ALL ENGL 2311 CLASSES PLEASE READ

HERE ARE SOME SAMPLE TEAT QUESTIONS; THESE ARE REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ARE NOT THE EXACT QUESTIONS ON THE TEST.
1. In the sentence "The dismissal notices had been sent
to all affected employees," the tense of the sentence is:
A. simple present; B; simple past; C. present perfect;
D. past perfect; E. present progressive.

2. In the sentence "The missing code had been found five
days ago by company security," the voice is: A. Active;
B. Passive; C. Neither (a condition or state of being)

3. Biased language is determined by : A. the audience;
B. the purpose; C. the writer; D. all of these.

4. If a sentence has no agent, then the sentence CANNOT
be in the: A. active voice; B. passive voice; C. past
tense; D. biased language; E. gender bias.

5. If a sentence has a direct object, then it is in:
A. the active voice; B. the passive voice; C. either the
active OR the passive voice. (This was in class notes.)

6. The sentence "Ralph'll be here in the morning at 8 AM"
is an example of: A. excessive preposition; B. biased
language; C. gender bias; D. contraction error; E. none
of these.

7. "The copier had been repaired at no expense to the
company." This sentence is an example of: A. the active
voice; B. the passive voice; C. non-specific language;
D. biased language; E. pronoun error.

8. "I wanted to hit him in the mouth, smash his project,
and to report him to the police." Thei sentence is an
example of: A. condition or state of being; B. excessive
preposition; C. slang; D.non-parallel language; E. who
knows?

9. Rewrite these sentences and correct the errors that
we have studied in the handout: Periodically, the shipping
log should be reconciled with the daily billings log
by the Accounting Department every once in a while.(two errors)

10. The actions of the vice-president had not been approved
by the president of the company when I arrived at 8 AM in
morning today, dude. (four errors)

YOU WILL ALSO HAVE SENTENCES TO CORRECT JUST AS YOU DID
IN THE EFFECTIVE WRITING HANDOUT.