Sample Test #2

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Part I, Frequently Misspelled Words

Identify and select the correctly spelled word. If the correct spelling is not given, select D.

1)

A. liaison B. liason C. laison D. correct spelling not listed  

2)

A. accesible B. accessable C. accessible D. correct spelling not listed  

3)

A. proffesor B. professor C. proffessor D. correct spelling not listed  

4)

A. gaurantee B. garauntee C. guarantee D. correct spelling not listed  

5)

A. pasttime B. passtime C. pastime D. correct spelling not listed  

6)

A. irresistable B. irresistible C. irressistable D. correct spelling not listed  

7)

A.miscelaneous B. missellaneous C. miscelleneous D. correct spelling not listed  

8)

A. assasin B. assassin C. asassin D. correct spelling not listed  

9)

A. tradgedy B. trajedy C. tragedy D. correct spelling not listed  

10)

A. seige B. seidge C. siege D. correct spelling not listed  

11)

A. maneuver B. manuver C. manuever D. correct spelling not listed  

12)

A. excercise B. exercize C. exercise D. correct spelling not listed  

13)

A. ocurred B. occured C. ocured D. correct spelling not listed  

14)

A. believeable B. believable C. believible D. correct spelling not listed  

15)

A. parallel B. paralel C. parralel D. correct spelling not listsed  

 

 


Part II, Frequently Confused Words and Irregular Verbs

For the following sentences, select the letter corresponding with the word that correctly completes the sentence. If there is no correct choice, choose letter D.

16)

He _____ the team through a tough season.  

17)

The discussion focused on the _____________ of integrity.  

18)

He was told that he had a right to _____________ and that everything he said could be used against him.  

19)

We like to hire applicants ___________ references are professional.  
 

20)

Please _____ the book on the desk when you're finished.  

21)

She _____ the books in the corner.  

22)

His ______________ hall adviser had him kicked out of the dorms.  

23)

You can't always tell a book by ____ cover.  

24)

_________ invited to the party this weekend.  

25)

That car is __________.  

 

 


Part III, Identifying parts of speech and parts of a sentence

For 26-32, identify the underlined words as one of the following parts of speech:

a) noun (noun)

b) pronoun (pro)

c) verb (vb)

d) adjective (adj)

e) adverb (adv)

 

26)

 
         
She
----
is uncomfortable
wearing
fancy clothes.

 

27-28)

   
 
           
She
thought
----------
her
----
sister was coming
to
the party.

 

29)

       
The bell rang
loudly.
--------

30-31)

       
   
 
The tree provides
shade
-------
on
sunny
--------
days.

32)

       
     
The team played
its
---
worst game Sunday.

 

 

For 33-40, identify the underlined words as one of the following parts of a sentence:

a) simple subject (ss)

b) simple predicate (sp)

c) direct object (do)

d) indirect object (io)

e) object of a preposition (op)

 

33)

             
There
is nothing wrong
with
this
sentence.
----------

 

34-36)

     
   
   
               
The disgruntled
worker
---------
showed

me
---

her
letter
------
of resignation before submitting it to her boss.

 

37-38)

 
     
     
None
-------
of these
clothes
--------
seems
to fit.

 

39-40)

   
   
           
We
caught
--------
six
bass
-----
and cooked them on the campfire.

 

 

 


Part IV, General Language Skills

In each of the following sentences, identify the error in punctuation, grammar, word usage or spelling, and select the letter that corresponds with the underlined error. There is not more than one error per sentence. If the sentence is correct as written, choose E. Ignore extra spacing.

41.

   
A
 
B
    C         D      
Sarah, the

oldest
-------

of
Jim's
---
two daughters
,
--
maintains a 4.0 grade

-
--

point average.  

 


42.

 
A
B
    C            
D
 
The
university
--
that
----
Tim attends ,
--
offers a number of interesting geology courses.
----------
   

43.

 
A
           
B
    C
D
                 
The professor
-----------
told the team of students that it
--
needed to rewrite
-----
their
-----
paper in order to receive a passing grade.  

 


44.

   
A
   
B
    C D          
     
Who said you're
-------
going to lose
----
the contest ;
--

You're
--

the best writer in the class.  
   

45.

   
A
      B
C
D
   
 
                   
If I
was
----
a member of

Congress
--

,
--
I'd
---
vote for the gun control bill.  
               

46.

 
A
 
B
   
C
   
D
                     
My

mother's
---

favorite recipe
--
pasta primavera
,
--
is my

father's
---

least favorite meal.  
             

47.

A
   
B
   
C
D
   
He's
------
the man

that
----

teaches my
daughter's
---

friends
---

gymnastics.  

48.

   
A
 
B
       
C
  D  
All of
Jill's
---
prettiest
dresses
---
came from the same store
:
--
Dahlia's

Finest.
--

 
 

49.

A
   
B
C
   
D
 
Whom
-------
do you think

--
stole
-----
the bracelet
?
--
 

50.

               
A
      B  
C
              D              
My dad used to take my friends and

myself
--------

to the farm

,
--

and

our
----

favorite activities were sliding down the hill
--
and searching through the old barn.  

51.

A
   
B
   
C
       
D
           
Its
---
the cat that

scratches
---

the couch ,
--
but the dog sheds
its
---
fur all over the house.  

52.

    A         B        
C
D              
 
After the

police
--

car cut her off ,
--
she honked her horn loudly
-------
,
--
not caring if she was pulled over.
 

53.

     
A
    B       C          
D
   
I love jazz,

rhythm
---------

and blues ,
--
pop, and bluegrass

,
--

but I do not enjoy heavy medal
-------
music.  

54.

A
   
B
   
C
   
D
                         
Neither
--------
the faculty

nor
----

the students

believes
---------

the academic standards have
-----
deteriorated.
 
                     

55.

A
         
B
C
 
D
   
           
She
,
--
as well as her sisters,

enjoy
------


--
shopping

,
--

dancing and swimming more than any other activities.  

56.

A
B
  C  
D    
" Their
------
my

better
------

writers

,
--

"
the
editor
--
said.  

57.

     
A
     
 
B
C  
D
         
Mary tries harder then
-----
the other reporters to write
well
-----
,
--
submit

thorough
----------

reports and meet deadlines.  


58.

    A
   
B
C
D
                         
Every camera

,
--

as

well as every

lens
--

,
--

were
-----

inspected by the intern before the program began.  
         

59.

   
 
A
             
B
     
 
C
        D    
To earn spending money

,
--

my parents expected me to wash the

dishes,
----

 

watch my younger
sister
and

cleaning
---------

up my bedroom once

a

--

week.  

60.

A
B
   
 
B
 
 
D
 
Magazines
--
which
------
are interesting
to
her
--
do not interest
me.
---
 

61.

A
 
B
C
D
 
Who's
-------
party is it
?
--
It's
---
hers.
-----
 

62.

       
A
  B
C
      D            
The reporter spent her days
-----
off
--
laying
------
around her apartment
--
watching television and doing laundry.  

63.

       
A
   
B
    C       D    
Each of the students are
---
required
to
do his
---
or
--
her
---
work
--
before the field
--
trip.  

64.

 
A
 
   
B
       
C
 
D
 
The
children's
---
rooms are so dirty that their
-----
probably full of last
month's
---
dirty clothes.
--------
 

65.

A
     
B
C    
D
     
Her
----
and her friends sang
solos
------

--
in last
year's
-------
Christmas production.  

66.

     
A
B  
C
     
  D  
The dog barked
loudly
-------
,
--
and
its
--
owner had to run after it.
--
 

67.

  A
B
C
   
   
D
     
The
media
--
holds
------
an
--
important place in our information
-
--
based society.  

68.

A
B
C
D
 
     
She
and
he
--
received
---------
lead
----
rolls
-----
in the school play.  

69.

A
 
B
   
C
   
D
       
Neither
--------
the politicians
nor
---
the reporters
were
-----
happy about the
$3.2
----
million budget cuts.  

70.

 
A
B
 
 
C
 
D
           
I often
wonder
--------
whether
---------
I will become a star
:
--
however
,
--
I know my brother will.  

71.

A
   
B
C
     
D
 
She
----
is smarter
than
him
----

--
when it comes to mathematics.
--------------
 

72.

 
A
   
B
C
  D    
 
Last
night's
---
broadcast was
the
worse
-------
I've
----
heard
--
in two
years.
 

73.

     
A
B
 
 
C
 
D  
If he is

accepted
---------


--
he will attend a
prestigious
------------
college in the East.
--
 

74.

 
 
A
     
B
  C   D
 
Liver and onions are
---
a meal people either
------
love
--
or
--
hate.  

75.

  A      
B
       
C
   
D
 
He said
--
you could summarize
Jesus'
---
message in three words
:
--
"Love thy
neighbor."
---
 

76.

   
A
 
B
       
 
C
   
D
 
I feel
good
-----
this morning
,
--
but last night I got sick after
dinner
-------
and felt horribly.
----------
 

77.

   
 
A
B
       
   
C
    D    
Only one of the
professors
---
seem
-----
to really care about attendance,
but
it could
affect
------
your grade
--
anyhow.  

78.

     
 
A
   
B
C
   
D
   
A total of 150 people is
--
expected to
attend
;
--
one-third
----------
of them
are
---
regulars.  

79.

   
A  
B
 
 
     
C
     
D
       
She alphabetized the books
--
and
sat
---
them on the chair before she left
,
--
but they weren't
there
-----
the next day.  

80.

    A
 
B
     
C
            D        
Mary or Phil is
--
working customer service today
;
--
neither of them
are
---
very good at working the register
--
or the floor.  

 


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