A. The student, who is limping; had a broken leg last summer.
B. The student who is limping, had a broken leg last summer.
C. The student who is limping had a broken leg last summer.
D. The student, who is limping, had a broken leg last summer.
5. Knowing correct grammar will help you write ________.
A. good
B. well
C. goodly
D. clear
6. Which of the following sentences is the clearest?
A. I had 30 years of driving experience when I first had an accident.
B. I had been driving for 30 years when I finally had the accident.
C. I was driving for 30 years when I got into an auto accident.
D. I drove for 30 years and then I got into my first accident.
7. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
A. I don’t want to have to
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C: When someone is specifically identified, the description in the relative (adjective) clause is non-essential, and is set off by surrounding it with commas (“Pat, who is limping, had a broken leg last summer”). In the example given, “student” is a general term and the specific student is not identified. Therefore, the description is essential and no commas are used. Using a semicolon is incorrect. Using one comma is incorrect since no commas are needed in this sentence.
5. B: This sentence could be completed with a noun used as a direct object (e.g. “…help you write books”). However, no noun choices are offered. The correct answer, then, must be an adverb indicating how the person being addressed in the sentence will write. “Well” is correct. “Good” is an adjective, not an adverb. “This is good writing” is grammatically correct, but “to write good” is not. “Goodly” was an archaic form of the adjective “good” that is no longer used, but it is not an adverb. “Clear” is also an adjective. The adverb form (“to write clearly”) would be correct, but “to write clear” is not.
6. A: This is the only sentence that clearly expresses the correct meaning. The other choices make it sound as if the writer drove continuously for 30 years before getting into an auto