SOLUTIONS
1. C Choice (C) is correct. By using the subordinate conjunction since to create a subordinate
clause for the second part, a complex sentence is created. Choice (A) is incorrect. The sample
sentence is a run-on or fused sentence. Two independent clauses are fused or run together. Choice
(B) is incorrect. Using a comma without a coordinating conjunction creates a comma splice.
Choice (D) is incorrect. When the dependent clause comes second in a complex sentence, do not
use a comma.
2. D Choice (D) is correct. The subject should be “student. Student is a subject who can set aside
time to study. That singular subject, student, agrees with the singular pronoun, his or her. Choice
(A) is incorrect. The sample sentence begins with a dangling modifier and also has an error in
pronoun and antecedent agreement. “grade point average” cannot be the subject because it
cannot set aside time to study. Choice (B) is incorrect. The subject, grades, cannot set aside time
to study. Choice (C) is incorrect. The subject, improvement, cannot set aside time to study.
3. C Choice (C) is correct. The subject, neither, is singular and needs a singular verb, has. The
singular pronoun, his, agrees with the singular subject, neither. Choice (A) is incorrect. The
sample sentence has an error in pronoun and antecedent agreement. Singular subject, neither, does
not agree with plural pronoun, their. Choice (B) is incorrect. Singular subject, neither, does not
agree with plural verb, have, and does not agree with plural pronoun, their. Choice (D) is not
correct. Singular subject, neither, does not agree with plural verb, have.
4. B Choice (B) is correct. The introductory participle phrase is set off with a comma and the
common noun subject, faculty, is not capitalized. Choice (A) is incorrect. The first group of words
is a verbal fragment, and Faculty should not be capitalized. Choice (C) is incorrect. Faculty
should not be capitalized. Choice (D) is incorrect. A semi-colon is used to connect two independent
clauses. A semi-colon as the same value as a period. Also, do not capitalize The and Faculty.
5. Choice (D) is correct. Unsaturated fats are what become liquid at room temperature. Choices
(A), (B), and (C) are incorrect because none of these restate the original statement correctly.