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Which of the following options contains a possessive pronoun?
- A. If the patient chooses to leave, let them know the right to do so is theirs.
- B. When we support patients in these ways, the hospital's mission is accomplished.
- C. Take personal items to the front desk once you are finished.
- D. This hospital has some problems, no doubt.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Choice A, 'theirs,' is a possessive pronoun indicating ownership. In this sentence, 'theirs' shows possession by referring to something belonging to the patient. Choices B, C, and D do not contain possessive pronouns. Choice B uses the possessive form 'hospital's,' but it is a possessive noun, not a pronoun. Choice C uses 'personal items,' where 'personal' is an adjective and 'items' is a noun. Choice D does not include any possessive pronouns or possessive nouns.
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Which sentence correctly uses quotation marks in connection with an indirect quote?
- A. My sister suggested, 'that we go to the movie next weekend.'
- B. My brother asked me to babysit his two children.
- C. 'The newscaster pointed out the storm's destruction.'
- D. The meteorologist called it 'the storm of a century.'
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Choice D correctly uses quotation marks to indicate the specific phrase 'the storm of a century.' In this sentence, the indirect quote is highlighted within the quotation marks. Choices A, B, and C do not correctly use quotation marks with an indirect quote. Choice A incorrectly places a comma inside the quotation marks, which should be outside. Choice B does not have any quotation marks around the indirect quote. Choice C uses double quotation marks unnecessarily around the indirect quote.
Please don't take what I said so personally. Which of the following parts of speech is 'personally' as used above?
- A. Article
- B. Adjective
- C. Verb
- D. Adverb
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In the sentence, 'personally' is modifying the verb 'take,' indicating how the action is done. Adverbs often answer questions like how, when, where, and to what extent. 'Personally' in this context is an adverb, making choice D the correct answer. Choices A, B, and C are incorrect as 'personally' does not function as an article (a, an, the), adjective (describing a noun), or verb (action word) in this sentence.
She is a fierce competitor, and nothing is going to keep her from running that marathon despite a hamstring injury. Which of the following describes the grammar problem in the sentence above?
- A. Poor diction
- B. Ambiguous word choice
- C. Tense disagreement
- D. Inappropriate transition word choice
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is C, tense disagreement. The sentence contains a tense disagreement between 'was' and 'is.' 'She is a fierce competitor' and 'nothing is going to keep her' are in the present tense, while 'was going to keep her' should also be in the present tense to maintain consistency. Choices A, B, and D are incorrect because the issue in the sentence is related to verb tense, not diction, word choice, or transition words.
In which of the following word pairs does the noun become a verb when the suffix is added?
- A. Biology, Biologist
- B. Apology, Apologize
- C. Happy, Happily
- D. Mineral, Mineralogy
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The correct answer is B. 'Apology' transforms into 'apologize' when the suffix is added, changing the word from a noun to a verb. In this case, the suffix '-ize' is added to the noun 'apology' to form the verb 'apologize.' Choices A, C, and D do not involve a transformation from a noun to a verb when a suffix is added. 'Biology' and 'biologist' are related but not in a noun-to-verb transformation. 'Happy' and 'happily' involve an adjective-to-adverb transformation. 'Mineral' and 'mineralogy' are related terms in the same field but do not show a noun-to-verb change.
In the sentence 'The flustered man watched the train as it pulled out of the station,' which of the following is the simple subject?
- A. man
- B. the flustered man
- C. watched
- D. train
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The simple subject is the noun or pronoun that the sentence is about. In this sentence, the subject is 'man' because it is the entity performing the action of watching. 'The flustered man' is a noun phrase but not the simple subject as it includes an article and an adjective. 'Watched' is a verb and 'train' is the object of the action, not the subject. Therefore, 'man' is the correct simple subject in this sentence.