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Praxis I Writing Practice Exam - Question List

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

Palladium, a soft shiny silvery-white metal, is one of six platinum group metals and is relatively rare.
  1. a soft shiny silvery-white metal
  2. a soft, shiny silvery-white metal
  3. a soft shiny, silvery-white metal
  4. a soft shiny silvery white metal
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52. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

The oil embargo caused the most resentment, among the Japanese, because Japan did not have any oil of its own. Japan wanted freedom from its dependency on the United States.
  1. resentment, among the Japanese, because
  2. resentment among the Japanese, because
  3. resentment among the Japanese; because
  4. resentment among the Japanese because
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53. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

Only a few areas of the country continue to operate without daylight savings time.
  1. Hyphenate daylight savings.
  2. Change savings to saving.
  3. Capitalize daylight savings.
  4. change to operate to operates.
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54. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

It can be drawn into wire or hammered out into sheets, it is often mixed with gold for “white gold” jewelry.
  1. into sheets, it is often
  2. into sheets it is often
  3. into sheets; it is often
  4. into sheets: it is often
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55. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

It was discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston.
  1. It was discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston.
  2. It was discovered, in 1803, by William Hyde Wollaston.
  3. William Hyde Wollaston discovered in 1803 it.
  4. William Hyde Wollaston discovered it in 1803.
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