Written Expression and Grammar Flashcards
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Which sentence best demonstrates proper police report writing style?
Answer: At approximately 2200 hours, the suspect was observed operating a stolen vehicle.
Police reports require precise time notation, objective language, and formal phrasing rather than vague or informal expressions.
Identify the sentence fragment.
Answer: After securing the perimeter.
'After securing the perimeter' is a dependent clause and cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
Which sentence uses apostrophes correctly?
Answer: The officers' reports were filed on time.
'Officers'' (plural possessive) is correct when multiple officers collectively own the reports.
Choose the sentence with the correct verb tense for a police report describing a past event.
Answer: The victim stated that she was attacked at her home.
In police reports documenting past events, past tense ('stated') maintains consistency with the factual account.
Which sentence correctly uses 'its' vs. 'it's'?
Answer: It's important to document all evidence.
'It's' is a contraction of 'it is,' while 'its' is the possessive pronoun; only option C uses it correctly.
Which sentence demonstrates parallel structure?
Answer: The officer searched the vehicle, interviewed witnesses, and filed a report.
Parallel structure requires all items in a series to use the same grammatical form; here all three verbs are simple past tense.
Which sentence uses the correct form of 'lay' vs. 'lie'?
Answer: The officer told the suspect to lie down.
'Lie' means to recline (intransitive); 'lay' requires a direct object, making 'lie down' the correct choice here.