Question

15. Read the following paragraph from "The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband." When the weather turned warmer Mrs. Tall came out. After so long in bed her face was deathly white, and she swayed from side to side. She held a cane in her right hand and kept her elbow bent in front of her. Her half-paralysed left leg made walking difficult. She had obviously had a stroke. Every morning and every evening Mr. Short helped her twice round the yard, painfully and slowly. By hunching up his shoulders he was able to grip her crooked arm in both hands. It was hard for him, but he smiled to encourage her. As she couldn't raise her left foot, he tied a rope round it and pulled this up when she wanted to take a step forward.

All of the following words could be used to describe the relationship between Mrs. Tall and Mr. Short except (1 point)
A. awkward.
B. devoted.
C. patient.
D. tender.
16. Identify the word or phrase that should be in italics. Riding the Orient Express toward Istanbul, Tom read the novels of Mark Twain. (1 point)
A. Orient Express
B. Istanbul
C. Express
D. Mark Twain
17. Identify the word or phrase that should be in italics: He felt like a character in a Steven Spielberg movie as he listened to a Strauss waltz while eating spaghetti in the dining car. (1 point)
A. Steven Spielberg
B. Strauss waltz
C. spaghetti
D. no error
18. Identify the sentence that contains an error in punctuation or capitalization. (1 point) A.
"Good morning," Ms. Roper said. "Please open your copies of The Hobbit to page 45."
B. "I've left my book at home, said Emily. "May I share with someone else?"
C. Ms. Roper handed out an article on J. R. R. Tolkien from Smithsonian magazine.
D. "I can’t wait to read the rest of his books," said Rick.
19. Identify the choice that contains no errors in punctuation or use of italics. (1 point)
A. Catherine asked, "Where are you going"?
B. "We're going to volunteer at the animal shelter," said Dan, "Do you want to come?"
C. "Do they have puppies there?" she asked.
D. "Of course. Did you think they had elephants?", Dan asked her.

20. Identify the error in apostrophe use: Pat's friend just called to ask if Tom's brother will be at Richards' birthday party. (1 point)
A. Pat's B. Tom's C. Richards' D. no error
21. Identify the error in apostrophe use: Those dogs's owners have left them in their vet's kennel while they shop at Macy's. (1 point)
A. dogs's B. vet's C. Macy's D. no error
22. Identify the incorrect word: Emma told Jim that his car is still in it’s parking place next to our apartment. (1 point) A. his B. it’s C. our D. no error

Answer 1

15.) Tender, because tender means, painful, hurtful, and the other tender means, kind, and helpful.

16.) Mark Twain, because that is a book he is reading, and in special print.

17.) Steven Spielberg, because that is a movie, name and nothing else in the line is bold, or important, and plus, the movie name could be special.

18.) B, because in dialogue when we are finish writing someone talking we put the punctuation symbol that looks like this ".

19.) A, because you could also write "Where are you going?" with italics, and correct punctuation.


20.) Richards', because when you write the name Richard, you don't need a photosphere s, for Richard.

21.) Dogs's, because you write just dogs, not dogs's.

22.) No error, because the sentence makes sense.

Hope this helps ᵔᴥᵔ

Answer 2

I just took East Asia and Pacific Rim unit test and some of the above answers are wrong.

15. a. awkward

16. a. Orient Express

Because full names of trains and ships should be italicized.

17. d. no error

18. b. "I've left my book at home, said Emily. "May I share with someone else?"

(missing quotes after home)

19. c. "Do they have puppies here?" she asked.

20. c. Richards'

21. a. dogs's

22. b. it's

It's is contraction for it is not possessive.

Good luck on your unit test.