Take this Exam: GED and HiSET language arts — grammar, usage and punctuation | Zestly

Question 1

Which sentence correctly uses the plural possessive apostrophe: 'The managers office is located next to the employees lounge.'

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The manager's office is located next to the employees' lounge.

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The manager's office is located next to the employee's lounge.

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The managers' office is located next to the employees' lounge.

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The managers office is located next to the employees' lounge.

Question 2

Choose the sentence that correctly uses 'their', 'there', or 'they're' and 'affect' or 'effect': 'Their going to see how the new rules affect the office.'

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They're going to see how the new rules affect the office.

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Their going to see how the new rules effect the office.

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They're going to see how the new rules effect the office.

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There going to see how the new rules affect the office.

Question 3

This sentence needs a comma after its introductory element: 'After working a double shift at the warehouse the employee was too tired to drive home.' Which version punctuates it correctly?

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After working a double shift at the warehouse, the employee was too tired to drive home.

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After working a double shift at the warehouse the employee, was too tired to drive home.

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After working, a double shift at the warehouse the employee was too tired to drive home.

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After working a double shift, at the warehouse, the employee was too tired to drive home.

Question 4

The clause in this sentence adds extra information about a person already identified by name: 'Ramona Diaz who has worked here for eleven years signs every timesheet herself.' Which version punctuates it correctly?

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Ramona Diaz who has worked here for eleven years, signs every timesheet herself.

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Ramona Diaz, who has worked here for eleven years signs every timesheet herself.

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Ramona Diaz who has worked here, for eleven years, signs every timesheet herself.

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Ramona Diaz, who has worked here for eleven years, signs every timesheet herself.

Question 5

Both forms are wrong in this sentence: 'The clinic says its moving it's walk-in desk to the second floor.' Which version corrects them?

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The clinic says it's moving it's walk-in desk to the second floor.

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The clinic says it's moving its walk-in desk to the second floor.

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The clinic says its' moving its' walk-in desk to the second floor.

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The clinic says its moving its walk-in desk to the second floor.

Question 6

This sentence has a subject-verb agreement error: 'Neither the night dispatcher nor the two drivers was told about the route change.' Which version corrects it?

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Neither of the night dispatcher nor the two drivers were told about the route change.

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Neither the night dispatcher nor the two drivers was told about the route change, they found out at the gate.

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Neither the night dispatcher nor the two drivers were told about the route change.

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Neither the night dispatcher or the two drivers were told about the route change.