Deck 41: Editing Tests

Question 1

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) mistake in subject-verb agreement
D) apostrophe mistake
E) faulty parallelism
Looking Out for Yourself
It's sad but true: "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will." For example, some people have a false idea about the power of a college
think that once they
the degree, the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact, nobody is likely to be on their doorstep unless, through advance planning, they
prepared themselves for a career.
Even after a person has landed a job, however, a healthy amount of self-interest is needed. People who hide in corners or
to let others know about their skills
get promotions or raises.
important to take credit for a job well done, whether the job involves writing a report,
or calming down an angry customer. Also, people should feel free to ask the boss for a raise.
Those who look out for themselves get the
0
Who depend on others to help them along get left behind.
________

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. mistake in verb tense
d. mistake in irregular verb
e. missing comma after introductory words
f. mistake with quotation marks
g. apostrophe mistake
Deceptive Appearances
Appearances can be deceptive. While looking through a library window yesterday, I saw a neatly groomed woman walk by. Her clothes were skillfully
makeup was perfect.
crumpled a piece of paper in her hand.
Suddenly she no longer
attractive to me. On another occasion, I started talking to a person in my psychology class named Eric. Eric seemed to be a great person. He always got the class laughing with his
the days when Eric was absent, I think even the professor missed his lively personality. Eric asked me
and I felt happy he had
me to be a friend.
Eric took out an envelope with several kinds of pills inside. "Want one" he asked. "They're uppers." I didn't want
felt disappointed.
0
terrific personality was the product of the pills he took.
________

Answer 2

d

Question 3

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. missing capital letter
d. mistake in subject-verb agreement
e. faulty parallelism
f. apostrophe mistake
g. missing quotation mark
h. missing comma after introductory words
Why I Didn't Go to Church
In my boyhood years, I almost never attended church. There was an unwritten code that the guys on the corner
not to be seen in
Although there
many days when I wanted to attend a church, I felt I had no choice but to stay away. If the guys had heard I had gone to church, they would have said things like,
angel, when are you going to
With my group of friends,
amazing that I developed any religious feeling at all. Another reason for not going to church was my father. When he was around the
told my mother, "Mike's not going to church. No boy of mine is a sissy." My mother and sister went to
sat with my father and read the Sunday paper or watching television. I did not start going to church until years later.

________

Answer 3

d

Question 4

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. faulty parallelism
d. missing apostrophe
e. missing quotation mark
f. missing comma between two complete thoughts
g. missing comma after introductory words
h. misspelled word
Billy Budd, Sailor
Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick is his
book that most students know best is Billy Budd.
While he is serving on the American ship Rights of Man, a British warship comes alongside his and takes several American
the noble Billy succeeds in winning the admiration of the British captain, Edward Vere, and that of most of the crew.
Eventually, Claggart accuses Billy of starting a
charge is clearly untrue. However,
enrages the seaman, who loses his composure,
Realizing that Claggart's accusation provoked Billy, the captain sympathizes with the young man, but he knows he has to try Billy before a jury on board ship. Following
law to the letter, the jury convicts him. Shortly thereafter, Billy is hanged, much to the regret of all those involved, but not before he utters one of the most memorable lines in American literature:

________

Question 5

_____ The craze for convenience in our country has gone too far. There are drive-in banks, restaurants, and even churches.

Question 6

_____ Kevin eats lunch at the diner every Wednesday, but he brings a sandwich to work on the other days.

Question 7

_____ I first spotted the turtle playing tag on the back lawn.

Question 8

_____In Greek mythology, Daedalus warned his son Icarus, "Don't fly too near the sun.

Question 9

_____ The teacher called to discuss Ron's social maladjustment difficulties.

Question 10

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) mistake in subject-verb agreement
D) apostrophe mistake
E) faulty parallelism
Looking Out for Yourself
It's sad but true: "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will." For example, some people have a false idea about the power of a college
think that once they
the degree, the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact, nobody is likely to be on their doorstep unless, through advance planning, they
prepared themselves for a career.
Even after a person has landed a job, however, a healthy amount of self-interest is needed. People who hide in corners or
to let others know about their skills
get promotions or raises.
important to take credit for a job well done, whether the job involves writing a report,
or calming down an angry customer. Also, people should feel free to ask the boss for a raise.
Those who look out for themselves get the
0
Who depend on others to help them along get left behind.
________

Question 11

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) mistake in verb tense
D) mistake in irregular verb
E) missing comma after introductory words
F) mistake with quotation marks
G) apostrophe mistake
Deceptive Appearances
Appearances can be deceptive. While looking through a library window yesterday, I saw a neatly groomed woman walk by. Her clothes were skillfully
makeup was perfect.
crumpled a piece of paper in her hand.
Suddenly she no longer
attractive to me. On another occasion, I started talking to a person in my psychology class named Eric. Eric seemed to be a great person. He always got the class laughing with his
the days when Eric was absent, I think even the professor missed his lively personality. Eric asked me
and I felt happy he had
me to be a friend.
Eric took out an envelope with several kinds of pills inside. "Want one" he asked. "They're uppers." I didn't want
felt disappointed.
0
Terrific personality was the product of the pills he took.
________

Question 12

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) missing capital letter
D) mistake in subject-verb agreement
E) faulty parallelism
F) apostrophe mistake
G) missing quotation mark
H) missing comma after introductory words
Why I Didn't Go to Church
In my boyhood years, I almost never attended church. There was an unwritten code that the guys on the corner
not to be seen in
Although there
many days when I wanted to attend a church, I felt I had no choice but to stay away. If the guys had heard I had gone to church, they would have said things like,
angel, when are you going to
With my group of friends,
amazing that I developed any religious feeling at all. Another reason for not going to church was my father. When he was around the
told my mother, "Mike's not going to church. No boy of mine is a sissy." My mother and sister went to
sat with my father and read the Sunday paper or watching television. I did not start going to church until years later.

________

Question 13

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. faulty parallelism
d. missing apostrophe
e. missing quotation mark
f. missing comma between two complete thoughts
g. missing comma after introductory words
h. misspelled word
Billy Budd, Sailor
Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick is his
book that most students know best is Billy Budd.
While he is serving on the American ship Rights of Man, a British warship comes alongside his and takes several American
the noble Billy succeeds in winning the admiration of the British captain, Edward Vere, and that of most of the crew.
Eventually, Claggart accuses Billy of starting a
charge is clearly untrue. However,
enrages the seaman, who loses his composure,
Realizing that Claggart's accusation provoked Billy, the captain sympathizes with the young man, but he knows he has to try Billy before a jury on board ship. Following
law to the letter, the jury convicts him. Shortly thereafter, Billy is hanged, much to the regret of all those involved, but not before he utters one of the most memorable lines in American literature:

________

Question 14

_____ My most valued possession is my stoneware cooker, I can make entire meals in it at a low cost.

Question 15

_____ Juan ran down the hall without looking and trips over the toy truck lying on the floor.

Question 16

_____ While still a little girl, her father was appointed company president.

Question 17

_____Martha said to Fred at bedtime, "Why is it that men's pajamas always have such baggy bottoms" "You look like a circus clown in that flannel outfit."

Question 18

_____ I thought the course would be a piece of cake, but a ten-page paper was required.

Question 19

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) mistake in subject-verb agreement
D) apostrophe mistake
E) faulty parallelism
Looking Out for Yourself
It's sad but true: "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will." For example, some people have a false idea about the power of a college
think that once they
the degree, the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact, nobody is likely to be on their doorstep unless, through advance planning, they
prepared themselves for a career.
Even after a person has landed a job, however, a healthy amount of self-interest is needed. People who hide in corners or
to let others know about their skills
get promotions or raises.
important to take credit for a job well done, whether the job involves writing a report,
or calming down an angry customer. Also, people should feel free to ask the boss for a raise.
Those who look out for themselves get the
0
Who depend on others to help them along get left behind.
________

Question 20

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) mistake in verb tense
D) mistake in irregular verb
E) missing comma after introductory words
F) mistake with quotation marks
G) apostrophe mistake
Deceptive Appearances
Appearances can be deceptive. While looking through a library window yesterday, I saw a neatly groomed woman walk by. Her clothes were skillfully
makeup was perfect.
crumpled a piece of paper in her hand.
Suddenly she no longer
attractive to me. On another occasion, I started talking to a person in my psychology class named Eric. Eric seemed to be a great person. He always got the class laughing with his
the days when Eric was absent, I think even the professor missed his lively personality. Eric asked me
and I felt happy he had
me to be a friend.
Eric took out an envelope with several kinds of pills inside. "Want one" he asked. "They're uppers." I didn't want
felt disappointed.
0
Terrific personality was the product of the pills he took.
________

Question 21

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) missing capital letter
D) mistake in subject-verb agreement
E) faulty parallelism
F) apostrophe mistake
G) missing quotation mark
H) missing comma after introductory words
Why I Didn't Go to Church
In my boyhood years, I almost never attended church. There was an unwritten code that the guys on the corner
not to be seen in
Although there
many days when I wanted to attend a church, I felt I had no choice but to stay away. If the guys had heard I had gone to church, they would have said things like,
angel, when are you going to
With my group of friends,
amazing that I developed any religious feeling at all. Another reason for not going to church was my father. When he was around the
told my mother, "Mike's not going to church. No boy of mine is a sissy." My mother and sister went to
sat with my father and read the Sunday paper or watching television. I did not start going to church until years later.

________

Question 22

See if you can locate and correct the ten sentence-skills mistakes in the following passage. The mistakes are listed in the box below. As you locate each mistake, write the number of the word group containing that mistake. Use the spaces provided. Then (on separate paper) correct the mistakes.
A Place of Fear
1 College is supposed to be a place of discovery. 2 But for some students can be a place of fear. 3 In the classroom for example many students are afraid of appearing dumb in front of their classmates or professors. 4 Such students often try to hide in class by sitting in the back of the room. 5 Avoiding eye contact with instructors. 6 Fear prevents them from raising their hands answering questions or being part of class discussions. 7 Fear also leads to problems outside the class­room. 8 Worried that their peers wont like them, many college students smoke or drinking heavily to blend in with the crowd. 9 They also try drugs or joining in hurtful pranks they may even practice unsafe sex out of fear. 10 Finally, students who get into trouble are often too scared to seek help in solving their problems.

Question 23

_____ The shopping carts outside the supermarket seemed welded together, Rita could not separate one from another.

Question 24

_____ Debbie enjoys riding her bike in the newly built park, which features a special path for bikers and runners.

Question 25

_____ Running across the field , I caught the baseball.

Question 26

_____ The red sign on the door read, "Warning -open only in case of an emergency."

Question 27

_____ The economy has taken a turn for the worse, but it goes without saying that it will improve soon.

Question 28

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) mistake in subject-verb agreement
D) apostrophe mistake
E) faulty parallelism
Looking Out for Yourself
It's sad but true: "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will." For example, some people have a false idea about the power of a college
think that once they
the degree, the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact, nobody is likely to be on their doorstep unless, through advance planning, they
prepared themselves for a career.
Even after a person has landed a job, however, a healthy amount of self-interest is needed. People who hide in corners or
to let others know about their skills
get promotions or raises.
important to take credit for a job well done, whether the job involves writing a report,
or calming down an angry customer. Also, people should feel free to ask the boss for a raise.
Those who look out for themselves get the
0
Who depend on others to help them along get left behind.
________

Question 29

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) mistake in verb tense
D) mistake in irregular verb
E) missing comma after introductory words
F) mistake with quotation marks
G) apostrophe mistake
Deceptive Appearances
Appearances can be deceptive. While looking through a library window yesterday, I saw a neatly groomed woman walk by. Her clothes were skillfully
makeup was perfect.
crumpled a piece of paper in her hand.
Suddenly she no longer
attractive to me. On another occasion, I started talking to a person in my psychology class named Eric. Eric seemed to be a great person. He always got the class laughing with his
the days when Eric was absent, I think even the professor missed his lively personality. Eric asked me
and I felt happy he had
me to be a friend.
Eric took out an envelope with several kinds of pills inside. "Want one" he asked. "They're uppers." I didn't want
felt disappointed.
0
Terrific personality was the product of the pills he took.
________

Question 30

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) missing capital letter
D) mistake in subject-verb agreement
E) faulty parallelism
F) apostrophe mistake
G) missing quotation mark
H) missing comma after introductory words
Why I Didn't Go to Church
In my boyhood years, I almost never attended church. There was an unwritten code that the guys on the corner
not to be seen in
Although there
many days when I wanted to attend a church, I felt I had no choice but to stay away. If the guys had heard I had gone to church, they would have said things like,
angel, when are you going to
With my group of friends,
amazing that I developed any religious feeling at all. Another reason for not going to church was my father. When he was around the
told my mother, "Mike's not going to church. No boy of mine is a sissy." My mother and sister went to
sat with my father and read the Sunday paper or watching television. I did not start going to church until years later.

________

Question 31

See if you can locate and correct the ten sentence-skills mistakes in the following passages. The mistakes are listed in the box below. As you locate each mistake, write the number of the word group containing that mistake. Use the spaces provided. Then (on separate paper) correct the mistakes.
Fred's Funeral
1 Sometimes when Fred feels undervalued and depression, he likes to imagine his own funeral. 2 He pictures all the people who will be there. 3 He hears their hushed words sees their tears, and feels their grief. 4 He glows with warm sadness as the minister begins a eulogy by saying, Fred Grencher was no ordinary man... " 5 As the minister talks on Freds eyes grow moist. 6 He laments his own passing and feels altogether appreciated and wonderful.
Feeding Time
7 Recently I was at the cat house in the zoo. 8 Right before feeding time. 9 The tigers and lions were lying about on benches and little stands. 10 Basking in the late-afternoon sun. 11 They seemed tame and harmless. 12 But when the meat was brung in, a remarkable change occurred. 13 All the cats got up and moved toward the food. 14 I was suddenly aware of the rippling muscles' of their bodies and their large claws and teeth. 15 They seemed three times bigger, I could feel their power.

Question 32

_____ I am going to borrow my father's car if he agree.

Question 33

_____The museum guides assigned to the students' tour were willing to discuss any of the exhibits that you asked them about.

Question 34

_____ Looking at my watch , a taxi nearly ran me over.

Question 35

_____ "I can't stand that commercial," said Sue. "Do you mind if I turn off the television"

Question 36

_____ Spike gave away his television owing to the fact that it distracted him from studying.

Question 37

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. mistake in subject-verb agreement
d. apostrophe mistake
e. faulty parallelism
Looking Out for Yourself
It's sad but true: "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will." For example, some people have a false idea about the power of a college
think that once they
the degree, the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact, nobody is likely to be on their doorstep unless, through advance planning, they
prepared themselves for a career.
Even after a person has landed a job, however, a healthy amount of self-interest is needed. People who hide in corners or
to let others know about their skills
get promotions or raises.
important to take credit for a job well done, whether the job involves writing a report,
or calming down an angry customer. Also, people should feel free to ask the boss for a raise.
Those who look out for themselves get the
0
who depend on others to help them along get left behind.
________

Question 38

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) irregular verb mistake
D) missing comma after introductory words
E) apostrophe mistake
F) misplaced modifier
G) missing quotation marks
Corsica: a Brief History
The island of Corsica
only a short distance from the southern coast of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of the French, was born on this island. Corsica is also the setting of Alexander
The Corsican Brothers, a novel about twins, who were supposed to feel each other's physical pain.
Corsica was occupied by the Carthaginians, the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Etruscans, and the
the property of the Italian city-state of Genoa in the fourteenth century, the island stayed in Italian hands for four hundred years. In fact,
the official language remained Italian. That changed.
Genoa is said to have sold its interests in Corsica to
Professor Cavour, my Italian teacher, once claimed that

________

Question 39

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. missing capital letter
d. mistake in subject-verb agreement
e. faulty parallelism
f. apostrophe mistake
g. missing quotation mark
h. missing comma after introductory words
Why I Didn't Go to Church
In my boyhood years, I almost never attended church. There was an unwritten code that the guys on the corner
not to be seen in
Although there
many days when I wanted to attend a church, I felt I had no choice but to stay away. If the guys had heard I had gone to church, they would have said things like,
angel, when are you going to
With my group of friends,
amazing that I developed any religious feeling at all. Another reason for not going to church was my father. When he was around the
told my mother, "Mike's not going to church. No boy of mine is a sissy." My mother and sister went to
sat with my father and read the Sunday paper or watching television. I did not start going to church until years later.

________

Question 40

See if you can locate and correct the ten sentence-skills mistakes in the following passage. The mistakes are listed in the box below. As you locate each mistake, write the number of the word group containing that mistake. Use the spaces provided. Then (on separate paper) correct the mistakes.
Walking Billboards
1 Many Americans have turned into driving, walking billboards. 2 As much as we all claim to hate commercials on television we dont seem to have any qualms about turning ourselves into commercials. 3 Our car bumpers for example adver­tise lake resorts underground caverns, and amusement parks. 4 Also, we wear clothes marked with other peoples initials and slogans. 5 Our fascination with the names of designers show up on the backs of our sneakers, the breast pockets of our shirts, and the right rear pockets of our blue jeans. 6 And we wear T-shirts filled with all kinds of advertising messages. 7 For instance, people are willing to wear shirts that read, "Dillon Construction," "Nike," or even I Got Crabs at Ed's Seafood Palace. 8 In conclusion, we say we hate commercials, we actually pay people for the right to advertise their products.

Question 41

_____ For recreation he sets up hundreds of dominoes, and then he knocks them over.

Question 42

_____ We did not return to the amusement park, for we had to pay too much for the rides and meals.

Question 43

_____The book was well written, interesting, and many instructors assigned it.

Question 44

_____Artie attended his morning classes, ate lunch, studied for his math test, went to work, got home, and fell right to sleep.

Question 45

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) mistake in subject-verb agreement
D) apostrophe mistake
E) faulty parallelism
Looking Out for Yourself
It's sad but true: "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will." For example, some people have a false idea about the power of a college
think that once they
the degree, the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact, nobody is likely to be on their doorstep unless, through advance planning, they
prepared themselves for a career.
Even after a person has landed a job, however, a healthy amount of self-interest is needed. People who hide in corners or
to let others know about their skills
get promotions or raises.
important to take credit for a job well done, whether the job involves writing a report,
or calming down an angry customer. Also, people should feel free to ask the boss for a raise.
Those who look out for themselves get the
0
Who depend on others to help them along get left behind.
________

Question 46

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) irregular verb mistake
D) missing comma after introductory words
E) apostrophe mistake
F) misplaced modifier
G) missing quotation marks
Corsica: a Brief History
The island of Corsica
only a short distance from the southern coast of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of the French, was born on this island. Corsica is also the setting of Alexander
The Corsican Brothers, a novel about twins, who were supposed to feel each other's physical pain.
Corsica was occupied by the Carthaginians, the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Etruscans, and the
the property of the Italian city-state of Genoa in the fourteenth century, the island stayed in Italian hands for four hundred years. In fact,
the official language remained Italian. That changed.
Genoa is said to have sold its interests in Corsica to
Professor Cavour, my Italian teacher, once claimed that

________

Question 47

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) missing capital letter
D) mistake in subject-verb agreement
E) faulty parallelism
F) apostrophe mistake
G) missing quotation mark
H) missing comma after introductory words
Why I Didn't Go to Church
In my boyhood years, I almost never attended church. There was an unwritten code that the guys on the corner
not to be seen in
Although there
many days when I wanted to attend a church, I felt I had no choice but to stay away. If the guys had heard I had gone to church, they would have said things like,
angel, when are you going to
With my group of friends,
amazing that I developed any religious feeling at all. Another reason for not going to church was my father. When he was around the
told my mother, "Mike's not going to church. No boy of mine is a sissy." My mother and sister went to
sat with my father and read the Sunday paper or watching television. I did not start going to church until years later.

________

Question 48

See if you can locate and correct the ten sentence-skills mistakes in the following passage. The mistakes are listed in the box below. As you locate each mistake, write the number of the word group containing that mistake. Use the spaces provided. Then (on separate paper) correct the mistakes.
Too Many Cooks
1 The problem in my college dining hall was the succession of incompetent cooks who were put in charge. 2 During the time I worked there, I watched sev­eral cooks come and go. 3 The first of these was Irving. 4 He was skinny and greasy like the undercooked bacon he served for breakfast. 5 Irving drank, by late afternoon he begun to sway as he cooked. 6 Once, he looked at the brightly col­ored photograph on the orange juice machine. 7 And asked why the TV was on. 8 Having fired Irving, Lonnie was hired. 9 Lonnie had a soft, round face that resembled the Pillsbury Doughboy's but he had the size and temperament of a large bear. 10 He'd wave one paw and growl if you entered the freezers without his permission. 11 He also had poor eyesight. 12 This problem caused him to sub­stitute flour for sugar and using pork for beef on a regular basis. 13 After Lonnie was fired, Enzo arrived. 14 Because he had come from Italy only a year or two previously. 15 He spoke little English. 16 In addition, Enzo had trouble with season­ing and spices. 17 His vegetables were too salty, giant bay leaves turned up in everything. 18 Including the scrambled eggs. 19 The cooks I worked for in the col­lege dining hall would have made Bobby Flay go into shock.

Question 49

_____ He stopped taking a nap after lunch because he then had trouble sleeping at night.

Question 50

_____ Drivers should check the oil level in their cars every three months.

Question 51

_____ I put my books in a locker, changed into my gym clothes, and hurried to the yoga class.

Question 52

_____ Although we wanted to visit France we spent all of our vacation in Spain.

Question 53

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. mistake in subject-verb agreement
d. apostrophe mistake
e. faulty parallelism
Looking Out for Yourself
It's sad but true: "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will." For example, some people have a false idea about the power of a college
think that once they
the degree, the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact, nobody is likely to be on their doorstep unless, through advance planning, they
prepared themselves for a career.
Even after a person has landed a job, however, a healthy amount of self-interest is needed. People who hide in corners or
to let others know about their skills
get promotions or raises.
important to take credit for a job well done, whether the job involves writing a report,
or calming down an angry customer. Also, people should feel free to ask the boss for a raise.
Those who look out for themselves get the
0
who depend on others to help them along get left behind.
________

Question 54

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) irregular verb mistake
D) missing comma after introductory words
E) apostrophe mistake
F) misplaced modifier
G) missing quotation marks
Corsica: a Brief History
The island of Corsica
only a short distance from the southern coast of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of the French, was born on this island. Corsica is also the setting of Alexander
The Corsican Brothers, a novel about twins, who were supposed to feel each other's physical pain.
Corsica was occupied by the Carthaginians, the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Etruscans, and the
the property of the Italian city-state of Genoa in the fourteenth century, the island stayed in Italian hands for four hundred years. In fact,
the official language remained Italian. That changed.
Genoa is said to have sold its interests in Corsica to
Professor Cavour, my Italian teacher, once claimed that

________

Question 55

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. missing capital letter
d. mistake in subject-verb agreement
e. faulty parallelism
f. apostrophe mistake
g. missing quotation mark
h. missing comma after introductory words
Why I Didn't Go to Church
In my boyhood years, I almost never attended church. There was an unwritten code that the guys on the corner
not to be seen in
Although there
many days when I wanted to attend a church, I felt I had no choice but to stay away. If the guys had heard I had gone to church, they would have said things like,
angel, when are you going to
With my group of friends,
amazing that I developed any religious feeling at all. Another reason for not going to church was my father. When he was around the
told my mother, "Mike's not going to church. No boy of mine is a sissy." My mother and sister went to
sat with my father and read the Sunday paper or watching television. I did not start going to church until years later.

________

Question 56

See if you can locate and correct the ten sentence-skills mistakes in the following passage. The mistakes are listed in the box below. As you locate each mistake, write the number of the word group containing that mistake. Use the spaces provided. Then (on separate paper) correct the mistakes.
My Ideal Date
1 Here are the ingredients for my ideal date, first of all, I would want to look as stunning as possible. 2 I would be dressed in a black velvet jumpsuit. 3 That would fit me like a layer of paint. 4 My accessories would include a pair of red satin spike heels a diamond hair clip, and a full-length black mink coat. 5 My boyfriend, Tony, would wear a sharply tailored black tuxedo, a white silk shirt, and a red bow tie. 6 The tux would emphasize Tony's broad shoulders and narrow waist, and you would see his chest muscles under the smooth shirt fabric. 7 Tony would pull up to my house in a long, shiney limousine, then the driver would take us to the most exclusive and glittery nightclub in Manhattan. 8 All eyes would be on us as we entered and photographers would rush up to take our picture for People magazine. 9 As we danced on the lighted floor of the club, everyone would step aside to watch us perform our moves. 10 After several bottles of champagne, Tony and I would head to the observation deck of the Empire State Building. 11 As we gazed out over the light's of the city, Tony would hand me a small velvet box containing a fifty-carat ruby engagement ring. 12 And ask me to marry him. 13 I would thank Tony for a lovely evening and tell him gently, "Tony, I don't plan to marry until I'm thirty.

Question 57

_____ There was no bread for sandwiches, so he decided to drive to the store. Irregular Verbs

Question 58

_____Someone who wastes money as much as Anton puts their family's financial security in jeopardy.

Question 59

_____ Jogging, playing tennis, and a daily swim kept John from gaining back the weight he had lost.

Question 60

_____ Power, not love or money, is what most politicians want.

Question 61

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. mistake in subject-verb agreement
d. apostrophe mistake
e. faulty parallelism
Looking Out for Yourself
It's sad but true: "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will." For example, some people have a false idea about the power of a college
think that once they
the degree, the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact, nobody is likely to be on their doorstep unless, through advance planning, they
prepared themselves for a career.
Even after a person has landed a job, however, a healthy amount of self-interest is needed. People who hide in corners or
to let others know about their skills
get promotions or raises.
important to take credit for a job well done, whether the job involves writing a report,
or calming down an angry customer. Also, people should feel free to ask the boss for a raise.
Those who look out for themselves get the
0
who depend on others to help them along get left behind.
________

Question 62

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. irregular verb mistake
d. missing comma after introductory words
e. apostrophe mistake
f. misplaced modifier
g. missing quotation marks
Corsica: a Brief History
The island of Corsica
only a short distance from the southern coast of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of the French, was born on this island. Corsica is also the setting of Alexander
The Corsican Brothers, a novel about twins, who were supposed to feel each other's physical pain.
Corsica was occupied by the Carthaginians, the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Etruscans, and the
the property of the Italian city-state of Genoa in the fourteenth century, the island stayed in Italian hands for four hundred years. In fact,
the official language remained Italian. That changed.
Genoa is said to have sold its interests in Corsica to
Professor Cavour, my Italian teacher, once claimed that

________

Question 63

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) missing capital letter
D) mistake in subject-verb agreement
E) faulty parallelism
F) apostrophe mistake
G) missing quotation mark
H) missing comma after introductory words
Why I Didn't Go to Church
In my boyhood years, I almost never attended church. There was an unwritten code that the guys on the corner
not to be seen in
Although there
many days when I wanted to attend a church, I felt I had no choice but to stay away. If the guys had heard I had gone to church, they would have said things like,
angel, when are you going to
With my group of friends,
amazing that I developed any religious feeling at all. Another reason for not going to church was my father. When he was around the
told my mother, "Mike's not going to church. No boy of mine is a sissy." My mother and sister went to
sat with my father and read the Sunday paper or watching television. I did not start going to church until years later.

________
EDITING TEST 6
Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.

A) fragment
B) run-on
C) faulty parallelism
D) missing apostrophe
E) missing quotation mark
F) missing comma between two complete thoughts
G) missing comma after introductory words
H) misspelled word
Billy Budd, Sailor
Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick is his
0
Book that most students know best is Billy Budd.
1
While he is serving on the American ship Rights of Man, a British warship comes alongside his and takes several American
2
The noble Billy succeeds in winning the admiration of the British captain, Edward Vere, and that of most of the crew.
3
Eventually, Claggart accuses Billy of starting a
4
Charge is clearly untrue. However,
5
Enrages the seaman, who loses his composure,
6
Realizing that Claggart's accusation provoked Billy, the captain sympathizes with the young man, but he knows he has to try Billy before a jury on board ship. Following
7
Law to the letter, the jury convicts him. Shortly thereafter, Billy is hanged, much to the regret of all those involved, but not before he utters one of the most memorable lines in American literature:
8

Question 64

_____ After a careless driver hit my motorcycle, I decided to buy a car. At least I would have more protection against other careless drivers.

Question 65

_____ The large pile of snow had shrank significantly after the weather got warm.

Question 66

_____ Sharon's mother was overjoyed when Sharon became pregnant.

Question 67

_____ In the evening I plan to write a paper, to watch a movie , and to read two chapters in my biology text.

Question 68

_____ The heel on one of Lola's shoes came off, so she spent the day walking barefoot.

Question 69

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) mistake in subject-verb agreement
D) apostrophe mistake
E) faulty parallelism
Looking Out for Yourself
It's sad but true: "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will." For example, some people have a false idea about the power of a college
think that once they
the degree, the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact, nobody is likely to be on their doorstep unless, through advance planning, they
prepared themselves for a career.
Even after a person has landed a job, however, a healthy amount of self-interest is needed. People who hide in corners or
to let others know about their skills
get promotions or raises.
important to take credit for a job well done, whether the job involves writing a report,
or calming down an angry customer. Also, people should feel free to ask the boss for a raise.
Those who look out for themselves get the
0
Who depend on others to help them along get left behind.
________

Question 70

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. irregular verb mistake
d. missing comma after introductory words
e. apostrophe mistake
f. misplaced modifier
g. missing quotation marks
Corsica: a Brief History
The island of Corsica
only a short distance from the southern coast of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of the French, was born on this island. Corsica is also the setting of Alexander
The Corsican Brothers, a novel about twins, who were supposed to feel each other's physical pain.
Corsica was occupied by the Carthaginians, the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Etruscans, and the
the property of the Italian city-state of Genoa in the fourteenth century, the island stayed in Italian hands for four hundred years. In fact,
the official language remained Italian. That changed.
Genoa is said to have sold its interests in Corsica to
Professor Cavour, my Italian teacher, once claimed that

________

Question 71

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) faulty parallelism
D) missing apostrophe
E) missing quotation mark
F) missing comma between two complete thoughts
G) missing comma after introductory words
H) misspelled word
Billy Budd, Sailor
Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick is his
book that most students know best is Billy Budd.
While he is serving on the American ship Rights of Man, a British warship comes alongside his and takes several American
the noble Billy succeeds in winning the admiration of the British captain, Edward Vere, and that of most of the crew.
Eventually, Claggart accuses Billy of starting a
charge is clearly untrue. However,
enrages the seaman, who loses his composure,
Realizing that Claggart's accusation provoked Billy, the captain sympathizes with the young man, but he knows he has to try Billy before a jury on board ship. Following
law to the letter, the jury convicts him. Shortly thereafter, Billy is hanged, much to the regret of all those involved, but not before he utters one of the most memorable lines in American literature:

________

Question 72

_____ Because of her work with autistic children. Dr. Marie Sorrentino was awarded a National Science Foundation grant. As a result, she was able to continue her research.

Question 73

_____ That woman has never ran for political office before.

Question 74

_____I work at a place where you have to punch a time clock.

Question 75

_____He thinks he's the greatest thing since italian ice cream , but he's more like frozen pizza!

Question 76

_____ "Thank goodness I'm almost done" I said aloud with every stroke of the broom.

Question 77

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) mistake in subject-verb agreement
D) apostrophe mistake
E) faulty parallelism
Looking Out for Yourself
It's sad but true: "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will." For example, some people have a false idea about the power of a college
think that once they
the degree, the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact, nobody is likely to be on their doorstep unless, through advance planning, they
prepared themselves for a career.
Even after a person has landed a job, however, a healthy amount of self-interest is needed. People who hide in corners or
to let others know about their skills
get promotions or raises.
important to take credit for a job well done, whether the job involves writing a report,
or calming down an angry customer. Also, people should feel free to ask the boss for a raise.
Those who look out for themselves get the
0
Who depend on others to help them along get left behind.
________

Question 78

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) irregular verb mistake
D) missing comma after introductory words
E) apostrophe mistake
F) misplaced modifier
G) missing quotation marks
Corsica: a Brief History
The island of Corsica
only a short distance from the southern coast of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of the French, was born on this island. Corsica is also the setting of Alexander
The Corsican Brothers, a novel about twins, who were supposed to feel each other's physical pain.
Corsica was occupied by the Carthaginians, the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Etruscans, and the
the property of the Italian city-state of Genoa in the fourteenth century, the island stayed in Italian hands for four hundred years. In fact,
the official language remained Italian. That changed.
Genoa is said to have sold its interests in Corsica to
Professor Cavour, my Italian teacher, once claimed that

________

Question 79

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once. a. fragment
B) run-on
C) faulty parallelism
D) missing apostrophe
E) missing quotation mark
F) missing comma between two complete thoughts
G) missing comma after introductory words
H) misspelled word
Billy Budd, Sailor
Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick is his
book that most students know best is Billy Budd.
While he is serving on the American ship Rights of Man, a British warship comes alongside his and takes several American
the noble Billy succeeds in winning the admiration of the British captain, Edward Vere, and that of most of the crew.
Eventually, Claggart accuses Billy of starting a
charge is clearly untrue. However,
enrages the seaman, who loses his composure,
Realizing that Claggart's accusation provoked Billy, the captain sympathizes with the young man, but he knows he has to try Billy before a jury on board ship. Following
law to the letter, the jury convicts him. Shortly thereafter, Billy is hanged, much to the regret of all those involved, but not before he utters one of the most memorable lines in American literature:

________

Question 80

_____ In 1918, Francis March wrote A History ofthe World War. Which is what World War I was then called. That name changed when World War II broke out.