ACCUPLACER Practice Test | Sentence Skills, Reading Comprehension & ESL Reading Skills Questions and Answers
SENTENCE SKILLS3 A
--Knocked sideways, the statue looked-- as if it would
fall.
A) Knocked sideways, the statue looked
B) The statue was knocked sideways, looked
C) The statue looked knocked sideways
D) The statue, looking knocked sideways,
SENTENCE SKILLS4 B
--To walk, biking, and driving-- are Pat's favorite ways of
getting around.
A) To walk, biking, and driving
B) Walking, biking, and driving
C) To walk, biking, and to drive
D) To walk, to bike, and also driving
SENTENCE SKILLS5 C
--When you cross the street in the midle of the block,
this-- is an example of jaywalking.
A) When you cross the street in the middle of the block,
this
B) You cross the street in the middle of the block, this
C) Crossing the street in the middle of the block
D) The fact that you cross the street in the middle of the
block
SENTENCE SKILLS6 B
Walking by the corner the other day, --a child, I noticed,
was watching-- for the light to change.
A) a child, I noticed, was
B) I noticed a child watching
C) a child was watching, I noticed,
D) there was, I noticed, a child watching
SENTENCE SKILLS7 C
In his songs, Gordon Lightfoot makes melody and lyrics
intricately intertwine.
Rewrite, beginning with
--Melody and lyrics--
Your new sentence will include
A) Gordon Lightfoot has
B) make Gordon Lightfoot's
C) in Gordon Lightfoot's
D) does Gordon Lightfood
,ACCUPLACER Practice Test | Sentence Skills, Reading Comprehension & ESL Reading Skills Questions and Answers
SENTENCE SKILLS8 C
It is easy to carry solid objects without spilling them,
but the same cannot be said of liquids.
Rewrite beginning with
--Unlike liquids,--
The next words will be
A) it is easy to
B) we can easily
C) solid objects can easily be
D) solid objects are easy to be
SENTENCE SKILLS9 B
Excited children ran toward the loud music, and they
told others about the ice cream truck outside.
Rewrite beginning with
--The excited children, who had run toward the loud...--
The next words will be
A) music, they told
B) music told
C) music, telling
D) music and had told
SENTENCE SKILLS10 B
If he had enough strength, Todd would move the
boulder.
Rewrite, the beginning with
--Todd cannot move the boulder...--
The next words will be
A) when lacking
B) because he
C) although there
D) without enough
SENTENCE SKILLS11 A
The band began to play, and then the real party
started.
Rewrite the beginning with
--The real party started...--
The next words will be
A) after the band began
B) and the band began
C) although the band began
D) the band beginning
SENTENCE SKILLS12 D
Chris heard no unusual noises when he listened in the
park.
Rewrite beginning with
--Listening in the park...--
The next words will be
A) no unusual noises could be heard
B) then Chris heard no unusual noises
C) and hearing no unusual noises
D) Chris heard no unusual noises
, ACCUPLACER Practice Test | Sentence Skills, Reading Comprehension & ESL Reading Skills Questions and Answers
READING COMP.1 C
In the words of Thomas DeQuincey, "It is notorious that
the memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it." If,
like most people, you have trouble recalling the names
of those you have just met, try this: The next time you
are introduced, plan to remember the names. Say to
yourself, "I'll listen carefully; I'll repeat each person's
name to be sure I've got it, and I will remember." You'll
discover how effective this technique is and probably
recall those names for the rest of your life.
The main idea of the paragraph maintains that the
memory
A) always operates at peak efficiency.
B) breaks down under great strain.
C) improves if it is used often.
D) becomes unreliable if it tires.
READING COMP.2 D
Unemployment was the overriding fact of life when
Franklin D. Roosevelt became president of the United
States on March 4, 1993. An anomaly of the time was
that the government did not systematically collect
statistics of joblessness; actually it did not start doing
so until 1940. The Bureau of Labor Statistics later
estimated that 12,830,000 persons were out of work in
1933, about 1/4 of a civilian labor force of more than 51
million.
Roosevelt signed the Federal Emergency Relief Act of
May 12, 1933. The president selected Harry L. Hopkins,
who headed the New York relief program, to run FERA.
A gifted administrator, Hopkins quickly put the program
into high gear. He gathered a small staff in Washington
and brought the state relief organizations into the FERA
system. While the agency tried to provide all the
necessities, food came first. City dwellers usually got an
allowance for fuel, and rent for one month was
provided in case of eviction.
This passage is primarily about
A) unemployment in the 1930s.
B) the effect of unemployment on the United States
families.
C) President Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency.
D) President Roosevelt's FERA program.
SENTENCE SKILLS3 A
--Knocked sideways, the statue looked-- as if it would
fall.
A) Knocked sideways, the statue looked
B) The statue was knocked sideways, looked
C) The statue looked knocked sideways
D) The statue, looking knocked sideways,
SENTENCE SKILLS4 B
--To walk, biking, and driving-- are Pat's favorite ways of
getting around.
A) To walk, biking, and driving
B) Walking, biking, and driving
C) To walk, biking, and to drive
D) To walk, to bike, and also driving
SENTENCE SKILLS5 C
--When you cross the street in the midle of the block,
this-- is an example of jaywalking.
A) When you cross the street in the middle of the block,
this
B) You cross the street in the middle of the block, this
C) Crossing the street in the middle of the block
D) The fact that you cross the street in the middle of the
block
SENTENCE SKILLS6 B
Walking by the corner the other day, --a child, I noticed,
was watching-- for the light to change.
A) a child, I noticed, was
B) I noticed a child watching
C) a child was watching, I noticed,
D) there was, I noticed, a child watching
SENTENCE SKILLS7 C
In his songs, Gordon Lightfoot makes melody and lyrics
intricately intertwine.
Rewrite, beginning with
--Melody and lyrics--
Your new sentence will include
A) Gordon Lightfoot has
B) make Gordon Lightfoot's
C) in Gordon Lightfoot's
D) does Gordon Lightfood
,ACCUPLACER Practice Test | Sentence Skills, Reading Comprehension & ESL Reading Skills Questions and Answers
SENTENCE SKILLS8 C
It is easy to carry solid objects without spilling them,
but the same cannot be said of liquids.
Rewrite beginning with
--Unlike liquids,--
The next words will be
A) it is easy to
B) we can easily
C) solid objects can easily be
D) solid objects are easy to be
SENTENCE SKILLS9 B
Excited children ran toward the loud music, and they
told others about the ice cream truck outside.
Rewrite beginning with
--The excited children, who had run toward the loud...--
The next words will be
A) music, they told
B) music told
C) music, telling
D) music and had told
SENTENCE SKILLS10 B
If he had enough strength, Todd would move the
boulder.
Rewrite, the beginning with
--Todd cannot move the boulder...--
The next words will be
A) when lacking
B) because he
C) although there
D) without enough
SENTENCE SKILLS11 A
The band began to play, and then the real party
started.
Rewrite the beginning with
--The real party started...--
The next words will be
A) after the band began
B) and the band began
C) although the band began
D) the band beginning
SENTENCE SKILLS12 D
Chris heard no unusual noises when he listened in the
park.
Rewrite beginning with
--Listening in the park...--
The next words will be
A) no unusual noises could be heard
B) then Chris heard no unusual noises
C) and hearing no unusual noises
D) Chris heard no unusual noises
, ACCUPLACER Practice Test | Sentence Skills, Reading Comprehension & ESL Reading Skills Questions and Answers
READING COMP.1 C
In the words of Thomas DeQuincey, "It is notorious that
the memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it." If,
like most people, you have trouble recalling the names
of those you have just met, try this: The next time you
are introduced, plan to remember the names. Say to
yourself, "I'll listen carefully; I'll repeat each person's
name to be sure I've got it, and I will remember." You'll
discover how effective this technique is and probably
recall those names for the rest of your life.
The main idea of the paragraph maintains that the
memory
A) always operates at peak efficiency.
B) breaks down under great strain.
C) improves if it is used often.
D) becomes unreliable if it tires.
READING COMP.2 D
Unemployment was the overriding fact of life when
Franklin D. Roosevelt became president of the United
States on March 4, 1993. An anomaly of the time was
that the government did not systematically collect
statistics of joblessness; actually it did not start doing
so until 1940. The Bureau of Labor Statistics later
estimated that 12,830,000 persons were out of work in
1933, about 1/4 of a civilian labor force of more than 51
million.
Roosevelt signed the Federal Emergency Relief Act of
May 12, 1933. The president selected Harry L. Hopkins,
who headed the New York relief program, to run FERA.
A gifted administrator, Hopkins quickly put the program
into high gear. He gathered a small staff in Washington
and brought the state relief organizations into the FERA
system. While the agency tried to provide all the
necessities, food came first. City dwellers usually got an
allowance for fuel, and rent for one month was
provided in case of eviction.
This passage is primarily about
A) unemployment in the 1930s.
B) the effect of unemployment on the United States
families.
C) President Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency.
D) President Roosevelt's FERA program.
