Accuplacer Sentence Skills Practice Test
'I didn't hear you.' she exclaimed.
A: hear you.' she
B: pay attention you!' she
C: listen you,' she
D: listen you:' she - ANS-C. A comma is necessary if an attribution is going to be made.
'I'm not certain about that,' he stated. 'I cannot truly remember.'
A: about that,' he stated. 'I can't
B: about that,' he stated! 'I can not
C: about that.' He said. 'I can not
D: approximately that,' he stated, 'I cannot - ANS-A. The authentic sentence is accurate.
'That doesn't make sense in any respect', he said.
A: in any respect', he
B: at all,' he
C: at all, he
D: in any respect, he' - ANS-B. The comma ought to come within the stop quotation mark.
He had just come to the bridge; and now not searching in which he become going; he tripped
over something.
A: where he became going; he tripped
B: in which he turned into going: he tripped
C: in which he become going. He tripped
D: in which he was going, he tripped - ANS-D. Only a comma is needed to separate the
structured clause.
It went on raining, and every day it were given a touch better.
A: on raining, and every day
B: on raining: and every day
C: raining on, and each day
D: on raining, each day - ANS-A. The original sentence is correct.
Suddenly she, laughed as she remembered a story she were informed.
A: she, laughed as she
B: laughed as she
C: she laughed; as she
D: she laughed as she - ANS-D. No punctuation is important.
Then he dropped them each, and the large one landed first--which he had concept it would do,
and the infant landed second, which he had thought it'd do.
A: one landed first-#8221;which
B: one landed first, which
C: one landed first: which
D: one landed first; which - ANS-B. The punctuation should be the equal for both of the parallel
clauses.
'I didn't hear you.' she exclaimed.
A: hear you.' she
B: pay attention you!' she
C: listen you,' she
D: listen you:' she - ANS-C. A comma is necessary if an attribution is going to be made.
'I'm not certain about that,' he stated. 'I cannot truly remember.'
A: about that,' he stated. 'I can't
B: about that,' he stated! 'I can not
C: about that.' He said. 'I can not
D: approximately that,' he stated, 'I cannot - ANS-A. The authentic sentence is accurate.
'That doesn't make sense in any respect', he said.
A: in any respect', he
B: at all,' he
C: at all, he
D: in any respect, he' - ANS-B. The comma ought to come within the stop quotation mark.
He had just come to the bridge; and now not searching in which he become going; he tripped
over something.
A: where he became going; he tripped
B: in which he turned into going: he tripped
C: in which he become going. He tripped
D: in which he was going, he tripped - ANS-D. Only a comma is needed to separate the
structured clause.
It went on raining, and every day it were given a touch better.
A: on raining, and every day
B: on raining: and every day
C: raining on, and each day
D: on raining, each day - ANS-A. The original sentence is correct.
Suddenly she, laughed as she remembered a story she were informed.
A: she, laughed as she
B: laughed as she
C: she laughed; as she
D: she laughed as she - ANS-D. No punctuation is important.
Then he dropped them each, and the large one landed first--which he had concept it would do,
and the infant landed second, which he had thought it'd do.
A: one landed first-#8221;which
B: one landed first, which
C: one landed first: which
D: one landed first; which - ANS-B. The punctuation should be the equal for both of the parallel
clauses.
