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Directions: Read the passage below. Then answer questions about errors in the passage.
The 1) hole department meets every Thursday afternoon for two hours. 2) There is
twelve people in our department. All the people in our department 3) hard workers.
Everyone comes in early and 4) leaves late. We are all overworked. Nobody ever
complains about the amount of work 5) there is do. But nobody works 6) hard good
enough to please Constance. That’s our boss. 7) Anybody has ever seen her smile.
Nobody has ever heard her say anything 8) complimentry to anyone. When Constance
enters the room, everybody stops talking.
1)
A. department hole
B. entire department
C. total department
D. great department
2)
A. There is twelve people
B. They’re is twelve people
C. Their are twelve people
D. There are twelve people
E. They’re are twelve people
F. Correct as is
3)
A. are hard workers.
B. do the hard work.
C. hard works.
D. are working hard.
E. Correct as is
4)
A. leave
B. is leaving
C. are leaving
D. Correct as is
5)
A. they is to do
B. they have to do
C. their is to do
D. they are have to do
E. Both A and B are correct.
F. Both B and C are correct.
6)
A. good hard enough
B. good enough
C. enough hard
D. hard enough
7)
A. Not anybody has ever seen
B. Nobody has ever seen
C. Aint nobody ever seen
D. Everyone has never seen
8)
A. complimentary
B. conplimentary
C. complamentry
D. complementary
E. Correct as is