ESOL GACE Book study guide questions
with correct answers
Listen to an ESOL student talk about her experience upon arriving in the
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United States: |
When I arrive in the United States, the first three months for me here
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were the most difficult
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experience in my life . . . | | | | | |
The verb "arrive" in the first line is incorrect with respect to - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Tense
Listen to an ESOL student talk about his experience with working in the
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United States. |
"I'm studying Business Administration. I was in the second semester."
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The verb was in the second sentence is incorrect with respect to: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tense |
Listen to an ESOL student talk about her mother's food.
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"My mom's cooking is too good."
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,The adverb too is incorrect with regards to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Usage
Listen to an ESOL student talk about a math grade he received.
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"Just look at this math grade from my teacher. He says I was missing an
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explanation of my answer." | | |
The verb was missing is incorrect with regard to: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Tense
The subjunctive is not indicated. The simple past, missed is used for
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reported speech when the speaker is reporting an event in the present.
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Listen to an ESOL student talk about her pet bird.
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"The bird causes much problems every day."
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The word much is incorrect with regard to the use of ________ nouns. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-count / no count
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Regular/irregular adjectives such as good/best are irrelevant to the
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word much. Much is an adjective, not a collective or compound noun.
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Much is used with uncountable nouns. Many is used with plural,
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countable nouns. |
Listen to an ESOL student talk about having children.
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,"Many people are afraid of having and to raise children."
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The words to raise are incorrect with regard to: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-parallel structure |
Gerunds have neither tense nor agreement elements. A gerund is a verb
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form used as a noun, not an adverb. Since the sentence contains both a
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gerund and an infinitive, one should be changed so both elements have
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the same structure. "To raised" should be changed to "raising."
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Listen to an ESOL student talking to her friend about beliefs on
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conducting relationships with others. | | |
"How one behaves towards others is more important than anything
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else."
One refers to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-You
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A general you; American English generally uses you instead of one; both,
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however, are correct.
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Listen to an ESOL student talking about Faulkner's novels.
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"Faulkner's books are interesting novels. They are difficult to
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understand, but it illustrate life in the South." | | | | | | | |
The word it is incorrect with regard to - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Number
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, It refers back to its antecedent, novels. Novels is a countable, plural
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noun indicating that any pronoun referring back to it should also be
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plural.
Listen to an ESOL student talking to her friend about life in the United
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States.
"I have no stomach for pork."
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The word stomach means: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-appetite for food
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Listen to an ESOL student talking about her sister's beliefs on eternal
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love.
"My sister talks about love all the time. As far as I can see, she makes no
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sense. Her arguments have neither rhyme or reason."
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The word or in the last sentence is incorrect with regard to - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Form
With the negative neither, the correct form is nor.
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Listen to an ESOL student talking about her father.
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"My father's name is Jonathan. He was named for her great
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grandfather."
The word her is incorrect with regard to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Gender
with correct answers
Listen to an ESOL student talk about her experience upon arriving in the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
United States: |
When I arrive in the United States, the first three months for me here
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
were the most difficult
| | |
experience in my life . . . | | | | | |
The verb "arrive" in the first line is incorrect with respect to - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Tense
Listen to an ESOL student talk about his experience with working in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
United States. |
"I'm studying Business Administration. I was in the second semester."
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The verb was in the second sentence is incorrect with respect to: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tense |
Listen to an ESOL student talk about her mother's food.
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"My mom's cooking is too good."
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,The adverb too is incorrect with regards to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Usage
Listen to an ESOL student talk about a math grade he received.
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"Just look at this math grade from my teacher. He says I was missing an
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
explanation of my answer." | | |
The verb was missing is incorrect with regard to: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Tense
The subjunctive is not indicated. The simple past, missed is used for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
reported speech when the speaker is reporting an event in the present.
| | | | | | | | | | |
Listen to an ESOL student talk about her pet bird.
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"The bird causes much problems every day."
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The word much is incorrect with regard to the use of ________ nouns. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-count / no count
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Regular/irregular adjectives such as good/best are irrelevant to the
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word much. Much is an adjective, not a collective or compound noun.
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Much is used with uncountable nouns. Many is used with plural,
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countable nouns. |
Listen to an ESOL student talk about having children.
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,"Many people are afraid of having and to raise children."
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The words to raise are incorrect with regard to: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-parallel structure |
Gerunds have neither tense nor agreement elements. A gerund is a verb
| | | | | | | | | | |
form used as a noun, not an adverb. Since the sentence contains both a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
gerund and an infinitive, one should be changed so both elements have
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the same structure. "To raised" should be changed to "raising."
| | | | | | | | |
Listen to an ESOL student talking to her friend about beliefs on
| | | | | | | | | | | |
conducting relationships with others. | | |
"How one behaves towards others is more important than anything
| | | | | | | | | |
else."
One refers to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-You
| | | | |
A general you; American English generally uses you instead of one; both,
| | | | | | | | | | |
however, are correct.
| | |
Listen to an ESOL student talking about Faulkner's novels.
| | | | | | | |
"Faulkner's books are interesting novels. They are difficult to
| | | | | | | | |
understand, but it illustrate life in the South." | | | | | | | |
The word it is incorrect with regard to - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Number
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, It refers back to its antecedent, novels. Novels is a countable, plural
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noun indicating that any pronoun referring back to it should also be
| | | | | | | | | | | |
plural.
Listen to an ESOL student talking to her friend about life in the United
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
States.
"I have no stomach for pork."
| | | | |
The word stomach means: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-appetite for food
| | | | | | | |
Listen to an ESOL student talking about her sister's beliefs on eternal
| | | | | | | | | | | |
love.
"My sister talks about love all the time. As far as I can see, she makes no
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
sense. Her arguments have neither rhyme or reason."
| | | | | | |
The word or in the last sentence is incorrect with regard to - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Form
With the negative neither, the correct form is nor.
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Listen to an ESOL student talking about her father.
| | | | | | | |
"My father's name is Jonathan. He was named for her great
| | | | | | | | | | |
grandfather."
The word her is incorrect with regard to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Gender
