English Language Test: Grammar and Vocabulary, Exams of English Literature

Download English Language Test: Grammar and Vocabulary and more Exams English Literature in PDF only on Docsity! English Placement Test! Examination test 2024 and their answers 1. (Latin Roots) Aqua - answers>means water 2. (Greek Roots) Bio - answers>means life 3. (Greek Roots) Chron. - answers>means time 4. (Latin Roots) Dic. - answers>means speak 5. (Greek Roots) Graph. - answers>means write 6. (Prefixes) "un" - answers>means not 7. (Prefixes) "re" - answers>means again or reverse 8. (Prefixes) "il, im, in, and ir," - answers>means -- not or in opposition" 9. (Prefixes) "dis" - answers>means "not or in opposition" 10. (Prefixes) "em, en" - answers>means "cause to" 11. inflexion Suffixes - answers>indicates the forms of words, such as: 12. -case 13. -tense 14. -part of speech 15. -number 16. Derivational Suffixes - answers>create new words, may change the meaning of base words 17. (Suffixes) "es, s" - answers>indicates plurality 18. (Suffixes) "ed) - answers>indicates past tense 19. (Suffixes) "ing" - answers>Indicates the present participle verb form 20. Synonyms - answers>words with similar meaning 21. Anytonyms - answers>words with opposite meaning (contrast) 22. Adopted Words - answers>words adopted from other languages 23. -cafeteria (Spanish) 24. -chipmunk (North American Indians) 25. -cola (Africa) 26. -tycoon (Japanese) 27. -typhoons (Chinese) 28. Multiple Meaning words - answers>words used for more than one part-of-speech 29. Noun - answers>names a person, place, thing, or idea 54. Past Participle - answers>verb ends with the suffix -ed 55. Infinitive - answers>another type of verbal used as an adjective (to something...) 56. verb - answers>describes action or state of being 57. transitive verb - answers>requires an object to complete the action 58. intransitive verb - answers>does not require an object to complete an action 59. auxiliary or helping verb - answers>appears before a main verb to express tense or mood 60. linking verb - answers>demonstrates the state of being 61. phrasal verb - answers>a two-word verb takes on its own meaning that may be separate from the meaning of the individual words 62. adverb - answers>describes a verb; answers "how, when, where" 63. Infinitive - answers>a verbal that can function as an adverb 64. Conjunctions - answers>joins or links parts of a sentence 65. Coordinating Conjuctions - answers>joins words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance 66. Correlative Conjucnction - answers>a pair of words that link words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance 67. Subordinating Conjunction - answers>causes one clause to be dependent on another 68. (Tom and his brother won the tournament BECAUSE THEY HAD PRACTICED HARD.) 69. Conjunctive Adverb - answers>joins main clauses; always preceded by a semi colon and followed by a comma 70. Preposition - answers>a word that conveys a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word 71. Prepositional phrase - answers>preposition + object + any modifier, functions as an adverb or adjective 72. article - answers>a word that precedes a noun and conveys specificity, either indefinite or definite 73. Interjections - answers>a word or phrase that functions alone to convey intense emotion 74. Subject - answers>tells who or what a clause or sentence is about 75. Complement - answers>a noun, adjective, or phrase that appears after a linking verb for the purpose of restating or telling about the subject 76. Gerund - answers>a verbal that functions as a noun 77. (WALKING is a healthy exercise) 78. Infinitve - answers>to + verb 79. Noun Clause - answers>may function as the subject of a sentence 80. predicate - answers>indicates the verb 81. Objective - answers>receives the action of the verb 82. direct object - answers>a noun or pronoun that receives an action from the verb of the sentence 83. indirect object - answers>is a noun, pronoun, or nominates element for whom, to whom, or to what the action of the verb is done 84. Prepositional object - answers>answers the question (whom,, what, or where)after the preposition 85. (Sentence Types) Declarative sentence - answers>makes a statement and ends with a period 86. (Sentence Type) Imperative Sentence - answers>Gives a command and ends witha period 110. Verb Functions - answers>-infinitive (to + verb) 111. -past tense 112. -present participle 113. -past participle 114. each form is used to express times of action and states of being 115. Simple Tense - answers>expresses when an action takes place 116. Perfect tense - answers>expresses the completeness of an action in relation to another action 117. (I HAVE BEEN RIDDEN my bike to the park, but I HAVE NEVER RIDDEN it to the river. 118. Progressive Tense - answers>expresses the continuance of an action 119. Person - answers>A verb must match the subject in person 120. Number - answers>A verb matches its subject in number 121. Voice - answers>In a sentence, a subject may perform or receive th action of a verb. Could be active/passive. 122. Active voice - answers>the subject does the action 123. Passive Voice - answers>the subject is acted upon 124. Mood - answers>expresses the writer's attitude toward the action 125. Indicative mood - answers>makes a statement or asks a question 126. Imperative mood - answers>Expresses a command, request, suggestion, or entreaty where the subject is understood 127. Subjunctive mood - answers>the statement is contrary to reality 128. Pronoun case - answers>This is the form of a pronoun which changes to show the relationship to other words in the sentence. 129. Reference - answers>the action of mentioning or alluding to something. 130. Antecendents - answers>the noun to which a pronoun refers to 131. Modifier - answers>adverb or adjective 132. Paralellism - answers>to convey comparison or contrast, effctive writers use the same form for words, phrases, clauses or sentences. 133. Transitional words/phrases - answers>help writers to convey connections between ideas to readers 134. Word Choice - answers>identifies the type of writing, purpose and audience 135. Action verbs - answers>verbs that favor action over state of being 136. Apostrophes - answers>show poession plurailty and contracted word forms 137. Brackets - answers>enclose editorial comments inserted within quoted material 138. Colons - answers>introduce additions, modification, and basic examples 139. Commas - answers>-separates main clauses (MARY COUNSELS STUDENTS and SHE VOLUNTEERS at the local hospital) 140. -separates elements that introduce and modify sentences 141. -indicates dates 142. -used with large numbers 143. -used with quotations 144. -used with parenthetical words and phrases 145. -sued with direct address 146. -used with interjections 147. -used with coordinating adjectives that modify nouns separately 148. -used with nonrestrictive elements