Would like a little assistance with this, please.  Thank you....

Would like a little assistance with this, please.  Thank you.

Student ID: 22211066
Exam: 250396RR - Revising and Editing
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Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page
break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.
1. Compound sentences are made up of _______ independent clause(s) and no dependent clauses.
A. no more than one
B. at least three
C. no
D. two or more
2. What is the sequence of components in the following sentence?
Listless and depressed by vistas of snow and gray skies, Dieter left the cabin and walked toward the frozen
pond.
A. Modifier, subject, modifier, verb
B. Subject, verb, modifier
C. Modifier, subject, verb
D. Subject, modifier, verb
3. Which of the following sentences shows an example of parallel verbs?
A. Once the game was over, Jim had to be running home and eat dinner.
B. Once the game was over, Jim had to run home and eat dinner.
C. Once the game was over, Jim had to run home in order to eat his dinner.
D. Once the game was over, Jim had to run home and dinner was ready.
4. A judicial decision handed down in court uses the _______ level of diction.
A. informal
B. popular
C. formal
D. colloquial
5. Which of the following is a simple sentence?
A. When I realized I was too late, I called David's cell phone and made arrangements to meet them in town.
B. I got to the airport late because the traffic was so terrible.
C. Karen and David arrived at the airport at 3:35 P.M. and took a taxi to their hotel.
D. I went to the airport, but I was too late to meet them.