netherlands’ municipal waste.

• C) No, because it blurs the paragraph’s focus by

  introducing a topic that is not further explained.

• D) No, because it contradicts the claims made in the

  rest of the paragraph.