CLEP College Composition 2024
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Which of the following is the best way to combine sentences 5
and 6 (reproduced below)?
As advances in technology allowed performances to be
prerecorded, edited, and enhanced for later broadcast, recorded
laughter gained wider use. It can be called "canned laughter" or a
"laugh track."
A. As advances in technology allowed performances to be
prerecorded, edited, and enhanced for later broadcast, recorded
laughter gained wider use; it can be called "canned laughter" or a
"laugh track."
B. As advances in technology allowed performances to be
prerecorded, edited, and enhanced for later broadcast, recorded
laughter—called "canned laughter" or a "laugh track"—gained
wider use.
C. As advances in technology allowed performances to be
prerecorded, edited, and enhanced for later broadcast, recorded
laughter, they call it "canned laughter" or a "laugh track," which
then gained wider use.
D. As advances in technology allowed - ANSWER ✔ B. As
advances in technology allowed performances to be prerecorded,
,edited, and enhanced for later broadcast, recorded laughter—
called "canned laughter" or a "laugh track"—gained wider use.
Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the
original sentence. If you think the original is better than any of the
alternatives, choose the first option.
The cooking instructor informed us that by the end of the course,
we will have acquired basic skills in chopping, searing, and to
make sauces.
A. we will have acquired basic skills in chopping, searing, and to
make sauces
B. we will have acquired basic skills in chopping, to sear, and
making sauces
C. we will have acquired basic skills in chopping, searing, and
making sauces
D. to chop, sear, and to make sauces will have been the basic
skills acquired by us
E. chopping, searing, and making sauces is what we will have
acquired basic skills in - ANSWER ✔ C. we will have acquired
basic skills in chopping, searing, and making sauces
In context, which of the following versions of the underlined
portion of sentence 1 (reproduced below) is best?
Americans enjoy some of the safest free drinking water on Earth,
however spending $15 billion on bottled water in 2006, and
consumption is rising (Fishman).
A. Earth, however spending
B. Earth, yet they spent
C. Earth; but spending
D. Earth; having spent
E. Earth, instead they spend - ANSWER ✔ B. Earth, yet they
spent
, Read each sentence carefully, paying particular attention to the
underlined portions. You will find that the error, if there is one, is
underlined. If there is an error, select the one underlined part that
must be changed to make the sentence correct. If there is no
error, select No error.
During her first year in medical school, Joanne came to the
realization that she was more interested in doing research than to
treat patients. No error
A. During
B. came to
C. more
D. to treat
E. No error - ANSWER ✔ D. to treat
Improbable as it (A) may seem when (B) one observes (C) its
awkwardness on land, penguins are (D) extremely graceful
swimmers. (E) No error
A. may seem
B. one
C. its
D. extremely
E. No error - ANSWER ✔ C. its
Which of following selections is correct:
A. Suzy and Tom are not here they went to the store.
B. Suzy and Tom are not here; they went to the store.
C. Suzy and Tom are not here, they went to the store.
D. Suzy and Tom are not here, went to the store. - ANSWER ✔ B.
Suzy and Tom are not here; they went to the store.
, Read each sentence carefully, paying particular attention to the
underlined portions. You will find that the error, if there is one, is
underlined. If there is an error, select the one underlined part that
must be changed to make the sentence correct. If there is no
error, select No error.
If one has trouble swallowing tablets or capsules, you could try
taking medicine in liquid form. No error
A. one has
B. could try
C. taking
D. in
E. No error - ANSWER ✔ A. one has
Read each sentence carefully, paying particular attention to the
underlined portions. You will find that the error, if there is one, is
underlined. If there is an error, select the one underlined part that
must be changed to make the sentence correct. If there is no
error, select No error.
Among the Native Americans first encountered by Europeans
during the seventeenth century was the Algonquin Indians. No
error
A. Among
B. first encountered
C. during
D. was
E. No error - ANSWER ✔ D. was
Which part of this sentence has the wrong verb tense?
I go home and got a phone call from Nancy, and she told me that
she can't go to the conference with us next weekend.
A. go
B. got
