Spscc accuplacer EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Working as a receptionist for my uncle's business taught me to handle customer
complaints, answering the telephone, and how to maintain a Rolodex.
a. to handle customer complaints, answering the telephone, and how to maintain a
Rolodex.
b. how to handle customer complaints, answering the telephone, and maintaining a
Rolodex.
c. how to handle customer complaints, how to answer the telephone, and how to
maintain a Rolodex.
d. handling customer complaints, answering the telephone, and maintenance of a
Rolodex. - Answer - ✔ Parallel form is needed for expressing similar ideas. Repeating
"how to" with
each action accomplishes this.
2. Judy is dating a man that has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside
of
town.
a. a man that has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town.
b. a man, that has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town.
c. a man, who has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town.
d. a man who has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town. -
Answer - ✔ d. When referring to a person or people, use the relative pronoun "who."
Since the
clause beginning with "who" is essential to the meaning of the sentence, a
comma is unnecessary. The reader needs to know "who" Judy is dating.
3. These books, which was published in the late eighteenth century, are very valuable.
a. books which was published in the late eighteenth century
b. books in the late eighteenth century
c. books which were published
d. books, which is published, in the eighteenth century - Answer - ✔ c. Use "were" for
subject-verb agreement. "Which" is plural because it refers to
"books."
4. The hikers were at the bottom of the canyon, and they discovered an abandoned
mineshaft.
Rewrite, beginning with
After the hikers were...
, The next words will be
a. at the bottom of the canyon, and they discovered an abandoned mineshaft.
b. at the bottom of the canyon, they discovered an abandoned mineshaft.
c. at the bottom of the canyon they discovered an abandoned mineshaft.
d. at the bottom of the canyon when they discovered an abandoned mineshaft. - Answer
- ✔ b. Introductory dependent clauses need a comma to set them off from the main
clause. Sentences beginning with "after, when, if as, before, because, etc."
usually need a comma after the introductory dependent clause.
Good money managers control their present expenses, and they invest surplus dollars
to
meet their future needs.
Rewrite the sentence using because
The best choice will be
a. Good money managers, because they control their present expenses, they invest
surplus dollars to meet their future needs.
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b. Because good money managers control their present expenses, they invest
surplus dollars to meet their needs.
c. Because good money managers control their present expenses they invest
surplus dollars to meet their needs.
d. Good money managers control their present expenses, because they invest
surplus dollars to meet their future needs. - Answer - ✔ b. Sometimes sentences
contain ideas that are unequal. If one idea explains the
other, it is put in a subordinate (lesser) position. This idea should be expressed
in a subordinate clause. A dependent clause at the beginning of a sentence must
be followed by a comma
6. In a large city, you may have massive traffic jams on your daily commute to work.
Rewrite this sentence omitting you.
a. In a large city, a person may have massive traffic jams on your daily commute to
work.
b. In a large city, a resident may have massive traffic jams on his daily commute to
work.
c. In a large city, massive traffic jams may be part of the daily commute to work.
d. In a large city, massive traffic jams may be part of the everyday commute on the
way to work - Answer - ✔ c. Avoid using ambiguous references to "you." Also, construct
sentences for clarity.
People don't have traffic jams; cars do.
Panting, the cab pulled away just as Judy arrived.
a. Panting, the cab pulled away
b. The cab pulled away panting
c. Panting, Judy arrived
d. Just as Judy was panting - Answer - ✔ c. A misplaced modifier is a word or word
group that is improperly separated from
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Working as a receptionist for my uncle's business taught me to handle customer
complaints, answering the telephone, and how to maintain a Rolodex.
a. to handle customer complaints, answering the telephone, and how to maintain a
Rolodex.
b. how to handle customer complaints, answering the telephone, and maintaining a
Rolodex.
c. how to handle customer complaints, how to answer the telephone, and how to
maintain a Rolodex.
d. handling customer complaints, answering the telephone, and maintenance of a
Rolodex. - Answer - ✔ Parallel form is needed for expressing similar ideas. Repeating
"how to" with
each action accomplishes this.
2. Judy is dating a man that has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside
of
town.
a. a man that has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town.
b. a man, that has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town.
c. a man, who has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town.
d. a man who has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town. -
Answer - ✔ d. When referring to a person or people, use the relative pronoun "who."
Since the
clause beginning with "who" is essential to the meaning of the sentence, a
comma is unnecessary. The reader needs to know "who" Judy is dating.
3. These books, which was published in the late eighteenth century, are very valuable.
a. books which was published in the late eighteenth century
b. books in the late eighteenth century
c. books which were published
d. books, which is published, in the eighteenth century - Answer - ✔ c. Use "were" for
subject-verb agreement. "Which" is plural because it refers to
"books."
4. The hikers were at the bottom of the canyon, and they discovered an abandoned
mineshaft.
Rewrite, beginning with
After the hikers were...
, The next words will be
a. at the bottom of the canyon, and they discovered an abandoned mineshaft.
b. at the bottom of the canyon, they discovered an abandoned mineshaft.
c. at the bottom of the canyon they discovered an abandoned mineshaft.
d. at the bottom of the canyon when they discovered an abandoned mineshaft. - Answer
- ✔ b. Introductory dependent clauses need a comma to set them off from the main
clause. Sentences beginning with "after, when, if as, before, because, etc."
usually need a comma after the introductory dependent clause.
Good money managers control their present expenses, and they invest surplus dollars
to
meet their future needs.
Rewrite the sentence using because
The best choice will be
a. Good money managers, because they control their present expenses, they invest
surplus dollars to meet their future needs.
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b. Because good money managers control their present expenses, they invest
surplus dollars to meet their needs.
c. Because good money managers control their present expenses they invest
surplus dollars to meet their needs.
d. Good money managers control their present expenses, because they invest
surplus dollars to meet their future needs. - Answer - ✔ b. Sometimes sentences
contain ideas that are unequal. If one idea explains the
other, it is put in a subordinate (lesser) position. This idea should be expressed
in a subordinate clause. A dependent clause at the beginning of a sentence must
be followed by a comma
6. In a large city, you may have massive traffic jams on your daily commute to work.
Rewrite this sentence omitting you.
a. In a large city, a person may have massive traffic jams on your daily commute to
work.
b. In a large city, a resident may have massive traffic jams on his daily commute to
work.
c. In a large city, massive traffic jams may be part of the daily commute to work.
d. In a large city, massive traffic jams may be part of the everyday commute on the
way to work - Answer - ✔ c. Avoid using ambiguous references to "you." Also, construct
sentences for clarity.
People don't have traffic jams; cars do.
Panting, the cab pulled away just as Judy arrived.
a. Panting, the cab pulled away
b. The cab pulled away panting
c. Panting, Judy arrived
d. Just as Judy was panting - Answer - ✔ c. A misplaced modifier is a word or word
group that is improperly separated from
