1. Which belongs in the work experience section of a résumé?
a. Fluent in Spanish, English, and Polish
b. Summer, 2010: Lifeguard, Texas Parks and Recreation Department, Dallas, Texas
c. Spring, 2010: Homecoming King, Portales High School, Eugene, Oregon
d. Third in the 2010 Daredevil Mountain Bike Race, Moab, Utah

2. Read the passage.
(1) Every summer, I visit my grandparents’ farm in Iowa. (2) When I am there, I help with some of the chores, such as weeding the vegetable garden and milking the cows. (3) I do not spend all my time working, however. (4) When the weather is good, I get together with some of the teenagers who live in the area, and we spend the day doing outdoor activities. (5) We play baseball, go swimming, and have picnics. (6) The days we go horseback riding are the best of all. (7) I love the feel of the wind in my hair, and I enjoy looking at the beautiful scenery.

Which is the most effective way to invert sentence (6) in order to vary sentence patterns?
Best of all are the days we go horseback riding.
Best of all, some days we go horseback riding.
Horseback riding days are the best of all.

3. Jack’s ___ behavior is a frequent topic of our conversation.

Which word gives Jack’s behavior the most negative connotation?
eccentric
obnoxious
peculiar
curious

4. Which sentence has an elliptical adverb clause with an understood word or words?

As we travel higher than does the sea level, the boiling point of water drops.
Eythl alcohol boils at a lower temperature than water.
Water turns into ice when the temperature is lowered to 32°F.

5. My friend Cheri won a medal. She earned the title “Athlete of the Games”.

Which sentence correctly combines the two sentences into a sentence with a compound verb?
Cheri, my friend, won a medal for being “Athlete of the Games”.
My friend Cheri won a medal, and she earned the title “Athlete of the Games”.
My friend Cheri won a medal and earned the title “Athlete of the Games”.
Winning a medal, my friend Cheri earned the title “Athlete of the Games”.

6. 6. The new government acted more swiftly than the old to secure the rights of the colonists.

What is the degree of the adverb more swiftly in the sentence?
superlative
comparative
positive

7. 7. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Buffalo grass seed: prefers warm soil temperatures; plant the seed during the hottest months of summer.
Buffalo grass seed prefers warm soil temperatures: Plant the seed during the hottest months of summer.
Buffalo grass seed prefers warm soil temperatures, plant the seed during the hottest months of summer.

8. _ volunteers for this project will get credit for community service.

Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?
Who
Whoever
Whom
Whomever

9. Which is an open-ended question that could be used to start a discussion?

Do you take the bus?
How many people take the bus?
What time does the last bus leave?
Why do you think the bus should run more often?

10. Laura and Richard rehearsed ___ song before the performance.

Which pronoun is correct if only Laura wrote the song?
her
our
their
his

Here are the answers to the given questions above.
1. The one that belongs in the work experience section of a résumé would be this: Summer, 2010: Lifeguard, Texas Parks and Recreation Department, Dallas, Texas. Answer is option B.
2. The most effective way to invert sentence (6) in order to vary sentence patterns would be this: Horseback riding days are the best of all. The answer is the third option.
3. The word that gives Jack’s behavior the most negative connotation is the term OBNOXIOUS.
4. The sentence that has an elliptical adverb clause with an understood word or words would be this: As we travel higher than does the sea level, the boiling point of water drops.
5. The sentence that correctly combines the two sentences into a sentence with a compound verb would be this: My friend Cheri won a medal and earned the title “Athlete of the Games”.
6. The degree of the adverb more swiftly in the sentence would be COMPARATIVE.
7. The sentence that is correctly punctuated would be this: Buffalo grass seed prefers warm soil temperatures: Plant the seed during the hottest months of summer.
8. The pronoun that correctly completes the sentence would be WHOEVER.
9. An open ended question that can be used to start a discussion would be this: Why do you think the bus should run more often?
10. The pronoun that is correct if only Laura wrote the song would be Her.