CHAPTER 16 / PRACTICE TEST 3 7677.B The pronoun theirdoes not agree in number
with its singular antecedent, neither. Choice (B) corrects
this error concisely. Choices (C) and (E) are also guilty
of pronoun-antecedent disagreement, and choice (D)
produces a sentence fragment.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 5: Pronoun-Antecedent
Disagreement)
8.A The original sentence is best. All other choices
are unidiomatic.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 10: Idiom Errors)9.C The sentence requires parallel phrasing of the
two things that the storm waves did: inundatingand
sweeping. Choice (A) is not parallel and is needlessly
wordy. Choice (B) is vague, since it does not explain
what swept awaythe cars. In choice (D), the pronoun
itdoes not agree in number with storm waves. Choice
(E) misuses the semicolon, because the phrase that
follows the semicolon is not an independent clause.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 3: Parallelism)10.B In the original sentence, the verb have been
depicteddoes not agree with its singular subject, life.
In choice (C), the phrase depicted withis unidiomatic,
and the verb has had depictedis illogical. In choice (D),
the pronoun theylacks a clear and logical antecedent.
The logic and phrasing in choice (E) is awkward.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 1: Subject-Verb Disagreement11.D In the original sentence, the modifying phrase
at the age of sevenis misplaced, and incorrectly im-
plies that the speaker’s father, rather than the speaker
himself, was seven. Choices (B), (C), and (E) commit
the same error, but in slightly different ways.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 7: Dangling and Misplaced
Participles)12.A The original sentence is best, since it uses con-
cise and logical parallel phrasing.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 3: Parallelism)13.E The pronoun themrefers to a plural subject.
However, anyone is singular. Answer choice (E)
clears up this pronoun-antecedent disagreement in
the most concise and logical way.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 5: Pronoun-Antecedent
Disagreement)14.A Although the original phrasing is not the most
concise option, it is the only one that logically coor-
dinates the ideas in the sentence.