FTCE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS
Questions & Answers
1. Choose the sentence in which the modifiers are correctly placed.
A. I, when I was walking up the street, saw the United Nations Building.
B. The United Nations Building was seen by me walking up the street.
C. Walking up the street, I saw the United Nations Building.
D.I, seeing the United Nations Building, walking up the street.
Answer C. Walking up the street, I saw the United Nations Building.
2. Choose the sentence in which the modifiers are correctly placed.
A. The television, filled with a delicious snack, entertained the child.
B. The child was entertained by the television filled with a delicious snack.
C. The child was filled with a delicious snack, the television entertained him.
D. The television entertained the small child filled with a delicious snack.
Answer D. The television entertained the small child filled with a delicious snack.
3. Choose the sentence in which the modifiers are correctly placed.
A. My mother, at the age of five, took me to visit the animals at the zoo.
B. When I was five, my mother took me to visit the animals at the zoo.
C. My mother took me to visit the animals at the age of five at the zoo.
,D.When my mother was five, she took me to visit the animals at the zoo.
Answer B. When I was five, my mother took me to visit the animals at the zoo.
4. Choose the correct word or phrase that provides parallel structure to the
sentence.
To accept false criticism, explained the counselor, is
.
A. giving up one's self-esteem
B. bad because you give up your self-esteem
C. to give up one's self-esteem
D. one's way to give up your self-esteem
Answer C. to give up one's self-esteem
5. Choose the correct word or phrase that provides parallel structure to the
sentence.
The women baked the cookies, but .
A. the kitchens were cleaned by the husbands
B. the husbands cleaned the kitchens
C. the cleaning was done by the husbands
D. the kitchens being cleaned by the husbands
Answer B. the husbands cleaned the kitchens
6. Choose the correct word or phrase that provides parallel structure to the
sentence.
, One patient had a broken arm, a fractured skull, and
.
A. two of her ribs were broken
B. ribs two of which were broken
C. long with having two broken ribs
D. two broken ribs
Answer D. two broken ribs
7. DIRECTIONS Choose the option that corrects an error in the underlined
portion(s). If no error exists, choose "No change is necessary."
Jane and me have decided to go to the store before we go to the movies, but later she
and I will drive to the beach.
.I
B. We
C. They
D. No change is necessary.
Answer I
8. Choose the option that corrects an error in the underlined portion(s). If no error
exists, choose "No change is necessary."
Gary and I (A) saw the students which (B)were responsible for (C) all the damage you
and she discovered.
A. Gary and me
B. who
Questions & Answers
1. Choose the sentence in which the modifiers are correctly placed.
A. I, when I was walking up the street, saw the United Nations Building.
B. The United Nations Building was seen by me walking up the street.
C. Walking up the street, I saw the United Nations Building.
D.I, seeing the United Nations Building, walking up the street.
Answer C. Walking up the street, I saw the United Nations Building.
2. Choose the sentence in which the modifiers are correctly placed.
A. The television, filled with a delicious snack, entertained the child.
B. The child was entertained by the television filled with a delicious snack.
C. The child was filled with a delicious snack, the television entertained him.
D. The television entertained the small child filled with a delicious snack.
Answer D. The television entertained the small child filled with a delicious snack.
3. Choose the sentence in which the modifiers are correctly placed.
A. My mother, at the age of five, took me to visit the animals at the zoo.
B. When I was five, my mother took me to visit the animals at the zoo.
C. My mother took me to visit the animals at the age of five at the zoo.
,D.When my mother was five, she took me to visit the animals at the zoo.
Answer B. When I was five, my mother took me to visit the animals at the zoo.
4. Choose the correct word or phrase that provides parallel structure to the
sentence.
To accept false criticism, explained the counselor, is
.
A. giving up one's self-esteem
B. bad because you give up your self-esteem
C. to give up one's self-esteem
D. one's way to give up your self-esteem
Answer C. to give up one's self-esteem
5. Choose the correct word or phrase that provides parallel structure to the
sentence.
The women baked the cookies, but .
A. the kitchens were cleaned by the husbands
B. the husbands cleaned the kitchens
C. the cleaning was done by the husbands
D. the kitchens being cleaned by the husbands
Answer B. the husbands cleaned the kitchens
6. Choose the correct word or phrase that provides parallel structure to the
sentence.
, One patient had a broken arm, a fractured skull, and
.
A. two of her ribs were broken
B. ribs two of which were broken
C. long with having two broken ribs
D. two broken ribs
Answer D. two broken ribs
7. DIRECTIONS Choose the option that corrects an error in the underlined
portion(s). If no error exists, choose "No change is necessary."
Jane and me have decided to go to the store before we go to the movies, but later she
and I will drive to the beach.
.I
B. We
C. They
D. No change is necessary.
Answer I
8. Choose the option that corrects an error in the underlined portion(s). If no error
exists, choose "No change is necessary."
Gary and I (A) saw the students which (B)were responsible for (C) all the damage you
and she discovered.
A. Gary and me
B. who
