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Qualifying Exam Journalism
Qualifying Exam Journalism
Directions: Read and understand each sentence carefully. Then, shade the letter of your answer.
3. oes he always ____ his cell phone for long distance call?
A. use B. uses C. used D. using
6. You drive quite _______ . I wont be surprised if you have an accident one day!
A. danger B. dangers C. dangerously D. dangered
8. In 1483, King Richard III of England ____ killed his two nephews.
A. secretly B. secreted C. secret D. secreting
9. The actress was proud of _____ when she won an Oscar award.
A. herself B. itself C. himself D. oneself
16. The International Club, as well as the Choral Society and the Rowing Club, __________ to
submit a new constitution.
A. need B. needs C. was needed D. were needed
18. Not only the students but also their instructor ________ been called to the principal's office.
A. have B. has C. was D. were
19. Four years _______ a long time to spend away from your friends and family.
A. are B. is C. was D. were
25. A strong wind __________ through the trees, loosening clumps of moss, dead branches, old
kites, and baby squirrels, all of which fell to the wet ground below.
A. had blew B. blew C. blowed D. blown
26. Charlie believed that he had __________ the best essay of the semester, but when Mrs.
Varner returned the paper, the slashes of red ink and caustic comments immediately changed
his opinion of the work.
A. wrote B. wroten C. written D. write
27. In her dreams that night, Diana had __________ in a pool of warm cocoa; when she awoke,
the aroma of chocolate still tickled her nostrils.
A. swimmed B. swam C. swum D. swim
28. Chauncey would have __________ some of the squid eyeball stew if a long, gray tentacle
hadn't dangled over the side of the bowl.
A. ate B. eaten C. eats D. eat