ISOM 249

1) Select the sentence that is completely correct.

In just one day's e-mail, a typical manager receives more than 200 messages.

Which of the following is correct?

Lisa and Trevor's apartment

3)Select the sentence that is completely correct.

Most wives are listed as beneficiaries on their husbands' insurance policies.

5)Select the sentence that is completely correct.

My boss and I felt good about our hiring plan because it was progressing smoothly.

Which of these contains a correctly formed possessive?

One judge's chamber

Which of these contains a correct possessive form?

One sister-in-law's job

4)Select the sentence that is completely correct.

Our newly purchased printer with a three-year warranty worked well at first.

Which sentence is correct?

Please distribute the funds evenly among the winners.

Which sentence uses all of its modifiers correctly.

Since its tune-up, the car's engine runs much more smoothly.

Which of these uses an apostrophe correctly?

Today's weather

A clue to possessive construction is the appearance of two nouns together.

True

The ownership word determines whether an apostrophe and an "s" are to be added.

True

2)Select the sentence that is completely correct.

Until we have the husband's and the wife's signatures, we cannot complete the contract.

Select the sentence that is completely correct.

You would have laughed if you could have seen Kevin and me fixing the boss's printer!

7)Select the sentence that is completely correct.

Although his poorly received presentation was too long, Luke looked calm.

Which of the following sentences is correct?

At a recent stockholders' meeting, the CEO was 40 minutes late.

- Select the sentence that is completely correct.

Because the new 50-minute skills test worked perfectly, most applicants did well.

All of the following sentences use the modifier correctly EXCEPT:

David sure seems satisfied with his promotion.

A possessive construction using an apostrophe (') can show only one relationship: ownership.

False

Compound nouns (such as sister-in-law) form the possessive on the main word (sister's-in-law).

False

The spelling of a noun may be changed when it is made possessive. Example: the desk of the secretary becomes the secretarie's desk.

False

2)Which sentence is correct?

Fewer than ten first-class passengers were aboard this morning's flight.

Which sentence uses either the article a and/or the article an correctly?

For breakfast Melissa had an egg while Jenny had an omlet.