Reading Review - SC - Alex

Question 1

Correct for parallelism: The students did poorly on the test more because they had not studied than the material was difficult.

Answer 1

more X than Y:

more BECAUSE X than BECAUSE Y.

The students did poorly on the test more because they had not studied than BECAUSE the material was difficult.

Question 2

Correct for parallelism:

The experiences we have in childhood influence our behavior as adults.

Answer 2

The experiences we have AS CHILDREN influence our behavior as adults.

Question 3

Correct for parallelism:
Tobacco companies, shaken by a string of legal setbacks in the United States, but WHICH retain strong growth prospects in the developing world face an uncertain future.

Answer 3

Tobacco companies, WHICH have been shaken by a string of legal setbacks in the United States, but WHICH retain strong growth prospects in the developing world face an uncertain future.

Question 4

The consultant is looking for a cafe where there are comfortable chairs and that provides free internet access.

Answer 4

The consultant is looking for a cafe THAT has comfortable chairs and THAT provides free interent access.

Question 5

Correct: A leopard cannot catch a wildebeest as fast as a cheetah.

Answer 5

This sentence is ambiguous because it is unclear what is being compared to what. Does it mean the wildebeest is as fast as the cheetah?

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Question 6

Correct? Y/N: The clothes inside the store looked more appealing than on the racks outside.

Answer 6

No. It is hard to tell whether the author wants to compare two separate sets of clothes or one set of clothes in two display locations.

Question 7

Correct Y/N: The clothes looked more appealing inside the store than on the racks outside.

Answer 7

Yes.

Question 8

Thomas is more interested in video games than his girlfriend.

Answer 8

No. Sentence can mean Thomas is more interested in Video Games THAN GF, or Thomas is more interested in video games than his girlfriend is.
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Question 9

What does “it” refer to? https://www.dropbox.com/s/kh2v7a7rdn6krcl/Screenshot%202018-04-21%2015.54.04.png?dl=0

Answer 9

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Question 10

Correct? Y/N: Whenever a student calls, take down their information.

Answer 10

No! Their is incorrect. should be his/her:
Whenver a student calls, take down (his or her) information.

Their would be plural:
Whenver a students calls, take down their information.

Question 11

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Answer 11

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Question 12

Ok? All students need his or her own copy of the textbook in order to take the class.

Answer 12

INCORRECT.

“His or her” is singular. “all stuents” is plural. Sentence should read:

“All students need their own copy of the textbook in order to take the class.”

Question 13

OK?

The scientist believed that the machine would be wonderful.

Answer 13

YES

Question 14

OK?

“The scientist believes that the machine would be wonderful.”

Answer 14

NO! Would be should be “will be”. Cannot have conditional tense (Would be) with “The scientist BELIEVES” (present tense)

Question 15

Ok?
“Last Monday, Mary realized that she would have to spend all of that night rewriting her application because she did not back up her files”

Answer 15

NO!

Because “did not back up her files” is in the past, and it clearly happened before her realization, you must use “had not backed up”. (Past perfect tense).

Correct Sentence:
“Last Monday, Mary realized that she would have to spend all of that night rewriting her application because she had not back up her files”

Question 16

Correct? Y/N:

“The dealer was asked to sell a painting by Picasso.”

Answer 16

No.

Ambiguous. Did Picasso as to sell a painting? or was the painting by Picasso?

Question 17

Sentence Correction

Answer 17

BEGIN!

Question 18

Orinico.com, a major internet retailer, announced mixed results for the second quarter: the number of people shopping at Orinoco.com grew by a 34% rise, but profit per customer sharply fell as consumers shifted to lower-margin items in response to uncertain economic conditions.

Answer 18

“grew by a 34% rise” is redundant. Should be “grew by 34%”, the noun “rise” is redundant.

Question 19

Are both correct?

Answer 19

Both are correct: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0lyp225epn4728z/Screenshot%202018-04-14%2020.17.48.png?dl=0 I only said 1st one was correct SC-Ch2-6

Question 20

Cost to vs. Cost of

Answer 20

Cost to X is what X has to pay. Cost of X are how much somebody must pay to buy X

Question 21

Which one is correct: a) “The driver took the people for a ride who had been waiting.” or b) “The driver took the people who had been waiting at the airport.”

Answer 21

B. in A, “who had been waiting” is modifies the closer noun (the ride)

Question 22

Is this a complete sentence: “The cat sitting by the stairs.” ?

Answer 22

Nope. present participle “sitting” is not a working verb.

Question 23

Is this a complete sentence: “Because the dog was never mine.” ?

Answer 23

Nope. Because is a modifier (connecting word). Not an independent clause

Question 24

The discovery of new medicines (was/were) vital to the companies growth.

Answer 24

WAS. “The discovery” is the noun. “the discovery of new medicines” is a prepositional phrase, the noun “medicines” is part of that prepositional phrase, therefore it can’t be a subject

Question 25

Lin, as well as Guy, (drive/drives) to work every day.

Answer 25

DRIVES. The correct answer is “drives” because the subject is Lin, “as well as Guy”, is a MODIFIER.

Question 26

Lin and Guy (drive/drives) to work every day.

Answer 26

DRIVE.

Question 27

Conjunctions - FANBOYS

Answer 27

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

Question 28

Prepositions

Answer 28

in, on, to the, by, for, at, of

Question 29

Prepositional Phrases

Answer 29

A phrase that modifies or describes other parts of a sentence. Ex: of mice, for milk, by 1800, in Zambia, with her, at that level, to the store, on their orders, from the office

Question 30

In the waning days of the emperor’s life, the conquest of new lands on the borders of the empire (was/were) considered vital.

Answer 30

WAS. Conquest is the subject.

Question 31

The tidal forces to which an object falling into a black hole (is/are) subjected (is/are) sufficient to tear the object apart.

Answer 31

IS, ARE. (Ch3, pg32. two subject-verb pairs)

Question 32

Rewrite this sentence: “The recent string of burglaries, in addition to poor building maintenance, have inspired the outspoken resident to call a tenants meeting.”

Answer 32

“The recent string of burglaries, in addition to poor building maintenance HAS inspired the outspoken resident to call a tenants meeting.” Note that the String caused. Omit middlemen “of burglaries” and “in addition to poor building maintenance”

Question 33

Rewrite this sentence: “The proliferation of computer games designed to involve many players at once were first developed before the widespread availability of high-speed internet connections. “

Answer 33

Answer: omit “The prolifiration of..” because the computer games were developed and the sentence is illogical with “The proliferation of” because the verb “were” is referring to “The prolifiration”, which is illogical. It should refer to “Computer games”

Question 34

Is anything wrong with this sentence: The teacher is confident her students mastered the lesson

Answer 34

“The teacher is confident THAT her students mastered the lesson”

Question 35

Is anything wrong with this sentence: “Lin rode his bike, Guy drove a car.”

Answer 35

“Lin rode his bike, BUT Guy drove his car.”. It is incorrect to connect two independent clauses without a conjunction! Even if comma is present. This is called a comma splice

Question 36

Andrew and Lisa are inseparable, therefore, we never see them apart

Answer 36

“Andrew and Lisa are inseparable; therefore, we never see them apart.” Use semi colon when transitional elements aren’t true conjunctions (don’t have comma after them..)

Question 37

The decision to place the beautiful artifacts in out-of-the-way nooks around the mansion’s various rooms was inspiring

Answer 37

OMIT middlemen phrases beginning with “to”, “in”, and “around”.

Question 38

Correct this sentence: After all the the gardening we did, the sun shining on the flowerbeds make a beautiful site.

Answer 38

swap “make” for “makes”. Sun is subject. The sun MAKES, not the sun make.

Question 39

Correct this sentence: Just around the corner is a fantastic bakery and a small supermarket.

Answer 39

replace IS with ARE. the word “AND” makes it a compound subject, thus it is plural!

Question 40

We had an arrangement (Where/In Which) I cooked and he cleaned.

Answer 40

in which, because “where” cannot be used to modify something that is not physical or is metaphorical.

Question 41

Correct or Incorrect: “10 items or less”

Answer 41

Incorrect! Since items is countable, the sign should read “10 items or fewer”. Do not use the word “less” with countable things. use “less” with uncountable things. i.e- “less patience”, etc.

Question 42

<p>Correct or Incorrect: "there were less Nomidian Kings than Roman empowers" </p>

Answer 42

<p> INCORRECT. FEWER. </p>