McGraw-Hill Education Police Officer Exams by Michael J Palmiotto

Author:Michael J Palmiotto
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2018-07-07T16:00:00+00:00

STOP. THIS IS THE END OF SECTION 6.

SECTION 7

GRAMMAR AND USAGE

Use the information provided in the pretest materials to answer the following questions. You may not refer to any pretest materials or notes during the exam.

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1. Which of the following is grammatically CORRECT?

(A) Stop right now.

(B) Stop right now!

(C) Stop right now?

(D) Stop, right now!

2. Which of the following is grammatically CORRECT?

(A) Officer Pete are running.

(B) Officer Pete be running.

(C) Officer Pete is running.

(D) Officer Pete were running.

3. Which of the following is grammatically INCORRECT?

(A) Officer John ran to the bus stop.

(B) Officer John, grasping his radio, ran to the bus stop.

(C) Officer John grasping his radio at the bus stop.

(D) Officer John, grasping his radio and weapon belt, ran to the bus stop as fast as he had ever run in his life.

4. Which of the following is CORRECT?

(A) It’s cold outside.

(B) Its cold outside.

(C) Iss cold outside.

(D) Its’ cold outside

5. Which of the following is NOT a noun?

(A) John

(B) San Francisco

(C) Rock

(D) Run

6. Which of the following is a VERB?

(A) John

(B) San Francisco

(C) Rock

(D) Run

7. Which of the following is CORRECT?

(A) I approached the passenger, Thad Rose, he had had a few beers also.

(B) I approached the passenger, Thad Rose, he had had a few beers, also.

(C) I approached the passenger Thad Rose he had had a few beers also.

(D) I approached the passenger, Thad Rose. He had had a few beers also.

8. Which is NOT a sentence fragment?

(A) Running to catch the suspect.

(B) Every time I looked at the suspect.

(C) When I searched the suspect.

(D) I completed the arrest of the suspect.

9. Which sentence is CORRECT?

(A) John is a criminal.

(B) John is a criminal

(C) john is a criminal.

(D) john is a criminal

10. Which sentence uses verb tense correctly?

(A) Officer John stopped the vehicle and walks toward the occupant.

(B) Officer John stopped the vehicle and walked toward the occupant.

(C) Officer John stops the vehicle and walked toward the occupant.

(D) Officer John was stopping the vehicle and walks toward the occupant.

11. Which of the following uses a pronoun in place of the subject?

(A) He ran away from Officer John.

(B) Paul ran away from Officer John.

(C) The dog ran away from Officer John.

(D) The little boy ran away from Officer John.

12. Which of the following sentences is CORRECT?

(A) I will do the paperwork yesterday.

(B) I did the paperwork later today.

(C) I did the paperwork yesterday.

(D) I did the paperwork tomorrow.

13. Which of the following sentences is CORRECT?

(A) We had reports of drag racers from past days.

(B) We had received reports of drag racers in the past few days.

(C) We had received reports of drag racers in the past days.

(D) We had reports of drag racers in past few days.

14. Which of the following is an exclamatory sentence?

(A) Pull your car over to the side of the road!

(B) Will you please pull your car over to the side of the road?

(C) After you pass this next vehicle, pull your car over to the side of the road.

(D) Pull your car over to the side of the road.

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