Question 5 0.15 pts What’s the best way, if any, to revise this sentence?…

Question 5
0.15 pts
What’s the best way, if any, to revise this sentence? “Between you and I, I’ve never thought that anyone could fill her shoes.”
Group of answer choices
A. Change “anyone” to
no one
.
B. Change
you and I
to
you and me
.
C. Put a semicolon after
I
.
Question 6
0.15 pts
What’s the best way, if any, to revise this sentence? “Even though it wasn’t adopted, she and I’s plan is the most workable one I’ve heard yet.”
Group of answer choices
A. Change
she and I’s
to
hers and mine
.
B. Change
she and I’s
to
her and mine
.
C. Change
she and I’s
to
her and my
.
Question 7
0.15 pts
What’s the best way, if any, to revise this sentence? “The teacher told the student that she was getting a reward because of her great work.”
Group of answer choices
A. This sentence is correct as is.
B. Mrs. Ochoa said that her student Joana was getting a reward because of her great work.
C. The teacher told the student that the student was getting a reward because of the student’s great work.
Question 8
0.15 pts
What’s the best way, if any, to revise this sentence? “The passenger told the driver that he was going to go open the door and push him out if he continued to yell at everyone like that.”
Group of answer choices
A. The sentence is correct as is.
B. The passenger told the driver that the passenger was going to go open the door and push the driver out if the driver continued to yell at everyone like that.
C. The passenger said that he was going to open the door and push the driver out if the driver continued to yell at everyone like that.
Question 9
0.15 pts
What’s the best way, if any, to revise this sentence? “I was not looking forward to seeing that French foreign film with my friends because they are weird. Furthermore, when we arrived, everyone had forgotten their money.”
Group of answer choices
A. This sentence is correct as is.
B. Everyone
should be
everybody
, and
their
should be
those
.
C. The antecedent for
they
needs to be clarified, and
their
should be
his or her
.
Question 10
0.15 pts
What’s the best way, if any, to revise this sentence? “If the clients don’t take all the pamphlets, pack them away and let Dave and me know where they are.”
Group of answer choices
A. The antecedent for
them
needs to be clarified.
B. This sentence is correct as is.
C. Dave and me
should be
Dave and I
.
Question 11
0.15 pts
What’s the best way, if any, to revise this sentence? “Neither of my friends liked their meals. I couldn’t convince either to let my sister and me cook for them again.”
Group of answer choices
A. Change
their meals
to
his or her meal
and
them
to
him or her
.
B. Change
my sister and me
to
my sister and I
.
C. Change
their meals
to
his or her meal
.
Question 12
0.15 pts
What’s the best way, if any, to revise this sentence? “Neither of the monkeys plays with their toys, and she and I think it’s because they are too close to the lion enclosure.”
Group of answer choices
A. Change
their
to
his or her
.
B. Change
she and I
to
her and me
.
C. This sentence is correct as is.
Question 13
0.15 pts
Your peer has written “Tomorrow, the day after the party, she and I are going to need.” She argues that it is grammatically correct. What feedback should you provide to help her?
Group of answer choices
A. The verb
need
is a transitive verb, which means you need to include a direct object.
B. The verb
need
is an auxiliary verb, which means you need to include a direct object.
C. The verb
need
is a linking verb, which means you need to include a direct object.
Question 14
0.15 pts
Your peer has written “Right after my friend left, I got.” She argues that it is grammatically correct. What feedback should you provide to help her?
Group of answer choices
A. The verb
got
is an auxiliary verb, which means you need to include a direct object.
B. The verb
got
is transitive, which means you need to include a direct object.
C. The verb
got
is a linking verb, which means you need to include a direct object.
Question 15
0.15 pts
What’s the best way, if any, to revise this sentence? “He soon discovered that the cookies he hands out were crumbly, and are getting stale.”
Group of answer choices
A. Change
are getting stale
to
had gotten stale
.
B. Change
hands out
to
handed out
.
C. Change
hands out
to
handed out
and
are getting stale
to
had gotten stale
.
Question 16
0.15 pts
What’s the best way, if any, to revise this sentence? “He had been getting sicker for a while, so his mom brought him cough drops. That chicken noodle soup are what his friends got him.”
Group of answer choices
A. Change
brought
to
bring
and
are
to
is
.
B. Change
are
to
is
.
C. Change
had been
to
is
and
brought
to
bring
.
Question 17
0.15 pts
Are the non-finite verbs in this sentence used correctly? “After I winked at the giggling girls, I stumbled over some splintered logs.”
Group of answer choices
A. No,
stumbled
should be
stumble
.
B. Yes, they are used correctly.
C. No,
giggling
should be
giggled
.
Question 18
0.15 pts
Are the non-finite verbs in this sentence used correctly? “Right after I fixed my squeaked shoe, I tripped on a shattered tile.”
Group of answer choices
A. Yes, they are used correctly.
B. No,
shattered
should be
to shatter
.
C. No,
squeaked
should be
squeaking
.
Question 19
0.15 pts
Read this passage, and decide which verb denotes action that started in the past and is still continuing, and what this tense is called.
I have been working forever while he does nothing but play. By the time I finish this essay, he will have been browsing the internet for hours. He often gets fed up with my lecturing, but by May, we will have seen who ends up with the best grades.
Group of answer choices
A. It’s “have been working,” and it’s the perfect continuous tense.
B. It’s “finish,” and it’s the perfect tense.
C. It’s “we will have seen,” and it’s the future tense.
Question 20
0.15 pts
Read this passage, and decide which verb denotes an ongoing action that starts in the past and continues in the future, and what this tense is called.
I have been working forever, and he does nothing but play. By the time I finish this essay, he will have been browsing the internet for hours. He often gets fed up with my lecturing, but by May, we will have seen who ends up with the best grades.
Group of answer choices
A. It’s “we will have seen,” and it’s the future tense.
B. It’s “will have reached,” and it’s future perfect tense.
C. It’s “will have been browsing,” and it’s the future perfect continuous tense.
Question 21
0.15 pts
Your peer wrote this passage. What is the best suggestion for how she should spend her time proofreading this draft?
Kissing the Blarney Stone gives the gift of eloquently speech. It’s much more dangerous to accomplish this job when the stone is wet because you have to lean out from the castle’s prodigious height, a feat which can cause even the most brave person to shudder.
Group of answer choices
A. She should focus on using adjectives correctly and not misusing adverbs in their place.
B. She should focus on using adverbs correctly and not misusing adjectives in their place.
C. She should focus on using articles correctly and not