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Regular Vocabulary-Reading-Writing Quiz #9
Define these words.
1. frivolous
2. illicit
3. alienated
4. ultimatum
5. facetious
Match these 5 Greek or Latin roots or affixes with their meanings:
6. neo
7. hyper
8. im
9. mal
10. omni
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
all
bad
new
too much
not
KEYSTONE COMPOSITION CONCEPTS
11. Which sentence is in active voice?
A. Jake was named class clown by his classmates.
B. Jake’s classmates named him class clown.
C. Jake was happy to be named class clown by his classmates.
D. When Jake was named class clown, he was interviewed by the yearbook staff.
12. Which sentence has a pronoun that agrees with its antecedent?
A. A student must give their best performance.
B. The wings of a plane are its most important parts.
C. Everybody lost their mind.
D. Each of the dogs lost their bone.
13. Which correctly punctuates an appositive?
A. Mr. Everhart, a teacher, loves to write.
B. Mr. Everhart is a teacher, who loves to write.
C. Mr. Everhart, a teacher loves to write.
D. Mr. Everhart is, a teacher, who loves to write.
14. Your position in an argumentative or persuasive paper must be supported by
A. emotions
B. generalizations
C. logical reasoning
D. propaganda
Regular Vocabulary-Reading-Writing Quiz #9
SAT WRITING CONCEPTS
The major urban centers in China are groaning under the weight of millions of unemployed
laborers who came from the rural areas in search of work that never materialized
and 15 they are in need of housing and other social services that local governments cannot provide.
A. NO ERROR
B. and now they have no work and they need housing and other social services which
C. and who now need housing and other social services that
D. and the things that they are in need of, like housing and other social services,
The goals of the scientists, whose training had afforded them extensive experience with
cutting-edge methodology, 16 were to change the genetic components of the virus and
setting up the new criteria for the results.
A.
NO ERROR
B.
was to change the genetic components of the virus and setting up the new criteria for the
results.
C.
were to change the genetic components of the virus and set up the new criteria for
the results.
D.
was to change the genetic components of the virus and setting up the new criteria for the
results.
Some people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more
nutritious and safer for consumption than 17 the people who purchase their conventionally
grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.
A. NO CHANGE
B. the purchase of
C. purchasing
D. DELETE the underlined portion.