CLEP COLLEGE COMPOSITION EXAM SCRIPT
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Colloquial. Answer: Used in some dictionaries to label words
appropriate only in informal speech
◉ Consistency. Answer: The result of staying within one pattern and
avoiding confusing shifts in tense or grammatical perspective
◉ Convention. Answer: the customary way of doing things; what a
reader or listener expects or is used to
◉ Economy. Answer: The sparing use of words, avoiding unnecessary
wordiness or duplication
◉ Formal. Answer: the kind of English appropriate in serious discussion
and writing
◉ Grammar. Answer: the study of the forms of words and their
arrangement in a language
,◉ Informal. Answer: the kind of Standard English we use in casual
conversations and personal letters
◉ Non-standard. Answer: the everyday language of those with little
formal education; inappropriate in school, business, or writing
◉ Redundancy. Answer: unintentional repetition, needless duplication
◉ Slang. Answer: extremely informal language; often used in a
disrespectful manner
◉ Standard. Answer: the language of our institutions- of school, church,
business, and government
◉ Word. Answer: parts of speech
◉ Phrase. Answer: group of related words acting together as one part of
speech; not containing both a subject and verb
◉ Clause. Answer: group of related words containing a subject and a
verb
, ◉ Sentence. Answer: group of words containing a subject and a verb and
expressing a complete thought
◉ Paragraph. Answer: group of sentences organized around a central or
main idea
◉ Verb. Answer: a word that expresses action or helps to make a
statement
◉ Subject. Answer: a word or words naming person, place, thing, or
idea about which something is being said
◉ Compound Subject/Compound Verb. Answer: Two or more subjects
or verbs connected by and or or
◉ Direct Object. Answer: A noun or pronoun that answers the question
whom or what after an action verb. It receives the action of the verb.
◉ Subject Complement/Predicate Nominative. Answer: A noun or
pronoun (or adjective) which follows a be or linking verb and renames
or describes the subject. (Think of a be or linking verb as an = sign)
◉ Nomative Pronoun. Answer: used as subject or subject complement
(I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who, whoever)
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Colloquial. Answer: Used in some dictionaries to label words
appropriate only in informal speech
◉ Consistency. Answer: The result of staying within one pattern and
avoiding confusing shifts in tense or grammatical perspective
◉ Convention. Answer: the customary way of doing things; what a
reader or listener expects or is used to
◉ Economy. Answer: The sparing use of words, avoiding unnecessary
wordiness or duplication
◉ Formal. Answer: the kind of English appropriate in serious discussion
and writing
◉ Grammar. Answer: the study of the forms of words and their
arrangement in a language
,◉ Informal. Answer: the kind of Standard English we use in casual
conversations and personal letters
◉ Non-standard. Answer: the everyday language of those with little
formal education; inappropriate in school, business, or writing
◉ Redundancy. Answer: unintentional repetition, needless duplication
◉ Slang. Answer: extremely informal language; often used in a
disrespectful manner
◉ Standard. Answer: the language of our institutions- of school, church,
business, and government
◉ Word. Answer: parts of speech
◉ Phrase. Answer: group of related words acting together as one part of
speech; not containing both a subject and verb
◉ Clause. Answer: group of related words containing a subject and a
verb
, ◉ Sentence. Answer: group of words containing a subject and a verb and
expressing a complete thought
◉ Paragraph. Answer: group of sentences organized around a central or
main idea
◉ Verb. Answer: a word that expresses action or helps to make a
statement
◉ Subject. Answer: a word or words naming person, place, thing, or
idea about which something is being said
◉ Compound Subject/Compound Verb. Answer: Two or more subjects
or verbs connected by and or or
◉ Direct Object. Answer: A noun or pronoun that answers the question
whom or what after an action verb. It receives the action of the verb.
◉ Subject Complement/Predicate Nominative. Answer: A noun or
pronoun (or adjective) which follows a be or linking verb and renames
or describes the subject. (Think of a be or linking verb as an = sign)
◉ Nomative Pronoun. Answer: used as subject or subject complement
(I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who, whoever)
