Each of the following groups of sentences includes one general sentence and three specific

sentences. For each group, choose the letter of the general sentence.
(1) Hard skills are the special knowledge one needs to perform a particular job.
(2) All nurses need good nursing skills such as knowing how and where to insert a feeding tube.
(3) A lawyer must possess legal skills such as knowing what the current inheritance laws are.
(4) An accountant must be familiar with how to complete a tax return.
Adapted from Skip Downing, On Course, 4th ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2005), 15.

a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4


a

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