Business English 12th Edition by Mary Ellen Guffey - Test Bank

a. 

comma

b. 

dependent clause

c. 

helping verb

d. 

predicate

ANSWER:  

d

RATIONALE:  

To be complete, sentences must have subjects and predicates, and they must make sense.

POINTS:  

1

DIFFICULTY:  

Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  

BENG.GUFF.17.2-1 - 2-1

NATIONAL STANDARDS:  

United States - BUSPROG.BENG.GUFF.17.1.5 - DISC.BENG.GUFF.17.1.5
United States - BUSPROG.BENG.GUFF.17.1.6 - DISC.BENG.GUFF.17.1.6
United States - BUSPROG.BENG.GUFF.17.6.4 - DISC.BENG.GUFF.17.6.4

TOPICS:  

Sentence Elements

KEYWORDS:  

BLOOM'S: Knowledge

a. 

Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become popular marketing tools for businesses.

b. 

Because technology has enabled businesses to reach new customers.

c. 

Many businesses are still reluctant to use social media sites to market their products or services.

ANSWER:  

b

RATIONALE:  

All sentences must contain a subject and a predicate. Additionally, they must make sense. Although Because technology has enabled businesses to reach new customers contains a subject (technology) and a predicate (has enabled), it is incomplete because readers are left wondering what has resulted because of the technology use.

POINTS:  

1

DIFFICULTY:  

Moderate

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  

BENG.GUFF.17.2-1 - 2-1

NATIONAL STANDARDS:  

United States - BUSPROG.BENG.GUFF.17.1.5 - DISC.BENG.GUFF.17.1.5
United States - BUSPROG.BENG.GUFF.17.1.6 - DISC.BENG.GUFF.17.1.6
United States - BUSPROG.BENG.GUFF.17.6.6 - DISC.BENG.GUFF.17.6.6
United States - BUSPROG.BENG.GUFF.17.6.7 - DISC.BENG.GUFF.17.6.7

TOPICS:  

Sentence Elements

KEYWORDS:  

BLOOM'S: Application