Self-Reflection

In this chapter, you learned the skills necessary to both perform well on the spelling and grammar sections of the exam. This will help you write clear and effective reports during your career as an officer. You learned how to work your way through such tricky situations as soundalike words and subjects separated from their verbs. You learned how to avoid such common errors as double negatives, fragments, misplaced modifiers, and ambiguous pronouns. You also learned the importance of using apostrophes correctly and ensuring that singular and compound subjects agree with their accompanying verbs. Keep practicing and you’ll be able to put these skills to their optimum use on Test Day and beyond!

Test What You Know score: _________ /13 correct

Test What You Learned score: _________ /14 correct

After working through the practice problems in this chapter, which of the Learning Objectives have you mastered? Place a check mark next to those objectives to keep track of your progress.

• Avoid common spelling errors
• Select the correct verb tense
• Check for subject-verb agreement
• Select the correct pronoun
• Place modifiers in the right spot
  
• Use commas correctly
• Avoid double negatives
• Check for parallelism