CLAST English Language Skills 3

Question 1

Which sentence uses the correct form of the verb?

Accepted Answer

If I were you, I would study more.

Answer

If I was you, I would study more.

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If I are you, I would study more.

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If I been you, I would study more.

Question 2

Which sentence avoids the passive voice unnecessarily?

Accepted Answer

The committee wrote the report.

Answer

The report was written by the committee.

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The report has been written by the committee.

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Writing of the report was done by the committee.

Question 3

Identify the sentence with correct pronoun-antecedent agreement:

Accepted Answer

Each student must bring his or her own pencil.

Answer

Each student must bring their own pencil.

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Each students must bring their own pencil.

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Each student must bring its own pencil.

Question 4

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

Accepted Answer

Running through the hallway without stopping.

Answer

She completed the exam early.

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The results were impressive.

Answer

He studied every night for two weeks.

Question 5

Which sentence correctly uses 'affect' versus 'effect'?

Accepted Answer

The rain will affect our plans.

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The rain will effect our plans.

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The affect of rain on the plans was clear.

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Rain's effect on plans can affect our decisions, but the affect remains.

Question 6

Which revision corrects the misplaced modifier: 'She almost drove her kids to school every day.'

Accepted Answer

She drove her kids to school almost every day.

Answer

She drove her almost kids to school every day.

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She drove her kids to almost every school every day.

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Almost every day she drove to school her kids.