PRAXIS-WRITING-SECTION Online Practice Questions and Answers

Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.

Even though I have seen the movie countless times, I still laughed when the sheriff throws his mug.

A. laughed when the sheriff throws his mug.

B. laugh when the sheriff throws his mug.

C. laugh when the sheriff threw his mug.

D. laughed whenever the sheriff throws his mug.

E. laugh when the sheriff will throw his mug.

Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.

He had just come to the bridge; and not looking where he was going; he tripped over something.

A. No error

B. where he was going: he tripped

C. where he was going. He tripped

D. where he was going, he tripped

E. where he was going he tripped

Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.

It went on raining, and every day it got a little higher.

A. No error

B. on raining: and every day

C. raining on, and every day

D. on raining, every day

E. raining on; and every day

Identify the error in the following sentence: "Turn off your lights!" he shouted at there father.

A. "Turn

B. lights!"

C. there

D. father.

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

It is a great glory to always be sitting among friends and kinfolk.

A. great glory

B. to always be

C. among friends

D. kinfolk.

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

Usually around the month of September many teenagers feel melancholy with the arrival of yet another school year; by May, everyone is ecstatic.

A. around the month of September

B. melancholy

C. arrival of

D. by May

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

After the brilliant team that developed the atomic bomb for the United States government finished testing and realized the apocalyptic consequences of use, each member of the team felt remorseful and adamant urged the government to reach peace.

A. that

B. apocalyptic

C. use

D. adamant

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

The young and ambitious writer whom the students chose to be their commencement speaker proved to be a knowledgeable and inspiring orator on graduation day.

A. whom

B. chose

C. knowledgeable and inspiring

D. graduation

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

Julia loves working for that particular company, but finds her actual job duties rather boring, and she thinks she would enjoy transferring to a different department.

A. company,

B. actual

C. boring,

D. would enjoy transferring

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

Although Neal loves almost everything about living in the forest, he does dislike raking the tree's leaves that blanket his lawn each fall.

A. Although

B. does

C. tree's

D. fall

E. No error