PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXAM PREPARATION MATERIAL
He had just come to the bridge; and not looking where he was going; he tripped over
something.
A: where he was going; he tripped
B: where he was going: he tripped
C: where he was going. He tripped
D: where he was going, he tripped - Answer~D. Only a comma is needed to separate
the dependent clause.
'That doesn't make sense at all', he said.
A: at all', he
B: at all,' he
C: at all, he
D: at all, he' - Answer~B. The comma should come inside the end quotation mark.
It went on raining, and every day it got a little higher.
A: on raining, and every day
B: on raining: and every day
C: raining on, and every day
D: on raining, every day - Answer~A. The original sentence is correct.
Suddenly she, laughed as she remembered a story she had been told.
A: she, laughed as she
B: laughed as she
C: she laughed; as she