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HiSET Language Arts - Writing Exam Prep - Question List

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36. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

On the day of the attack three cruisers, two tankers, two battleships, six aircraft carriers, and nine destroyers sailed to a point north of Hawaii.
  1. On the day of the attack three cruisers
  2. On the day, of the attack three cruisers
  3. On the day of the attack, three cruisers
  4. On the day of the attack; three cruisers
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37. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

The commander in chief of Japan’s fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto believed that attacking Pearl Harbor would allow Japan to rebuild its defenses.
  1. Japan’s fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto believed
  2. Japan’s fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto believed
  3. Japan’s fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, believed
  4. Japan’s fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, believed
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38. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Recently, the new government ordered banks to set aside money for troubled, property, development loans because of the mortgage crisis and recession.
  1. troubled, property, development loans
  2. troubled property, development loans
  3. troubled property development loans
  4. troubled property development, loans
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39. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. In the US Senate, a simple majority
  2. of senators are able to pass a bill,
  3. but a supermajority is necessary
  4. to end a filibuster.
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40. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

After a difficult season, the women’s soccer team won their first victory last night.
  1. Use a semicolon in place of the comma.
  2. Change their to its.
  3. Change difficult to hard.
  4. Fix the misplaced modifier.
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