TSI - Texas Success Initiative Sentence Revision and Editing Questions and Answers 3

Question 1

Which sentence uses a colon correctly?

Accepted Answer

She packed three items: sunscreen, a hat, and water.

Answer

A colon follows a complete independent clause and introduces a list or elaboration. "She packed three items" is a complete clause, so the colon in option A is correct.

Question 2

What is wrong with this sentence: "Running to catch the bus, his backpack fell off."?

Accepted Answer

Dangling modifier — the backpack was not running

Answer

The participial phrase "Running to catch the bus" should modify the subject of the main clause, but "his backpack" cannot run. This is a dangling modifier.

Question 3

Which sentence correctly uses "its" versus "it's"?

Accepted Answer

It's time to update its software.

Answer

"It's" is a contraction for "it is." "Its" is the possessive pronoun. "It's time" = "It is time" (correct), and "its software" = software belonging to it (correct).

Question 4

Identify the sentence with correct pronoun case.

Accepted Answer

Between you and me, the project needs more work.

Answer

After a preposition ("between"), object pronouns are required. "Me" is the correct object pronoun form; "I" and "myself" are not appropriate here.

Question 5

Choose the revision that eliminates the run-on sentence: "The professor was late class started without her students were confused."

Accepted Answer

The professor was late, so class started without her, and students were confused.

Answer

The run-on contains three independent clauses fused without proper punctuation. Adding "so" and "and" with commas correctly joins them into a clear compound sentence.

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TSI - Texas Success Initiative Sentence Revision and Editing Questions and Answers 3