Writing Test 3...

Select the best version of the following to create sentence variation:
(Ensure the meaning of the sentence remains the same)

Sally's bike was greased yesterday, and now it runs perfectly.

Select the best version of the following to create sentence variation:
(Ensure the meaning of the sentence remains the same)

Its population at the time of its demise was about 2 million.

Select the best version of the following to create sentence variation:
(Ensure the meaning of the sentences remains the same)

The house seemed suddenly to lift for a second, and then it fell back into an awkward silence.

Select the best version of the following to create sentence variation:
(Ensure the meaning of the sentence remains the same)

The book fell off the edge of the table. It was very heavy.

The given sentence has been re-written. Choose the option that has not changed in meaning from the original:
The amateur dancer accepted the generous compliments in a happy mood.

Identify the intended effect of the following based on its sentence structure/variety:

She recoiled in her armchair, wrapping the grey, woolen shawl tighter around her, and gazed languidly through the frost-smitten window panes out into a dark, snowy night.

What effect is created by the structure and length of the following sentence:

The proverbial oracles of our parsimonious ancestors have informed us that the fatal waste of fortune is by small expenses, by the profusion of sums too little singly to alarm our caution, and which we never suffer ourselves to consider together.

What effect is created by the structure and length of the following sentences:

It was cold, dark and silent. Something stirred in the corner. What was it?

What effect is created by the structure and length of the following sentences:

He ducked. The ball whizzed past him. It missed him by an inch.

Identify the main idea/point of the following:

He walked carefully into the tiny room. Then he saw a picture above the mantlepiece. He pondered over who was in the picture. He walked over the polished wooden floors. He was certain he had seen that face before. He looked once more at the white hair and empty eyes. He couldn't remember where he had seen them before. Finally, it struck him: he was a friend of his father.