Exam 2: Hiset: Editing and Improving Sentences and Passages

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -The first war between India and Pakistan began in 1947 and continued until 1949, when the United Nations stepped in and broker a ceasefire.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -China and Japan have been locked in a territorial dispute since the 1970s.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -Many tourists fear terrorism and of being targeted by religious political parties.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -There are a group of islands located in the East China Sea that are the subject of a dispute between two nations.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -Rankins involvement helped Montanan women gain the right to vote in 1914.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -The North Vietnamese and supportive rebel communists in South Vietnam, called the Viet Cong, started fighting.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -Japan control the disputed East China Sea islands until World War II.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -Although extreme drought conditions have dried up nectar plants monarch butterflies rely on for food.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -In the past, residents used the wood for cooking and heating, but recently, they have began to sell it in order to support their livelihoods.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -After the division of Vietnam, the United States supports South Vietnam.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -Her bid was very unsuccessful.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -On the day of the attack three cruisers, two tankers, two battleships, six aircraft carriers, and nine destroyers sailed to a point north of Hawaii.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. -Main cash crop for Belize was sugar, but in recent years, citrus fruits have become the leading source of crop income.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Which course of action most improves the following sentence? Only a few areas of the country continue to operate without daylight savings time.