TheUsage and Grammar Test is a graduation requirement for all UNC Hussman majors and second majors. Students are required to score 70 percent or better on the test before graduation.
The test evaluates word usage, grammar and punctuation competencies based on AP style. It is a timed 60-minute test given electronically through Sakai that consists of 100 multiple-choice questions. Allow about one hour in your schedule for this test.
The test is offered multiple times throughout each fall and spring semester and once each summer session. There is no limit to how many times the test is taken. Seats are limited. Availability can be competitive near the end of the semester. Make every effort to fulfill this obligation before your final semester.
Current MEJO 153 students will take the test once only during class. MEJO 153 students do NOT register for seats through the calendar until the next term (if a passing score was not earned in class).
Tests are proctored via Zoom and thus require a laptop with an operable camera for completion. Mozilla Firefox is the recommended browser to use with Sakai for all operating systems. Download it to your laptop before test day. Ensure your laptop is fully charged or connected to a power source during testing.
The following test contains 50 multiple choice questions related to various fields of English grammar: tenses; modals; conditionals and unreal tenses; indirect speech; passive voice and causative structures; infinitives, gerunds and participles; relative clauses; inversion; articles; countable and uncountable nouns.
For each question, choose the best answer from the three choices listed to complete the sentence, then click the next button. The questions get harder as you progress. You have to answer all the questions in order to complete the test. When you finish, you will see the number of correct answers that you gave, as well as which level the result corresponds to.
There's one challenge in coming up with such a test, however. Different books and teachers have different ideas about what constitutes correct English grammar, and there are differences of opinion even about such issues as how to define grammatical terms. That means that no substantive assessment of grammatical knowledge can be completely theory neutral. I've tried to create questions that don't depend too narrowly on a single approach to grammar, but I also won't accept any old assertion just because you can find it in some book or other. I have tried to avoid "gotcha" questions where there are significant disagreements among experts as to what should count as correct. That doesn't mean, however, that you won't be surprised by a few of the answers if you're unfamiliar with modern accounts of English grammar.
The correct answers involving grammatical terminology are those that reflect a mainstream consensus among contemporary linguists, one broadly in keeping with the major recent reference books of English grammar. Unless otherwise indicated, the term "error" is used to mean that the language in question does not conform to the requirements of standard written English, as widely understood by English teachers and editors. The questions will become harder as you move through the quiz. If you have a reasonable knowledge of traditional grammatical concepts, you should be able to get most of these right, although you will need some exposure to linguistics to get a few of the final ones.
Update 1/7/15: Now that several hundred people have taken the complete quiz, I've used the statistics to refine the quiz a bit, clarifying the wording of a few questions and replacing a couple that weren't working the way I'd hoped.
This HESI A2 Grammar Diagnostic Test contains 50 questions that mimic the content, format, and difficulty of the real exam. At the end of the test, you will receive a detailed score report that breaks down your performance by topic, so you will know exactly which Grammar topics you need to brush up on to quickly improve your score.
Keep your head up! You will quickly, easily, and dramatically improve your score by working through the lessons and quizzes in this course. You are going to crush this test and we are going to be with you every step of the way.
Kwiziq French covers every conceivable grammar topic and rule across the French language! This section contains some of the most popular lessons in our system. You might also like to look at our French verb conjugation tables.
If you're not sure what to study, you can easily find out by taking our French level test. We'll not only tell you the level we think you should work on, but also provide you with a complete set of corrections to your mistakes and a concise study list with 10 of your highest priority study items. As you take French tests within our system, you'll receive constant study notes based on how you are doing, and be tested on exactly the things you need to be practising to ace your exam.
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The Mathematics paper is based on work which candidates would normally cover during Key Stage 2 of the national curriculum. It covers most aspects of Key Stage 2 up to level 5, with some questions aimed at level 6.
For the three GL Assessment (Granada Learning Assessment) papers, questions are of a multiple-choice style with candidates entering their answers on a pre-printed sheet. Scores achieved in these papers are standardised against national criteria by age.
GL Assessment produces packs of practice papers for the tests used, which are sold at major bookstores, packs are also available to purchase from school and can also be bought on-line from GL Assessment.
We recommend children familiarise themselves with the multiple-choice layout of the test, content and examples of some types of questions they will face. We want to give all children the opportunity to experience sample questions across a range of question types in advance of the test. This is particularly true with the verbal reasoning tests as they may not have encountered these types of questions before. GL Assessment provide free familiarisation materials (you may need to scroll down when accessing the page to view the materials).
The College Composition exam uses multiple-choice questions and essays to assess writing skills taught in most first-year college composition courses. Those skills include analysis, argumentation, synthesis, usage, ability to recognize logical development, and research.
Essays are scored twice a month by college English faculty from throughout the country via an online scoring system. Each essay is scored by at least two different readers, and the scores are then combined.
This combined score is weighted equally with the score from the multiple-choice section. These scores are then combined to yield the test taker's score. The resulting combined score is reported as a single scaled score between 20 and 80. Separate scores are not reported for the multiple-choice and essay sections.
Note: Although scores are provided immediately upon completion for other CLEP exams, scores for the College Composition exam are available to test takers one to two weeks after the test date. View the complete College Composition Scoring and Score Availability Dates.
Colleges set their own credit-granting policies and therefore differ with regard to their acceptance of the College Composition exam. Most colleges will grant course credit for a first-year composition or English course that emphasizes expository writing; others will grant credit toward satisfying a liberal arts or distribution requirement in English.
The exam measures test takers' knowledge of the fundamental principles of rhetoric and composition and their ability to apply Standard Written English principles. In addition, the exam requires a familiarity with research and reference skills. In one of the two essays, test takers must develop a position by building an argument in which they synthesize information from two provided sources, which they must cite. The requirement that test takers cite the sources they use reflects the recognition of source attribution as an essential skill in college writing courses.
The skills assessed in the College Composition exam follow. The numbers in parentheses indicate the approximate percentages of exam questions on those topics. The bulleted lists under each topic are meant to be representative rather than prescriptive.
This section measures test takers' awareness of a variety of logical, structural, and grammatical relationships within sentences. The questions test recognition of acceptable usage relating to the items below:
This section measures test takers' familiarity with elements of the following basic reference and research skills, which are tested primarily in sets but may also be tested through stand-alone questions. In the passage-based sets, the elements listed under Revision Skills and Rhetorical Analysis may also be tested. In addition, this section will cover the following skills:
In addition to the multiple-choice section, the College Composition exam includes a mandatory essay section that tests skills of argumentation, analysis, and synthesis. This section of the exam consists of two essays, both of which measure a test taker's ability to write clearly and effectively. The first essay is based on the test taker's reading, observation, or experience, while the second requires test takers to synthesize and cite two sources that are provided. Test takers have 30 minutes to write the first essay and 40 minutes to read the two sources and write the second essay. The essays must be typed on the computer.
Write an essay in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement provided. Support your discussion with specific reasons and examples from your reading, experience, or observations.
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