Some of the following sentences contain an error in grammar, usage, punctuation, or word choice. Some sentences are correct. No sentence contains more than one error. You will find that the error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. Assume that all other elements of the sentence are correct and cannot be changed. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
If there is an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct and blacken the corresponding space on your answer sheet.
If there is no error, mark the final answer space, E.
EXAMPLES
1. Allan is afraid of the rain, he likes the thunder. No error.
A B C D E
Because two sentences divided only by a comma create a comma fault, either a conjunction
must be added or the punctuation must be changed to a period, a semicolon, or a dash.
Therefore, C must be changed, and you would mark C on your answer sheet.
Note: when the punctuation is in question, the underlining may extend beneath a space, as in 1C. 2. Maria, who had just eaten, thought concerning having a candy bar or ice cream. No error.
A B C D E Because we do not generally say "thought concerning," but "thought about," B must be changed, and you would mark B on your answer sheet.The following items are samples of the type used in the Usage section of the English Placement Test:
3. The public is not so angry about corruption in government than it is disgusted with inflation. No error.
A B C D E
4. While inspecting the ranks, the officer seen that the new recruit had laid his rifle in the mud and gotten it dirty. No error.
A B C D E
5. How well the new comedy series does in the ratings depends almost entirely on its competition. No error.
A B C D E
6. Having enjoyed the scenery, the steamer next took us to Bird Isle, an island whose history was hardly known until 1900. No error.
A B C D E
7. Earl and me were left a legacy by an aunt who had always liked us both. No error.
A B C D E The correct answers for the above questions are:
3. C
4. B
5. E
6. A
7. A
Sentence Correction Items
Directions: This is a test of correctness and effectiveness of expression. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to acceptable usage in grammar, word choice, sentence construction, and punctuation. Choose the answer that produces the most effective sentence -- clear and exact, without wordiness or ambiguity. Do not make a choice that changes the meaning of the original sentence.In each of the sentences of this section, one portion is underlined. Beneath each sentence you will find five ways of writing the underlined part; the first of these always repeats the original, and the other four are all different. If you think the original sentence is better than any of the suggested changes, choose the first answer A; otherwise, select the best revision and blacken the corresponding space on your answer sheet.
EXAMPLE 1. Heavy smoking and to overeat are activities which a heart patient must forego. A. Heavy smoking and to overeat B. Smoking heavily and to overeat C. To smoke heavily and overeating D. Heavy smoking and overeating E. Smoking heavy and to overeat Because standard English requires the same grammatical form for two units connected by and, either smoking or to overeat must be changed to gain parallelism. Among the options offered, only the form Heavy smoking and overeating is parallel, and you would mark your answer sheet D.The following items are samples of those used in the Sentence Correction section of the English Placement Test:
2. In the smaller towns of Wisconsin, where one can quickly walk to the greening hills of Spring.
A. , where one can quickly walk
B. where one can quickly walk
C. , where one can quickly walk,
D. , one can quickly walk
E. one can, quickly walk
3. Coach Jones is a remarkable physical specimen: although sixty, he is as vigorous as ever.
A. although sixty, he is as vigorous as ever.
B. he, seeing that he is sixty, is as vigorous as ever.
C. he is sixty, being as vigorous as ever.
D. as vigorous as ever, he is sixty years of age.
E. he is as vigorous as ever; however he is sixty.
4. The swashbuckling hero was without moral convictions, acceptable manners, and he had little
else in his favor.
A. without moral convictions, acceptable manners, and he had little else in his favor.
B. without moral convictions or acceptable manners and had little else in his favor.
C. without moral convictions, acceptable manners or little else in his favor.
D. without moral convictions and acceptable manners or little else in his favor.
E. without much else in his favor, including moral convictions and acceptable manners.
5. One method of ending discrimination in business and industry is to demand quotas to be met by employers.
A. to demand quotas to be met by employers.
B. demanding employers to meet quotas.
C. to demand that employers meet quotas.
D. that employers be demanded to meet quotas.
E. that of demanding employers to meet quotas.
6. Mr. Bole's recommendation was believed to be sufficient and that it would guarantee my getting a job.
A. and that it would guarantee my getting a job.
B. , and that it would guarantee my getting a job.
C. , and that it would guarantee me to get a job.
D. that it would guarantee me getting a job.
E. to guarantee my getting a job.
The correct answers for the above items are:
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. E
Reading Comprehension Items
Directions:The passages below are followed by questions on the vocabulary, style, and meaning of the passages. After reading each passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer all questions for each of the passages in terms of the context within the passage.
The prevalence of positive or negative feelings about physique
is a sign of which traits are valued and appreciated by a society
or by the world community. Where there is conspicuous
subordination of a social group on the basis of real or attributed
(5) physical features, the members of a subordinated group may come
to repudiate their own physical characteristics and in mixed
populations even penalize those individuals who manifest the
disapproved characteristics to the most marked degree. The concept of
negritude in Africa is an example of a vigorous attempt to reassert the
(10) primacy, for a given group, of its own physical type. We must
recognize the rising demand for the kind of world in which people can
enjoy the way they look, be proud of the way their parents looked, and
look forward to the way their children will look.
Margaret Mead, "Racial Differences and Cultural Attitudes";
- In its context, the word "attributed" (line 4) means most nearly
A. praised.
B. wide-spread.
C. imagined.
D. ideal.
E. secondary.
- In this passage "physique" (line 1) refers to all of the following except
A. style of dress.
B. height.
C. facial features.
D. degree of hairiness.
E. skin color.
- The subject of "look forward" in line 13 is
A. I.
B. we.
C. people.
D. minorities.
E. the world.
- The "concept of negritude" (lines 8 and 9)
A. refers to the subordination of a social group.
B. is a national political movement.
C. refers to people discriminating against their own race.
D. occurs in mixed populations.
E. involves pride in black physical features.
- Which of the following comes closest to expressing the author's opinion?
A. How one looks is of no importance to anyone.
B. Slavery is the worst evil.
C. People with faults of their own should not criticize others.
D. We must learn to tolerate physical differences.
E. Some people like what other people hate.
1. C
2. A
3. C
4. E
5. D
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