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Sentence Correction Integrated Test - Part 1

An intermediate-level English quiz testing grammar, parallel structure, modifier placement, verb tense, comparative structures, and idiomatic expression through multiple-choice questions.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The councilor has not and will not file his nomination for re-election.

  1. The councilor has not and will not file his nomination for re-election.
  2. The councilor has not filed, nor will he file his nomination for re-election.
  3. The councilor has not filed, neither will he file his nomination for re-election.
  4. The councilor has not filed and will not file his nomination for re-election.
  5. The councilor has not and shall not file his nomination for re-election.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Depending on factual evidences, argument is seldom used in pleading.

  1. Depending on factual evidences, argument is seldom used in pleading.
  2. Argument is seldom used by pleaders, who depend instead on factual evidence.
  3. Evidence, which is factual, is used in place of argument by pleaders.
  4. Factual evidence is dependent on by pleaders instead of argument.
  5. Instead of factual evidence, depending on argument is used by pleaders.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. If not, select one of the other choices.

Having thus established a wide, popular and professional reputation, one which would have guaranteed him a lucrative practice, he resisted the temptation to make the most of this opportunity.

  1. one which would have guaranteed him a lucrative practice, he resisted the temptation
  2. one which guaranteed him a lucrative practice he could not resist the temptation
  3. one which guaranteed him a lucrative practice, he could have resisted the temptation
  4. one which guaranteed him a lucrative practice, he would have been tempted
  5. something which would have guaranteed one a lucrative practice, he was not tempted
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. If not, select one of the other choices.

Let two separate portions of tea leaves be macerated by precisely the same processes in similar and separate vessels, the one containing harder and the other softer water, either hotter or cooler, the infusion made with the soft water will have by far a strongest taste, although it possesses less color than the infusion made with the hard water.

  1. the one containing harder and the other softer water, either hotter or cooler, the infusion made with the soft water will have by far a strongest taste,
  2. one containing hard water and other soft, either hotter or colder the infusion made with the soft water will have by far the strongest taste,
  3. one containing hard or soft water, either hot or cold, the infusion made with soft water will have by far the strongest taste,
  4. one containing hard water and the other soft, either hot or cold; the infusion made with soft water will have by far a stronger taste,
  5. one containing hard water and other soft, either hot or cold, the infusion made with soft water will have by far the strongest taste,
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The President forewarned the nation that it is and will continue to face challenges as it grapples with a slowing economy and rising inflation.

  1. the nation that it is and will continue to face challenges as it grapples with a slowing economy and rising inflation
  2. that the nation is and will continue to face challenges as it grapples with a slowing economy and rising inflation
  3. that as the nation grapples with a slowing economy and rising inflation, it is and will continue to face challenges
  4. the nation that its challenges are likely to continue as it grapples with a slowing economy and rising inflation
  5. the nation that it is facing and will continue to face challenges as it grapples with a slowing economy and rising inflation
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. If not, select one of the other choices.

Studies suggest that among the children born in Hiroshima and Nagasaki the rates of genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent as in the children born elsewhere in Japan.

  1. the rates of genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent as in
  2. the rates of genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent than in
  3. the rates of genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent when compared to
  4. genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent as when compared to
  5. genetic mutation and susceptibility to cancer are ten times more prevalent than in
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

While many participating countries have been able to circumvent its provisions, the original intent of the new amendment was that it was applied equally to all member nations, no matter their economic and political clout.

  1. that it was applied equally to all member nations, no matter their economic and political clout
  2. equal application in all the member nations, irrespective of their economic and political clout
  3. that, political and economic clout notwithstanding, it would apply to all member nations equally
  4. that, political and economic clout notwithstanding, it be applied equally to all member nations
  5. that it should be equally applied to all member nations, no matter their economic and political clout
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A careful perusal of the history of the evolution of whales reveals that they were not always complete sea dwellers but evolved slowly from amphibian ancestors.

  1. reveals that they were not always complete sea dwellers but evolved slowly
  2. reveals that the whales were not always complete sea dwellers but evolved slowly
  3. reveals that the whales had not always been complete sea dwellers but evolved slowly
  4. reveals that the whales had not always been complete sea dwellers but had evolved slowly
  5. revealed that they had not always been complete sea dwellers but evolved slowly
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection marked a watershed moment in the study of evolution and is applicable to the study of evolution among species as varied as finches on tropical islands, penguins on Galapagos Islands, and Komodo dragons on Indonesian islands.

  1. as varied as
  2. which are as varied as
  3. that are as varied as
  4. that vary in
  5. that vary among
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. If not, select one of the other choices.

By 2010, Freakonomics had sold more than four million copies worldwide, and it has sprouted a bestselling sequel, SuperFreakonomics; inspiring an occasional column in the New York Times Magazine, a popular blog, and a documentary film.

  1. and it has sprouted a bestselling sequel, SuperFreakonomics; inspiring an occasional column in the New York Times Magazine, a popular blog, and a documentary film
  2. and it had sprouted a bestselling sequel, SuperFreakonomics; inspiring an occasional column in the New York Times Magazine, a popular blog, and a documentary film
  3. sprouted a bestselling sequel, SuperFreakonomics, and inspired an occasional column in the New York Times Magazine, a popular blog, and a documentary film
  4. has sprouted a franchise, sprouted a bestselling sequel, SuperFreakonomics; and inspired an occasional column in the New York Times Magazine, a popular blog, and a documentary film
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

White Water rafting is thought by many to be extremely dangerous that requires both bravery and foolhardiness in equal measure.

  1. to be extremely dangerous and that requires both bravery and foolhardiness
  2. as being extremely dangerous, requiring both bravery and foolhardiness
  3. to be extremely dangerous, requiring both bravery and foolhardiness
  4. as being extremely dangerous as both bravery and foolhardiness are required
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