ACCUPLACER WRITING ENTRANCE EXAM
Questions and Answers
1. Which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 3
(reproduced below)? Much of the freight their trucks carried in the early
years were fruit grown in the San Joaquin valley.
A. (as it is now)
B. have been
C. are
D. was
Answer: D. was
2. Which is the best decision regarding the underlined portion of
sentence 5 (reproduced below)? Eventually the operation became a
major employer, pro viding year-round jobs for about two hundred
people and up to four hundred part-time jobs during harvest season
coming after the growing season.
A. Leave it as it is now
B. Revise it to "when the crops were ready to pick."
C. Revise it to "afer the produce had ripened."
D. DELETE it and end the sentence with a period
Answer: D. DELETE it and end the sentence with a period
3. Which is the most logical placement for sentence 7 (reproduced
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, below)? The nectarine is a hybrid fruit.
A. Where it is now
B. Afer sentence 3
C. Afer sentence 10
D. Afer sentence 11
Answer: A. Where it is now
4. Which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 10
(repro duced below)? Tough not the first nectarine—the fruit had existed
in China for two millennia; the Sun Grand was unique in being hardy
enough to ship great distances.
A. (as it is now)
B. millennia. Te
C. millennia—the
D. millennia) the
Answer: C. millennia—the
5. Sentence 13 is reproduced below. Tey were also known for giving back
to their community. The writer is considering adding the following text at
the end of the sentence. by building churches, funding scholarships, and
establishing the Korean Association of Southern California Should the
writer make this addition there?
A. Yes, because it elaborates on the claim made at the beginning of the
sen tence.
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Questions and Answers
1. Which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 3
(reproduced below)? Much of the freight their trucks carried in the early
years were fruit grown in the San Joaquin valley.
A. (as it is now)
B. have been
C. are
D. was
Answer: D. was
2. Which is the best decision regarding the underlined portion of
sentence 5 (reproduced below)? Eventually the operation became a
major employer, pro viding year-round jobs for about two hundred
people and up to four hundred part-time jobs during harvest season
coming after the growing season.
A. Leave it as it is now
B. Revise it to "when the crops were ready to pick."
C. Revise it to "afer the produce had ripened."
D. DELETE it and end the sentence with a period
Answer: D. DELETE it and end the sentence with a period
3. Which is the most logical placement for sentence 7 (reproduced
1/
8
, below)? The nectarine is a hybrid fruit.
A. Where it is now
B. Afer sentence 3
C. Afer sentence 10
D. Afer sentence 11
Answer: A. Where it is now
4. Which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 10
(repro duced below)? Tough not the first nectarine—the fruit had existed
in China for two millennia; the Sun Grand was unique in being hardy
enough to ship great distances.
A. (as it is now)
B. millennia. Te
C. millennia—the
D. millennia) the
Answer: C. millennia—the
5. Sentence 13 is reproduced below. Tey were also known for giving back
to their community. The writer is considering adding the following text at
the end of the sentence. by building churches, funding scholarships, and
establishing the Korean Association of Southern California Should the
writer make this addition there?
A. Yes, because it elaborates on the claim made at the beginning of the
sen tence.
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