Exam 1: Writing Effective Paragraphs

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. For each item, select the letter of the word that is misspelled. Japanese origami is the art of folding a peice of paper into an object, such as a bird, an animal, an insect, or a flower.

Instructions: Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select Correct. If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select Incorrect. A generation ago, it was considered rude to eat in front of others. Now, Americans eat everywhere, all day long an average of five meals a day, counting snacks. Cars have cupholders, but they arguably need trays, too. Americans eat 30 meals a year in their vehicles. Brink, Susan. Eat This Now! U.S. News World Report , 28 Mar. 2005: 57. Print. Student version: According to Susan Brink, eating in front of others was once believed to be rude, but now Americans are in the habit of eating wherever they go. She suggests that cars need trays as well as cupholders, but I think that s a bad idea. Eating while driving is really quite dangerous. It distracts the driver s attention and leads to accidents; therefore, people should wait to eat until they get home (57).

Instructions: Select the letter of the writing process step in which the task is completed. Writing a first draft

Instructions: For each of the following statements, select the answer that correctly identifies the cause and effect. I am planning to enroll in medical school because I want to earn my living by helping people.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select correct if the sentence is punctuated correctly, fragment if it is a fragment, run-on if it is a run-on, and comma splice if it is a comma splice. As a child, he played for hours with Legos and cardboard boxes, like many future engineers, he wanted to understand how things worked.

Instructions: Read each of the sentences below carefully. Then select the correct word in parentheses. To ( whom , who ) shall I direct your call?

Instructions: Each question below is a plan for a process paragraph. The steps for the plan(s) are not in the correct chronological order. Select the letter of the answer that numbers the steps in the proper time sequence. My morning routine gets me out of the house in twenty minutes. ____ While toweling off, I decide what I will wear and think of everything I need for the day. ____ I eat breakfast in bits while dressing and packing my backpack. ____ Next I race to the kitchen to make breakfast and feed the cats. ____ I dash to the bathroom where brushing my teeth, shaving, and showering follow one another so quickly they are like one step. ____ I awake at 6:30 a.m.

Instructions: Find the complete subject and the complete verb in each of the following sentences. Then select the letter of the answer that contains both the subject and the verb. The president of the college asked the trustees for their opinion.

Instructions: In each set below, choose the sentence in which all the apostrophes are used correctly. Select the letter of the correct answer. Which sentence uses apostrophes correctly?

Instructions: Each group below has been divided according to a single basis of classification. However, one item in each group does not belong; it does not fit that single basis of classification. Read each group of items carefully; then select the letter of the one item that does not belong. Next, for each group, identify the single basis of classification that includes the rest of the group. Part A: Plants a. full sunlight b. shade c. sandy soil d. moderate light Part B: Basis of classification: a. type of soil needed b. light requirements c. size

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct definition of the word. Summarize

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Each of the directions are associated with special forces and a guardian animal .

Instructions: Read each of the sentences below carefully. Then select the correct word in parentheses. Neither of the two fathers could find ( their , his ) son in the enormous museum.

Instructions: Read the definition below and answer the question(s) that follow. Netiquette means good online manners. List the synonym, the class, or the negation that helps to define the subject of the sentence.

Instructions: Read the definition below and answer the question(s) that follow. A labyrinth is a maze. The statement above is a

Instructions: Read each of the sentences below carefully. Then select the correct word in parentheses. I hope you have more fun camping than ( me , I ).

Instructions: Each of the following plans for an essay contains a thesis statement and several topic sentences in scrambled order. Select the letter of the answer that numbers the topic sentences in each group according to an order that makes sense. Thesis statement: Binge drinking among college students has become a major problem on campuses nationwide. Topic sentences: ____ Many students who drink heavily have problems with class attendance and fall behind in their schoolwork. ____ Nearly half of all college students feel pressured by their peers to drink heavily at social events. ____ Not limited to weekend partying, students may binge as often as four times a week during periods of academic stress.

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. The remarkable find thrilled scientists, who named the baby mammoth Lyuba after the reindeer hunter s wife and plannied a series of experiments to learn more about this extinct species from the Ice Age.

Instructions: For the following question(s), select the letter of the answer that arranges each set of sentences in logical time order. The first sentence is the topic sentence in each set. Ham the Chimp was the United States first higher primate astronaut. ____ His training complete, Ham was strapped into a capsule atop a Mercury rocket and launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, into outer space on January 31, 1961. ____ Following his successful flight, the astronaut chimp lived in zoos for 17 years until he died at age 27 and was buried at New Mexico s International Space Hall of Fame. ____ After spending a day in orbit proving that astronauts could indeed function in space, Ham splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean and was picked up by a rescue ship. ____ In December 1960, the chimpanzee was trained to perform simple tasks in response to lights and sounds.

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Now, with the aid of modern technology, seismographers often ( detects , detect ) tsunamis and ( sends , send ) out warnings.