Read the passage and answer the questions that follow it. (Note: the answer options will change order each time the page is loaded.)
1. Abigail Adams was the wife of the first Vice President and second President of the United States John Adams. 2. Though societal constraints of the day didn’t allow Abigail to have any formal education she was self-educated and incredibly intelligent.
3. Abigail was a close confidant and advisor for her husband. 4. Many consider her to be one of the founders of the country because of the level of influence she had in his affairs. 5. Historical letters written between the husband and wife show many intellectual discussions. 6. They are evidence of just how much John trusted his wife. 7. Abigail missed her husband’s inauguration because she was caring for her mother.
8. Abigail Adams believed in the importance of education and she home-educated her five children. 9. Her oldest son John Quincy Adams also went on to become president.
In sentence 1, how should Vice President and President be written?
vice president and president
CORRECT!
As they are written
vice President and President
Vice president and president
What is missing from sentence 1?
There should be a comma after States.
CORRECT!
There should be a comma after Abigail Adams.
There should be a comma after and.
There is nothing missing.
What is wrong with sentence 2?
There should be a comma after education.
CORRECT!
There should not be a hyphen in self-educated.
It should be made into two sentences.
“Though” should be changed to “However.”
What change needs to be made to sentence 3?
Sentence 3 is fine as it is.
CORRECT!
Add a comma after confidant.
Change confidant to confident.
It needs an independent clause.
Sentence 4 is correct as it is.
False: it needs a comma before because.
False: it is a run-on sentence.
False: some other error exists
Which of these choices best combines sentences 5 and 6?
Historical letters written between the husband and wife show many intellectual discussions and are evidence of just how much John trusted his wife.
CORRECT!!
Historical letters written between the husband and wife show many intellectual discussions, and are evidence of just how much John trusted his wife.
Historical letters written between the husband and wife are evidence of just how much John trusted his wife thus showing many intellectual discussions.
John trusted his wife, as many historical letters written between the husband and wife are evidence, and show many intellectual discussions.
What is wrong with sentence 7?
The sentence doesn’t fit the paragraph.
CORRECT!!
husband’s should be husbands’
husband’s should be husbands
The sentence is fine.
Sentence 8 is a fragment
True
Sentence 8 needs a comma after:
Adams
and
nothing – no comma is needed
Is there an error in the final sentence?
Yes – add commas around John Quincy Adams (after son and Adams)
CORRECT!!
Yes – capitalize president
No
