Grammar Smart 3rd Edition - Princeton Review 2014
Batting Practice, Part 3
Part 3. Putting It All Together
These drills cover errors from Part 3: parallel construction, misplaced modifiers, faulty comparison, idiom, diction, redundancy, voice, and mood.
Drill 1
Pick the best answer.
1. The stress that comes from repressing one’s true desire is as great or greater than is brought about by insufficient rest, overwork, and poor diet.
A) is as great or greater than is brought about by insufficient rest, overwork, and poor diet
B) that is as great or greater than that brought about by insufficient resting, overworking and poor diet
C) is as great as or greater than that of insufficient rest, overwork, and poor diet
D) is at least as great as that brought about by insufficient rest, overwork, and poor diet
E) is at least as great as the stress brought about through resting insufficiently, overwork, and poor diet
2. In New England dairy farmers belong to collectives, where their milk, cheese, and other products are pooled with the products of other farms, and which provides the farmers with some security by stabilizing prices.
A) dairy farmers belong to collectives, where their milk, cheese, and other products are pooled with the products of other farms, and which provides the farmers
B) dairy farmers belong to collectives, in which their milk, cheese, and other products are pooled with the products of other farms, and which provide the farmers
C) a dairy farmer belongs to collectives, in which their milk, cheese, and other products are pooled with the products of other farms, and which provide the farmer
D) of the dairy farmers belong to a collective, in which their milk, cheese, and other products are pooled with the products of other farms, providing the farmer
E) of the dairy farmers do belong to collectives, where their milk, cheese, and other products are being pooled with the products of other farms, which provides the farmers
3. Some dogs, unlike those kept strictly for pets, have serious work expected of them, such as herding flocks of sheep, to warn their owners when calves get separated from the herd, and acting as guards.
A) such as herding flocks of sheep, to warn their owners
B) such as herding flocks of sheep, warning their owners
C) like herding flocks of sheep, warning its owners
D) like being a herder for sheep, and warning their owners
E) like herding flocks of sheep and to warn its owners
4. Unlike buying individual stocks, which requires doing business with a stockbroker, an investor in a private company can do business directly with the executives of the company itself.
A) an investor in a private company can do business directly
B) an investor, doing business with a private company, can deal directly
C) investing in a private company allows the investor to do business directly
D) an investment in a private company allows the investor to do business directly
E) an investment in a company that is private allows the investor to do direct business
5. If the president was a woman, the country might see a real dedication to family values, marked with policy changes such as the passage of a bill mandating time off for children, and attention to education that goes beyond lip service.
A) If the president was a woman, the country might see a real dedication to family values, marked with policy changes such as the passage of a bill mandating time off for childbirth, and attention to education that goes beyond lip service
B) If the president was a woman, the country might see a real dedication to family values, marked by policy changes such as the passage of a bill mandating time off for childbirth, and attention to education that goes beyond lip service
C) If the president was a woman, the country might see a real dedication to family values, marked with policy changes like the passage of a bill that mandates time off for childbirth, and attention to education that goes beyond lip service
D) Were the president a woman, the country might see a real dedication to family values, marked by policy changes like passing a bill that would mandate time off for childbirth, and paying attention to education beyond lip service
E) If the president were a woman, the country might see a real dedication to family values, marked by policy changes such as the passage of a bill mandating time off for childbirth, and attention to education that goes beyond lip service
Drill 2
Find the error. If there is no error, pick choice E.
Drill 3
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Correct the following passage.
Being as he kept breaking out in hives, Boris decided on going to a doctor, although since he had not been to a doctor in years, he had to look up Doctors in the Yellow Pages. On the way to Dr. Wrigley’s office, Boris drove slowly, looking intently at the road ahead, playing his radio at ear-shattering volume, and he scratched his ever-growing hives.
Dr. Wrigley took one look at him and began prescribing ointments and salves that would take care of the itching. Inspecting a particularly large and glowing hive on Boris’s rear end, his response was to laugh heartily.
“Boris, my dear man,” the doctor said, “you may not believe me, but when one breaks out in hives as stunning as these, one must take steps to relieve the stress in your life.”
“What stress?” asked Boris. “I have a job that is totally undemanding and I never get into disagreements with anyone.”
“You are one of those men who is leading a desperate life of non-engagement,” said Dr. Wrigley. “If I was you I’d read Sartre. And stop scratching.”
Boris got huffy. He shouted that he loved his life more than the doctor, and fled the office without remembering to pick up the proscriptions. The affect of Boris’s visit to the doctor was to unleash the animal in him, which had the surprising affect of curing his hives.
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