Sharp Grammar by Kaplan

Author:Kaplan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Published: 2008-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Parallelism and Active vs. Passive Voice

BUILDING BLOCK QUIZ

For questions 1–5, choose the best correction. If the sentence is correct, choose (E).

1. I’m glad we have the whole day together, for you and me have a lot of catching up to do.

(A) Change glad to happy .

(B) Change have to has .

(C) Change me to I .

(D) Change to do to doing .

(E) No change

2. Neither rain nor snow have fallen in months; it is the driest winter on record.

(A) Change the semicolon to a comma.

(B) Move in months to the beginning of the sentence.

(C) Change driest to most dry .

(D) Change have to has .

(E) No change

3. Bounding gracefully across the field, the hunter saw the deer.

(A) Move bounding gracefully across the field to the end of the sentence.

(B) Move only bounding gracefully to the end of the sentence.

(C) Change the comma to a period or semicolon.

(D) Change saw to seen .

(E) No change

4. Raj’s New Year’s resolutions included spending more time with his girlfriend, spending less time in front of the television, and to spend less money on gourmet coffee.

(A) Change included to including .

(B) Put a semicolon after girlfriend .

(C) Change less to fewer .

(D) Change to spend to spending .

(E) No change

5. Kira swears she will marry for love, not because of money.

(A) Change swears to swear .

(B) Change she to her .

(C) Change the comma to a semicolon.

(D) Change because of money to for money .

(E) No change

For questions 6–10, choose the best answer or answers.

6. Use the active voice

(A) always (B) most of the time (C) sometimes

(D) rarely (E) never

7. Use the passive voice

(A) always (B) most of the time (C) sometimes

(D) rarely (E) never

8. Which of the following is an example of the active voice?

(A) The pollution in the river has been brought under control.

(B) Who has been eating my porridge?

(C) Stop right there!

(D) The thief was caught red-handed.

(E) The students have put together a fabulous yearbook.

9. Which of the following is an example of the passive voice?

(A) Check it out!

(B) We donate 2% of all profits to charities.

(C) The charities are chosen by our employees.

(D) Doctors Without Borders won the most votes this year.

(E) We donate to five different charities each year.

10. In which situation is the passive voice preferred?

(A) Whenever there is a direct object

(B) When the agent of action is unknown

(C) When the subject is unstated but understood

(D) When emphasis on the agent of action is desired

(E) When the verb is in the subjunctive mood

BUILDING BLOCK ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

1. C The pronoun should be in the subjective case; for is a coordinating conjunction and you and I … to do is an independent clause.

2. D The compound subject rain and snow is connected by nor , so the verb must be singular.

3. A The phrase bounding … field is a misplaced modifier; it belongs next to deer.

4. D The verb should be spending for parallel structure.

5. D For love will create parallel structure; the two items connected by not now have the same format.

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