Directions: In each of the sentences below, three portions are underlined and lettered. Read each sentence and decide whether any of the underlined parts contains a grammatical construction, a word use, or an instance of incorrect or omitted punctuation that would be inappropriate in carefully written English. If so, note the letter printed beneath the underlined portion and fill in the corresponding lettered space on the answer sheet.
If there are no errors in any of the underlined portions, fill in space D. No sentence has more than one error.
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7) Surrounded by mountains and 7,400 feet above sea level, Mexico City (A) suffers from both (B) kinds of air pollution, the photochemical reaction of Los Angeles (C) or the thermal inversion of New York.
A) suffers from
B) kinds of air pollution
C) or
D) No error (X)
8) Before the publications of Broca’s studies, (A) nearly all scientists assumed that the two halves of the brain, which on casual inspection (B) appear identically, (C) performed the same functions.
A) nearly all scientists
B) appear identically
C) performed the same functions.
D) No error (X)
9) Because such white-collar (A) crimes like bribery, price-fixing, and embezzlement cannot be successfully prosecuted without the cooperation of accomplices, most prosecutors are (B) willing to promise to recommend leniency in return (C) for information from those who are implicated.
A) crimes like
B) willing to promise
C) for information from those who are implicated.
D) No error (My answer is C)
10) Hegel seems to have become for Gombrich (A) what Machiavelli (B) has for the Elizabethans: Old Nick, the (C) very devil responsible for all evils.
A) what
B) has
C) very
D) No error
My answer is (A)
11) (A) No Chinese or Indian object--indeed, (B) no object of any kind from Asia--has been found in the Americas in archaeological levels (C) that date to pre-Columbian times.
A) No Chinese
B) no object of any kind
C) that date to
D) No error
My answer is ( C )
12) Very few political scientists recommend a governmental organization (A) in which all positions of influence and power (B) to be filled by popular elections (C) alone.
A) in which
B) to be
C) alone.
D) No error
My answer is ( C)
13) The opinion polls and the 2,000 letters a week (A) received by her office confirm that (B) Senator Addison’s appeals to storekeepers, small homeowners, and suburbanites (C) dissatisfied with high tax rates.
A) received by her office
B) Senator Addison's appeals
C) dissatisfied
D) No error
My answer is ( D)
14) Although unemployment in California decreased slightly last month, (A) but the number of people (B) out of work (C) increased.
A) but the number
B) out of work
C) increased
D) No error
My answer is (A )
15) In a series of four lectures on Gwendolyn Brooks, Lorraine Hansberry, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Mary Church Terrell, the speaker (A) will examine the roles, (B) their contribution, and achievements of Black women (C) in many phases of American life.
A) will examine
B) their contribution
C) in many phases
D) No error
My answer is ( B)
These directions are confusing, but I think you're to choose the part of the sentence that contains an error.
7) The answer is C. The sentence states "both" kinds of air pollution -- and then uses "or" in listing them. The correct word in C should be "and."
8) The correct answer is B. The two halves of the brain appear "identical," not indentically.
9) The correct answer is A. The use of "like" in that construction is not acceptable. It should be: "such crimes AS bribery . . ."
10) The correct answer is B. It should be "what Machiavelli WAS for the Elizabethans . . ."
Ms. Sue,
What about 11 to 15 do you agree with those answers.
Where are 11 to 15? Did you post them? Or did I miss them?
7) Surrounded by mountains and 7,400 feet above sea level, Mexico City (A) suffers from both (B) kinds of air pollution, the photochemical reaction of Los Angeles (C) or the thermal inversion of New York.
A) suffers from
B) kinds of air pollution
C) or
D) No error
8) Before the publications of Broca’s studies, (A) nearly all scientists assumed that the two halves of the brain, which on casual inspection (B) appear identically, (C) performed the same functions.
A) nearly all scientists
B) appear identically
C) performed the same functions.
D) No error
9) Because such white-collar (A) crimes like bribery, price-fixing, and embezzlement cannot be successfully prosecuted without the cooperation of accomplices, most prosecutors are (B) willing to promise to recommend leniency in return (C) for information from those who are implicated.
A) crimes like
B) willing to promise
C) for information from those who are implicated.
D) No error
10) Hegel seems to have become for Gombrich (A) what Machiavelli (B) has for the Elizabethans: Old Nick, the (C) very devil responsible for all evils.
A) what
B) has
C) very
D) No error
My answer is (A)
11) (A) No Chinese or Indian object--indeed, (B) no object of any kind from Asia--has been found in the Americas in archaeological levels (C) that date to pre-Columbian times.
A) No Chinese
B) no object of any kind
C) that date to
D) No error
My answer is ( C )
12) Very few political scientists recommend a governmental organization (A) in which all positions of influence and power (B) to be filled by popular elections (C) alone.
A) in which
B) to be
C) alone.
D) No error
My answer is ( C)
13) The opinion polls and the 2,000 letters a week (A) received by her office confirm that (B) Senator Addison’s appeals to storekeepers, small homeowners, and suburbanites (C) dissatisfied with high tax rates.
A) received by her office
B) Senator Addison's appeals
C) dissatisfied
D) No error
My answer is ( D)
14) Although unemployment in California decreased slightly last month, (A) but the number of people (B) out of work (C) increased.
A) but the number
B) out of work
C) increased
D) No error
My answer is (A )
15) In a series of four lectures on Gwendolyn Brooks, Lorraine Hansberry, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Mary Church Terrell, the speaker (A) will examine the roles, (B) their contribution, and achievements of Black women (C) in many phases of American life.
A) will examine
B) their contribution
C) in many phases
D) No error
My answer is ( B)
Still waiting for 11 to 15.
11) (A) No Chinese or Indian object--indeed, (B) no object of any kind from Asia--has been found in the Americas in archaeological levels (C) that date to pre-Columbian times.
A) No Chinese
B) no object of any kind
C) that date to
D) No error
12) Very few political scientists recommend a governmental organization (A) in which all positions of influence and power (B) to be filled by popular elections (C) alone.
A) in which
B) to be
C) alone.
D) No error
13) The opinion polls and the 2,000 letters a week (A) received by her office confirm that (B) Senator Addison’s appeals to storekeepers, small homeowners, and suburbanites (C) dissatisfied with high tax rates.
A) received by her office
B) Senator Addison's appeals
C) dissatisfied
D) No error
14) Although unemployment in California decreased slightly last month, (A) but the number of people (B) out of work (C) increased.
A) but the number
B) out of work
C) increased
D) No error
15) In a series of four lectures on Gwendolyn Brooks, Lorraine Hansberry, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Mary Church Terrell, the speaker (A) will examine the roles, (B) their contribution, and achievements of Black women (C) in many phases of American life.
A) will examine
B) their contribution
C) in many phases
D) No error
To determine whether any of the underlined portions in the given sentences contains a grammatical construction, a word use, or an instance of incorrect or omitted punctuation that would be inappropriate in carefully written English, you need to carefully analyze each sentence.
7) The underlined portion (A) "suffers from" is grammatically correct.
8) The underlined portion (B) "appear identically" should be changed to "appears identical." The verb "appear" should agree with the noun "halves," which is plural.
9) The underlined portion (C) "for information from those who are implicated" is grammatically correct.
10) The underlined portion (A) "what" is grammatically correct.
11) The underlined portion (C) "that date to" is grammatically correct.
12) The underlined portion (C) "alone" is grammatically correct.
13) The underlined portion (D) "No error" is correct.
14) The underlined portion (A) "but the number" is redundant. The conjunction "but" is unnecessary in this sentence. The correct phrase should be "although the number."
15) The underlined portion (D) "No error" is correct.
So to answer the questions:
7) The correct answer is D.
8) The correct answer is B.
9) The correct answer is D.
10) The correct answer is D.
11) The correct answer is D.
12) The correct answer is D.
13) The correct answer is D.
14) The correct answer is A.
15) The correct answer is D.