PRAXIS-WRITING-SECTION Real Exam Questions
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Identify the error in the following sentence:
The brightness of the morning; accentuated by the dew on the grass, made George feel much better.
Correct answer: B
Explanation: A comma is more appropriate than a colon.
Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.
Even though I have seen the movie countless times, I still laughed when the sheriff throws his mug.
Correct answer: B
Explanation: "laughed when the sheriff throws his mug", "laugh when the sheriff threw his mug", "laughed whenever the sheriff throws his mug", and "laugh when the sheriff will throw his mug" all have verb tense mismatches.
Identify the error in the following sentence:
The scandals surrounding steroid use in sports has not subsided even though time has passed because of continued use, increased media exposure and deteriorating values.
Correct answer: B
Explanation: The writer refers to "scandals," a plural noun. So the verb describing such plurality must match. "Scandals...have not subsided" would be more appropriate. Just as you would not say "The other girls in my school has become more cooperative..." you must not say "...scandals...has not subsided."
Sound sentences out, and the errors will jump out at you.
Identify the error in the following sentence:
The defeated baseball team sat down to his and her supper with heavy hearts.
Correct answer: C
Explanation: The word "their" should be used here.
Identify the error in the following sentence:
Boxing is arguably the most physically demanding sports as professional boxers must have strength,
agility and accuracy; without these skills, a boxer will just be someone that you never heard of.
Correct answer: D
Explanation: This sentence tests how you apply prepositions to sentences. No sentence may end with a preposition, which includes "out," "under" and especially "of." This sentence would need to read something like "...without these skills, a boxer will be unknown." At all costs, avoid placing "of" at the end of a sentence -- especially on college and scholarship applications.
Identify the error in the following sentence:
Ray drives across town and picked up some supplies for the celebratory meal.
Correct answer: B
Explanation: In order for this verb to agree with picked, it should be in the past tense: drove.
Identify the error in the following sentence:
Its very important to read and absorb the stories of classic dramas written by the Greek and English playwrights for the universal messages of humanity and ambition.
Correct answer: A
Explanation: Part A is wrong as it is the incorrect form of it/its/it's. "Its" is the way to discuss possession.
For example, if you were talking negatively about your local government you could say "Its last two years in office were spent drowning in corruption and inefficiency." However, if you use "it's" then you are using the contracted form (when an apostrophe and s are used) to mean "it is." This contract form is necessary here because the sentence should read "It is very important..."
Identify the error in the following sentence:
If only he had listened to the words of his mother, he wouldn't be in this silly situation.
Correct answer: E
Explanation: This sentence is correct as written.
Identify the error in the following sentence: Norah has several hobbies: collecting antique English china, visiting museums, and yoga.
Correct answer: D
Explanation: The correct answer is "yoga" because it is not parallel with the other hobbies in the series.
While they are verbs followed by an object, "yoga" is a noun. To correct this sentence, "yoga" could be changed to "and practicing yoga" to give the final item in the series a verb with an object and give the sentence parallel structure.
Identify the error in the following sentence:
Usually around the month of September many teenagers feel melancholy with the arrival of yet another
school year; by May, everyone is ecstatic.
Correct answer: A
Explanation: This sentence is flawed because of the redundancy in part A. To correct the error, shorten the underlined portion to read "around September." It is very unnecessary to prelude "September" with "the month of."