<p>I have taken the grammars sections of 4 test(over the course of a few days) and I always seem to get 6 wrong. ***! I review my answers and try to improve but it isnt working. It's really fustrating when I just took one and got 6 wrong. </p>
<p>Also there's always like a pattern. [Section 6]Fixing sentences maybe 1 wrong, Error ID's usually 2 wrong, Fixing paragraph 2 wrong---[Section 10] 1 wrong fixing sentences.</p>
<p>Here are the questions I just got wrong from Test #7. Help pinpoint my weak spots please.</p>
<h1>9) Many people think taxes are too [high, consequently, some of these people do not report]</h1>
<p>My answer: high, therefore, some of those people do not report
Right answer: high;consequently, some do not report
(Note: I know how to use semicolon, but I though you can use ",therefore," as a transition instead of a new sentence kinda deal with a semicolon.)</p>
<h1>17)[Crossing and recrossing] the stream, stepping on or over slipper rocks, and [following] a trail [that grew] steeper and steeper, the hikers soon realized [how challenging] their day would be.</h1>
<p>My answer: C) that grew.
Right answer: E) No error
(Note: I though that since most of the choices had "-ing", then grew was wrong, and that it should be "that WAS grOwING".)</p>
<h1>25) As a student becomes [familiar with] both early and contemporary Native American Literature, [one] may [notice that] traditional stories [have influenced] recent ones.</h1>
<p>My answer: E) No error
Right answer:B) one
(Note: I checked Pronoun-antecedent. "a student"= singular, "one"=singular so I ignored it, looking back it should be "they"?, but how would i notice that during a actual test?)</p>
<p>For the sake of being terse(improving paragraphs), </p>
<h1>32) I chose B) providing an additional example</h1>
<p>Right answer: emphasizing a major point
(Note: I always get the main idea ones wrong, passage is best described as.. how it fuctions...)</p>
<h1>35)Which revision would NOT improve ___</h1>
<p>"We know that she tried to learn about everything she found-- I believe she would have much to say about the many countries she lived in."</p>
<p>My answer: Change the dash to a semicolon
Right:Change "much" to "tons of things."</p>
<h1>8) It is hard for some young people to believe that women were at onetime not admitted to some [colleges, but they have since become coeducational].</h1>
<p>My answer: colleges, but they are now coeducational
Right answer: colleges that have since become coeducational
(Note: have trouble with since and when related questions like consequently, because, therefore, like when to use which)</p>
<p>Please help pinpoint my weakness and tell me how to improve.
Right answer:</p>