Accuplacer Practice Exam Questions
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SENTENCE SKILLS4
--To walk, biking, and driving-- are Pat's favorite ways of getting around.
A) To walk, biking, and driving
B) Walking, biking, and driving
C) To walk, biking, and to drive
D) To walk, to bike, and also driving - ANSWERS -B
SENTENCE SKILLS5
--When you cross the street in the midle of the block, this-- is an example of jaywalking.
A) When you cross the street in the middle of the block, this
B) You cross the street in the middle of the block, this
C) Crossing the street in the middle of the block
D) The fact that you cross the street in the middle of the block - ANSWERS -C
SENTENCE SKILLS6
Walking by the corner the other day, --a child, I noticed, was watching-- for the light to change.
A) a child, I noticed, was
B) I noticed a child watching
C) a child was watching, I noticed,
D) there was, I noticed, a child watching - ANSWERS -B
SENTENCE SKILLS7
,In his songs, Gordon Lightfoot makes melody and lyrics intricately intertwine.
Rewrite, beginning with
--Melody and lyrics--
Your new sentence will include
A) Gordon Lightfoot has
B) make Gordon Lightfoot's
C) in Gordon Lightfoot's
D) does Gordon Lightfood - ANSWERS -C
SENTENCE SKILLS1
The baby was obviously getting too --hot, then Sam did-- what he could to cool her.
A) hot, then Sam did
B) hot. Sam did
C) hot; Sam, therefore, did
D) hot; Sam trying to do - ANSWERS -B
SENTENCE SKILLS2
She hoped to find a new --job. One that-- would let her earn money during the school year.
A) job. One that
B) job. The kind that
C) job, one that
D) job, so that it - ANSWERS -C
SENTENCE SKILLS3
--Knocked sideways, the statue looked-- as if it would fall.
A) Knocked sideways, the statue looked
,B) The statue was knocked sideways, looked
C) The statue looked knocked sideways
D) The statue, looking knocked sideways, - ANSWERS -A
SENTENCE SKILLS8
It is easy to carry solid objects without spilling them, but the same cannot be said of liquids.
Rewrite beginning with
--Unlike liquids,--
The next words will be
A) it is easy to
B) we can easily
C) solid objects can easily be
D) solid objects are easy to be - ANSWERS -C
SENTENCE SKILLS9
Excited children ran toward the loud music, and they told others about the ice cream truck
outside.
Rewrite beginning with
--The excited children, who had run toward the loud...--
The next words will be
A) music, they told
B) music told
C) music, telling
D) music and had told - ANSWERS -B
SENTENCE SKILLS10
, If he had enough strength, Todd would move the boulder.
Rewrite, the beginning with
--Todd cannot move the boulder...--
The next words will be
A) when lacking
B) because he
C) although there
D) without enough - ANSWERS -B
SENTENCE SKILLS11
The band began to play, and then the real party started.
Rewrite the beginning with
--The real party started...--
The next words will be
A) after the band began
B) and the band began
C) although the band began
D) the band beginning - ANSWERS -A
SENTENCE SKILLS12
Chris heard no unusual noises when he listened in the park.
Rewrite beginning with
--Listening in the park...--
The next words will be
A) no unusual noises could be heard
B) then Chris heard no unusual noises
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SENTENCE SKILLS4
--To walk, biking, and driving-- are Pat's favorite ways of getting around.
A) To walk, biking, and driving
B) Walking, biking, and driving
C) To walk, biking, and to drive
D) To walk, to bike, and also driving - ANSWERS -B
SENTENCE SKILLS5
--When you cross the street in the midle of the block, this-- is an example of jaywalking.
A) When you cross the street in the middle of the block, this
B) You cross the street in the middle of the block, this
C) Crossing the street in the middle of the block
D) The fact that you cross the street in the middle of the block - ANSWERS -C
SENTENCE SKILLS6
Walking by the corner the other day, --a child, I noticed, was watching-- for the light to change.
A) a child, I noticed, was
B) I noticed a child watching
C) a child was watching, I noticed,
D) there was, I noticed, a child watching - ANSWERS -B
SENTENCE SKILLS7
,In his songs, Gordon Lightfoot makes melody and lyrics intricately intertwine.
Rewrite, beginning with
--Melody and lyrics--
Your new sentence will include
A) Gordon Lightfoot has
B) make Gordon Lightfoot's
C) in Gordon Lightfoot's
D) does Gordon Lightfood - ANSWERS -C
SENTENCE SKILLS1
The baby was obviously getting too --hot, then Sam did-- what he could to cool her.
A) hot, then Sam did
B) hot. Sam did
C) hot; Sam, therefore, did
D) hot; Sam trying to do - ANSWERS -B
SENTENCE SKILLS2
She hoped to find a new --job. One that-- would let her earn money during the school year.
A) job. One that
B) job. The kind that
C) job, one that
D) job, so that it - ANSWERS -C
SENTENCE SKILLS3
--Knocked sideways, the statue looked-- as if it would fall.
A) Knocked sideways, the statue looked
,B) The statue was knocked sideways, looked
C) The statue looked knocked sideways
D) The statue, looking knocked sideways, - ANSWERS -A
SENTENCE SKILLS8
It is easy to carry solid objects without spilling them, but the same cannot be said of liquids.
Rewrite beginning with
--Unlike liquids,--
The next words will be
A) it is easy to
B) we can easily
C) solid objects can easily be
D) solid objects are easy to be - ANSWERS -C
SENTENCE SKILLS9
Excited children ran toward the loud music, and they told others about the ice cream truck
outside.
Rewrite beginning with
--The excited children, who had run toward the loud...--
The next words will be
A) music, they told
B) music told
C) music, telling
D) music and had told - ANSWERS -B
SENTENCE SKILLS10
, If he had enough strength, Todd would move the boulder.
Rewrite, the beginning with
--Todd cannot move the boulder...--
The next words will be
A) when lacking
B) because he
C) although there
D) without enough - ANSWERS -B
SENTENCE SKILLS11
The band began to play, and then the real party started.
Rewrite the beginning with
--The real party started...--
The next words will be
A) after the band began
B) and the band began
C) although the band began
D) the band beginning - ANSWERS -A
SENTENCE SKILLS12
Chris heard no unusual noises when he listened in the park.
Rewrite beginning with
--Listening in the park...--
The next words will be
A) no unusual noises could be heard
B) then Chris heard no unusual noises
