Name: _____________________________ Date:______________

Part 1

Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five
ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the
best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than
any of the alternatives, circle choice A.

1. The wide variety of spices and condiments used in sausage making including salt and, it
depends on the ethnic or regional origin of the recipe, coriander, nutmeg, cloves, garlic,
vinegar, mace, pepper, chili peppers, or pistachio nuts.

(A) including salt and, it depends

(B) include salt, depending

(C) includes salt, and it depends

(D) includes salt and, depending

(E) including salt and, depending

2. After serving two terms in the Texas State Senate, Barbara Jordan’s election to the
United States House of Representatives, where she served from 1973 to 1979.

(A) Barbara Jordan’s election

(B) it was Barbara Jordan who was elected

(C) it was Barbara Jordan’s election

(D) Barbara Jordan had been elected

(E) Barbara Jordan was elected

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3. Since William the Conqueror in 1066, every British sovereign has been crowned in
Westminster Abbey except Edward V and Edward VIII, neither of them were crowned.

(A) neither of them were

(B) neither were

(C) neither of whom was

(D) with neither being

(E) with neither who had been

4. All of the ingredients for Pablo’s secret chocolate chip cookie recipe, which included the
special dark chocolate, was available in his mother’s pantry.

(A) which included the special dark chocolate, was

(B) which included the special dark chocolate, they were

(C) including the special dark chocolate that was

(D) including the special dark chocolate, being

(E) including the special dark chocolate, were

5. The finest quality raw silk comes from the commonly domesticated silkworm, Bombyx
mori, it feeds on the leaves of the mulberry tree.

(A) it feeds

(B) feeding

(C) they feed

(D) which feeds

(E) having fed

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6. Chilean novelist and short-story writer María Luisa Bombal wrote innovative and
influential stories featuring heroines which create fantasy worlds in order to escape from
unfulfilling love relationships and restricted social roles.

(A) heroines which create

(B) heroines, they create

(C) heroines, they created

(D) heroines who create

(E) heroines that were creating

7. Africa is not nearly so mountainous as in Asia.

(A) so mountainous as in

(B) that mountainous as

(C) equally mountainous to

(D) as mountainous as

(E) that mountainous as in

8. The gong, believed to have originated in Western Asia, reached China in the sixth
century, where it continues to be used for a wide range of purposes, including as a military
signal, a rhythmic accompaniment for vocal performance, and a ritual instrument.

(A) including as

(B) which include

(C) which includes

(D) including

(E) they include as

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9. The North American continent, first colonized by people from Siberia, crossing the now
sunken land bridge between Siberia and Alaska about 15,000 years ago.

(A) The North American continent, first colonized by people from Siberia, crossing

(B) People from Siberia first colonized the North American continent, who crossed

(C) First colonized by people from Siberia was the North American continent, they
crossed

(D) First colonized by people from Siberia, who crossed the North American continent,

(E) The North American continent was first colonized by people from Siberia, who
crossed

10. Mexican painter Frida Kahlo drew inspiration from her Mexican heritage, where she
incorporated native and religious symbols into her work.

(A) where she incorporated

(B) in which she incorporated

(C) incorporated

(D) incorporating

(E) therefore, she incorporated

11. For both his shorter and longer works of fiction, Gabriel García Márquez achieves the
rare feat of being accessible to the common reader while satisfying the most demanding of
sophisticated critics.

(A) For both his shorter and longer

(B) For both his shorter, and in his longer,

(C) In both his shorter and his longer

(D) Both in his shorter and his longer

(E) Both his shorter and longer

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12. About 35 percent of the world’s orange juice is produced by Florida, comparing it with
nearly 50 percent produced by Brazil, the world’s largest orange producer.

(A) comparing it with

(B) but

(C) whereas

(D) although

(E) compared with

13. At the time of the 2001 census, English was what was spoken by almost all people in
Wales, while only 20.8% of the Welsh population could speak Welsh.

(A) was what was spoken

(B) it was spoken

(C) was to be spoken

(D) has been spoken

(E) was spoken

14. Although biologists have made tremendous progress in mapping the human genome,
the genetic roots of most common diseases remained largely elusive.

(A) remained

(B) had remained

(C) remain

(D) are remaining

(E) remains

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15. In just a couple of years, low-carbohydrate diets have accomplished what the
government has failed to do in decades of trying: it has convinced the public of refined
grains, that they are bad and whole grains are good.

(A) it has convinced the public of refined grains, that they

(B) convincing the public about refined grains, which

(C) convince the public that refined grains

(D) convinces the public of refined grains, they

(E) convincing the public that refined grains

16. As it is primarily a bird of New Zealand’s native forests, the kiwi also lives in scrub and
native grasslands.

(A) As it is primarily

(B) Although primarily

(C) Because it lives primarily as

(D) It is primarily

(E) It lives primarily as

17. The language of the Navajo people, like their Apache cousins, is classified in the
Athabascan language family.

(A) their

(B) for their

(C) that of its

(D) its

(E) that of their

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18. The modern recreational canoe closely resembles the Native American bark canoe in
shape, length, weight, and carrying capacity, differing only in the materials of which they
are made.

(A) they are made

(B) they make them

(C) they made it

(D) it is made

(E) its making

19. Clara Barton founded the American branch of the Red Cross, a nurse who was
sometimes called the “angel of the battlefield.”

(A) Clara Barton founded the American branch of the Red Cross,

(B) The founder of the American branch of the Red Cross was Clara Barton,

(C) It was Clara Barton founding the American branch of the Red Cross,

(D) Clara Barton, who founded the American branch of the Red Cross, she was

(E) In founding the American branch of the Red Cross, Clara Barton was

20. Because it lacks water, this makes the area known as Death Valley a desert, but it is by
no means devoid of life.

(A) Because it lacks water, this

(B) They lack water, which

(C) Water, the lack of which

(D) Lacking water, it

(E) Lack of water

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21. They determine the color and flavor of honey by the flowers from which the nectar is
taken.

(A) They determine the color and flavor of honey by the

(B) Honey’s color and flavor is determined by which

(C) Honey’s color and flavor determined by those

(D) The color of honey, and its flavor, determined by the

(E) The color and flavor of honey are determined by the

22. The Vikings used their well-known longships to travel as far east as Constantinople
and the Volga River, and as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland, this was a
period of expansion known as the Viking Age.

(A) Newfoundland, this was a period of expansion known as the Viking Age

(B) Newfoundland, moreover, this period of expansion was known as the Viking Age

(C) Newfoundland, a period of expansion being known as the Viking Age

(D) Newfoundland, this period of expansion was known as the Viking Age

(E) Newfoundland, during a period of expansion known as the Viking Age

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