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Which sentence is in the past perfect tense?
The past perfect tense describes an action completed before another point in the past. It is formed using 'had' + the past participle (had eaten).
Convert this sentence to the passive voice: 'The chef prepared the meal.'
Topic: Active and Passive Voice.
Step 1: Make the object 'the meal' the new subject.
Step 2: Use the past participle 'prepared' with the simple past form of 'be' ('was').
Result: The meal was prepared by the chef.
Choose the sentence with correct parallel structure:
Parallel structure keeps every item in the same grammatical form - all gerunds here: hiking, swimming, biking.
Select the correct verb: The number of students absent today ___ quite alarming.
The phrase 'The number of' is always singular and takes a singular verb (is). In contrast, 'A number of' is plural and takes a plural verb (are).
Choose the correct pronoun: Neither of the boys brought ___ jacket.
'Neither' is a singular indefinite pronoun.
Therefore, it requires a singular possessive pronoun (his) to maintain pronoun-antecedent agreement.
Identify the correct use of a semicolon.
Semicolons join two independent clauses that are closely related in thought. You should not use a semicolon with a coordinating conjunction like 'and' or 'but' to join two simple clauses.
Which sentence places modifiers correctly?
Introductory modifiers should be followed immediately by the noun they describe. The dog was covered in mud, not the sofa.
Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error.
(A) Each of the boys (B) brought (C) their own lunch (D) to the picnic.
'Each of the boys' is singular, so the pronoun should agree in number: 'his own lunch,' not 'their own lunch.'
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Practice more college entrance exam questionsSubject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement, and verb tenses come up the most. Many error-spotting items test one of these three.
Check the verb first: does it agree with its real subject, and is the tense right? Then check pronouns. Ignore phrases like "of the students" that sit between the subject and the verb.
Singular. "Each" is the subject, so it takes "has" and "his or her," not "have" and "their," in formal test English.
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