Sentence Correction Drill #22

1. A teacher’s job is to set a good example for children as well as teaching them the material they need to know.

A. as well as teaching them
B. as well as to teach them
C. and they also teach them
D. and as well, teach them also
E. also teaching them

2. This book shows readers not only what might happen if they try to deal with the problem by themselves but it’s all right to seek help.

A. but it's all right to seek help
B. but explains that help is all right to seek
C. explaining that it's all right to seek help
D. and also explains that it's all right to seek help
E. but also explains that it's all right to seek help

3. The book’s descriptions of the country and the town, in addition to its recent release as a movie, explains why sales of the book have suddenly boomed.

A. explains why sales of the book have suddenly boomed
B. explain the sudden boom in its sales
C. are the reason why the book's sales having boomed suddenly
D. explain why it has suddenly boomed it's sales
E. is the explanation for the sudden boom in sales

4. Jogging a mile uses the same number of calories as if you walk two miles.

A. as if you walk
B. as to walk
C. than to walk
D. as walking
E. as it does when walking

5. Because Lisa expected not to go to college, she is taking little interest in school and doing poorly.

A. she is taking little interest in school and doing poorly
B. she took little interest in school and did poorly
C. she takes little interest in school and does poorly
D. school interested her little and did poorly
E. she would take little interest in school and does poorly

6. No one was more happier than me that you won a college scholarship.

A. more happier than me
B. happier but me
C. more happy like myself
D. as happy like I am
E. happier than I

7. After 9/11, the American public accepted the government’s authority about more thorough screening of airline passengers.

A. about more thorough screening of airline passengers
B. to screen airline passengers more thoroughly
C. to improve more thoroughly passenger screening at the airport
D. for the more thorough screening of airline passengers boarding airplanes at the airport
E. whether to screen more thorough all airline passengers

8. The pollution of the municipal well was discovered, the town posted notices urging people to boil their water.

A. The pollution of the municipal well was discovered,
B. The municipal well's pollution being discovered,
C. When having made the discovery of the pollution of the water in the municipal well;
D. After discovering pollution in the municipal well,
E. Pollution was discovered in the municipal well,

9. Whether Troy in fact communicated or did not with Gabriella is unclear, but a letter or phone call would definitely have given her morale a boost.

A. Whether Troy in fact communicated or did not
B. Whether in reality Troy communicated or did not
C. The actuality of communicating by Troy
D. That Troy in fact communicated
E. Troy, whether or not he communicated

10. Last year, Fairfield High School defeated every one of its rivals in girls’ field hockey, nevertheless, they did not win the state championship.

A. hockey, nevertheless, they
B. hockey, they nevertheless
C. hockey, they
D. hockey; consequently, it
E. hockey, but it

11. Because it is blessed with a mild and pleasant climate, southern California has become more popular than Florida as a place to retire.

A. California has become more popular than
B. California had been as popular as
C. California having become more popular than
D. California's popularity is more than
E. California has greater popularity as

12. Wandering through the town that he had once called home, everything had changed: the barbershop was gone, the deli was now a laundromat, and his old house had been turned into a condo.

A. Wandering through the town that he had once called home, everything
B. He wandered through the town that had once been called home, everything
C. As he, wandering though the town that had once called home, saw that everything
D. While wandering through his ex-hometown everything
E. Wandering though the town that had once been home, he saw that everything

13. An event in Richard’s life story that moved me greatly was when he was separated from the family.

A. when he was separated from the family
B. when he and the family were separated
C. his separation from the family
D. the separating from the family
E. the separation between he and the family