Question 1

Seated ____ the CEO is the executive vice president.

Accepted Answer

A)  beside 
B)  besides 
A)  beside 
B)  besides A

Question 2

It looks ______ it's going to rain tomorrow.

Accepted Answer

A)  as if 
B)  like 
A)  as if 
B)  like A

Question 3

We need at least half of our staff to agree ____ volunteer at Saturday's open house.

Accepted Answer

A)  with 
B)  to 
C)  ​on 
A)  with 
B)  to 
C)  ​on B

Question 4

Because of his desire to help others, Derrik plans to go ____ nursing.

Accepted Answer

A)  into 
B)  in to 
C)  ​in 
A)  into 
B)  in to 
C)  ​in

Question 5

Were you able to retrieve the data ______ the hard drive of the damaged computer?

Accepted Answer

A)  off 
B)  from off of 
C)  ​off of 
D)  ​from 
A)  off 
B)  from off of 
C)  ​off of 
D)  ​from

Question 6

We need to ____ the fact that our financial records will be more closely examined by auditors.

Accepted Answer

A)  accept 
B)  except 
A)  accept 
B)  except

Question 7

Which sentence is correct?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​The supervisor attended the sales conference in New York with he. 
B)  ​Please forward your e-mail message to Megan and she by noon tomorrow. 
C)  The disagreement is with the shipper, not with you and me. 
A)  ​The supervisor attended the sales conference in New York with he. 
B)  ​Please forward your e-mail message to Megan and she by noon tomorrow. 
C)  The disagreement is with the shipper, not with you and me.

Question 8

A number of our ____ have inquired about their benefit reductions.

Accepted Answer

A)  personnel 
B)  personal 
A)  personnel 
B)  personal

Question 9

Which sentence is more formally expressed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Do you know where the meeting is? 
B)  Do you know where the meeting is at? 
A)  Do you know where the meeting is? 
B)  Do you know where the meeting is at?

Question 10

Everyone in our department except ____ is excited about the new mission statement.

Accepted Answer

A)  himself 
B)  him 
C)  he 
A)  himself 
B)  him 
C)  he

Question 11

Have you reconciled your checkbook ____ your bank statement?

Accepted Answer

A)  to 
B)  with 
A)  to 
B)  with

Question 12

Please ____ to the front of the room to deliver your presentation.

Accepted Answer

A)  precede 
B)  proceed 
A)  precede 
B)  proceed

Question 13

Between ____, I believe that the new job sharing proposal will not be successful.

Accepted Answer

A)  you and me 
B)  you and I 
A)  you and me 
B)  you and I

Question 14

Which sentence is better expressed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Collin demonstrated an aptitude for and an appreciation of statistics. 
B)  Collin demonstrated an aptitude and an appreciation of statistics. 
A)  Collin demonstrated an aptitude for and an appreciation of statistics. 
B)  Collin demonstrated an aptitude and an appreciation of statistics.

Question 15

Bill could not ____ laughing when he heard his coworker discuss her attempts to potty train her son.

Accepted Answer

A)  help from 
B)  help 
A)  help from 
B)  help

Question 16

Both ____ were lying on my desk.

Accepted Answer

A)  reports 
B)  of the reports 
A)  reports 
B)  of the reports

Question 17

Many customers were angry ____ the manager and her attitude toward them.

Accepted Answer

A)  with 
B)  about 
C)  ​at 
A)  with 
B)  about 
C)  ​at

Question 18

Some of the office tasks in this company are similar ____ those I performed for my previous employer.

Accepted Answer

A)  with 
B)  to 
A)  with 
B)  to

Question 19

Tony and Barb went ____ talk with their supervisor about their proposal to job share.

Accepted Answer

A)  in to 
B)  into 
A)  in to 
B)  into

Question 20

Which sentence is correct?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​All managers except Bruce and he were asked to increase their sales goals. 
B)  ​Wasn't that invitation addressed to you and I? 
C)  ​All the sales reps but you and me had to revise their reports. 
A)  ​All managers except Bruce and he were asked to increase their sales goals. 
B)  ​Wasn't that invitation addressed to you and I? 
C)  ​All the sales reps but you and me had to revise their reports.

Exam 8: Prepositions

Seated ____ the CEO is the executive vice president.

It looks ______ it's going to rain tomorrow.

We need at least half of our staff to agree ____ volunteer at Saturday's open house.

Because of his desire to help others, Derrik plans to go ____ nursing.

Were you able to retrieve the data ______ the hard drive of the damaged computer?

We need to ____ the fact that our financial records will be more closely examined by auditors.

Which sentence is correct?​

A number of our ____ have inquired about their benefit reductions.

Which sentence is more formally expressed?

Everyone in our department except ____ is excited about the new mission statement.

Have you reconciled your checkbook ____ your bank statement?

Please ____ to the front of the room to deliver your presentation.

Between ____, I believe that the new job sharing proposal will not be successful.

Which sentence is better expressed?

Bill could not ____ laughing when he heard his coworker discuss her attempts to potty train her son.

Both ____ were lying on my desk.

Many customers were angry ____ the manager and her attitude toward them.

Some of the office tasks in this company are similar ____ those I performed for my previous employer.

Tony and Barb went ____ talk with their supervisor about their proposal to job share.

Which sentence is correct?​

Parts of Speech

Sentences: Elements, Varieties, Patterns, Types, Faults

Nouns: Plurals and Possessives

Pronouns

Verbs

Subjectverb Agreement

Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs

Conjunctions

Commas

Semicolons and Colons

Other Punctuation

Capitalization

Numbers

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Final -Exam

Filters

Which sentence is correct?

Which sentence is correct?