PELLET B Sentence Clarity 3

Question 1

Which sentence is written most clearly for a police report?

Accepted Answer

I observed the suspect place a bottle of liquor inside his jacket and exit the store without paying.

Answer

The store was exited by the suspect after placing, which I observed, a liquor bottle inside of his jacket without paying for it.

Answer

Inside his jacket a bottle of liquor I observed was placed by the suspect who exited without paying the store.

Answer

Observing inside his jacket placing a liquor bottle the suspect exited the store I saw without paying.

Question 2

Select the best way to combine: 'The driver refused the breathalyzer test. The officer placed the driver under arrest.'

Accepted Answer

After the driver refused the breathalyzer test, the officer placed the driver under arrest.

Answer

The officer placed the driver under arrest and the driver had refused the breathalyzer test.

Answer

Refusing the breathalyzer test under arrest was placed by the officer on the driver.

Answer

The driver refused and was under arrest the breathalyzer test placed by the officer.

Question 3

Which sentence correctly uses a pronoun reference?

Accepted Answer

When Officer Lopez spoke with the witness, the witness stated that she had seen the accident.

Answer

When Officer Lopez spoke with the witness, she stated she had seen the accident.

Answer

Officer Lopez and the witness, she stated she saw the accident when they spoke.

Answer

The witness and Officer Lopez she saw the accident and stated it when spoke.

Question 4

Which revision eliminates the double negative: 'The witness could not hardly remember nothing about the suspect's appearance.'

Accepted Answer

The witness could hardly remember anything about the suspect's appearance.

Answer

The witness could not hardly remember everything about the suspect's appearance.

Answer

The witness could not remember nothing hardly about the suspect's appearance.

Answer

Nothing about the suspect the witness not hardly could remember.

Question 5

Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

Accepted Answer

The collection of evidence items was transported to the crime lab.

Answer

The collection of evidence items were transported to the crime lab.

Answer

The collection of evidence items are being transported at the crime lab.

Answer

The evidence items collection was transported were to the crime lab.

Question 6

Which sentence best demonstrates proper subordination to show cause-effect?

Accepted Answer

Because the suspect matched the description, the officer initiated a traffic stop.

Answer

The suspect matched the description and the officer initiated a traffic stop.

Answer

The officer initiated a traffic stop, the suspect matched the description.

Answer

Matching the description, a traffic stop was initiated.