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Final Exam Basic Writing Skill

The document is a final exam for a Basic Writing Skills course, consisting of multiple-choice questions, matching exercises, short answer questions, and a paragraph writing task. It assesses knowledge on sentence structure, modifiers, and grammatical correctness. The exam is structured into four parts, with a total of 50 points available.

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Final Exam Basic Writing Skill

The document is a final exam for a Basic Writing Skills course, consisting of multiple-choice questions, matching exercises, short answer questions, and a paragraph writing task. It assesses knowledge on sentence structure, modifiers, and grammatical correctness. The exam is structured into four parts, with a total of 50 points available.

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Management and Public services collage

Final Exam for 2nd Year 1st Semester for Basic Writing Skill
Name: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ID: --------------

Part one: Choose the correct Answer (30 points)


1. A sentence ---------------- is a sentence that is missing either its subject or its main verb or does not
form a complete thought.
A) Run-on B) fragment C) dangling D) All
2. The --------------------------- should be placed near the word it modifies.
A) Run-on B) fragment C) Modifiers D) All
3. A -------------- happens when two or more independent clauses are incorrectly joined by comma.
A) Comma splice B) nonparallel structure C) Modifiers D) none
4. A ---------------- modifier does not modify or correct to any word in the sentence.
A) dangling B) fragment C) Modifiers D) none
5. ---------------- is the incorrect use of different grammatical forms to express similar idea.
A) Comma splice B) nonparallel structure C) Modifiers D) none
6. The pair of trousers --------- being washed.
A) is b) are c) was D) have
7. The boys, as well as their father, -------- drinking coca.
A) Was B) were c) did d) does
8. A number of drivers -------- complaining.
A) Are b) was C) goes d) does
9. The number of students -------- increasing.
A) is b) are c) was d) did
10. Every child and parents -------- present.
A) Was B) did C) is D) have
11. Four weeks -------- not a short time.
A) Is b) are C) did D) was
12. The teacher, not the students, --------------- answered the question.
A) Has B) have C) does d) were
13. A lion and a tiger ----------------- meat.
A) Eats b) ate c) eaten d) eat
14. Here --------------- apples that Hana has bought.
A) Is b) am C) are D) have
15. One of the girls ----------- not go the stadium.
A) Does B) do c) did d) done

Part two: Matching (5 points)


1. I’m exhausted I can’t study anymore. A) fragment
2. I entered the office soaked the rain. B) run-on sentence
3. Is a kind and patient man. C) dangling modifiers
4. She likes sun, the sand and the sea. D) Misplaced modifiers
5. Looking around the garden, roses bloomed everywhere. E) nonparallel structure
Management and Public services collage
Part three: short answers (10 points)
1. How can you identify a run-on sentence?
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2. Write three ways to fix sentence fragment
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b) ---------------------------------------------------------
c) --------------------------------------------------------
3. What is a modifier?
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4. Write two types of run-on sentence
a) -------------------------------------------------------------------
b) --------------------------------------------------------------------
5. What is a misplaced modifier?
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6. What is a fused sentence?
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7. What is a nonparallel structure?
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Part four: Write a paragraph about yourself 100 words (5 points)


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