Exam 21: Revising for Consistency and Parallelism

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct word or phrase for each blank. Each month, a committee decides who is in and who is out of the collections. A celebrity is chosen for ____ fame, recognizability, and publicity potential.

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. Thomas is moving to Cleveland for graduate school and because of his girlfriend.

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. We are going to the sushi bar before we met Julian for coffee.

Instructions: Choose the correct words to insert in each of the following sentences. Then select the letter of the correct response. We ____ the train to Omaha but ____ home.

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. As program coordinator, I was responsible for maintaining the organization's database, filing new reports, and assessed each student's progress.

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. Every citizen should exercise their constitutional right to vote.

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct word or phrase for each blank. The popular Chamber of Horrors displays the most notorious criminals of all time. Recently two new Tussaud Museums have opened. In New York, tourists now can mingle with the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Pattinson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Carmelo Anthony. In Las Vegas, ____ can pose with Lady Gaga, George Clooney, Simon Cowell, and nearly 100 others.

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. When hanging a framed picture, use a level to make sure they are not crooked.

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct word or phrase for each blank. Visitors can see and have ____ photograph taken with more than 400 eerily lifelike statues of such people as Barack Obama, Joan of Arc, Elvis Presley, David Beckham, the Dalai Lama, and Jennifer Lopez.

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. Last year I ____ 140 pounds; this year I ____ 125 pounds.

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. Steven and Sarah are less prepared for the job market than he or she think.

Instructions: Choose the correct words to insert in each of the following sentences. Then select the letter of the correct response. ____ on the sales staff must have ____ presentation ready by Friday.

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct word or phrase for each blank. ____ invited to sit for moldings, a process that takes six months and costs over $100,000. Mother Teresa was one of the few people ever to decline an invitation from Madame Tussaud's.

Instructions: Choose the correct words to insert in each of the following sentences. Then select the letter of the correct response. Otis likes ____ to work rather than ____ the bus.

Instructions: Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. I like everything about Lamont: his natural good looks, his witty conversational style, and reading his short stories.

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. Ever since she ____ a child, Juanita ____ her summers in Maine.

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct word or phrase for each blank. "Madame Tussaud's. Come and find out who's in. And who's out." That's how English advertisers lure visitors to a most unusual show ¾ a display of the rich, ____, and the infamous in the form of lifelike wax statues.

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. Professional musicians ____ instruments for several hours each day.

Instructions: Choose the correct words to insert in each of the following sentences. Then select the letter of the correct response. As the basketball team scored the winning point, the fans ____, ____, and ____ their feet.

Instructions: Choose the correct words to insert in each of the following sentences. Then select the letter of the correct response. Each of the nominees prepared ____ acceptance speech ¾ just in case.