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AP English Language and Composition Unit 7A: Sentence Boundaries and Structural Improvement — practice questions

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Fill in the blank: 'Despite his _____ appearance, he was actually quite kind.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the ANTONYM of: GREGARIOUSRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the grammatically correct sentence:Read the answer and worked solution →Select the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the version with correct parallel structure:Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence correctly fixes the dangling modifier?Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the grammatically correct sentence:Read the answer and worked solution →Select the correct comparison:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the sentence with correct verb tense:Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence uses the idiom correctly?Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the version with correct parallelism after 'both ... and':Read the answer and worked solution →Select the grammatically correct sentence:Read the answer and worked solution →Select the correct comparison of pronouns:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the grammatically correct sentence:Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence is correct?Read the answer and worked solution →Sort each word as Formal or Informal English.Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in the prepositions.Read the answer and worked solution →Sort each word as Formal or Informal English.Read the answer and worked solution →Sort each phrase as Formal or Informal register.Read the answer and worked solution →Fill the right preposition.Read the answer and worked solution →Match each linking word to its function.Read the answer and worked solution →Type the correct article (a, an, the, or - for none).Read the answer and worked solution →Sort each tense usage as Past Simple or Present Perfect.Read the answer and worked solution →Fill the contrast linker.Read the answer and worked solution →Pop only the active-voice sentences.Read the answer and worked solution →Match each conditional type to a defining example.Read the answer and worked solution →Match each academic transition phrase to its function.Read the answer and worked solution →Match each suffix to the word class it forms.Read the answer and worked solution →Fill the appropriate hedging phrase.Read the answer and worked solution →Pop only the words denoting CAUSE.Read the answer and worked solution →

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Fill in the blank: 'Despite his _____ appearance, he was actually quite kind.'

  1. gentle
  2. handsome
  3. gruff
  4. pleasant
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Correct answer: C. gruff

'Despite' signals contrast. The appearance must be OPPOSITE to kind. 'Gruff' (rough/abrupt in manner) is the contrast that fits.

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Choose the ANTONYM of: GREGARIOUS

  1. Sociable
  2. Outgoing
  3. Solitary
  4. Friendly
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Correct answer: C. Solitary

**Gregarious:** fond of company, sociable. **Antonym:** solitary, reclusive, antisocial.

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Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

  1. Each of the students has submitted the assignment.
  2. Each of the students have submitted the assignment.
  3. Each of the students were submitting the assignment.
  4. Each of the student have submitted the assignment.
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Correct answer: A. Each of the students has submitted the assignment.

'Each' is singular, so it takes 'has submitted'.

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Unit 2: Reasoning and Structure of ArgumentUnit 6: Syntax and Sentence StructureUnit 7E: Parts of Speech and Grammatical ConventionsUnit 7B: Verb Tense Consistency and Agreement RulesUnit 7C: Modifiers, Clauses and Sentence TransformationUnit 7D: Determiners, Articles and Prepositional UsageUnit 1B: Evidence and Argument Structure in NonfictionUnit 1C: Purpose, Audience and Context in Rhetoric