Deck 21: Revising for Consistency and Parallelism

Question 1

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct word or phrase for each blank.
____ invited to sit for moldings, a process that takes six months and costs over $100,000. Mother Teresa was one of the few people ever to decline an invitation from Madame Tussaud's.

A) You are
B) He or she is

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct word or phrase for each blank. "Madame Tussaud's. Come and find out who's in. And who's out." That's how English advertisers lure visitors to a most unusual show ¾ a display of the rich, ____, and the infamous in the form of lifelike wax statues.

A) people who became famous
B) the famous

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. I like everything about Lamont: his natural good looks, his witty conversational style, and reading his short stories.

A) inconsistent tense
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Instructions: Choose the correct words to insert in each of the following sentences. Then select the letter of the correct response. As the basketball team scored the winning point, the fans ____, ____, and
____ their feet.

A) screamed, waved, stamp
B) scream, wave, stamped
C) screamed, waved, stamped

Question 5

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. Steven and Sarah are less prepared for the job market than he or she think.

A) inconsistent tense
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism

Question 6

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. Every citizen should exercise their constitutional right to vote.

A) inconsistent tense
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism

Question 7

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. We are going to the sushi bar before we met Julian for coffee.

A) inconsistent tense
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism

Question 8

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. Claude occasionally drops by my dorm room for a visit, but you don't expect him to visit every time he's in my neighborhood.

A) inconsistent tense
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism

Question 9

Instructions: Choose the correct words to insert in each of the following sentences. Then select the letter of the correct response. We
____ the train to Omaha but
____ home.

A) took, fly
B) take, flew
C) took, flew

Question 10

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. Thomas is moving to Cleveland for graduate school and because of his girlfriend.

A) inconsistent tense
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism

Question 11

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. As program coordinator, I was responsible for maintaining the organization's database, filing new reports, and assessed each student's progress.

A) inconsistent tense
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism

Question 12

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct word or phrase for each blank. Each month, a committee decides who is in and who is out of the collections. A celebrity is chosen for
____ fame, recognizability, and publicity potential.

A) his or her
B) your

Question 13

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. Paula spent two years in the army and then she goes to college.

A) inconsistent tense
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism

Question 14

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. Before you buy a new car, one should read the most recent Consumer Reports car issue.

A) inconsistent tense
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism

Question 15

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. When hanging a framed picture, use a level to make sure they are not crooked.

A) inconsistent tense
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism

Question 16

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct word or phrase for each blank. Nearly 3 million people line up each year to rub shoulders with the images of historic and contemporary celebrities.
____ make Madame Tussaud's the most popular paid tourist attraction in England.

A) You
B) They

Question 17

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct word or phrase for each blank. Visitors can see and have
____ photograph taken with more than 400 eerily lifelike statues of such people as Barack Obama, Joan of Arc, Elvis Presley, David Beckham, the Dalai Lama, and Jennifer Lopez.

A) one's
B) their

Question 18

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct word or phrase for each blank. The popular Chamber of Horrors displays the most notorious criminals of all time. Recently two new Tussaud Museums have opened. In New York, tourists now can mingle with the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Pattinson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Carmelo Anthony. In Las Vegas,
____ can pose with Lady Gaga, George Clooney, Simon Cowell, and nearly 100 others.

A) they
B) we

Question 19

Instructions: Choose the correct words to insert in each of the following sentences. Then select the letter of the correct response. Each of the nominees prepared
____ acceptance speech ¾ just in case.

A) their
B) its
C) his or her

Question 20

Instructions: Choose the correct words to insert in each of the following sentences. Then select the letter of the correct response. Otis likes
____ to work rather than
____ the bus.

A) walking, taking
B) walking, take
C) walk, take

Question 21

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. Last year I
____ 140 pounds; this year I
____ 125 pounds.

A) weighed, weigh
B) weigh, am weighing
C) weighed, weighing

Question 22

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. The sign ____, "No Parking Any Time," but we
____ there anyway.

A) said, park
B) said, parked
C) said, parking

Question 23

Instructions: Choose the correct words to insert in each of the following sentences. Then select the letter of the correct response.
____ on the sales staff must have
____ presentation ready by Friday.

A) Everyone, their
B) Everyone, his or her
C) Everyone, your

Question 24

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. Professional musicians
____ instruments for several hours each day.

A) practice their
B) practice his or her
C) practices their

Question 25

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. Ever since she
____ a child, Juanita
____ her summers in Maine.

A) is, has spent
B) was, is spending
C) was, has spent

Question 26

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. Jamal
____ the guests,
____ the cake, and
____ the apartment for Susanna's welcome home party.

A) invited, baked, decorated
B) invites, bakes, decorated
C) invited, bakes, decorate