Writing Conventions

Moreover, their high storage capacity and easy availability during emergencies (4) makes SPRs a strategic measure against oil supply disruptions and import restrictions.

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• make SPRs a strategic measure

• can make SPRs a strategic measure

• has made SPRs a strategic measure

Answer explanation

Option B is correct because the sentence has a plurar or compound subject: "high storage capacity and easy availability." It agress with the plural verb "make"

(5) Firstly, Salt Caverns are not widely available so, finding suitable locations for SPRs, can be difficult.

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• Firstly, Sald Caverns are not widely available so finding suitable locations for SPRs, can be difficult.

• Firstly, salt caverns are not widely available, so finding suitable locations for SPRs can be difficult.

• Firstly, Salt caverns are not widely available; so, finding suitable locations for SPRs, can be difficult.

Answer explanation

Option C is correct because it correctly uses a comma before the coordinating conjunction "so." It corrects the capitalization error in the phrase "salt caverns" in lowercase. It also removes the unnecessary comma before "can."

My French vocabulary was limited. (7) It was like a delicate thread connecting me to the world around me. I viewed myself as an outsider among my classmates.

The author describes her limited French vocabulary as "a delicate thread." Which of the following resources would be most helpful in determining the precise meaning of the phrase "a delicate thread"?

• A glossary of literary terms

• A workbook on English dialects

• A preface of a linguistics book

• A documentary on French Culture

Answer explanation

Option A is correct because it identifies the most relevant resource for determining the precise meaning of the metaphorical phrase "delicate thread" in a literary content.

The stakes were (9) high this project mattered a lit for my final grade.

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• high! This

• high; this

• high: this

Answer explanation

Option C is correct because it corrects the inappropriate run-on structure by using a semicolon (;) and suitabley separates the two closely related independent clauses.

(11) The woods, teeming with deer, coyotes, foxes, raccoons, turkeys, rabbits, and mountain lions, adds to the thrill.

• No change

• Change "adds" to "offers"

• Change "adds" to "add"

• Insert "which" before "adds"

Answer explanation

Option C is correct as it addresses the subject-verb agreement issue by changing "adds" to "add," making it grammatically correct.

(12) Several thousand black bears lurk in these woods. The sight of which can make one's blood freeze.

• Several thousand black bears lurk in these woods: the sight of which can make one's blood freeze.

• Several thousand black bears lurk in these woods, the sight of which can make one' blood freeze.

• Several thousand black bears lurk in these woods; the sight of which can make one's blood freeze.

• Several thousand black bears lurk in these woods! Which can make one's blood really freeze.

Answer explanation

Option B is correct because it uses a comma to isolate the non-restrictive relative clause ("the sight of which can make one's blood freeze")

(17) Forest trees and shrubs, fruit orchards, and meadows can capture a lot of carbon, which help with climate action.

Which revision should be made to the indicated sentence?

• Change "help" to "helps"

• Change "which" to "who"

• Change "capture" to "captures"

• Change "a lot" to "a great deal of"

Answer explanation

Option A is correct because it fixes teh subject-verb agreement by changing "help" to "helps" to agree with the singular noun "ability"

Rise of mono-cropping: As societies shifted toward more intensive (19) agricultural practices mono-croppingU became the prevailing norm.

• No change

• agriculture practices. Mono-cropping

• agricultural practices, mono-cropping

• agricultural practices---mono cropping

Answer explanation

Option C is correct because it places acomma after "agricultural practices," which helps to separate the introductory dependent clause from the main independent clause. This correction fixes the fused (run-on) sentence error.