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PERT Exam Practice 3: Writing
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1. Mara enjoyed great felicity when her missing dog found his way home. What does the word 'felicity' mean in this sentence?
2. 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?
3. Choose the sentence that most effectively follows the conventions of Standard Written English:
4. Which of the following sentences is correct?
5. Which of the following sentences is correct?
6. Choose the words that best fill the blanks in the Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird as an ________ of social ________.
7. 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.
8. Choose the correct spelling of the word that fills the blank in the following sentence: Plastic trash that ends up in the ocean can have a ____ or harmful, effect on marine life.
9. Which of the following versions of the sentence is written correctly?
10. 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?
11. To temporarily postpone repayment of a loan is to
12. The melody in that pop song is reminiscent of the one Beethoven used in the first movement of his ninth symphony? Based on how it is used in the sentence, the word reminiscent means
13. Which version of the sentence is written correctly?
14. Which of the following sentences is correct?
15. Which of the following versions of the sentence is
16. Choose the correct spelling of the word that fills the blank in the following sentence:
Plastic trash that ends up in the ocean can have a ___________, or harmful, effect on marine life.
17. Which version of the sentence does NOT contain any
18. 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
19. Choose the word that correctly fills the blank
Mrs. Simmons asked her students to get their books, read the first chapter, and ______ the questions at the end.
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. 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.
22. Which of the following choices best completes the selection below?
The letter ___________ explained all his hopes and dreams for my success; _________ outpouring of his love for me.
23. The melody in that pop song is reminiscent of the one Beethoven used in the first movement of his ninth symphony?
Based on how it is used in the sentence, the word reminiscent means
24. Choose the word set that best fills the blanks in:
As a student council __________, Travis endeavored to __________ his peers to the best of his ability.
25. Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?

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