Versant English Proficiency VERSANT Sentence Builds Part 1 2

Question 1

Which of the following sentences correctly orders multiple adjectives before a noun?

Accepted Answer

She bought a beautiful new French silk scarf.

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She bought a new French beautiful silk scarf.

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She bought a beautiful French new silk scarf.

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She bought a silk French new beautiful scarf.

Question 2

You are given the following words: 'I / had / seen / before / never / such a display'. Which sentence represents the most formal and emphatic grammatical structure?

Accepted Answer

Never before had I seen such a display.

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I had seen never such a display before.

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Such a display I had never seen before.

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I had never before seen such a display.

Question 3

You hear the following word groups: 'the promotion / down / because of the travel / he turned / it required'. Which sentence is correctly formed and uses the phrasal verb appropriately?

Accepted Answer

Because of the travel it required, he turned down the promotion.

Answer

He turned the promotion because of the travel it required down.

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He turned down it, the promotion, because of the travel required.

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Down he turned the promotion because of the travel it required.

Question 4

You hear the following groups of words: 'the project / was / despite the challenges / successfully / completed'. Which option places the adverbial phrase in the most natural and clear position?

Accepted Answer

Despite the challenges, the project was successfully completed.

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The project was completed successfully despite the challenges.

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The project, despite the challenges, was completed successfully.

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Successfully was the project completed despite the challenges.

Question 5

You hear the following word groups: 'it / the manager / down / turned'. When forming a sentence with a separable phrasal verb and a pronoun object, which structure is correct?

Accepted Answer

The manager turned it down.

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The manager turned down it.

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Down it the manager turned.

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It was turned by the manager down.

Question 6

You are asked to build a sentence from these words: 'the report / the committee / that / was inaccurate / claimed'. Which of the following correctly forms a sentence with an embedded 'that-clause'?

Accepted Answer

The committee claimed that the report was inaccurate.

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The report that was inaccurate the committee claimed.

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That the report was inaccurate, the committee claimed.

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The committee that claimed the report was inaccurate.