Exam 1: Writing Effective Paragraphs

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the letter of the correct response. When Lewis and Clark made their way through what is now North Dakota, the Shoshone Indian woman named Sacajawea joined the team of explorers. Because the expedition was traveling with a Native American, other tribes did not attack the group. In fact, one tribe even supplied horses to help the explorers and their interpreter cross the Rocky Mountains. This invaluable team member taught the men how to find medicine and food in the wilderness and once even saved the records of the journey when a canoe overturned during a storm. She reached the Pacific Ocean with Lewis and Clark in 1805. Her fame eventually spread; one of the best-known monuments to her is a statue in Portland, Oregon. Which of the following is a pronoun used to refer to the subject of the paragraph?

Instructions: In each set below, select the letter of the sentence in which capital letters and punctuation have been used correctly. Which sentence uses capital letters and punctuation correctly?

Instructions: Each question below is a plan for a narrative paragraph. The events in the plan(s) are not in the correct chronological order. For each plan, select the answer that numbers the events in the proper time sequence. Google is the only multibillion-dollar company in the world whose name is a spelling mistake. ____ In 1997, two computer science students were working on creating a new search engine and needed to find a name for their invention. ____ They were stuck with their misspelling, but it didn t prevent their new company from becoming one of the fastest-growing in the history of the world. ____ Thinking that the word for that huge number was spelled google , the two cofounders looked up the name on the Internet, found it wasn t taken, and registered their new brand as google.com. ____ A fellow student suggested that the name used for the huge number 10 100 would be a good one for a program capable of searching millions of web pages. ____ After registering their brand, they found out that they had misspelled the word, and the word they really needed googol already belonged to someone else.

Instructions: Find the complete subject and the complete verb in each sentence. Then select the letter of the answer that contains both the subject and the verb. Juan and Tanya should have met Roslyn at the gym.

Instructions: Check the following paragraph(s) for unity. Select the number of the sentence that does not belong in the paragraph. Identify the sentence that does not belong. (1) Many cities have adopted or toughened their laws that protect trees because trees benefit cities and their inhabitants in several ways. (2) They clean air by filtering out carbon monoxide, ozone, and other pollutants and then producing oxygen. (3) They also prevent rain from washing oil, vehicle coolant fluid, pesticides, and other chemicals into rivers and lakes. (4) Therefore, they reduce the need for cities to install huge, multibillion-dollar storm-water systems to handle the runoff that occurs in areas with fewer trees. (5) Trees also provide cooling shade, thus reducing the need for air conditioning in homes and businesses. (6) If it weren t for air conditioning, many cities in Florida, such as Miami and Orlando, would never have grown so large. (7) Because trees save money on energy costs, many cities encourage their residents to protect the trees surrounding their homes and businesses.

Instructions: Select the answer that correctly adds the suffix to each word below. floss + s/es

Instructions: For each of the questions below, what kind of paragraph or essay is required? Select the letter of the correct answer. What is the concept of realism ?

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. Bananas are an excellent source of potassium and magnesium.

Instructions: In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the verb that agrees with the subject of the sentence. California ____ two nicknames: the El Dorado State and the Grape State.

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow. (1) Learning to make a budget is the key to managing your hard-earned money. (2) First, select your budget period, usually a week or a month. (3) Second, estimate your income for that time period as accurately as you can. (4) Include not only your salary after payroll deductions, but the least you expect to make from other sources, such as tips, bonuses, and commissions. (5) Third, add up all your expenses for the budget period. (6) Be sure to add in your fixed costs like rent, utilities, tuition, and taxes as well as savings. (7) Also include your variable expenses. (8) The most difficult ones to estimate, variable expenses include all your nonfixed living costs, from money for food and transportation to planned events like vacations and less predictable ones like medical and home repair bills. (9) Fourth, subtract your expenses from your income to see whether you need to adjust your budget. (10) If your expenses are greater than your income, look for ways to cut costs for example, on clothing. (11) If your income is greater than your expenses, you have the luxury of splurging or saving extra money for that car or trip you have always wanted. Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.

Instructions: Select the letter of the answer that correctly identifies each type of prewriting. The prewriting below is an example of Taking Tests and Exams multiple choice or essay stressful test anxiety studying study groups Why do some people cheat? grades cramming the night before memorizing

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. In May 2007, a Russian reindeer herder named Yuri Khudi finded the remains of a woolly mammoth calf that roamed the snowy Arctic over 40,000 years ago.

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. With supervision, the children ____ the animals, cook soup on a hearth, and learn to use simple farm tools.

Instructions: In each pair of sentences below, carefully determine the exact relationship between the sentences. Then select the transitional expression that clearly expresses this relationship. The star quarterback s arm was bruised. ____, it wasn t broken.

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

Instructions: Select the letter of the answer that correctly identifies the subject and complete verb in each sentence. Louisa bought the jogging suit with the blue pinstripes.

Instructions: Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select Correct if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or Incorrect if the entry is not correctly formatted. Goode, Erica. Average Prison Stay Grew 36 Percent in Two Decades. New York Times 6 June 2012: 12. Print.

Instructions: Select the letter of the answer that correctly identifies the subject and complete verb in each sentence. Shanda always stretches before going on her daily run.

Instructions: Read the following draft paragraph, and then select the letter of the sentence in each set below that is the best revision. My niece is a ballet dancer. She has been accepted to the Dance Theater of Harlem. She will probably be a member of a professional dance company sometime in the future. She loves to dance. She has been dancing since she was five years old. She dances solo and also as a member of the ballet corps. I always enjoy attending her performances. Which sentence is the best revision?

Instructions: In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Choose the correct helping verb and past participle form. Select the letter of the correct answer. All the invitations for the wedding ____ before I realized the date was incorrect.