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English Language Skills
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Knowledge of language structure
Evaluate correct placement of modifiers.
Apply knowledge of parallelism, including parallel expressions for parallel ideas.
Apply knowledge of a variety of effective structures (e.g., recognizing fragments, comma
splices, run-on sentences, syntax errors).
Determine patterns of organization in a written passage (i.e., modes of rhetoric).
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Knowledge of vocabulary application
Determine the meaning of unknown words, multiple-meaning words, and phrases in context.
Determine and select the correct use of commonly confused words, misused words, and
phrases.
Determine diction and tone appropriate to a given audience.
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Knowledge of Standard English conventions
Determine and select standard verb forms.
Determine and select inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
Determine and select agreement between subject and verb.
Determine and select agreement between pronoun and antecedent.
Determine and select inappropriate pronoun shifts.
Determine and select clear pronoun references.
Determine and select pronoun case forms (e.g., subjective, objective, possessive).
Evaluate the correct use of adjectives and adverbs.
Determine and select appropriate comparative and superlative degree forms.
Demonstrate command of standard spelling conventions.
Demonstrate command of standard punctuation.
Demonstrate command of standard capitalization.
DIRECTIONS: For items 1-15, choose the option that corrects an error in an underlined
portion. If no error exists, choose “No change is necessary.”
1. Everyone except the principal is suppose to attend the meeting.
A
B
C
A. accept
B. principle
C. supposed to
D. No change is necessary
2. In The Joy Luck Club, a national bestseller. Amy Tan explores the world of ChineseAmerican
A
B
families, and we realize how similar all families are.
C
A. Club a national
B. best-seller, Amy
C. families and
D. No change is necessary
3. The manager accused John of having stole more than one hundred dollars from the
cash register.
A. has stolen
B. having stolen
C. stole
D. No change is necessary
4.
When the temperature drops to below thirty-two degrees, the water on Silver Lake
A
freezes, which allowed people to skate on it.
B
C
A. dropped
B. froze
C. allows
D. No change is necessary
5. The report that covers the results of several months of investigation are in the blue
folder that the
A
B
clerk has already filed.
A. cover
B. is
C. have
D. No change is necessary
6. A tourist can travel to Costa Rica by flying from Miami to the capital, San Jose, and
once there, they can rent a car.
A. he
B. you
C. we
D. No change is necessary
7. The doctor that performed my son’s surgery did a wonderful job.
A. who
B. which
C. whom
D. No change is necessary
8. One of the boys in the class were on the team that has already finished the tasks that
were
A
B
C
assigned.
A. was
B. have
C. was
D. No change is necessary
9. Their surprising rude behavior hurt us deeply.
A
B
C
A. surprisingly
B. rudely
C. deep
D. No change is necessary
10. Jack is the tallest of the two athletes.
A. taller
B. more tall
C. most tall
D. No change is necessary
11. She was hoping to recieve her letter of acceptance into the competitive program by
March.
A
B
C
A. receive
B. acceptence
C. competative
D. No change is necessary
12. The Boston Red Sox won the 2013 world series by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals.
A
B
C
A. Boston red sox
B. World Series
C. st. louis cardinals
D. No change is necessary
13. Harvey, the president of the student council and a senior, is addressing the faculty of
Union High School, requesting the privilege for seniors to drive off campus for lunch
since the cafeteria is overcrowded. Choose the most appropriate opening statement.
A. My learned and esteemed staff, please consider the ponderous issue of dining off
campus. The need for freedom is vital.
B. The cafeteria is too crowded with noisy underclassmen. You guys wouldn’t want to eat
with them either.
C. As you know, the cafeteria is overcrowded during lunch. Allowing the seniors to leave
campus would ease this problem.
D. We seniors are the leaders of the school and practically grown up. Isn’t time we were
given a few privileges around this place?
14. Choose the sentence in which the modifiers are correctly placed.
A. Paul bought a donut from the local bakery filled with his favorite fruit.
B. Filled with his favorite fruit, Paul bought a donut from the bakery.
C. Paul bought a donut filled with his favorite fruit from the bakery.
15. Choose the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
A. The mens floors, in three dormitories were repainted by the time school started in
August.
B. The men’s floors in three dormitories’ were repainted, by the time school started in
August.
C. The mens’ floors in three dormitories were repainted by the time school started in
August.
D. The men’s floors in three dormitories were repainted by the time school started in
August.