ACAD FINAL EXAMINATION

ACAD FINAL EXAMINATION

SECTION A

1. An important part of my time at school have been the professors who have supported my academic goals.

Answer; A problem with subject-verb agreement. The Have is supposed to refer to time, which is in the singular form. The correct auxiliary verb should be has.

2. She gave her father an expensive present after the argument. In spite of everything.

Answer; sentence fragmentation. In spite of everything is an incomplete sentence and should have otherwise appeared at the beginning of the previous sentence with a comma following it.

3. Before he had time to reconsider his decision Bobby jumped off the high diving

board.

Answer; A punctuation problem. A comma is supposed to be placed before the word Bobby.

4. The dog was chasing it’s tail.

Answer; subject-verb agreement. The words ‘it’s’ does not show possession; instead, the correct term should have been ‘its.’

 

5. After eventually starting a game of cards, the evening felt more exciting.

Answer; The problem is sentence fragmentation. The second part of the sentence is incomplete; therefore, it should have appeared at the beginning of the sentence.

 

6. She walked through the forest as quickly as she could all the while rain was soaking

her clothes.

Answer; There was an error with punctuation. There should have been a full stop between the word cold and all.

7. My brothers and I enjoy playing a game of football, we then have beers together

when we are done.

Answer; The problem was run-on sentences. It contains two complete sentences with improper punctuation. There should be a full stop between ‘football’ and ‘we.’

8. People move to Canada for; the geography, the friendly people, and great schools.

Answer; There is a grammatical error. The determinants of geography and friendly people should not be there.

9. It is easier to think about cleaning your room than it is to start this task.

Answer; A problem with parallel structure. “Cleaning the room” and “this task” are the same activities.

10. The dorm room will be cleaned by Mary every Saturday.

Answer; The sentence is in the passive voice.

SECTION B

The essay describes terrorism as has been one of the factors of political instability in the world. It also explains how people react differently to events, citing specific examples of previous terror attacks. In a nutshell, this essay is a summary of the human emotional responses to different occasions.

 

2. According to Taleb’s narrative, human beings are emotional creatures since it sets out two counteractive reactions of human beings after a terror attack. At first, people are usually over-reactive immediately after the attack happens. Afterwards, they respond by under-reacting after they have forgotten the repercussions of the terror attack. Both of these responses are quire expected since, after some time, it is natural for people to end up forgetting and being less conversant on the safety measures they initially used to take.
3. Paragraph 10 answers one particular question in a broad explanation. Osama Bin Laden had long been known for being the leader of a terror group, Al-Qaeda. After the attack on September 11, which led to the loss of the people aboard a plane, the human race reacted by using road transport as an alternative means. In a nutshell, this paragraph analyzes how people’s emotional reaction still ends up having effects on them. Although many lives were lost through terror attacks on the airlines, a further record of the increase of road accidents was made. According to research, any time an individual drives for more than 20 miles, he increases the risk of death more than flying.
4. As was carried out by Osama Bin Laden, the point of the mass killings has been emphasized by quoting Stalin, “one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic. This point was made to highlight how automobile deaths were not published in the news and given the same attention as the mass killings carried out by terrorist groups. In most cases, automobile accidents are never given attention unless they affect the family of a prominent person. However, if a large number of people have died, news reports and the government, in general, focus on that tragic event. It is also recorded when the list of terror attacks occur. The number of people losing their lives is used in a statistic.

 

5. In paragraph 11, the author of the article asks the question of numbers and how they are responded to. He does so by quoting Stalin’s words and lives us to wonder why the death of a single person is not given as much attention as is given to amass. I agree with his point of view, and I also think that this negligence causes us to overlook the risk factors of other causes of death. For instance, bad roads, drunk driving, and overspeeding are among the primary reasons there have been road accidents. However, since there isn’t particular attention to these deaths, the governments cannot take precautionary and correctional measures towards them. Although the deaths are not as many, media houses should also pay attention to other mortality rates so that the government can protect the lives of its citizens.

SECTION C.

Generally, males and females are not allowed to play in the same sports teams. However, girls are more self enduring than their male counterparts, so they should be allowed to play together with the boys. The female athletic ability has often been overlooked, but they have the same training opportunities as the male, and they, therefore, can comfortably play with boys if given a chance.

Females are not as strong and as physically fit as boys are. However, they can comfortably go through vigorous training without giving up. Females have been known to be more goal-oriented and can push themselves through the training processes. Through consistency and hard work, girls can build enough muscle and weigh just as much as boys. Additionally, some girls are as tall as the boys, so there aren’t any chances of unfair wins due to the difference in height.

Consequently, since the girls have been established to be self enduring, physical abilities should not be a hindrance to their sporting activities. Females have a better ability to withstand pressure, and the fact that the boys are different from them physically should not pose as a threat. For instance, Laura Winfield is a known cricket star who has played with boys throughout her sporting career. Among her great attributes, she was better at shooting whenever the team faced pressure from their opponents since she could think and strategize fast. Skylar Vetter is also a 15-year-old girl that plays hockey for a boys team. This signifies that physical strength is not a detrimental factor, and girls can always push through the odds.