Accuplacer College Placement ESL Sentence Skills 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Identify the run-on sentence.
- I like coffee I drink it daily. (Correct answer)
- I like coffee, and I drink it daily.
- I like coffee; I drink it daily.
- I like coffee because I drink it daily.
Correct answer: I like coffee I drink it daily.
Two independent clauses joined with no punctuation or conjunction form a run-on.
Question 2: Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
- After the movie, we ate dinner. (Correct answer)
- After the movie we, ate dinner.
- After, the movie we ate dinner.
- After the movie we ate, dinner.
Correct answer: After the movie, we ate dinner.
A comma follows the introductory phrase "After the movie."
Question 3: Which word correctly completes the sentence? She sings ___ than her brother.
- better (Correct answer)
- best
- good
- well
Correct answer: better
"Better" is the comparative form used when comparing two people.
Question 4: Select the sentence with the correct verb tense: Yesterday I ___ to the library.
- went (Correct answer)
- go
- gone
- going
Correct answer: went
"Went" is the simple past tense matching "yesterday."
Question 5: Which sentence avoids a double negative?
- I don't have any money. (Correct answer)
- I don't have no money.
- I don't never have money.
- I don't got no money.
Correct answer: I don't have any money.
"Don't have any" expresses the negative correctly without doubling it.
Question 6: Choose the correct article: I saw ___ elephant at the zoo.
- an (Correct answer)
- a
- the much
- some a
Correct answer: an
"An" is used before words beginning with a vowel sound like "elephant."
Question 7: Which sentence places the modifier correctly?
- Walking to school, I saw a stray dog. (Correct answer)
- Walking to school, a stray dog saw me on the way.
- I saw a stray dog walking to school it was.
- A stray dog walking to school I saw.
Correct answer: Walking to school, I saw a stray dog.
The modifier "walking to school" correctly describes "I," the subject.
Accuplacer College Placement ESL Sentence Skills 3
Identify the run-on sentence.