1. Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following
sentence:
Every day scientists test new car-engine designs and experiment with new
types of fuel.
a. simple
b. compound
c. complex
d. compound-complex
2
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following
sentence:
Gasoline is a fuel that is steadily becoming more expensive and must be
replaced.
a. simple
b. compound
c. complex
d. compound-complex
3
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following
sentence:
When petroleum manufacturers experienced difficulty meeting gasoline
demand in the early 1970s, the government allowed increased oil imports,
and it encouraged refiners to increase their capacity.
a. simple
b. compound
c. complex
d. compound-complex
4
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following
sentence:
In the 1970s, some manufacturers began to market a fuel mixture called
gasohol, which consists of 90 percent unleaded gasoline and 10 percent
ethyl alcohol.
a. simple
b. compound
c. complex
d. compound-complex
5
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following
sentence:
Gasohol is used chiefly in automobile and truck engines, and, in most
cases, the fuel provides the same engine performance and mileage as
gasoline.
a. simple
b. compound
c. complex
d. compound-complex
6
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the clause in
quotes in the following sentence:
“Marco Polo was an Italian explorer” who traveled to China and lived
there for seventeen years during the thirteenth century.
a. main clause
b. noun clause
c. essential adjective clause
d. nonessential adjective clause
e. adverb clause
7
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the clause in
quotes in the following sentence:
“Because Polo’s writings were widely read,” they had a great impact on
Europeans.
a. main clause
b. noun clause
c. essential adjective clause
d. nonessential adjective clause
e. adverb clause
8
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the clause in
quotes in the following sentence:
His journals paved the way for the arrival of thousands of Europeans,
“who poured into China in later centuries.”
a. main clause
b. noun clause
c. essential adjective clause
d. nonessential adjective clause
e. adverb clause
9
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the clause in
quotes in the following sentence:
“That such an advanced society existed at the same time as theirs” was
difficult for the Europeans to believe.
a. main clause
b. noun clause
c. essential adjective clause
d. nonessential adjective clause
e. adverb clause
10
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the clause in
quotes in the following sentence:
The first large group of Europeans in China consisted of the traders
“who sailed” into Canton (Guangzhou) harbor in 1517 from Portugal.
a. main clause
b. noun clause
c. essential adjective clause
d. nonessential adjective clause
e. adverb clause
11
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following
sentence:
How incredible it is that people know so little about the elements that
make up their world!
a. declarative
b. imperative
c. interrogative
d. exclamatory
12
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following
sentence:
Do you know how the periodic table is organized?
a. declarative
b. imperative
c. interrogative
d. exclamatory
13
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following
sentence:
The elements are arranged in the periodic table according to their
atomic numbers.
a. declarative
b. imperative
c. interrogative
d. exclamatory
14
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following
sentence:
Learn to understand how the elements are arranged in the periodic table.
a. declarative
b. imperative
c. interrogative
d. exclamatory
15
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following
sentence:
As the table shows, elements of similar properties occur at certain
periodic intervals.
a. declarative
b. imperative
c. interrogative
d. exclamatory
16
Select the letter of the best correction for the following fragment or
run-on: Greenland named by the Viking explorer Eric the Red.
a. Greenland having been named by the Viking explorer Eric the Red.
b. Greenland was named by the Viking explorer Eric the Red.
c. Greenland named by the Viking explorer who was Eric the Red.
17
Select the letter of the best correction for the following fragment or
run-on:
“Whiteland” seems a more fitting name, most of the island is covered
with ice and snow.
a. “Whiteland” seems a more fitting name, since most of the island is
covered with ice and snow.
b. “Whiteland” seems a more fitting name and most of the island is
covered with ice and snow.
c. “Whiteland” seems a more fitting name, most of the island, is covered
with ice and snow.
18
Select the letter of the best correction for the following fragment or
run-on:
Perhaps Eric first saw Greenland in midsummer, it was really green.
a. Perhaps Eric first saw Greenland in midsummer it was really green.
b. Perhaps Eric first saw Greenland in midsummer when it was really
green.
c. Perhaps Eric first saw Greenland in midsummer; it being really green.
19
Select the letter of the best correction for the following fragment or
run-on:
When Eric founded settlements in Greenland, which may have lasted for
500 years.
a. Eric founded settlements in Greenland, they may have lasted for 500
years.
b. When Eric founded settlements in Greenland, which may have lasted for
500 years.
c. Eric founded settlements in Greenland that may have lasted for 500
years.
20
Select the letter of the best correction for the following fragment or
run-on:
Eric’s son Leif, who explored part of North America, which Norse lore
refers to as Vinland.
a. Eric’s son Leif explored part of North America, which Norse lore
refers to as Vinland.
b. Eric’s son Leif, who explored part of North America; Norse lore
refers to as Vinland.
c. Eric’s son Leif explored part of North America and Norse lore refers
to this region as Vinland.
