Please help with these grammar questions

I've done hundreds of these practice questions, but, for some reason, these are the most confusing for me. Can anyone help me out? Thanks for all your help.


1. Read the following passage and identify the type of error(s) it contains.
 
"That deer stood smack dab in the middle of the road," recounted our neighbor, Griffin, from his hospital bed. "I have only three choices: to hit the brakes and hope for the best, to swerve into the trees and hope for the best, or running him over and hoping for the best. Guess which one I chose?"
 
a. Run-on sentence
b. Diction
c. Faulty modifier
d. Parallelism
e. Verb tense shift
f. d and e
g. All of the above
 
 
2. Choose the option that best completes the following sentence.
 
Neither Sarah nor Charlotte mentioned Bob's arrogant behavior _____________.
 
a. lest he'd lose his temper
b. lest he lose his temper
c. lest he loses his temper
d. less he lose his temper
 
 
3.  Choose the series of verbs that best completes the following passage.
 
Barbara's chronic carelessness _____ her in the hospital again. This time she ____ run over by a tractor as she _____ peacefully in a wheat field.
 
a. landed, had been, was snoozing
b. has landed, was, snoozed
c. is landing, has been, snoozed
d. has landed, was, was snoozing
 
 
4. Choose the series of pronouns that best completes the following sentence.
 
I met some tourists, _____ of _____ were university students, at my friend's house.
 
a. none, which
b. several, whom
c. some, who
d. some, which
 
 
5. Identify the sentence that contains an error in sentence structure.
 
a. As the plane landed I squeezed my husband's hand, who was sitting next to me.
b. We realized too late that although our hotel was in South Korea, we had disembarked in North Korea.
c. The island was still far away when I told my father I was tired of swimming.
d. We wandered happily among the ancient ruins, frolicked gaily on the shore, and slept peacefully under the stars.


6. Choose the option that best corrects the pronoun reference error in the underlined part of the following sentence.
 
When Harry discovered that Roger had misrepresented his qualifications, he was furious.

a. that Roger had misrepresent his qualifications, he was furious
b. that Roger was furious because he had misrepresented his qualifications
c. that Roger had misrepresented Harry's qualifications, Harry was furious
d. Roger's qualifications, he was furious because they had been misrepresented


7. Which of the following sentences contains a pronoun error?

a. Give the rest of the cake to whoever wants it the most.
b. We will choose whomever is fastest and most enthusiastic.
c. Whoever is chosen for the job will have her work cut out for her.
d. The committee members said they would hire whomever we recommend.


8. Which of the following sentences contains a pronoun error?

a. Francine objected loudly to us buying a new boat.
b. His complaining about every little thing made him unpleasant to be around.
c. You see, we sailor really love the sea.
d. I do not like your arriving ten minutes after class has started.


9. Identify the sentence that illustrates correct use of modifiers.

a. Of the two companies, Parker & Stevens is the more reliable.
b. I had never seen so much people in one place--it was truly frightening!
c. Mt. Sumbala is the taller of the three peaks of the mountain range,
d. Grandpa always said that he preferred less words and more action.


10.  Choose the series of verbs that best completes the following passage.

Honestly, I _____ to tolerate that know-it-all air of yours. ____ me _____ my condolences to your wife, who ____ to listen to your incessant lecturing for many years to come.

a. have never been able, Allow, to renew, will have
b. am never able, Allow, to renew, will have
c. had never been able, Allowing, has renewed, must
d. have never been able, Allow, to renew, has