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111
Identify the sentence with the incorrect use of compound adjectives.
A. I love reading well-written books.
B. The teacher gave us a lot of hard to solve problems.
C. The new employee was very full-of-energy.
D. The hotel room was new and decorated.
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Compound adjectives preceding the noun modified must be hyphenated ('hard-to-solve problems').
112
Identify the sentence with the incorrect use of the verb modifier.
A. She can barely speak French.
B. He has almost finished his homework.
C. They will have been married for ten years soon.
D. The company has nearly doubled its profits last year.
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Option D incorrectly pairs the present perfect tense ('has nearly doubled') with a specific past time indicator ('last year').
113
Choose the sentence with the incorrect use of the coordinate clause.
A. She is a great singer, but she is also a great dancer.
B. I went to the store and bought some milk.
C. I love reading books, and I also love writing stories.
D. He is a good teacher, but his classes are boring sometimes.
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Option B uses a simple compound predicate ('went... and bought') rather than two distinct coordinate independent clauses.
114
Identify the sentence with a grammatical error.
A. The new employee, along with the rest of the team, were responsible for the project's failure.
B. Having studied English for five years, the grammar rules come naturally to me.
C. The report, whose findings were groundbreaking, was published in a prestigious journal.
D. By the time the manager arrived, the employees had been working on the project for three hours.
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The head subject 'The new employee' is singular; the intervening phrase 'along with...' does not make it plural. The correct verb is 'was responsible'.
115
Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct from the options provided.
A. Ecological grief is a form of expression that shows the depth of ties between man and nature: one can imagine the horror of post-industrial nations' experience, but worse was the Global South that suffered say, Lahore is now a polluted urban den.
B. Ecological grief is a form of expression that shows the depth of ties between man and nature. one can imagine the horror of post-industrial nations' experience, but worse was the Global South that suffered, say Lahore is now a polluted urban den.
C. Ecological grief is a form of expression that shows the depth of ties between man and nature, one can imagine the horror of post-industrial nations' experience, but worse was the Global South that suffered say Lahore is now a polluted urban den.
D. Ecological grief is a form of expression that shows the depth of ties between man and nature; one can imagine the horror of post-industrial nations' experience but worse was the Global South that suffered say Lahore is now a polluted urban den.
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Option D uses the correct semicolon to join independent main clauses without forming a comma splice.
116
Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct from the options provided.
A. Over the crisis in Gaza, European conscience is divided between the idealist youth and moral suspicious political minds, thus, the separation of state and religion may still need review.
B. Over the crisis in Gaza, European conscience is divided between the idealist youth and moral suspicious political minds, thus the separation of state and religion may still need review.
C. Over the crisis in Gaza, European conscience is divided between the idealist youth and morally suspicious political minds, thus the separation of state and religion may still need to be reviewed.
D. Over the crisis in Gaza, European conscience is divided between the idealist youth and morally suspicious political minds, thus the separation of state and religion may still need to review.
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Option C correctly uses the adverb 'morally' modifying 'suspicious' and passive infinitive 'need to be reviewed'.
117
Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct from the options provided.
A. Dalit literature upholds the idea that resistance cannot be achieved by words alone, so the struggle for equality is noteworthy quest of the human spirit.
B. Dalit literature upholds the idea that resistance can be achieved by words alone, so the struggle for equality in w noteworthy quest of the human spirit.
C. Dalit literature upholds the idea that resistance cannot be achieved by words alone, but the struggle for equality is a noteworthy quest of the human spirit.
D. None of these
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Option C uses the proper coordinating conjunction 'but' and includes the required indefinite article ('is a noteworthy quest').
118
Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct from the options provided.
A. Simulation is Baudrillard's main concern, as even democracy needs exhibitionism and media twisting, authoritarianism is part of it.
B. Simulation is Baudrillard's main concern, even democracy needs exhibitionism and media twisting, so is part of it.
C. Simulation is Baudrillard's main concern, as democracy needs exhibitionism and media twisting, so authoritarianism part of it.
D. Simulation is Baudrillard's main concert, as even democracy needs exhibitionism and media twisting by authoritarianism is part of it.
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Option A represents the published theoretical statement regarding Baudrillard's critique of democratic simulation.
119
Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct from the options provided.
A. I wish I could find a way to make amends and secure a better afterlife.
B. I hope that my life will become more exciting in the time I have left.
C. I fear that my lack of excitement will lead to a dull eternity.
D. I wonder if there's still time to make a positive impact and change my fate.
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Option A correctly expresses subjunctive wish/desire using 'I wish I could find...'.
120
Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct from the options provided.
A. These are the best restaurants in town, but those are too expensive.
B. This are the best restaurants in town, but those are too expensive.
C. These is the best restaurant in town, but those are too expensive.
D. This is the best restaurant in town, but those are too expensive.
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Option A preserves subject-verb and demonstrative agreement with plural antecedents ('These are... but those are...').
