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Section 9<br />

Practice Test Eleven<br />

SECTION 9<br />

Time-10 Minutes<br />

14 Questions<br />

Directions: For each question in this section, select <strong>the</strong> best answer from among <strong>the</strong> choices given and fill in <strong>the</strong><br />

corresponding oval on <strong>the</strong> answer sheet.<br />

The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or <strong>the</strong> entire<br />

sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing <strong>the</strong> underlined material. Choice (A)<br />

repeats <strong>the</strong> original phrasing; <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r four choices are different. If you think <strong>the</strong> original phrasing produces a<br />

better sentence than any of <strong>the</strong> alternatives, select choice (A); if not, select one of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r choices.<br />

In making your selection, follow <strong>the</strong> requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar,<br />

choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. Your selection should result in <strong>the</strong> most effective<br />

sentence-clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity.<br />

EXAMPLE:<br />

Every apple in <strong>the</strong> baskets are ripe and labeled according to <strong>the</strong> date it was picked.<br />

(A) are ripe and labeled according to <strong>the</strong> date it was picked<br />

(B) is ripe and labeled according to <strong>the</strong> date it was picked<br />

( C) are ripe and labeled according to <strong>the</strong> date <strong>the</strong>y were picked<br />

(D) is ripe and labeled according to <strong>the</strong> date <strong>the</strong>y were picked<br />

(E) are ripe and labeled as to <strong>the</strong> date it was picked<br />

ANSWER:<br />

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1. The state of New Jersey, is one of <strong>the</strong> smallest<br />

states in <strong>the</strong> union, being also <strong>the</strong> most densely<br />

populated.<br />

(A) is one of <strong>the</strong> smallest states in <strong>the</strong> union,<br />

being also<br />

(B) although one of <strong>the</strong> smallest states in <strong>the</strong><br />

union, is<br />

( C) being one of <strong>the</strong> smallest states in <strong>the</strong> union<br />

makes it<br />

(D) which is one of <strong>the</strong> smallest states in <strong>the</strong><br />

union, although it is<br />

(E) whose size is <strong>the</strong> smallest in <strong>the</strong> union,<br />

makes it<br />

2. Just as Ernest Hemingway created many novels<br />

about Paris and E. M. Forster several about India,<br />

so John Steinbeck produced numerous writings<br />

about America.<br />

(A) so John Steinbeck produced numerous<br />

writings about America<br />

(B) John Steinbeck produces writings about<br />

America, and numerously<br />

(C) John Steinbeck's contribution is to produce<br />

writings about America in a numerous<br />

amount<br />

(D) and so <strong>the</strong>n, <strong>for</strong> John Steinbeck, numerous<br />

writings about America are produced<br />

(E) and like <strong>the</strong>m John Steinbeck produced<br />

numerous writings about America<br />

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