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Section 4<br />

Practice Test Nine<br />

SECTION 4<br />

Time-25 Minutes<br />

35 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. My fa<strong>the</strong>r worked his way through law school<br />

attending classes in <strong>the</strong> day and waiting tables at a<br />

restaurant at night.<br />

(A) law school attending classes in <strong>the</strong> day<br />

(B) law school; attending classes all day<br />

(C) law school, he attended classes in <strong>the</strong> day<br />

(D) law school, attending classes in <strong>the</strong> day<br />

(E) law school, having attended classes in <strong>the</strong> day<br />

2. Although my alarm clock did not go off, causing<br />

me to arrive no more than ten minutes late.<br />

(A) causing me to arrive no more<br />

(B) and yet I arrived no more<br />

(C) it did not cause me to arrive more<br />

(D) and it did not cause me to arrive more<br />

(E) yet causing me to arrive no more<br />

3. The magazine, once close to losing all its assets, is<br />

now a thriving and popular enterprise.<br />

(A) The magazine, once close to losing all its<br />

assets, is<br />

(B) The magazine was once close to losing all its<br />

assets, it is<br />

( C) The magazine that once having been close to<br />

losing all its assets is<br />

(D) The magazine, because it was once close to<br />

losing all its assets, is<br />

(E) The magazine was once close to losing all its<br />

assets, and it is<br />

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