Please select the correct sentence from the options below

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Date Taken: 11/10/2015

Time Spent: 25 min , 08 secs

Points Received: 28 / 50 (56%)

Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct:

Multiple Choice 50 28

Grade Details - All Questions

Question 1. Question :

Please select the correct word from the options below:

If the audience ________ down when asked, the band would have started playing on time.

Student Answer: sits

INCORRECT sat

CORRECT had sat

Instructor Explanation: This is a verb conjugation error.

Points Received: 0 of 1

Comments:

Question 2. Question :

Please choose the sentence that is free from punctuation errors.

Student Answer: INCORRECT An acorn is thought to symbolize prosperity, youthfulness, power, and luck.

CORRECT An acorn is thought to symbolize prosperity, youthfulness, power and luck.

An acorn is thought to symbolize prosperity youthfulness power and luck.

Instructor Explanation: This is an error in comma usage.

Points Received: 0 of 1

Comments:

Question 3. Question :

Please select the word from the options below:

The unexpected March snowstorm had _______ the freshly planted crops.

Student Answer: freeze

froze

CORRECT frozen

Instructor Explanation: This is a verb conjugation error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 4. Question :

Please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: If Jillian wants to buy a new car, you will have to save the money.

CORRECT If Jillian wants to buy a new car, she will have to save the money.

If she wants to buy a new car, you will have to save the money.

Instructor Explanation: This is a noun -pronoun agreement error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 5. Question :

Please select the most appropriate answer to fill in the blank in the sentence:

Both _____ computers were purchased with special academic pricing.

Student Answer: CORRECT students’

student’s

INCORRECT students

Instructor Explanation: This is an apostrophe error.

Points Received: 0 of 1

Comments:

Question 6. Question :

Please choose the sentence that is free from punctuation errors from the options below.

Student Answer: INCORRECT By redesigning web pages for hand-held devices and planning for mobile application development; the institution seeks to help learners.

By redesigning web pages for hand-held devices and planning for mobile application development. The institution seeks to help learners.

CORRECT By redesigning web pages for hand-held devices and planning for mobile application development, the institution seeks to help learners.

Instructor Explanation: This is an error in punctuation.

Points Received: 0 of 1

Comments:

Question 7. Question :

Please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: Having finished the essay, the television was turned on.

INCORRECT The argument remains unclear, even after studying the initial data.

CORRECT Before the student enrolled in the course, she set up a quiet study space in a corner of the bedroom.

Instructor Explanation: This is a dangling modifier.

Points Received: 0 of 1

Comments:

Question 8. Question :

Please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: Students should be allowed to bring all technologies into the classroom. Except for mobile phones.

CORRECT Students should be allowed to bring all technologies, except for mobile phones, into the classroom.

Except for mobile phones. Students should be allowed to bring all technologies into the classroom.

Instructor Explanation: This is a sentence structure error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 9. Question :

Please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: CORRECT Lillian, with all of her training partners, runs around the track.

Lillian, with her training partner, run around the track.

Lillian, with all of her training partners, run around the track.

Instructor Explanation: This is a subject/verb agreement error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 10. Question :

Please identify the main idea in the sentence:

The student passed the test because she took careful notes on the text and studied hard.

Student Answer: CORRECT The student passed the test

INCORRECT The student took careful notes on the text

The student studied hard

All ideas are equally important

Instructor Explanation: This is a problem about reading comprehension.

Points Received: 0 of 1

Comments:

Question 11. Question :

Please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: Anybody can serve on the committee, as long as his children go to the school.

Anybody can serve on the committee, as long as her children go to the school.

CORRECT Anybody can serve on the committee, as long as their children go to the school.

Instructor Explanation: This is a noun-pronoun agreement error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 12. Question :

Please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: Due to low participation in the election, he believes that all citizens should be required to vote.

CORRECT Due to low participation in the election, Senator Davis believes that all citizens should be required to vote.

Due to low participation in the election, she believes that all citizens should be required to vote.

Instructor Explanation: This is an unclear pronoun reference error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 13. Question :

Keeping style in mind, please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: INCORRECT While at the zoo, the children saw a zebra, giraffe and an emu.

She saw a car, bicycle and a motorcycle ignore the stop sign.

CORRECT Hungry from not having eaten all day, he ordered lunch, dinner and dessert.

Instructor Explanation: This is an error in parallelism.

Points Received: 0 of 1

Comments:

Question 14. Question :

Keeping style in mind, please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: CORRECT Adults return to college in order to make a career change, advance in their current career or gain additional career flexibility.

Exercising good time management skills, keeping track of deadlines and computer skills are all important to the success of an online learner.

INCORRECT Before logging into their first day of classes, successful online learners organize their workspace, view technical requirements and they check the textbook.

Instructor Explanation: This is an error in parallelism.

Points Received: 0 of 1

Comments:

Question 15. Question :

Please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: While texting, your eyes are off the road for an average of five seconds.

INCORRECT Your eyes are off the road for an average of five seconds while texting.

CORRECT While you are texting, your eyes are off the road for an average of five seconds.

Instructor Explanation: This is a dangling modifier.

Points Received: 0 of 1

Comments:

Question 16. Question :

The following sentence is grammatically incorrect:

The findings from the study completed thirty years ago agrees with the results of our more recent experiment.

How would you best describe the nature of the grammatical error?

Student Answer: The sentence is not complete.

INCORRECT The sentence is a run-on sentence.

CORRECT The subject does not agree with the verb.

It is unclear which noun the pronoun modifies.

Instructor Explanation: This is a subject/verb agreement error.

Points Received: 0 of 1

Comments:

Question 17. Question :

Please select the correct word from the options below:

Sally ______ to go shopping before starting her homework.

Student Answer: decides

CORRECT decided

Instructor Explanation: This is a verb conjugation error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 18. Question :

Please select the most appropriate answer to fill in the blank in the sentence:

In 2003, over half of all American households could boast of having _____ own computer.

Student Answer: CORRECT its

it’s

it is

Instructor Explanation: This is an apostrophe error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 19. Question :

Please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: The State Senator drafted a bill. Believing that tobacco and tobacco products should be illegal.

Believing that tobacco and tobacco products should be illegal. The State Senator drafted a bill.

CORRECT Believing that tobacco and tobacco products should be illegal, the State Senator drafted a bill.

Instructor Explanation: This is a sentence structure error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 20. Question :

Please select the correct word from the options below:

Although the instructor ______ clearly, the audience still had trouble hearing her.

Student Answer: speak

speaked

CORRECT spoke

Instructor Explanation: This is a verb conjugation error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 21. Question :

Please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: Many colleges and universities require standardized test scores the administrators feel these scores accurately reflect student ability.

CORRECT Many colleges and universities require standardized test scores because the administrators feel these scores accurately reflect student ability.

Instructor Explanation: This is a sentence structure error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 22. Question :

Please select the correct sentence from the options below.

Student Answer: CORRECT Anyone is able to play on the town basketball team.

The boys is able to play on the town basketball team.

Anyone are able to play on the town basketball team.

Instructor Explanation: This is a subject/verb agreement error.

Points Received: 1 of 1

Comments:

Question 23. Question :

Please identify the most important idea in the sentence:

Although the drought regulations were in effect throughout the county, residents frequently watered their lawns anyway, and they neglected to use rain barrels.

Student Answer: INCORRECT Drought regulations were in effect

Residents watered lawns

Residents neglected to use rain barrels

CORRECT Residents watered lawns and neglected to use rain barrels

Instructor Explanation: This is a problem about reading comprehension.