english test

[big_bad_buff]

Laugh! but i have yet to get 100% on one of these tests, I always miss one no matter what.


Choose the best usage for the following sentences. There may be more than one change needed in the sentence. Since I am also tricky, there may be sentences that need no change.

Question 1:
(3 pts) No matter how eloquently a dog may bark he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.
a: parent's
b: bark,
c: bark; parents'
d: no change

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Question 2:
(3 pts) Heres champagne to our real friends and real pain to our sham friends.
a: Here's
b: friends,
c: Here's friends;
d: no change

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Question 3:
(3 pts) Let us toast the fools but for them the rest of us could not succeed.
a: fools,
b: them,
c: fools; them,
d: no change

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Question 4:
(3 pts) I have heard his arguments but am still unconvinced.
a: arguments,
b: arguments;
c: heard,
d: no change

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Question 5:
(3 pts) Being in a dilapidated condition I was able to buy the house very cheap.
a: condition, I was able ....cheaply
b: condition, the house was cheap.
c: Since it was in a dilapidated condition,
d: No change

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Question 6:
(3 pts) Creative writing is a little like biological creation the offspring is sometimes quite different from the parent.
a: creation,
b: creation;
c: creation, and
d: No change

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Question 7:
(3 pts) I took an instant liking to him. Even though his hand were covered with fur.
a: him, even
b: him; even
c: him even
d: No change

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Question 8:
(3 pts) She tickled his fancy which was in need of a good laugh.
a: fancy,
b: fancy;
c: fancy, and
d: No change

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Question 9:
(3 pts) If this is love Ive made a terrible mistake.
a: I've
b: love, I've
c: love,
d: No change

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Question 10:
(3 pts) The hypotenuse was bored with facing the same old right angle and passed its nights in dreams of escape.
a: angle,
b: it's
c: angle, it's
d: No change

 

[Y_lifter]

Sorry, I graduated from the Florida Public Scool Sistum..

 

[gymtime]

b,a,c,d,c,b,c,a,b,d

 

[big_bad_buff]

yeah, we have been doing these since the start of the class, this is now the last week. he kept doing these since everyone in my class sucks at them lol.

 

[big_bad_buff]

I take it that there is no english majors in here?

 

[bunnymt]

The answers are: b, a, c, d, c, b, c, a ,b, d.

 

[HumorMe]

b, a, d, d, c, a, a, a, b, b.

Number 7 doesn't make sense since "hand" and "were" are used together.

 

[bunnymt]

Number 7 doesn't make sense since "hand" and "were" used together.

True. It should be "hands were" or his "hand was."
Nice observation.

 

[HumorMe]

True. It should be "hands were" or his "hand was."
Nice observation.

That's right but I even worded my sentence wrong.

 

[big_bad_buff]

thanks guys. I agree with all of them except number 8. Could it be D. no change?

 

[corvettedudeman]

no #8 is definately a

 

[TerraNoble]

thanks guys. I agree with all of them except number 8. Could it be D. no change?

Question 8:
(3 pts) She tickled his fancy which was in need of a good laugh.
a: fancy,
b: fancy;
c: fancy, and
d: No change


Yes, you need a comma. This is a "non-defining relative clause", which means the word or phrase that comes right before your relative pronoun(which, who...etc) is already defined and clear and you just need to give some extra detail or information.