Verbal Ability
| Description: Test - 2 | |
| Number of Questions: 18 | |
| Created by: Mira Shah | |
| Tags: Test - 2 |
Which of the following could be deleted without damaging the flow of the paragraph?
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
Which of the following sentences would be the most appropriate to succeed sentence 10 and conclude the essay?
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
What best replaces the word “it” in part of sentence 12 reproduced below? It makes a rush.
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence 8 (reproduced below)? The broken ends of the needle like quills work into the pads and other parts of the body, causing festering sores, pulling the animal over in condition and rendering him helpless for catching his natural and wary prey.
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
Which of the following best improves sentence 5?
Direction:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage
need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow.
Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you
to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider
organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of
standard written English.
(1) The great advantage of early rising is the head start it gives us in our day’s work. (2) The early riser has done a large amount of hard work before other men even get out of bed. (3) In the early morning, the mind is fresh, and there are few sounds or other distractions, so work done at that time is generally well done. (4) In many cases the early riser also finds time to take some exercise in the fresh morning air, and this exercise supplies him with a fund of energy that will last until the evening. (5) By beginning so early, he knows that he has plenty of time to thoroughly do all the work he can be expected to do and is not tempted to hurry over any part of it. (6) All his work being finished in good time, he has a long interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to bed. (7) After a sound night’s rest he rises early next morning in good health and spirits for the labors of a new day. (8) He gets to sleep several hours before midnight at the time when sleep is most refreshing.
(9) It is very plain that such a life as his is far more conducive to health than that of the man who shortens his waking hours by rising late. (10) Who lies in bed late, if he wishes to do a full day’s work, goes on working to a corresponding late hour and denies himself the hour or two of evening exercise that he ought to take for the benefit of his health.
Which of the following best improves sentence 10?
Direction:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage
need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow.
Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you
to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider
organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of
standard written English.
(1) The great advantage of early rising is the head start it gives us in our day’s work. (2) The early riser has done a large amount of hard work before other men even get out of bed. (3) In the early morning, the mind is fresh, and there are few sounds or other distractions, so work done at that time is generally well done. (4) In many cases the early riser also finds time to take some exercise in the fresh morning air, and this exercise supplies him with a fund of energy that will last until the evening. (5) By beginning so early, he knows that he has plenty of time to thoroughly do all the work he can be expected to do and is not tempted to hurry over any part of it. (6) All his work being finished in good time, he has a long interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to bed. (7) After a sound night’s rest he rises early next morning in good health and spirits for the labors of a new day. (8) He gets to sleep several hours before midnight at the time when sleep is most refreshing.
(9) It is very plain that such a life as his is far more conducive to health than that of the man who shortens his waking hours by rising late. (10) Who lies in bed late, if he wishes to do a full day’s work, goes on working to a corresponding late hour and denies himself the hour or two of evening exercise that he ought to take for the benefit of his health.
Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined part of sentence 6 reproduced below? All his work being finished in good time, he has a long interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to bed.
Direction:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage
need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow.
Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you
to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider
organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of
standard written English.
(1) The great advantage of early rising is the head start it gives us in our day’s work. (2) The early riser has done a large amount of hard work before other men even get out of bed. (3) In the early morning, the mind is fresh, and there are few sounds or other distractions, so work done at that time is generally well done. (4) In many cases the early riser also finds time to take some exercise in the fresh morning air, and this exercise supplies him with a fund of energy that will last until the evening. (5) By beginning so early, he knows that he has plenty of time to thoroughly do all the work he can be expected to do and is not tempted to hurry over any part of it. (6) All his work being finished in good time, he has a long interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to bed. (7) After a sound night’s rest he rises early next morning in good health and spirits for the labors of a new day. (8) He gets to sleep several hours before midnight at the time when sleep is most refreshing.
(9) It is very plain that such a life as his is far more conducive to health than that of the man who shortens his waking hours by rising late. (10) Who lies in bed late, if he wishes to do a full day’s work, goes on working to a corresponding late hour and denies himself the hour or two of evening exercise that he ought to take for the benefit of his health.
Which of the following, if placed after sentence 10, would be the most effective concluding sentence for the essay?
Direction:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage
need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow.
Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you
to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider
organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of
standard written English.
(1) The great advantage of early rising is the head start it gives us in our day’s work. (2) The early riser has done a large amount of hard work before other men even get out of bed. (3) In the early morning, the mind is fresh, and there are few sounds or other distractions, so work done at that time is generally well done. (4) In many cases the early riser also finds time to take some exercise in the fresh morning air, and this exercise supplies him with a fund of energy that will last until the evening. (5) By beginning so early, he knows that he has plenty of time to thoroughly do all the work he can be expected to do and is not tempted to hurry over any part of it. (6) All his work being finished in good time, he has a long interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to bed. (7) After a sound night’s rest he rises early next morning in good health and spirits for the labors of a new day. (8) He gets to sleep several hours before midnight at the time when sleep is most refreshing.
(9) It is very plain that such a life as his is far more conducive to health than that of the man who shortens his waking hours by rising late. (10) Who lies in bed late, if he wishes to do a full day’s work, goes on working to a corresponding late hour and denies himself the hour or two of evening exercise that he ought to take for the benefit of his health.
Which of the following best replaces the phrase “fund of energy” in sentence 4?
Direction:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage
need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow.
Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you
to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider
organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of
standard written English.
(1) The great advantage of early rising is the head start it gives us in our day’s work. (2) The early riser has done a large amount of hard work before other men even get out of bed. (3) In the early morning, the mind is fresh, and there are few sounds or other distractions, so work done at that time is generally well done. (4) In many cases the early riser also finds time to take some exercise in the fresh morning air, and this exercise supplies him with a fund of energy that will last until the evening. (5) By beginning so early, he knows that he has plenty of time to thoroughly do all the work he can be expected to do and is not tempted to hurry over any part of it. (6) All his work being finished in good time, he has a long interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to bed. (7) After a sound night’s rest he rises early next morning in good health and spirits for the labors of a new day. (8) He gets to sleep several hours before midnight at the time when sleep is most refreshing.
(9) It is very plain that such a life as his is far more conducive to health than that of the man who shortens his waking hours by rising late. (10) Who lies in bed late, if he wishes to do a full day’s work, goes on working to a corresponding late hour and denies himself the hour or two of evening exercise that he ought to take for the benefit of his health.
Which is the best way to combine sentences (9) and (10)?
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
Which of the following best improves sentence 1?
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
Which is the best way to deal with sentence 8?
Direction:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage
need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow.
Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you
to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider
organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of
standard written English.
(1) The great advantage of early rising is the head start it gives us in our day’s work. (2) The early riser has done a large amount of hard work before other men even get out of bed. (3) In the early morning, the mind is fresh, and there are few sounds or other distractions, so work done at that time is generally well done. (4) In many cases the early riser also finds time to take some exercise in the fresh morning air, and this exercise supplies him with a fund of energy that will last until the evening. (5) By beginning so early, he knows that he has plenty of time to thoroughly do all the work he can be expected to do and is not tempted to hurry over any part of it. (6) All his work being finished in good time, he has a long interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to bed. (7) After a sound night’s rest he rises early next morning in good health and spirits for the labors of a new day. (8) He gets to sleep several hours before midnight at the time when sleep is most refreshing.
(9) It is very plain that such a life as his is far more conducive to health than that of the man who shortens his waking hours by rising late. (10) Who lies in bed late, if he wishes to do a full day’s work, goes on working to a corresponding late hour and denies himself the hour or two of evening exercise that he ought to take for the benefit of his health.
What support does paragraph 2 provide to the thought in paragraph 1?
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
(1) The proper conduct of universities is a matter of first rate importance to the state, because it is in them that leaders of the country are trained. (2) The university education is calculated to produce and is producing, men who will be able to play worthy part in public life. (3) It is true that legislative and administrative capacities are developed largely by experience and by practical knowledge of affairs, foundations need to be laid at a much earlier stage. (4) It is from this university teaching that a young man should learn to examine critically the material before him, to arrive at a balanced judgment; and not to be carried away by mere catchwords.
(5) But in public affairs something more than the power of criticism and intellectual judgment is needed. (6) It is mainly outside the classroom that the boy learns the lesson of corporate life, how to understand the views of others and to work with them, how to sacrifice cheerfully his private inclination for the common good. (7) How to lead others by influence rather than by authority? (8) He learns these lessons daily contact which he follows in clubs and societies, in playing fields and common rooms and also not the least by the guidance of wise teachers from whom a timely word may mean so much.
In the context of the paragraph, which revision is most needed in sentence (3)?
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
(1) The proper conduct of universities is a matter of first rate importance to the state, because it is in them that leaders of the country are trained. (2) The university education is calculated to produce and is producing, men who will be able to play worthy part in public life. (3) It is true that legislative and administrative capacities are developed largely by experience and by practical knowledge of affairs, foundations need to be laid at a much earlier stage. (4) It is from this university teaching that a young man should learn to examine critically the material before him, to arrive at a balanced judgment; and not to be carried away by mere catchwords.
(5) But in public affairs something more than the power of criticism and intellectual judgment is needed. (6) It is mainly outside the classroom that the boy learns the lesson of corporate life, how to understand the views of others and to work with them, how to sacrifice cheerfully his private inclination for the common good. (7) How to lead others by influence rather than by authority? (8) He learns these lessons daily contact which he follows in clubs and societies, in playing fields and common rooms and also not the least by the guidance of wise teachers from whom a timely word may mean so much.
Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence (2) below? The university education is calculated to produce and is producing, men who will be able to play worthy part in public life.
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
(1) The proper conduct of universities is a matter of first rate importance to the state, because it is in them that leaders of the country are trained. (2) The university education is calculated to produce and is producing, men who will be able to play worthy part in public life. (3) It is true that legislative and administrative capacities are developed largely by experience and by practical knowledge of affairs, foundations need to be laid at a much earlier stage. (4) It is from this university teaching that a young man should learn to examine critically the material before him, to arrive at a balanced judgment; and not to be carried away by mere catchwords.
(5) But in public affairs something more than the power of criticism and intellectual judgment is needed. (6) It is mainly outside the classroom that the boy learns the lesson of corporate life, how to understand the views of others and to work with them, how to sacrifice cheerfully his private inclination for the common good. (7) How to lead others by influence rather than by authority? (8) He learns these lessons daily contact which he follows in clubs and societies, in playing fields and common rooms and also not the least by the guidance of wise teachers from whom a timely word may mean so much.
Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined part of sentence 7 (reproduced below)? He learns these lessons daily contact which he follows
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
(1) The proper conduct of universities is a matter of first rate importance to the state, because it is in them that leaders of the country are trained. (2) The university education is calculated to produce and is producing, men who will be able to play worthy part in public life. (3) It is true that legislative and administrative capacities are developed largely by experience and by practical knowledge of affairs, foundations need to be laid at a much earlier stage. (4) It is from this university teaching that a young man should learn to examine critically the material before him, to arrive at a balanced judgment; and not to be carried away by mere catchwords.
(5) But in public affairs something more than the power of criticism and intellectual judgment is needed. (6) It is mainly outside the classroom that the boy learns the lesson of corporate life, how to understand the views of others and to work with them, how to sacrifice cheerfully his private inclination for the common good. (7) How to lead others by influence rather than by authority? (8) He learns these lessons daily contact which he follows in clubs and societies, in playing fields and common rooms and also not the least by the guidance of wise teachers from whom a timely word may mean so much.
What is the best way to deal with sentence (1)?
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
(1) The proper conduct of universities is a matter of first rate importance to the state, because it is in them that leaders of the country are trained. (2) The university education is calculated to produce and is producing, men who will be able to play worthy part in public life. (3) It is true that legislative and administrative capacities are developed largely by experience and by practical knowledge of affairs, foundations need to be laid at a much earlier stage. (4) It is from this university teaching that a young man should learn to examine critically the material before him, to arrive at a balanced judgment; and not to be carried away by mere catchwords.
(5) But in public affairs something more than the power of criticism and intellectual judgment is needed. (6) It is mainly outside the classroom that the boy learns the lesson of corporate life, how to understand the views of others and to work with them, how to sacrifice cheerfully his private inclination for the common good. (7) How to lead others by influence rather than by authority? (8) He learns these lessons daily contact which he follows in clubs and societies, in playing fields and common rooms and also not the least by the guidance of wise teachers from whom a timely word may mean so much.
In context, which is the best way to revise and combine the underlined portions of sentences 6 and 7 (reproduced below)? It is mainly outside the classroom that the boy learns the lesson of corporate life, how to understand the views of others and to work with them, how to sacrifice cheerfully his private inclination for the common good. How should they be led to lead others by influence rather than by authority?
Directions for questions:
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
(1) The proper conduct of universities is a matter of first rate importance to the state, because it is in them that leaders of the country are trained. (2) The university education is calculated to produce and is producing, men who will be able to play worthy part in public life. (3) It is true that legislative and administrative capacities are developed largely by experience and by practical knowledge of affairs, foundations need to be laid at a much earlier stage. (4) It is from this university teaching that a young man should learn to examine critically the material before him, to arrive at a balanced judgment; and not to be carried away by mere catchwords.
(5) But in public affairs something more than the power of criticism and intellectual judgment is needed. (6) It is mainly outside the classroom that the boy learns the lesson of corporate life, how to understand the views of others and to work with them, how to sacrifice cheerfully his private inclination for the common good. (7) How to lead others by influence rather than by authority? (8) He learns these lessons daily contact which he follows in clubs and societies, in playing fields and common rooms and also not the least by the guidance of wise teachers from whom a timely word may mean so much.