Revisions Exam Review

He discovered (a) it was far too heavy (b) and (c) he really (d) needed two hands.

He grabbed the gun (a) the box (b) and the will (c) before walking (d) out the door.

Writing the first dictionary must have been an enormous enterprise.

Carole dug her white fingers into the bubbly mud.

Which sentence is worded correctly?

Sophie treated him and then helped him up.

Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

Splinters of pain tore up Sila’s body.

The engine (a) roared (b) and (c) the tree (d) bent.

Paris gave this book to me for graduation.

When the truck (a) reached the paved (b) access road (c) a shower of sparks (d) lit up the night.

Quickly (a) he laid (b) the gun (c) down (d) on the bumper.

Langdon was pleased he was not driving.

Rose paused, feeling she was not getting the full story.

Mr. Jones (a) the teacher (b) would (c) have left (d) a recorded message.

Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

They found evidence on the floor during their investigation.

Americans and monkeys eat over twelve million bananas each year.

Which sentence uses the correct punctuation?

Belle Boyd was a confederate spy.

Vernet’s gun (a) though (b) raised (c) was (d) at Langdon’s knee level.

Suddenly, he began kicking in the back seat as if his legs were on fire.

Which sentence uses the correct punctuation?

The voices had stopped suddenly and had been replaced by an odd rumbling, like an engine.

Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

My mother’s knuckles were bone white.

Aiming (a) his gun with his right hand (b) he reached now (c) with his left (d) for the wooden box.

As the vehicle lurched onto an overgrown pathway, almost immediately the trees overhead blotted out the moonlight.

If you (a) don’t take it soon (b) I’m afraid (c) that (d) I will drop it.

Thomas pointed to a bloody strip of barbed leather that lay on the floor.

GRE exams are designed to be similar to SAT exams.

Which sentence uses the correct punctuation?

A brief silence arose like an indrawn breath.