Identifying Sentence Errors

Directions: Each sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. If the sentence contains an error, select the letter that corresponds to the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E).

I have been studying algebra for six months, but only recently has the classes started to make sense to me.

No matter how careful medication is prescribed, it always has the potential of causing serious side effects.

One has a tendency to be apprehensive about visiting the dentist, even if you are only going to have one's teeth cleaned.

Improving Sentences

Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice (A); if not, select one of the other choices.

Dara has learned more about current cinema from A. O. Scott's reviews than any other critic.

Caught without food at her new home, Heather's hunt for a nearby supermarket was immediate.

The editor in chief has written about New York for almost as long as he has lived there.

Government agencies have developed an early warning system which system also warns people about the strength of the storm that the warning is about so that residents know how to prepare.