2022 Grammar Review

Gustavo can tolerate any lecture, no matter how boring the instructor is, in his mind, Gustavo imagines that he is on board the starship Enterprise, blasting Romulans from his post on

• is in

• is; In

• is; in

Sylvia shivered in her silk shirt, the difference in temperature between the hot road and the cold library was extreme.

• shirt the

• shirt, for the

• shirt, because the

• shirt for, the

The grip of the pantyhose, the stranglehold of the scarf, and the bite of the tight shoes made Rachel want the interview to end, she longed for a cotton T-shirt and jeans.

• end she

• end; however, she

• end. She

Many road signs warned Tommy of the construction work ahead, he didn't realize that his lane was closed, though, until he mowed down a traffic barricade with the front of his car.

• ahead he

• ahead but he

• ahead. He

• ahead; He

Ingie looked at his wife's collection of cookbooks and sighed, although there were thousands of recipes for delicious meals, he knew Valerie would want to order another pepperoni and mushroom pizza for dinner.

• sighed although

• sighed. Although

• sighed; Although

• sighed, although

While flirting on the phone with the satellite dish salesman, Rose forgot about the omelet cooking in the kitchen, she did not expect the stovetop fire that filled the house with smoke.

• kitchen she

• kitchen, so she

• kitchen, consequently; she

• kitchen. Consequently she

With her heavy dictionary, (A) Donna thumps the top of her ancient computer monitor. (B) Whenever the color tint flickers (C) from normal to sickly yellow.

• ... dictionary Donna ...

• ... monitor whenever ...

• ... flickers. From ...

• No change is necessary

Karlene drove slowly through the heavy traffic. (A) Anticipating a bag of microwave popcorn (B) and a couple of hours in front of the television (C) as her reward for a hard day at work.

• ... traffic, anticipating ...

• ... popcorn, and ...

• ... television. As ...

• No change is necessary

Mackenzie had to leave the room, (A) for her father was noisily crunching raw radishes, (B) which produced so annoying a sound (C) that studying was impossible.

• ... room. Because her ...

• ... radishes. Which ...

• ... sound; that ...

• No change is necessary

Because he had eaten a stack of twelve pancakes, (A) Emanuel heard his stomach begin to rumble (B) as it processed the food. (C) Gurgling loudly to protest the huge meal.

• ... pancakes. Emanuel ...

• ... rumble. As ...

• ... food, gurgling ...

• No change is necessary