CELSA Basic 3

Question 1

Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

Accepted Answer

She studied for the exam she passed.

Answer

She studied for the exam, and she passed.

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She studied for the exam; she passed.

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Because she studied for the exam, she passed.

Question 2

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

Accepted Answer

Running through the park every morning.

Answer

She runs through the park every morning.

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Every morning, she runs through the park.

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She likes running through the park every morning.

Question 3

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

Accepted Answer

I wanted to go; it rained.

Answer

I wanted to go; but it rained.

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I wanted to go; it rained, however.

Answer

I wanted to go, it; rained.

Question 4

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?

Accepted Answer

The dog's collar was red.

Answer

The dog wagged it's tail happily.

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The dogs' collar was red.

Answer

The dogs collar' was red.

Question 5

Which sentence follows capitalization rules correctly?

Accepted Answer

We visited the Grand Canyon last summer.

Answer

We visited the grand canyon last Summer.

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We visited The Grand Canyon last summer.

Answer

we visited the Grand Canyon last summer.

Question 6

Which sentence places the modifier correctly?

Accepted Answer

She drove her children to school almost every day.

Answer

She almost drove her children to school every day.

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Almost she drove her children to school every day.

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She drove almost her children to school every day.

Question 7

Which coordinating conjunction best completes this sentence? 'He wanted to stay home, ___ his boss required him to come in.'

Accepted Answer

but

Answer

so

Answer

for

Answer

yet