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Children depend on their parents for food, clothing, and shelter.
- A. It's
- B. On
- C. Clothing
- D. that
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The preposition 'on' is used to indicate reliance or dependence. In this sentence, children depend 'on' their parents for food, clothing, and shelter, making choice B the correct answer. When using the verb 'depend,' it is followed by the preposition 'on' to show what or whom someone relies on.
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Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct. The shopper was angry when he realized he ___ it cheaper at the other store.
- A. could have got
- B. get
- C. could have gotten
- D. might have get
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is C: could have gotten. In this sentence, we need to use the past perfect tense to indicate a missed opportunity in the past. "Could have gotten" is the correct past perfect form of the verb "get."
Explanation:
- "Could have got" (A) is incorrect because "got" is the simple past tense, not the past perfect tense required in this context.
- "Get" (B) is incorrect because it is in the present tense, not the past tense required in this context.
- "Might have get" (D) is incorrect because "get" is in the present tense and "might have" should be followed by the past participle form of the verb, which is "gotten" in this case.
Since the factory was destroyed, the company has ------------- business to do.
- A. No
- B. Not
- C. None
- D. Neither
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct answer is 'No.' In this context, 'No' is used to indicate that the company has no business to do since the factory was destroyed. 'Not' would not fit grammatically in this sentence as it needs to be paired with a verb. 'None' refers to the amount of business, which is not correct in this context. 'Neither' is used to refer to two things or people, which is not the case here. Therefore, 'No' is the most appropriate choice to convey the intended meaning.
Which of the following sentences is GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT?
- A. Everyone enjoys ripping the wrapping paper off his or her holiday gifts.
- B. The racer ran swiftly down the track.
- C. The red fox jumped quickly over the sleeping dog.
- D. She lit scented candles so the air will smell sweetly.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The correct answer is D. In this sentence, 'smell sweetly' is the correct adverb usage to describe how the air will smell due to the scented candles. The other options contain grammar errors or inconsistencies that make them incorrect. Option A has a pronoun agreement error ('their' should be 'his or her'). Option B and C are grammatically correct but do not represent the best choice according to the question's instructions.
Which word in the following sentence is the subject? The nurses went to the conference room.
- A. conference
- B. went to
- C. room
- D. nurses
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In a sentence, the subject is the noun or pronoun that performs the action of the verb. In this sentence, 'nurses' is the subject as they are the ones performing the action of going to the conference room. The other choices, 'conference', 'went to', and 'room' do not act as the subject because they do not perform the action of the verb.
Select the word or phrase in the sentence that is not used correctly: 'Her mother asked her what would she do after she graduated from college.'
- A. her
- B. from
- C. would she
- D. do
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is C. The phrase should be structured as 'what she would do' instead of 'what would she do.' In English, when forming questions or indirect questions, the subject and the auxiliary verb are inverted. Therefore, the correct order in this sentence is 'what she would do.' This maintains the correct word order for questions and indirect questions in English.