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Which sentence would be inappropriate in an informational piece of writing with a formal tone?
a) Congress refused the secretary of war's request for funds to purchase 1,000 camels for military use in the West.
b) Through the years that followed, wild descendants of those camels were spotted in different parts of the wilderness.
c) That year, major H. C. Wayne and lieutenant David D. Porter were sent off in a supply ship to buy camels and bring them home
d) The drivers found the camels ugly and grumbled about their smell and how the camels spat at them and sometimes bit them

What is the most reliable source of information?
a) a website with broken links
b) a website last updated in 2007
c) an article published in a scholarly journal
d) a Wikipedia article updated yesterday

Which statement best explains how a research question supports the research paper author's purpose?
a) The purpose is to instruct; it provides many supporting details about the abilities of chimps.
b) The purpose is to entertain; it uses a humourous tone.
c) The purpose is to persuade; it is trying to convince you that humans are the smartest animal of all.
d) The purpose is to inform; it asks a question that will be answered by the text.

What is the author's viewpoint in These Crows Almost Died Out Before Scientists Discovered They Use Tools?
a) The discovery of an animal that uses tools is an important event.
b) Of the animals that use tools, crows are most skilled.
c) Rutz may have found additional bird species that use tools if he had expanded his study.
d) The way that crows and humans use tools is very similar.

A student is writing an essay about the history of the Army Camel Corp. She wants to use information from “An Army Corp Like No Other” in her work. Which detail from the text should she include to develop the topic, purchase of camels?
a) Thirty-three camels were purchased for $250 each.
b) Camels can go without water for days.
c) Railroads soon replaced pack animals.
d) Camels were often mistreated by their handlers.

Review the entry from a works-cited page: All About Global Warming. Science 9 Nov. 2010: 1283-84. Science Online. Web. 24 May 2013. Which choice correctly formats the in-text citation for this source?
a) (Science Online 1284).
b) (Science, 1284).
c) (All About 1284).
d) (The website Science Online 1284).

Which sentence uses the word innovation (or its derivations) incorrectly?
a) The company's latest innovation is an updated tablet computer.
b) The technology company prefers to hire employees who are innovative.
c) My mother bought new hand towels for the guest bathroom—they are very innovative.
d) We came up with several innovative solutions to the problem.

Which sentence uses the word habitat correctly?
a) Bears habitat in dens in the winter because food is scarce and to escape the cold.
b) Coastal area beaches provide a nesting habitat for sea turtles and their hatchlings.
c) Sitting in front of the fire in our family room is a good place to habitat during a snowstorm.
d) As much as she tries to be on time, my sister has a habitat of being late to almost everything.

Which sentence uses the word restrain correctly?
a) The man took computer classes so he could restrain for a new job.
b) After playing video games all afternoon, Cameron's eyes felt restrain.
c) Tom thought it would be easy to drive the motorbike, but he found it hard to restrain it.
d) The mother ran after the toddler to restrain him from running into the street.

In which sentence does the verb agree with the subject?
a) Many of our relatives speaks more than one language.
b) One of my friends is building her own solar panel.
c) Either of these shirts match that denim skirt.
d) Neither of the girls were home on time.

For the upcoming bake sale at the fair, we baked the cake and frost it. Which answer corrects the error in verb tense?
a) For the upcoming bake sale at the fair, we bake the cake and frosted it.
b) For the upcoming bake sale at the fair, we baked the cake and had frosted it.
c) For the upcoming bake sale at the fair, we baked the cake and frosted it.
d) For the upcoming bake sale at the fair, we will have baked the cake and frost it.

Read the sentences. They called themselves singers and songwriters. One songwriter herself wrote over fifty songs. Which choice correctly identifies two pronouns from the sentences?
a) they (reflexive), herself (intensive)
b) they (intensive), herself (reflexive)
c) themselves (intensive), herself (reflexive)
d) themselves (reflexive), herself (intensive)

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