Sandusky Lawyers Ask to Delay Hearing on Accuser’s Claimed Recantation

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How to approach this practice

Read the complete sentence and notice the subject, verb form, time reference and word order before answering.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Select the most precise completion: “The report does not say whether the request ___.”

   1. has been granted
   2. had granted
   3. was granting
   4. will have granted
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   Answer

   has been granted

   After “whether,” the present perfect passive correctly expresses an unresolved result.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best formal revision: “The hearing was expected ___ the claim.”

   1. addressing
   2. to address
   3. addressed
   4. having addressed
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   Answer

   to address

   The infinitive appropriately expresses the proceeding’s intended purpose.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which sentence correctly uses a concessive subordinate clause?

   1. Although the hearing may be delayed, the request is not itself a ruling.
   2. Although the hearing may delayed, the request is not itself a ruling.
   3. Although delaying the hearing, the request is not itself a ruling.
   4. Although the hearing may be delaying, the request is not itself a ruling.
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   Answer

   Although the hearing may be delayed, the request is not itself a ruling.

   “Although” properly introduces a contrast between delay and substantive judgment.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Select the grammatically correct inversion for emphasis.

   1. Nor the report indicates what consequences either account may have.
   2. Nor does the report indicate what consequences either account may have.
   3. Nor indicates the report what consequences either account may have.
   4. Nor the report does indicate what consequences either account may have.
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   Answer

   Nor does the report indicate what consequences either account may have.

   Negative inversion requires auxiliary placement before the subject.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best nominalization: “The article emphasizes the ___ of the proceeding.”

   1. timely
   2. timed
   3. timing
   4. timelinessly
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   Answer

   timing

   “Timing” is the appropriate noun for when an event occurs.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which sentence uses a reduced relative clause correctly?

   1. The proceeding concerning the claim was scheduled earlier.
   2. The proceeding concerned the claim was scheduled earlier.
   3. The proceeding concerning was the claim scheduled earlier.
   4. The proceeding was concerning the claim scheduled earlier.
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   Answer

   The proceeding concerning the claim was scheduled earlier.

   The reduced clause modifies “proceeding” and retains the intended meaning.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Select the correct modal perfect construction for an uncertain past consequence.

   1. may ultimately have
   2. may ultimately had
   3. must ultimately having
   4. should ultimately has
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   Answer

   may ultimately have

   “May ultimately have” appropriately expresses an unresolved possible consequence.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the most idiomatic formal structure: “The gaps make ___ essential.”

   1. essential restrained wording
   2. restrained wording essential
   3. essentially restraining wording
   4. wording restrained essentially
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   Answer

   restrained wording essential

   The object complement construction requires the gerund phrase “restrained wording.”

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