VERSANT Dictation 3

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a correctly dictated sentence maintaining all function words?

Accepted Answer

She went to the store yesterday to buy milk.

Answer

She go store yesterday buy milk.

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She went store yesterday buy milk.

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She goes to store yesterday to buying milk.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes "elision" in spoken English?

Accepted Answer

The omission or reduction of sounds in connected speech

Answer

Adding extra syllables to words for emphasis

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Speaking each word with equal stress

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Pausing between every word for clarity

Question 3

Choose the sentence that uses the correct verb tense for this context: "By the time she arrived, the meeting ___."

Accepted Answer

had already started

Answer

already started

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has already started

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is already starting

Question 4

In English dictation, homophones can cause errors. Which pair are homophones?

Accepted Answer

Both A and B

Answer

There / Their

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Write / Right

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Bare / Beer

Question 5

Which sentence correctly uses a participial phrase?

Accepted Answer

Running down the street, he dropped his keys from his pocket.

Answer

Running down the street, his keys dropped from his pocket.

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He dropped, running down the street, his keys from his pocket.

Answer

His keys, he running down the street, dropped from his pocket.

Question 6

Which of the following words has the stress on the second syllable?

Accepted Answer

preSENT (verb)

Answer

PREsent (noun)

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REcord (noun)

Answer

REfund (noun)