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The document is a practice test for grammar consisting of 3 sections - sentence completion, sentence revision, and error recognition. It contains 40 total questions testing knowledge of grammar structures in standard written English. The test aims to measure the ability to rapidly recognize grammar patterns and complete sentences. It provides sample questions and partial sentences to complete or identify errors in related to parts of speech, punctuation, syntax and other grammar rules.

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Swe Complete Test

The document is a practice test for grammar consisting of 3 sections - sentence completion, sentence revision, and error recognition. It contains 40 total questions testing knowledge of grammar structures in standard written English. The test aims to measure the ability to rapidly recognize grammar patterns and complete sentences. It provides sample questions and partial sentences to complete or identify errors in related to parts of speech, punctuation, syntax and other grammar rules.

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MODEL TEST 8

MODEL TEST 8
GRAMMAR OF STANDARD WRITTEN ENGLISH
40 QUESTIONS 30 MINUTES
A.

SENTENCE COMPLETION 20 QUESTIONS 15 MINUTES

Objective : The test of grammar aims at measuring your knowledge-based skill of rapidly and
analytically recognizing grammatical structures commonly used in standard written English.
Directions : Questions 1-20 are incomplete sentences. Each of which is followed by five
answer choices marked (A), (B), (C), (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes
the sentence. Fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Put
your answer on the sheet supplied by filling in the space so that the circle is fully blackened.
1.

In the Sahara Desert, the daytime


temperature is intense, the air is
motionless, ______ negligible.
(A) with humidity
(B) humidity being
(C) that the humidity is
(D) and the humidity is
(E) and the humidity

2.

Mammals_________
into
the
placental, marsupials, and monomers.
(A) which are classified
(B) classified are
(C) are classified
(D) being classified
(E) classified

3.

The highest mountain in North and


South America is not Mt. McKinley
in North America, ______ it is Mt.
Aconcagua in South America.
(A) and
(B) but
(C) is
(D) there is
(E) or

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4.

A leaf _________ a waxy coat to


prevent evaporation of water.
(A) having
(B) which has
(C) that which has
(D) has
(E) to have

5.

__________ was Albert Schweitzer a


famous humanitarian, but he was a
gifted politician as well.
(A) If only
(B) Only
(C) Not only
(D) Not only who
(E) Not only it

6.

The early development of agriculture


and ________ has been established.
(A) the husbandry of animals
(B) animal husbandry
(C) animal husbands
(D) the husbandry animals
(E) animal husbandry which

7.

The A-frame is called this because it


is _________ building.
(A) shaped like an A
(B) an A-shaped
(C) it is an A shape
(D) a shape, which is an A
(E) shape an A like

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8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

__________ main groups of primates


are divided into thirteen families.
(A) Fourth
(B) The four
(C) There are four
(D) There being fourth
(E) That the

(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Many issues _________ by the


committee, but they were unable to
arrive at any conclusions.
(A) were discussing
(B) were being discussed
(C) which were discussed
(D) were discussed
(E) discussed
The electric company raised its
deposit rate this month, and so
__________.
(A) the telephone company did
(B) has the telephone company done
(C) did the telephone company
(D) the telephone company does
(E) was the telephone company
Elvis Presley was not the first singer
of rock-and-roll, _________ he was
the one who brought its popularity.
(A) being that
(B) but
(C) and
(D) so
(E) so that

14.

After you have turned over the soil


weeded, and
, youll be
ready to plant.
(A) cultivating
(B) cultivation
(C) cultivated
(D) which is cultivated
(E) to cultivate

15.

The tetracyclines,
antibiotics,
are used to treat infections.
(A) are a family
(B) being a family
(C) a family of
(D) their family is
(E) which the family of

16.

Graphs are figures in which the artist


uses simple lines, bars, or ________
figures to display statistical
information in a form that is easy to
read
(A) geometry
(B) geometric
(C) geometrically
(D) which is geometry
(E) is geometric

17.

Edward Sapir, a scholar and an artist,


was one of those rare men ______ at
once an anthropologist, linguist, and
poet .
(A) was
(B) were
(C) who was
(D) who had
(E) who were

18.

Commercials make sophisticated use


of the television medium in
attempting to present each product as
attractive and_____________.
(A) necessary
(B) necessity

The Great Lakes ________ the


largest bodies of fresh water in the
world.
(A) which form
(B) forming
(C) form
(D) they form
(E) are formed

It is not Lake Michigan ________


the largest lake in the North America.
(A) is

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which is
who is
was
that

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(C) necessarily
(D) which is necessary
(E) it is necessary

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

common
which is commonly
it is common
commonly
to be common

19.

In the Arctic Regions, the Yak


provides both clothing _____ meat,
which are crucial to Survival.
(A) and
(B) to
(C) until
(D) or
(E) nor

20.

Caricature, a type of comic


exaggeration, is __________ used in
political cartoons.
SENTENCE REVISION : 10 QUESTIONS 10 MINUTES

B.

Directions : Questions 21-30 are sentence revision. Each sentence has an incorrect word or
phrase as underlined. Revise the sentence by identifying one of the four choices marked (A),
(B), (C), (D) in order for the sentence to be correct. Put your answer on the sheet supplied by
filling in the space so that the circle is fully blackened.
21. Log cabins originated in New England but were used by pioneers because of their
inexpensiveness, durability and were warm.
A. warmness
C. it was warm
B. warmly
D. were warming
22. The great Iroquoian confederacy was composed of tribes whose chief activity was not
in hunting but to grow corn and other crops.
A. grow
C. which is growing
B. growing
D. it is growing
23. Butter is made of cream, which is processed and then shaping into blocks.
A. shape
C. shaped
B. shaping
D. to shape
24. The value of television is not only in providing inexpensive entertainment but also in
the education of its viewers.
A. educating
C. educational
B. education
D. educationally
25. Astronomers gather data by accurately and careful observe the heavens.
A. careful observing
C. carefully observe
B. careful observation
D. carefully observing
26. Not only the mound builders were the earliest inhabitants of the United States, but
their history is shrouded with mystery.
A. the mound builders which were
C. the mound builders were

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B. the were the mound builders

D. were the mound builders

27. Success at college or university takes both the necessary degree of intelligence and the
considerable added ingredient of perseverance.
A. consider
C. considerably
B. considered
D. considerable
28. The salaries of instructors range between $10,000 or $16,000 dollars per year, which is
quite low compared to professionals in the legal or medical fields.
A. until
C. and
B. to
D. or
29. Many living creatures may follow the Dodo, the blue whale, and to eliminate the
carrier pigeon into extinction.
A. and eliminated
C. eliminate
B. and eliminate
D. and it is eliminated
30. The famous radio broadcast of The War of The Worlds, by Orson Welles, caused
widespread disorder and chaos.
A. widespread disorder
C. widely spread disorder
B. wide spreading disorder
D. widespread disorder and chaos
C.

ERROR RECOGNITION : 10 QUESTIONS 5 MINUTES

Directions : Questions 31-40 are error recognition. Each sentence contains an error part that
is located on the underlined words or phrases marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Recognize the
error part of each sentence that must be changed in order that the sentence is correct. Put your
answer on the sheet supplied by filling in the space so that the circle is fully blackened.
31. Two of the basic purposes of communication are to provide for the transfer of emotional
A
B
and intellect information from one person to another.
C
D
32. Satellites can provide data which are precise, detailed, continuous, and instantaneously
A
B
C
on a wide range of subjects.
D
33. Drinking water is often say as a better way to reduce weight than to take diet pills.
A B
C
D
34. Geologists classify rocks by patient and painstakingly noting their physical features
A
B
C
and chemical composition.
D

35. The difference between a non-profit and a profit-making organization is that the
A
B
latter may distribute property or profitable to its stockholders

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36. Any community depends on its departments ability to respond quickly to fires,
A
B
mobilize effective fire-fighting tactics, and its well organized.
C
D
37. A rapid increase in the population of a country often results in both a lowered living
A
B
C
standard or political unrest.
D
38. Perennially, soldiers complain about the poor food, the boring work, and the pay is low .
A
B
C
D
39. The main reasons that tourists flock to Hawaii are because it has warm either weather
A
B
C
nor beautiful scenery.
D
40. A City University professor reported that he discovers a vaccine that had been 80
A
B
percent effective in reducing the instances of tooth decay among small children.
C
D

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