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Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an
Italian [icon, it attracts] visitors from all over who flock
to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural
weirdnesses in the world.
a) no change
b) ; attracting
c) , attracting
d) , its attracting
since there’s no subject in “ visitors from all over who flock to Pisa ..” for “ attracting” to refer, we can’t put semicolon. The phrase is not an idepedent clause
C
Glass walls and
dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [ through] distributing natural light more freely
A) NO CHANGE
B) of
C) from
D) DELETE the underlined portion.
means of
[ Response to the advertisement was
overwhelming, even tremendous], and Harvey soon
replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women.
A) NO CHANGE
B) Response to the advertisement was
overwhelming,
C) Overwhelming, even tremendous, was the
response to the advertisement,
D) There was an overwhelming, even tremendous,
response to the advertisement,
Overwhelming has a similar meaning with tremendous. Therefore, we should avoid REDUNDANCY
B
Not only were such
regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business
and the safety of the workers, [ but also helped ] to raise
people’s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry
A) NO CHANGE
B) but also helping
C) also helping
D) but they also helped
d
, this can be a problem with consumers, [that] will reject
apples lacking the expected aroma.
A) NO CHANGE
B) they
C) which
D) who
D
Take Bartlett 29 pears, [for instance,] unless
they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time,
A) NO CHANGE
B) pears, for instance:
C) pears for instance,
D) pears. For instance,
Many researchers believe that certain dietary choices, for example, eating - significant amounts of saturated facts and avoiding unsatured fats - contribute to high level levels in the bloodstream.
a) no change
b) choices; for example, eating significant amounts of saturated fats and avoiding unsaturated fats;
c) choices—for example, eating significant amounts of saturated fats and avoiding unsaturated fats—
d) choices, for example: eating significant amounts of saturated fats and avoiding unsaturated fats,
3) Consider, for example, William Carlos Lucas who worked as a physician for forty years.
) no change
b) for example, William Carlos Lucas,
c) for example William Carlos Lucas
b
2) c - For example shoud be separated by comma, by being a transition expression
3) Consider for example, William Carlos Lucas, who..
who worked as a physician for forty years. = non-essential RELATIVE CLAUSE
for example = non-essential
Seven of the ten largest containers in the world is china[, with another three are ]in Korea, Singapore, and India
China the other three
b) China, the other three
c) no change
d) China; the other three
b (x) -> comma is not enough to separate INDENPENDENT CLAUSES
D
Identify if is ; or ,
; = separate 2 INDENPENDENT clauses -> The first clause needs to make sense alone, so as the second one.
Capitalism is a controversial economic system. The argument that capitalism rewards innovation and hard work has been made by some people, while others believe it encourages greed.
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences?
Capitalism is a controversial economic system, because some people are arguing that capitalism rewarding innovation, also rewards hard work, while others believe it encourages greed.
Capitalism is a controversial economic system: some argue that it rewards innovation and hard work, while others believe it encourages greed.
Capitalism is a controversial economic system: the argument that it rewards innovation and hard work has been made by some people, while others believe it encourages greed.
Capitalism is a controversial economic system, because rewarding hard work and innovation is an advantage some people argue for, while others believe it encourages greed.
B
C (x) ; mix of passive ( has been made by) and active voice (other believe it )
Yesterday, I drove to work past the lemon tree. It was, as is usual, covered with fruit.
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences?
Yesterday, I drove to work past the lemon tree; as usual, it was covered with fruit.
Yesterday, I drove to work past the lemon tree; it was, as usually, covered with fruit.
Yesterday, I drove to work past the lemon tree, which was, as usual, being covered with fruit.
Yesterday, I drove to work past the lemon tree, and, as usual, it is covered with fruit.
; AS USUAL = 2 INDENDPENDENT CLAUSES
With only one wish, Gwen gazed into the orb[ she wanted to see into her future.
Escolha 1 resposta:
NO CHANGE
orb: she,
orb; she
orb, she,
orb;she
Because there are 2 INDEPENDENT CLAUSES
Hindus routinely bathe in India’s sacred Ganges river. Also home to the Ganges shark.
NO CHANGE
River, also
River; also
River and this river is also
b
not ;also. Because “Also home to…” is a dependent clause
Everyone who caught COVID undestand the importance of getting vaccinated
a) no change
b) have understood
c) understands
d) had undestood
c
Tabitha's eyes widened: the vanilla ice cream [was floating] in a sea of hot fudge like a small rubber duck in the middle of the ocean. Escolha 1 resposta: NO CHANGE will float is floating floats
Although ING means a present tense, it can be use in past tense to express, desrbibe a moment that is apparently occurring now;
The basic [principle ] of periodic table of ordenring periodic elements have remained the same until today.
a) no change
b) main
c) principles
d) method
c
“have” indicate the subject is plural
. [ An especially puzzling phenomenon ] that exists in many of the sculptures..
a) NO CHANGE B) One specially puzzling phenomenon C) A phenomenon that is especially puzziling D) Especially puzzling is a phenomenon
If is NO CHANGE, their is NO MAIN VERB .
SO, it should be D
In 1941, two years after Britain declared war on[Germany, the American-turned-British poet, T. S. Eliot,] began to write the fourth and final piece of the Four Quartets. Entitled “Little Gidding,” this poem required almost a year and a half to reach its final state.
A) NO CHANGE
B) Germany, the American-turned British poet T.S. Elliot
C) Germany, the American-turned British poet T.S. Elliot,
D) Germany the American-turned British poet T.S. Elliot
B
T.S lliot Shouldn’t be between comma, because is essential - is the subject for began
Profession before the name doesn’t need to be sparated by comma
. Different eastern coyote populations have different exact genetic[compositions, which]scientists have described the average eastern coyote as being a combination of three different species in the genus Canis.
a) no change
b) compositions that
c) compositions, but
d) compositions who
C
(X) A, B ; uing that and which will refer the next infos to “compistions”, which is not the case.
When it does, the offspring[ resembles]something in between their two parent species.
a) no change
b) resemble
c) has resembled
d) resembled
b
present because of “it does”
resemble because of “their” = plural
Two of the highest titles a pastry chef can achieve in North America are Certified Executive Chef(CEF) and Certified Master Pastry Chef(CMPC), granted by the American Culinary[Federation, both involve]
a rigorous examination process and numerous prerequisites.
NO CHANGE
Federation. Both involve
Federation. Both involving
Federation, they both involve
B
C(X) , It`s starting a new sentence; They are compeltely separated sentences
The writer wants to support the claim in the first part of the sentence with data from the table. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
NO CHANGE
Executive pastry chefs typically make less than $70,000 annually.
Executive pastry chefs earn an average of roughly $10,000 a year more than do regular pastry chefs.
Regular pastry chefs can earn approximately $60,000 annually.
The examination includes a 90-minute written portion and a four-hour practical portion. This intense work pays off, however:[regular pastry chefs earn about$10,000 more a year than assistant pastry chefs.]
B - It serves to shows that really PAY OFF. The however is not for the sentence after “:”
Consequently,Certified Executive Chef Hilary DeMane has prepared confections for[celebrities, governors, and evenPresident Ronald Reagan]
a) NO CHANGE
b) celebrities, governors, and even,
c) celebrities, governons; and even
a
c) ilogically infers that ~ and even~ is part of the list
Heaimed it tothe bathtub, and the powerful torrent of water it yielded put him in mind of a high-powered water gun.The next step—an arduous one—was to find a company with the desire and means to produce it.[After expressing initial interest, Johnson was dismayed when one toy company ended negotiations.]
a) no change
b) after expressing initial interest, it WAS A DISMAY TO jOHSON WHEN ONE COMPANY ENDED NEGOTIATIONS
B) Johson was dismayed when, after expressing initial interest, negotiations ended with one company
d) Johson was dismayed when one company ended negotiations after expressing initial interest
d
a(x) “ after expressing initial interest” is a modifier of company who eneded negotiations and caused Johson to dismay. But, the option a is modifying Johnson
Compared to Mrs. Hitchcock’s verbose observation on the weather,[Motes’s attitude]is markedly succinct: “I got to go see the porter.”The terse, clipped speech pattern signals his irritation.
a) her companion
b) Motes’ first line of dialogue
c) NO CHANGE
B “dialogue” parallel with “verbose” = both is oral elements
[tourists. The tourists came from]around the world
a) tourists that are locatted from
b) tourits from
c) tourists
d) tourits, but from different places that were
B
Hurston’s revolutionary work resulted in scathing criticism, especially from some of the intellectual leaders of the Harlem Renaissance. Two of the movement’s8[Marcador para a pergunta[rulers,]authors Langston Hughes and Richard Wright, saw Hurston’s work as a harmful caricature of African American life and even accused Hurston of creating new stereotypes that were no better than the old.
a) no change
b) luminaries
c) moguls
d) tycoons
b
rulers means power / While luminaries refers to Intelectual leaders
While Hurston viewed her work as a tribute to a rich and sophisticated culture, her detractors saw it as a mockery,[and Hurston’s work, according to them, was lampooning African Americans in the worst possible way.] l
A) lampooning African Americans in the worst possible way.
B) asserting that Hurston’s work lampooned African Americans in the worst possible way, as her critics claimed.
C) as her detractors thought that Hurston’s work was lampooning African Americans in the worst possible way
D) NO CHANGE
- What`s the most redudant
A) None reducatant terms
b) detractors and critics
c) detractors repeated; The Houstons work
In 1925, Hurston began her studies at Barnard College,[where, under the tutelage of Franz Boas,] the “Father of Modern Anthropology”—she embraced the idea of cultural relativism, or studying a culture in isolation rather than in comparison to others.
NO CHANGE
where under the tutelage—of Franz Boas,
where—under the tutelage of Franz Boas,
where under the tutelage of Franz Boas,
YOU CAN HAVE NON-ESSENTIAL PHRASED INSIDE NON-ESSENTIAL PHRASES
C ) the ~Father of Modern Anthropology~ ( a non essential phrase) +
- under the tutelage of Franz Boas
[] Treasure Island, today a suburban community, was originally created for the 1939 World’s Fair, a celebration of international culture and technology. In the midst of the economic uncertainties of the Great Depression, Treasure Island and its accompnaying fair offered a glimpse of optism and provided San Francisco a platform from which to showcase its latest innovations.
Which choice best introduces the passage?
a) Programs instituted by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression continue to benefit Americans to this day.
b) In the middle of the San Francisco Bay sits a 400-acre island that, 80 years ago, did not exist.
c) In the wake of the Great Depression, San Francisco’s leaders came to a crucial decision about presenting the city’s technological innovations.
d) The World’s Fairs had a significant impact on culture and technology sharing in the 20th century.
! A sentence is immediately before the presentation of Treasure Island -> it should refer directly to this thing
Only B does directly refer to the place
It was named Treasye Island as a tribute to California’s Gold Rush - the economic venture, that had allowed the state to succeed early in its history
a) no change
b) Rush - the economic venture
c) Rush; the economic venture
d) Rush. the economic venture,
b
“ the economic venture THAT had allowed - DEPEDENT CLAUSE , it shouldn’t use “;” to separate dependent clauses
The year was 1876, and the electric vacuum cleaner was the stuff of fantasy—Anna’s shop was illuminated by candlelight, and her carpets were swept clean with a wooden broom.
Melville thought he had solved his wife’s problem when he purchased a carpet sweeper. This mechanical device was somewhat of an improvement over [Anna;]
a) NO CHANGE
b) the prior one
c) Anna’s problem
d) the simple broom
d
b) there didn’t have carpet sweeper before this new one
By the late 1880’s, the Bissells presided over a carpet sweeping empire. Tragedy struck unexpectedly,[in addition,] when Melville succumbed to pneumonia in 1889.
a) NO CHANGE
b) however,
c) moreover,
d) consequentely
moreover and in addition have the same meaning -> wrong
however is NOT working as a conjuction there - is not linking 2 indepedent clauses. It can also be btw commas in this casa, since it isn’t that essential.
b
[1] El Sistema, the nickname for the Fundación Musical Simón Bolívar, was founded in 1975 by Dr. José Antonio Abreu. [2]He envisioned this government-funded program not only as a vehicle for music instruction, but also for social change. [3] Disappointed that Venezuela did not have its own orchestra Abreu wanted to educate children about classical music on the national level. [4] By providing safe spaces for children from crime-ridden neighborhoods to practice music, the government would be both protecting children and showing them that there were other avenues to success than criminal activity. [5] Abreu also believed that the opportunity to play music is a basic human right, and he wanted to ] ensue that all children had access to it.
THE SENTECE [2] should be placed at
a) where it is now
b) after sentence 3
c) after sentence 4
d) after sentence 1
He envisioned this government-funded programNOT ONLY as a vehicle for music instruction, but also for social change.
Sentence 3 talked about music instrution. But, as sentence 2 said, NOT ONLY THAT, it also accounts social change, which is talked at sentece 4
b
The Effects of Electronegativity
[What principles dictate the relationships between molecules? There are many factors at work, but these] interactions also depend indirectly on a principle known as electronegativity. Although this is an atomic property, it generates molecular forces,_ that cause many of the phenomena we observe every day.
The writer wants to introduce the topic of electronegativity with a concrete, casually observable example from the natural world. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
a) NO CHANGE
b) How do water striders skim across the surfaces of ponds and lakes? Their hydrophobic legs are uniquely suited to this process, but the insects
c) How do our bodies break down the food we consume every day? While digestion would be impossible without enzymes and other proteins, these molecules
d) How does our DNA maintain a double helical structure? While the shape of this nucleic acid is the result of many complex properties, its structures
! ALWAYS READ THE PROMPT
“NATURAL WORLD”. Although “no change” is coerent with the paragraph, it doesn’t responds to the prompt that wants natural world. So, B is correct
