Versant English Proficiency VERSANT Sentence Builds Part 1

Question 1

What is the task in the Versant Sentence Builds section?

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Hear a group of words in scrambled order and say them as a correct English sentence

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Listen to a scrambled sentence and write it correctly

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Read a sentence aloud and then rewrite it in different words

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Complete a sentence that has a blank in the middle

Question 2

In the Sentence Builds section, the words 'yesterday / she / the / went / to / store' are presented. What is the correct English sentence?

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'She went to the store yesterday.'

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'The store yesterday went she to.'

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'She yesterday went store to the.'

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'To the store she yesterday went.'

Question 3

What kind of English knowledge is most directly tested by the Sentence Builds section?

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English word order and grammatical sentence structure

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Spelling and punctuation accuracy

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Pronunciation of individual sounds (phonemes)

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Vocabulary size and word meaning knowledge

Question 4

What should you do if you are unsure of the correct word order in a Sentence Builds item?

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State your best grammatical attempt at a correct sentence and speak it fluently

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Say the words in the same order they were presented

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Skip the item and wait for the next one

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Spell out each word individually to buy time

Question 5

Which of these scrambled word sets forms the correct sentence 'The manager approved the new project proposal'?

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'the / manager / approved / the / new / project / proposal'

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'approved / manager / the / proposal / project / new / the'

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'the / project / new / approved / proposal / manager / the'

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'manager / the / proposal / the / project / approved / new'

Question 6

How does a test-taker's first language (L1) affect performance on the Sentence Builds section?

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L1 speakers of languages with very different word order from English typically struggle more

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L1 has no effect because Sentence Builds tests universal grammar rules

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L1 speakers of non-European languages always score lower than European language speakers

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L1 only affects pronunciation, not word order construction ability