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Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
- A. Walking home from class, the students watched the snow begin to fall.
- B. Walking home from class, the snow began falling on the students.
- C. Walking home from class, snow fell on the students.
- D. Walking home from class, the students watched the snow fall.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct sentence structure should have the subject performing the action. In choice A, 'the students' is the subject watching the action 'the snow begin to fall,' which is grammatically correct. Choices B and C have errors in subject-verb agreement and clarity. Choice B implies that the snow is performing the action of falling on the students, which is awkward and lacks clarity. Choice C lacks a clear subject for the action of snow falling. Choice D uses 'fell' instead of 'fall,' which is incorrect in this context. Therefore, option A is the grammatically correct sentence.
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Select the correct word for the blank in this sentence. I talked to the detective ___ solved the case.
- A. whose.
- B. who.
- C. which.
- D. whom.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Rationale: The correct answer is B, "who." In this sentence, the relative pronoun "who" is used to refer to the detective as the subject who solved the case. The pronoun "who" is used to introduce a defining relative clause that provides essential information about the detective. Choices A, C, and D are incorrect because "whose" is possessive, "which" is used for things, and "whom" is the object form of "who" and would not be correct here as the detective is the subject of the sentence.
Which word is NOT CORRECTLY USED in the sentence?
"Confidentiality be observed at all times when handling sensitive information."
- A. Be observed
- B. By
- C. Can be
- D. Should not
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct answer is A. The sentence should read, 'Confidentiality should be observed at all times,' to ensure proper grammar. 'Be observed' is incorrect as it lacks the modal auxiliary verb 'should' for the sentence to be grammatically correct. The other choices are correctly used in the sentence.
What is the correct pronoun to complete the sentence?
My mother and ___ went shopping for clothes yesterday.
- A. Us
- B. Me
- C. Myself
- D. I
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In this sentence, 'I' is the correct pronoun to use. When a subject pronoun is needed, the correct choice is 'I' when it follows a subject or linking verb. In this case, 'went' is the verb, making 'I' the appropriate pronoun. Therefore, the correct completion of the sentence is 'My mother and I went shopping for clothes yesterday.'
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.
He tried to remember the names of all the people who were there that night.
- A. Whom
- B. That
- C. Which
- D. Whose
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The correct answer is 'B' because 'that' is used to introduce a defining clause that specifies which people he was trying to remember. In this context, 'that' is more appropriate than 'whom,' 'which,' or 'whose' as it refers to the specific people present that night. 'That' is commonly used to introduce restrictive or defining clauses, helping to identify a specific group or subset within a larger group. In this sentence, 'that night' serves as a defining characteristic, and 'that' connects the relative clause to the main clause effectively. While 'whom' refers to the object of a sentence, 'which' is used for non-restrictive clauses, and 'whose' indicates possession, none of these options are suitable replacements for 'that' in this context.