Assessment Title : Online Grammar Exercise 01 Number of Attempts : 1 out of 1

Student Matric No. : A0090563E Duration : 26m 45s (Time Limit : 30 m)

Start Date and Time : 30-Aug-2011 09:15 PM Total Marks : 9 out of 10

Activity Type I: Error Identification

Title: When Life Begins

Perhaps the most significant case on the controversial issue of abortion is that of Roe versus Wade. Ro
individuals right to autonomy (pro-choice) while Wades argument was based on the fetus right to life
Supreme Court in (A) the United States (B) decided on the case between Roe and Wade in 1973, (C)
fetus (D) issurprisingly limited. (1) However, that (A) has changed in recent years, and what research
(B) argues Easterbrook, a senior editor at the New Republic, (C) have important implications that neit
absolutists (D) are likely to welcome.

The pro-life view, of course, is that life begins when sperm meets egg, producing what scientists call a
the Catholic Church held that life began 40 days after conception.) (2) However, in (A) the
early in (B) womb looks increasingly like cold-hearted chemistry," Easterbrook (C) says, "with the nat
far more common than previously (D) assumed." (3) Only about half (A) of all zygotes (B)
(D) becomingembryos. "Of those embryos that do trigger pregnancy, only around 65 percent lead to l
prenatal care. The rest are lost to natural miscarriage. (4) All told, only about one-third (A)
babies, even when abortion (D) is not a factor."

(5) It may be possible, (A) writes Easterbrook, "that God (B) ordains, for reasons we cannot know, th
(C)created at conception and then naturally be (D) deny the chance to become babies. However, in th
understanding of the tenuous link between conception and birth makes a strong case that what happe
life in the constitutional sense."

(6) (A) In the same time, however, "it has become (B) increasingly clear that by the third trimester m
(C) fetuses are able to live outside the womb of the mother, (D) passing a basic test in personhood. B
cannot live outside the womb, as it is not mature enough to breathe on its own. Now, research is begi
beginning of the third trimester, the fetus has sensations and brain activity and exhibits other signs of
and moral implications "are enormous," Easterbrook observes. "After all, society increasingly uses ces
when life ends. (7) Why not (A) use the onset (B) of brain (C) activity to define when life (D)

(8) In line with Roes argument,(A) that takes the pro-choice view (B) on the basis that laws against
constitutional right to privacy in the United States, the Supreme Court said states could prohibit (C) a
except when (D)necessary "to preserve the life or health of the mother." This standard was considered
Easterbrook says, because doctors then generally could not perform safe late-term abortions. In later
Roe's arguments for third-trimester protections (the laws which restrict abortions during this stage), c
vague standard of fetal "viability" (which refers to the ability of the fetus to survive outside the womb)
"almost any late-term abortion permissible," he notes. (9) (A) An (B) estimate number of 750 late-ter
year--less than one percent of all (D) abortions in the United States. Most abortions (89 percent) occu

(10) With (A) the Supreme Court now preparing to make another abortion (B) ruling, Easterbrook fav
standard, which is known to be "hopelessly (D) confused". Instead, he prefers "a bright line drawn at
when complex fetal brain activity begins." In this way, Roes argument for abortion rights would not be
fetal brain activity occurs before then) nor would the court have to enter into legally poignant but unp
about when life begins.

Part 2:
Direction: Read each chunk of the passage and identify the error by choosing one of the fou
(B), (C) or (D).

Example:
(0) When the Supreme Court in(A) the United States (B) decided on the case between Roe and Wade
about the fetus (D) is surprisingly limited.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

1)However, that (A) has changed in recent years, and what researchers have learned, (B)
the New Republic, (C) have important implications that neither pro-life nor pro-choice absolutists

A. (A)

B. (B)

C. (C)

D. (D)

Your Answer : C. (C)

Solution :
The answer is, have. Correction: The subject, what researchers hav
must be followed by the singular verb has.
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2) However, in (A) the scientific perspective today, "what happens early in (B) womb
chemistry," Easterbrook (C) says, "with the natural termination of potential life far more common
A.
(A)

B.
(B)

C.
(C)

D.
(D)

Your Answer : B. (B)

Solution :
The answer is womb. Correction: This error can be corrected by add
a or the definite article the for generalization.
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3) Only about half (A) of all zygotes (B) implant in (C) the uterine wall and (D) becoming
A.
(A)

B.
(B)

C.
(C)

D.
(D)

Your Answer : D. (D)

Solution :
The answer is, becoming. Correction: The verb become should be
form with the other verb implant.

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4) All told, only about one-third (A) of these sperm-egg (B) union (C) result in babies,
A. (A)

B. (B)

C. (C)

D. (D)

Your Answer : C. (C)

Solution :
The answer is, union. Correction: The plural noun unions is needed
made. Also, the demonstrative pronoun these anticipates a plural no
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5)It may be possible, (A) writes Easterbrook, "that God (B) ordains, for reasons we
(C) created at conception and then naturally be (D) deny the chance to become babies.
A. (A)

B. (B)

C. (C)

D. (D)

D. (D)
 Solution :
The correct answer is, deny. Correction: The past participle denied
be be.

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6) (A) In the same time, however, "it has become (B) increasingly clear that by the third
live outside the womb of the mother, (D) passing a basic test in personhood.
A.
(A)

B.
(B)

C.
(C)

D.
(D)

Your Answer : A. (A)

Solution : The answer is, In. Correction: The preposition At should be used in

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7) Why not (A) use the onset (B) of brain (C) activity to define when life (D) began?"
A.
(A)

B.
(B)

C.
(C)

D.
(D)

Your Answer : D. (D)

Solution :
The answer is, began. Correction: The present tense begins should
situation.

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8) In line with Roes argument, (A) that takes the pro-choice view (B) on the basis that
constitutional right to privacy in the United States, the Supreme Court said states could prohibit (
trimester, except when (D) necessary "to preserve the life or health of the mother."
A. (A)
B.
(B)

C.
(C)

D.
(D)

Your Answer : A. (A)

Solution :
The answer is, that. Correction: The information after that is non-d
which should be used instead.

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9)(A) An (B) estimate number of 750 late-term abortions (C) occur each year less
United States.
A.
(A)

B.
(B)

C.
(C)

D.
(D)

Your Answer : B. (B)

Solution :
The correct answer is, estimate. Correction: The adjective form est
number.

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10)With (A) the Supreme Court now preparing to make another abortion (B) ruling, Easterbrook f
standard, which is known to be "hopelessly (D) confused".
A.
(A)

B.
(B)

C.
(C)

D.
(D)

Your Answer : D. (D)

 Solution : The answer is, confused. Correction: The correct adjective should be

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