TSA Writing Skills Assessment exam with correct answers

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Restrictive and Nonrestrictive |||\\\ |||\\\




Phrases and Clauses - correct answer✔✔
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A ______________ phrase or clause provides information that is necessary to identify
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specifically what is being described. - correct answer✔✔restrictive
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A ____________________ phrase or clause provides information that is incidental to the
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meaning of the sentence. - correct answer✔✔nonrestrictive
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_______________ phrases and clauses are not separated from the rest of the sentence by |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




commas. - correct answer✔✔restrictive
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________________ phrases and clauses are separated from the rest of the sentence by |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




commas. - correct answer✔✔nonrestrictive
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Restrictive or Nonrestrictive |||\\\ |||\\\




The blue house that he built on a hill is quite large. - correct answer✔✔restrictive
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The sentence is written about a man who built several blue houses but only one on a hill.
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Therefore, the phrase that he built on a hill is essential for knowing which blue house is being
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referred to. The phrase is therefore restrictive and is not separated from the rest of the
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sentence by commas. |||\\\ |||\\\

, Restrictive or Nonrestrictive |||\\\ |||\\\




The blue house, which he built on a hill, is quite large. - correct answer✔✔nonrestrictive
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This example is written about a man who built only one blue house, and it happens to be on a
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hill. Therefore, which he built on a hill is not essential for knowing which house is
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being referred to. The phrase is therefore nonrestrictive and is separated from the rest of the
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sentence by commas. |||\\\ |||\\\




Restrictive or Nonrestrictive |||\\\ |||\\\




Pat, who won the prize, deserves our
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congratulations. - correct answer✔✔nonrestrictive |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




In this sentence, the person to be congratulated is identified as Pat, and the clause who won
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the prize is not essential for identifying the person. The clause is therefore
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nonrestrictive and is separated from the rest of the sentence by |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




commas.



Restrictive or Nonrestrictive |||\\\ |||\\\




We should congratulate the student who won the prize. - correct answer✔✔restrictive
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We should congratulate the student who won the prize.
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In this sentence the clause who won the prize is essential for indicating the person who should
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be congratulated. The clause is therefore restrictive and is not separated from the rest of the
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sentence by commas. |||\\\ |||\\\