Accuplacer ESL Practice Test - Question List

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56. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

When dining in the Congo hands should be washed before and after eating.
  1. When dining in the Congo hands should be
  2. When dining in the Congo hand should be
  3. When dining in the Congo, hands should be
  4. When dining in the Congo; hands should be
57. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

The nicer a person look, the more respect he or she will receive.
  1. a person look, the more respect he or she will receive
  2. a person looks, the more respect he or she will receive
  3. a person looked; the more respect he or she will receive
  4. a person will look, the more respect he or she will receive
58. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. “I’m not always sure
  2. what I’m suppose to do next,”
  3. the confused math student
  4. told his teacher.
59.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?  (The choices represent a sentence to be corrected).

  1. He found it difficult
  2. to write a satisfying end to the story
  3. because he had not written
  4. a deeply-engrossing beginning.
60. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. “Its not going to
  2. clean up its own mess,”
  3. the man said,
  4. pointing at his neighbor’s dog.

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