PRAXIS-WRITING-SECTION Online Practice Questions and Answers
Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.
Fraternities are a great way to make friends and learn important lessons of loyalty and compassion.
A. are a great way to make friends and
B. is a great way to make friends and
C. will have been a great way to make friends and
D. will be a great way to make friends and
E. is a great way to make friends however
Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.
If you do not believe my claim, you should have the decency to say so.
A. No error
B. you could have the decency to say so.
C. you should have the decency, to say so.
D. you would have the decency to say so.
E. you decently could say so.
Identify the error in the following sentence:
The only person who can make that decision is the president of the United States.
A. The only person
B. who can
C. that decision
D. the president
E. No error
Identify the error in the following sentence:
The brightness of the morning; accentuated by the dew on the grass, made George feel much better.
A. brightness
B. morning;
C. grass,
D. better.
E. No error
Identify the error in the following sentence:
The day after the dance: he called her up at her parents' house and asked her to dinner.
A. dance:
B. he called her
C. parents'
D. to dinner.
E. No error
Identify the error in the following sentence:
It is a great glory to always be sitting among friends and kinfolk.
A. great glory
B. to always be
C. among friends
D. kinfolk.
E. No error
Identify the error in the following sentence:
Driving to school is one of the special privileges of being an upperclassman in high school; however, concerns many parents and teachers who fear the dangers of the road.
A. is
B. being
C. concerns
D. who
E. No error
Identify the error in the following sentence:
Although James would rather walk to work then ride the bus, the sidewalks in his neighborhood were still covered with ice from the most recent winter storm.
A. would rather
B. then
C. were still covered
D. most recent E. No error
Identify the error in the following sentence:
It's not my fault that the car has a dent in its rear bumper: the driver behind me failed to stop at the red light.
A. It's
B. that
C. its
D. failed to stop
E. No error
Identify the error in the following sentence:
Julia loves working for that particular company, but finds her actual job duties rather boring, and she thinks she would enjoy transferring to a different department.
A. company,
B. actual
C. boring,
D. would enjoy transferring
E. No error