Rise Placement Test Language & Writing Skills 3

Question 1

Which sentence demonstrates the active voice?

Accepted Answer

The engineer designed the new bridge.

Answer

In active voice, the subject ('the engineer') performs the action rather than receiving it.

Question 2

Which sentence uses parallel structure correctly?

Accepted Answer

They prefer coffee, tea, or juice.

Answer

'Coffee, tea, or juice' lists three nouns in parallel, maintaining consistent grammatical form.

Question 3

What does the word 'ambiguous' mean in context: 'The ambiguous instructions confused the new employees.'?

Accepted Answer

Open to more than one interpretation

Answer

'Ambiguous' means open to multiple interpretations, which explains why the instructions were confusing.

Question 4

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Accepted Answer

The report, which took three months to write, was well-received.

Answer

Non-restrictive clauses beginning with 'which' must be set off with commas, as in option C.

Question 5

Which revision corrects the run-on sentence? 'It was late we decided to leave.'

Accepted Answer

It was late; we decided to leave.

Answer

A semicolon correctly joins two closely related independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.

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