ACCUPLACER TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2026 UPDATE!
1. _________________ washing his sweater, Jacob hung it up to dry.
A. After
B. Before
C. By
D. Unti ANSWER A
2. Dr. O'Hara is certain that some day, men and women will
______________ to Mars.
A. travel
B. travels
C. traveling
D. traveled ANSWER A
3. Water __________at a temperature of zero degrees Celsius.
A. having frozen
B. freezing
C. freeze
,D. freezes ANSWER D
4. __________ you get a new haircut?
A. Have
B. Does
C. Are
D. Did ANSWER D
5. Jacques Cousteau will be remembered for his inventions and for
_____________ to marine science.
A. dedication
B. his dedication
C. being dedicated
D. his being dedicated ANSWER B
6. The children, who were tired of traveling, kept asking, "When
__________ we get to the hotel?"
A. have
B. will
C. did
D. are ANSWER B
,7. Galileo is most famous __________ that Earth revolves around the
Sun, rather than the other way around.
A. for having discovered
B. for discovery
C. his discovery
D. in discovering ANSWER A
8. Men and women sometimes have difficulty understanding each
other because they __________ differently.
A. communicate
B. communicated
C. have communicated
D. communicates ANSWER A
9. ________________ you can speak more than one language, you have
the opportunity to make more new friends.
A. So
B. Before
C. When
D. Though ANSWER C
, 10. Light ________ faster than sound, which is why you see lightning
before you hear the thunder.
A. traveling
B. travels
C. having traveled
D. will travel ANSWER B
11. Lisa plays the piano. Her sister Kelly plays the piano, too. A.
Lisa and her sister Kelly plays the piano.
B. Both Lisa and her sister Kelly play the piano.
C. Lisa plays the piano and Kelly plays the piano.
D. Lisa and Kelly too play the piano. ANSWER B
12. Kazuko took her dog for a walk. They went to the park. A.
Kazuko, going to the park, took her dog for a walk.
B. Kazuko took her dog for a walk to the park.
C. Kazuko took her dog for a walk because they went to the park.
D. Kazuko and her dog went to the park, where she and the dog walked.
ANSWER B
13. We knew it might get chilly at the football game. We brought along
some extra blankets.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2026 UPDATE!
1. _________________ washing his sweater, Jacob hung it up to dry.
A. After
B. Before
C. By
D. Unti ANSWER A
2. Dr. O'Hara is certain that some day, men and women will
______________ to Mars.
A. travel
B. travels
C. traveling
D. traveled ANSWER A
3. Water __________at a temperature of zero degrees Celsius.
A. having frozen
B. freezing
C. freeze
,D. freezes ANSWER D
4. __________ you get a new haircut?
A. Have
B. Does
C. Are
D. Did ANSWER D
5. Jacques Cousteau will be remembered for his inventions and for
_____________ to marine science.
A. dedication
B. his dedication
C. being dedicated
D. his being dedicated ANSWER B
6. The children, who were tired of traveling, kept asking, "When
__________ we get to the hotel?"
A. have
B. will
C. did
D. are ANSWER B
,7. Galileo is most famous __________ that Earth revolves around the
Sun, rather than the other way around.
A. for having discovered
B. for discovery
C. his discovery
D. in discovering ANSWER A
8. Men and women sometimes have difficulty understanding each
other because they __________ differently.
A. communicate
B. communicated
C. have communicated
D. communicates ANSWER A
9. ________________ you can speak more than one language, you have
the opportunity to make more new friends.
A. So
B. Before
C. When
D. Though ANSWER C
, 10. Light ________ faster than sound, which is why you see lightning
before you hear the thunder.
A. traveling
B. travels
C. having traveled
D. will travel ANSWER B
11. Lisa plays the piano. Her sister Kelly plays the piano, too. A.
Lisa and her sister Kelly plays the piano.
B. Both Lisa and her sister Kelly play the piano.
C. Lisa plays the piano and Kelly plays the piano.
D. Lisa and Kelly too play the piano. ANSWER B
12. Kazuko took her dog for a walk. They went to the park. A.
Kazuko, going to the park, took her dog for a walk.
B. Kazuko took her dog for a walk to the park.
C. Kazuko took her dog for a walk because they went to the park.
D. Kazuko and her dog went to the park, where she and the dog walked.
ANSWER B
13. We knew it might get chilly at the football game. We brought along
some extra blankets.
