Eng 0021 Practice Final

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Read the entire passage carefully and then answer the questions. (Note: Intentional errors have been included in this passage.)

For a decade the USDA food guide has encouraged a minimum of three vegetable and two fruit servings per day. 2. _ most Americans still don’t meet these recommendations. 3. Eating this variety of fruits and vegetables may sound simple. 4. Also, the few choices we make certainly lack variety. 5. According to national surveys, 52% of all fruit and vegetable servings come from iceberg lettuce, potatoes (including potato chips) and canned tomatoes. 6. In 1981, authorities even went so far as to classify ketchup as a vegetable in order to show that school lunches met the minimum requirements. 7. ___ one study found that our consumption of healthier dark green vegetables, berries, melons, and citrus averages only one serving per day. 8. The 2000-2001 canker disease in Florida wiped out many of the citrus trees, so citrus became more expensive and harder to find. 9. Due to this lack of variety and quantity of plant-based foods in their diet, Americans are deficient in phytochemicals found in whole foods that we now know decrease the risk of heart disease and cancer. 10. When people switch to whole foods rich in fiber, antioxidants and phytochemicals, they will really begin to notice a difference in their health. 11. International data has shown a 50% reduction in cancer incidence when a daily diet consists of at least seven servings of plant-based foods. 12. To promote health, Americans need to eat more plant-based foods.

What sentence best serves as the topic sentence of this paragraph?
Sentence 10.
Sentence 3.
Sentence 2.
Sentence 9.
Sentence 11.
Which sentence is least relevant to the passage?
Sentence 5
Sentence 6
Sentence 7
Sentence 8
Which sentence supports sentence 10?
Sentence 9
Sentence 11
Sentence 5
No sentence supports sentence 10
Which sentence supports sentence 2?
Sentence 1
Sentence 7
Sentence 8
No sentence supports number 2

What word best goes in the blank in Sentence 7?

Furthermore,
Whereas
However,
Nevertheless,

Which of these sentences, if added to the paragraph would support sentence 10?

After all, you are what you eat.
In other words, to feel better you must eat better.
My Aunt Lucy switched to whole food and then died within a year from a fast-growing cancer.
In the year after my uncle stopped eating meat, he took up running and finished a marathon.

What is the best order of these Sentences (2, 3, and 4)?
_ most Americans still don’t meet these recommendations. 3. Eating this variety of fruits and vegetables may sound simple. 4. Also, the few choices we make certainly lack variety.
Eating this variety of fruits and vegetables may sound simple. 2. _ most Americans still don’t meet these recommendations. 4. Also, the few choices we make certainly lack variety.
_ most Americans still don’t meet these recommendations. 4. Also, the few choices we make certainly lack variety. 3. Eating this variety of fruits and vegetables may sound simple.
Eating this variety of fruits and vegetables may sound simple. 4. Also, the few choices we make certainly lack variety. 2. _ most Americans still don’t meet these recommendations.
What word best goes in the blank in Sentence 2?

Therefore,
For example,
However,
In which

9, Which sentence would work best as a first sentence for the paragraph?

Sentence 9.
Sentence 12.
Sentence 10.
Sentence 1.
Sentence 6.
10, Which sentence if added to the paragraph would help to support the topic sentence?

More and more restaurants are creating healthy vegetarian dishes for their menus.
Of course fruits and vegetables must be washed thoroughly before eating them.
Vitamin supplements can also promote a healthy body.
A soyburger contains more nutrients than a hamburger and has no animal toxins.
Which word best goes in the blank?

The mother __ her teenaged son to bring her a napkin.

instructed
asked
begged
implored

The teacher __ his watch and then announced that time was up.

studied
inspected
eyeballed
looked at

Which choice corrects the misspelling? A B C D E

Whose advice about your problems has had the best affect in the past?

Who’s
advise
you’re
effect
passed

Which word is misspelled? A B

Not being excepted will mean she will not be a part of the sorority, and she will

            C                         D                              E

probably lose confidence which will lower her morale.

accepted
apart
loose
witch
moral

In which sentence are the modifiers placed correctly?

While trimming the hedges, a wasp stung me.
A wasp stung me while trimming the hedges.
While I was trimming the hedges, a wasp stung me.
Trimming the hedges, a wasp stung me.

In which sentence are the modifiers placed correctly?

Leaping from limb to limb, I saw two squirrels in a state of amorous excitement.
In a state of amorous excitement, I saw two squirrels leaping from limb to limb.
I saw two squirrels leaping from limb to limb in a state of amorous excitement.
Leaping from limb to limb in a state of amorous excitement, I saw two squirrels.

In 17 and 18, which word (all the punctuation is correct) best completes the meaning?

Jim’s wife was unfaithful ___________he divorced her.

; also
; nevertheless,
although
. For example,
; thus

Jim hates to throw anything out __ his closets are stuffed to the ceiling.

, yet
, so
so that
, for
, but

Which sentence is best?

Sue wants to graduate from college, get a high paying job, and to buy a condo on South Beach.
Sue wants to graduate from college, to get a high paying job, and buy condo on South Beach.
Sue wants to graduate from college, get a high paying job, and a condo on South Beach.
Sue wants to graduate from college, to get a high paying job, and to buy a condo on South Beach.
Sue wants to graduate from college, to get a high paying job, and she wants to buy a condo on South Beach.

Which sentence is best?

Shaq is a great player due to his size, his strength, and skill.
Shaq is a great player due to his size, his strength, and his skill.
Shaq is a great player due to his size, to his strength, and his skill.
Shaq is a great player due to his size, strength, and his skill.

For questions 21-24, which answer gives the correct punctuation for the underlined part?

The used car dealer gave me a guarantee _ it was not worth the paper it was written on.

but
, but
but,
; but
, but,

I will change it __ I will not like it.

although
; although,
,although,
. Although
although,

I expected him to pay the dinner check __ he asked me to pay half.

; instead,
, instead
, instead,
instead
instead,

My girlfriend moved to New York _ we telephone each other every day.

, however
however
; however,
however,
, however,

Which sentence has the conventional verb form?

Last night he droved his car into a snow bank.
Last night he drived his car into a snow bank.
Last night he drove his car into a snow bank.
Last night he driven his car into a snow bank.
Last night he droven his car into a snow bank.

In which answer are all the verb forms correct?

Yesterday my neighbor suggested I should mow my lawn, so I tell him to mind his own business.
Yesterday my neighbor suggested I should mowed my lawn, so I told him to mind his own business.
Yesterday my neighbor suggested I should mow my lawn, so I told him to minded his own business.
Yesterday my neighbor suggests I should mow my lawn, so I told him to mind his own business.
Yesterday my neighbor suggested I should mow my lawn, so I told him to mind his own business.

In which answer are all the verbs correct?

Last week a cop stopped me and gave me a ticket that I did not deserve.
Last week a cop stopped me and gave me a ticket that I did not deserved.
Last week a cop stopped me and gives me a ticket that I do not deserve.
Last week a cop stops me and gave me a ticket that I do not deserve.
Last week a cop stops me and gave me a ticket that I did not deserve.

Which choice corrects an error in subject verb agreement? A B C

Jim tells me that every death that he sees in horror movies frighten him.

tell
see
frightens
The original sentence has no errors

Which choice corrects an error in subject verb agreement? A B C

My minister preaches that the Bible says not one of us are without sin.

preach
say
is
The original sentence has no errors

Which sentence has no error in pronoun agreement?

If a student has a problem, he/she should ask his/her teacher to help them.
If a student has a problem, they should ask their teacher to help them.
If a student has a problem, he/she should ask their teacher for help.
If a student has a problem, he/she should ask the teacher for help.
If a student has a problem, they should ask the teacher for help.

Which sentence has a consistent point of view?

Students should pay attention in class because whenever you miss something in class, it is sure to be on your test.
Students should pay attention in class because whenever they miss something in class, it is sure to be on their test.
You should pay attention in class because whenever one misses something in class, it is sure to be on your test.
A student should pay attention in class because whenever you miss something in class, it is sure to be on his/her test.

Which sentence has a consistent point of view?

None of us like working at Namby’s because managers work us too hard and you are treated like dirt.
None of us like working at Namby’s because managers work you too hard and you are treated like dirt.
None of us like working at Namby’s because managers work us too hard and we are treated like dirt.
None of us like working at Namby’s because managers work you too hard and we are treated like dirt.
None of the above has a consistent point of view.

Which sentence is free of ambiguous pronoun reference?

Jim did not meet with Sam because he was working.
Sam did not meet with Jim because he was working.
Sam and Jim did not meet because he was working.
Because Jim was working, Sam did not meet with him.
All of the above have ambiguous pronoun reference.

Which sentence is free of errors in pronoun case?

Her husband and she invited my wife and I to dinner.
Her husband and her invited my wife and I to dinner.
Her husband and she invited my wife and me to dinner.
Her husband and her invited my wife and me to dinner.
All of the above have errors in pronoun case.

Which sentence has no errors in using adjective and adverb forms?

The boy was real sorry that he behaved so bad.
The boy was really sorry that he behaved so bad.
The boy was real sorry that he behaved so badly.
The boy was really sorry that he behaved so badly.
All of the above have errors in using adjective and adverb forms.

Which choice completes the correct form of comparatives and superlatives?

Of my four finals, the algebra exam was _.

more hard
hardest
harder
most hard
None of the above.

Which response corrects the spelling error?

Even though it was not convient, Jim had to perform at parties every day last

week or he would lose his job.

Eventhough
convenient
preform
everyday
loose

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

My father, who was home from the Marines, showed me how to protect myself from an attacker.
My father who was home from the Marines, showed me how to protect myself from an attacker.
My father, who was home from the Marines showed me how to protect myself from an attacker.
My father who was home from the Marines showed me how to protect myself from an attacker.
All of the above have a punctuation error.

Which choice corrects the apostrophe error? A B C D E

Ed wants his wife’s brothers to visit over the Christmas holiday’s.

want’s
wifes’
brothers’
Christmas’
holidays

Which choice corrects the error in capitalization?
A B C

I don’t know why College requires courses in English and math
D E
just to earn a diploma to become a dental hygienist.

college
english
Math
Diploma
Dental Hygienist
Answers

You need to get 25 out of 40 correct (62.5%) to pass the objective test.

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