College placement test Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Preposition - CORRECT ANSWER A word that connects two nouns or pronouns
Examples of preposition - CORRECT ANSWER on, above, to, for, after, before
Verb - CORRECT ANSWER An action word
End Punctuation - CORRECT ANSWER Punctuation that signals the end of a sentence
and signifies the type of sentence
Run on sentence - CORRECT ANSWER occurs when two or more complete sentences
are written as though they were one sentence
comma splice - CORRECT ANSWER the use of a comma to join two independent
clauses
Example of a comma splice - CORRECT ANSWER I like cheese, it tastes yummy
sentence fragments - CORRECT ANSWER Phrases or incomplete sentences missing
either a subject, predicate, or a complete thought.
Sentence fragment example - CORRECT ANSWER Swam into the ocean. (missing
subject)
The white plastic chair. (missing verb)
As in the lives of many. (missing both subject and predicate)
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Preposition - CORRECT ANSWER A word that connects two nouns or pronouns
Examples of preposition - CORRECT ANSWER on, above, to, for, after, before
Verb - CORRECT ANSWER An action word
End Punctuation - CORRECT ANSWER Punctuation that signals the end of a sentence
and signifies the type of sentence
Run on sentence - CORRECT ANSWER occurs when two or more complete sentences
are written as though they were one sentence
comma splice - CORRECT ANSWER the use of a comma to join two independent
clauses
Example of a comma splice - CORRECT ANSWER I like cheese, it tastes yummy
sentence fragments - CORRECT ANSWER Phrases or incomplete sentences missing
either a subject, predicate, or a complete thought.
Sentence fragment example - CORRECT ANSWER Swam into the ocean. (missing
subject)
The white plastic chair. (missing verb)
As in the lives of many. (missing both subject and predicate)
