<p>9) Tell me where you have been and (an account of) your activities there.
a. an account of
b. give me an account of</p>
<p>12) Those enrolled in the leadership training courses have evolved into dynamic, confident managers (from an inexperienced and uncertain newcomer) just a month ago.
b.from the inexperienced and uncertain new comers they were
c. from being inexperienced and uncertain newcomers
d. instead of the inexperienced and uncertain newcomers of</p>
<p>I managed to get both of these questions correct, but I would like to here some of your choices and explanations. (Why is a certain answer choice right? And why are the others wrong?)</p>
<p>I don't like to say what the answers are because it seems to throw some bias into how some people explain things...</p>
<p>another</p>
<p>On many college campuses, the study of film has become (as common as that of the novel.)
a. as common as that of the novel
d. as common as the novel’s study</p>
<p>another
Our team has worked for several (months on a robot for the science fair that we plan on entering in the robotics division).
a. months on a robot for the science fair that we plan on entering in the robotics division
b. months on a robot that we plan to enter in the robotics division of the science fair</p>
<p>9) idiom. You “give” an account; you don’t “tell” an account.</p>
<p>12)
(B) is right
© says “being,” which is to be avoided unless it’s needed for parallelism
(D) idiomo–evolve into A from B <em>not</em> evolve into A instead of B</p>
<p>“another”
(a) is right
(d) breaks parallelism</p>
<p>“another”
(a) idiom/modifier - you don’t enter in a fair, you enter your robot in a fair. This also seems to suggest that the narrator plans on entering the fair in the robotics division–the division is part of the fair rather than something to which a fair can be submitted.
(b) is right</p>
<p>Um, you’re welcome @StanfordWOW…</p>
<p>Thanks @marvin100. I will be taking 2 more practice tests this weekend so I might be back with more questions :).</p>
<p>These are all from previous college board exams. </p>
<p>Does anybody else have any explanations? disagreements?</p>
<p>I’m not sure exactly, but they are for sure legit.</p>