SLATE Flashcards
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The iTEP SLATE is primarily used to assess English proficiency for which purpose?
Answer: Secondary and language school admissions
iTEP SLATE (Secondary Language Assessment Test for English) is designed specifically for secondary and language school admission and placement.
Read the sentence: 'Although she studied diligently, her score did not reflect her true ability.' What does 'diligently' mean?
Answer: With careful and persistent effort
'Diligently' means working with careful, steady, and thorough effort over time.
Which sentence correctly uses a comparative adjective?
Answer: This grammar exercise is more difficult than the previous one.
Multi-syllable adjectives like 'difficult' form comparatives with 'more + adjective + than'.
A student writes: 'I am very interested on learning about different cultures.' What is the error?
Answer: 'on' should be 'in'
The correct collocation is 'interested in', not 'interested on'. 'In' is the fixed preposition following 'interested'.
In a SLATE listening task, a teacher says: 'I expect you to hand in your essays by Monday without fail.' What does 'without fail' mean?
Answer: Definitely and certainly, with no exceptions
'Without fail' is a fixed phrase meaning certainly, definitely, and without exception — emphasizing that no excuse for not doing something will be accepted.
Choose the sentence that correctly uses 'fewer' vs. 'less'.
Answer: Fewer students enrolled in the advanced class this semester.
'Fewer' is used with countable nouns (students), while 'less' is used with uncountable nouns (milk, information).