I.

Sentence Correction: Grammatical Construction

1) Although more expensive to set up than fossil fuel power, alternative energy sources,
such as solar energy and wind farms, both of which could easily supply all of the USs
energy needs, they would provide vast savings over time, not only in direct upkeep, but
also medical costs due to lower cancer rates.
(A) Although more expensive to set up than fossil fuel power, alternative energy
sources, such as solar energy and wind farms, both of which could easily supply all of
the USs energy needs, they
(B) Although alternative energy sources, such as solar energy and wind farms, both of
which could easily supply all of the USs energy needs, are more expensive to set up
than fossil fuel power, they
(C) Although they are more expensive to set up than fossil fuel power, solar energy and
wind energy being two examples, both of which could easily supply all of the USs energy
needs, alternative energy sources
(D) Exemplified by solar energy and wind farms, both of which could easily supply all of
the USs energy needs, alternative energy sources are more expensive to set up than
fossil fuel power, they
(E) Alternative energy sources, such as solar energy and wind farms, both of which could
easily supply all of the USs energy needs, although they are more expensive to set up
than fossil fuel power, they

2) The new crime legislation, introduced by Senator Gladstone in response to the

Alkaline Scandal, would increase police databases, funding for neighborhood watch
groups, programs for rehabilitating at-risk youth, and decrease the parole possibilities
for violent convicts.
(A) programs for rehabilitating at-risk youth, and decrease
(B) programs to rehabilitate at-risk youth, and decrease
(C) and programs to rehabilitate at-risk youth, while decreasing
(D) increase programs for rehabilitating at-risk youth, and would decrease
(E) and programs to rehabilitate at-risk youth would be increased, while decreasing

3) Senator Baxters suggestion of the United States being able to cut all dependence on
foreign oil by 2025 raised great controversy in the press.
(A) of the United States being able to cut all dependence on foreign oil by 2025 has
raised great controversy in the press
(B) of the ability of the United States to cut all dependence on foreign oil by 2025 raised
great controversy in the press
(C) that the United States can cut all dependence on foreign oil by 2025 has raised great
controversy in the press
(D) which is that the United States has the ability to cut all dependence on foreign oil by
2025 raised great controversy in the press
(E) which has raised great controversy in the press is that the United States will be able
to cut all dependence on foreign oil by 2025

Answers: 1 (B); 2(C); 3 (C);

 II. Agreement
III. Logical Predication

1) Minerva Consulting has a budget about the same as the largest consulting firms in the state, like
Cost Stonehouse or McKidneys, but only twenty four in workforce, all of whom have advanced
degrees.

(A) about the same as the largest consulting firms in the state, like Cost Stonehouse or McKidneys,
but only twenty four in workforce, all of whom have

(B) of about the same as the largest consulting firms in the state have, as Cost Stonehouse or
McKidneys, but in Minerva there is only a workforce of twenty four, and all of them have

(C) that is about the same as the budgets of largest consulting firms in the state, such as Cost
Stonehouse or McKidneys, but in Minerva with a workforce of only twenty four, all of them having

(D) comparable to the budgets of the largest consulting firms in the state, like Cost Stonehouse or
McKidneys, but only twenty four in workforce, and all have

(E) comparable to those of the largest consulting firms in the state, such as Cost Stonehouse or
McKidneys, but a workforce of only twenty four, all of whom have

2) Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 8 BCE), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was a
contemporary of Virgil and the preeminent lyrical poet of the Augustan age; his poems were known
as the common currency of civilization because they were so widely read and quoted, and over the
past two millennia have had a much greater influence than any poet from ancient Rome.

(A) than any

(B) than any other

(C) as any other

(D) as those of any other

(E) than those of any other

3) The state of Maine, in the extreme northeast corner of the continental United States, shares land
borders with two Canadian provinces, Quebec and New Brunswick, but only is adjacent with
one state, New Hampshire

(A) only is adjacent with one

(B) is adjacent only with one

(C) is adjacent to only one other

(D) only is adjacent to one

(E) is only adjacent to one other

4) Geophysically, Eurasia is Earths largest landmass, and their peaks, the Himalayas, are the highest
corresponding mountains on Earth.
(A) their peaks, the Himalayas, are the highest corresponding

(B) its peaks, the Himalayas, are correspondingly the highest

(C) its peaks, the Himalayas, are the highest corresponding

(D) its peaks, the Himalayas, correspond to the highest

(E) their peaks, the Himalayas, are correspondingly the highest

Answers: 1. (E); 2 (E); 3 (B);

IV. Rhetorical Construction
V. Diction
VI. Idioms
VII. Parallelism
VIII. Verb Form