FREE SAEE Language Usage Questions and Answers
Which of the following sentences, if deleted, would be least detrimental to the clarity of the memo?
Sentence 1 gives important details about the memo's goal, including the main event (such as the discovery of more than $60 million in fake US currency) and the day it happened. Sentence 7 serves as a crucial transition between the first and second paragraphs by introducing new information that is a key theme of the second paragraph (e.g., partnerships with police forces in other countries). Sentence 9 contains significant information that not only ties into the memo's main goal but is also noteworthy and unique. Sentence 9 also functions as a crucial introduction to Sentence 10. Sentence 10 builds on Sentence 9 and adds more information about the subject at hand without specifically addressing the incident that is the subject of the memo. Because Sentence 10 would have the least negative effects on the memo's clarity when compared to the other sentences listed in the options, it is the correct response option. Sentence 10's deletion would result in some information being lost, but the memo's main goal would still be accomplished (in Sentence 1). The memo would still make logical sense in terms of the flow of ideas even if Sentence 10 were deleted (this would not be the case if Sentence 7 and/or Sentence 9 were deleted).
Which of the following sentences has a spelling mistake AND a problem with subject-verb agreement?
The word "millions" should be "million" in sentence 1, and there are two mistakes in sentence 7: "has" should be "have" and "authoritys" should be "authorities" (this is a spelling error) (this is an error in subject-verb agreement). There are no mistakes in sentence 13. Sentence 7 is the appropriate response option because it has a spelling error and a subject-verb agreement problem.
Which of the sentences that follows has exactly two mistakes?
There are no mistakes in sentence 5. The words "little" and "few" should be used instead of "quantities" and "quantity" and "about" instead of "between" respectively in sentences 6 and 9, respectively (this is an error in subject-verb agreement). Sentences 6 and 9 both contain exactly two errors, making it the appropriate response option.
Where in the text should paragraphs be broken off most appropriately?
The subject of the remainder of the first paragraph and sentences 5 and 6 is the fake money found in France. As a result, they both belong in the opening sentence. Sentence 7 should start a new paragraph since it introduces a new section about prior collaborative efforts. With "in fact" following sentence 7, sentence 8 continues the section and belongs in the same paragraph as sentence 7. Because this is the best place to divide the paragraph into two separate sentences, the correct response is "After sentence 6."
Which of the following phrases uses a word improperly?
Sentence 2 contains no errors. Sentence 8 contains no errors. Sentence 11 contains no errors. Sentence 12 contains one error as “capitol” should be “capital.” This is considered an improperly used word because “capitol” should be “capital.” This is an improperly used word and is NOT considered a spelling error because, though “capitol” is a real word and is correctly spelled, it has a different meaning than the appropriate word “capital.” Thus, the correct response option is “Sentence 12" because it contains an improperly used word.
Which of the following sentences is capitalization incorrect?
In Sentence 5, “french” should be capitalized to read “French.” All other sentences listed as options use proper capitalization. Thus, the correct response option is “Sentence 5”.
Which of the following statements is error-free?
One error can be found in sentences 3 and 4: in sentence 3, "recovery" should be "recoveries," and in sentence 4, "were" should be "we're." Two mistakes can be found in sentence 10: "continue" should be "continues" (this is a subject-verb agreement mistake) and "through out" should be "throughout" (this is a spelling mistake). Since all of the listed sentences contain errors, "none of the above" is the appropriate response option.