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Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

A. A working student's best friend is her phone.

B. Several car's bumpers were crushed after the collision.

C. Tom's and Anne house is beautiful.

D. The ponys' saddle is so pretty.

Answer Explanation:

Option A is correctly punctuated. It uses the possessive form "student's" to indicate that the friend belongs to the working student.

The possessive apostrophe is placed after "student" and before the "s" to indicate that the friend is singular and not plural.

Therefore, the Correct Answer is A.

More Questions on TEAS 7 Language

  • Q #1: 1) Initially, we constructed experiments that explored new relationships among six major systems of the human body: circulatory, digestive, muscular, nervous, reproductive, and respiratory. 2) We believe that this work will revolutionize our understanding of human behavior. 3) Then, we discovered, through a series of curious events and calculations, that these systems were all intricately involved in a kind of psychic economy. 4) Our experimental research project has focused on what we call the Psycho-Physical Performance Scale. 5) Therefore, we ultimately chose to classify different triggers of human actions and productions according to these new relationships. Which of the following best orders these sentences to form a well-organized paragraph?

    A. 4, 1, 3, 5, 2

    B. 1, 3, 4, 2, 5

    C. 2, 1, 3, 5, 4

    D. 2,4,1,3,5

    Answer Explanation

    1, 3, 4, 2, 5.

    This order begins presents the initial experiments, then the discovery, after which it discusses the research project, introduces the belief and ends with the classification. While it provides the context for the belief, it starts with the discovery, which may confuse the reader as it doesn't establish the topic first.

    The paragraph is as follows:

    "Initially, we constructed experiments that explored new relationships among six major systems of the human body: circulatory, digestive, muscular, nervous, reproductive, and respiratory. Then, we discovered, through a series of curious events and calculations, that these systems were all intricately involved in a kind of psychic economy. Our experimental research project has focused on what we call the Psycho-Physical Performance Scale. We believe that this work will revolutionize our understanding of human behavior. Therefore, we ultimately chose to classify different triggers of human actions and productions according to these new relationships."

  • Q #2: Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

    A. The young man exclaimed, “Wow, what fun we had today?!

    B. The young man yelled, “Oh what a wonderful day to go see the seals’.”

    C. The young man said, “It’s a nice day to take a walk in the park.”

    D. The young man asked, “Have you read the “Hobbit”?

    Answer Explanation

    It follows all the rules of punctuation compared to the rest.

  • Q #3: Which of the following sentences correctly uses a compound sentence structure?

    A. The professor enjoyed reading, cycling, and listening to jazz music.

    B. After they played basketball all day, the girls were very tired.

    C. Although he would have gone to the movie that his friends recommended, he had house chores to finish.

    D. He liked to cook at home, but she preferred to eat at restaurants.

    Answer Explanation

    The sentence "He liked to cook at home, but she preferred to eat at restaurants." correctly uses a compound sentence structure. It consists of two independent clauses "He liked to cook at home" and "she preferred to eat at restaurants" joined by the coordinating conjunction "but".