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PERT Exam Practice 3: Writing
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1. Which of the following choices shows the best way to punctuate the sentence?
2. Choose the word that best fills the blank in:
The selection of the winning lottery numbers is entirely _____________ with numbers being drawn at random out of a large ball.
3. Read the following introduction from an essay about automobiles.
A valuable tool for crossing long distances the automobile is a friend, and perpetrator of toxic pollution, the automobile is a foe. What is the MOST effective revision of this introduction?
4. Which of the following sentences is correct?
5. Which version of the sentence does NOT contain any
6. Choose the words that best fill the blanks in:
King George III was __________ to have the American colonists ___________ taxes to Britain on luxury items such as tea and paper.
7. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, what is the correct pronunciation of the word 'impromptu?'
8. Which of the following sentences is correct?
9. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, what is the correct pronunciation of the word 'impromptu?'
10. Choose the correct spelling of the word that completes the following sentence: The black mangrove tree is native, or __________, to South Florida.
11. Mara enjoyed great felicity when her missing dog found his way home. What does the word 'felicity' mean in this sentence?
12. Choose the words that best fill the blanks in the Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird as an ________ of social ________.
13. Although the street could not be seen through them, sunshine still flowed through the translucent curtains. Based on how it is used in the sentence, the word translucent means
14. Which version of the sentence is written correctly?
15. Choose the word that best fills the blank in:
Stanley had never liked Nathan, but he grudgingly ______________ Nathan for his idea of holding a car wash for the school fundraiser.
16. The immigration officer gave Maria's passport a cursory examination before quickly moving on to the next person in line. What does the word cursory mean in this sentence?
17. The detective dedicated his life to hunting down the truth. What does 'hunting down the truth' mean in this sentence?
18. Choose the word that correctly fills the blank the following sentence: Joanne still needs to finish her homework: revise her essay, ______ the next chapter, and complete the math problems.
19. As used in the sentence, 'Julie and I made tentative plans to go to the park because she might have to study that day,' what does the word tentative mean?
20. Which of the following choices best completes the Natalie reviewed the notes carefully, with one eye on the judge's ___________ and another eye on the ________ of the decision. There was certainly more than one way to _________ the case.
21. Mara enjoyed great felicity when her missing dog found his way home. What does the word 'felicity' mean in this sentence?
22. Choose the sentence that most effectively follows the conventions of Standard Written English:
23. Which of the following choices best completes the ________________, there's no way you will be able to be a part of the swimming relay competition.
24. Which of the following words is NOT spelled correctly?
25. Which version of the sentence is written correctly?

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