WIAT Written Expression & Spelling Accuracy 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which word correctly completes: 'She was ___ about finishing the project on time'?
- Anxous
- Anksious
- Anxious (Correct answer)
- Anxeious
Correct answer: Anxious
'Anxious' is the correct spelling of the adjective meaning worried or uneasy.
Question 2: Which sentence has a dangling modifier?
- Running down the hall, Maria dropped her books.
- Running down the hall, the books fell. (Correct answer)
- While running, Maria dropped her books.
- Maria, running down the hall, dropped her books.
Correct answer: Running down the hall, the books fell.
In 'Running down the hall, the books fell,' the phrase implies the books were running, which is illogical.
Question 3: Which is the correct spelling?
- Occurance
- Occurrance
- Occurrence (Correct answer)
- Ocurrance
Correct answer: Occurrence
'Occurrence' is spelled with double 'c' and double 'r' before the suffix '-ence.'
Question 4: What does the WIAT Written Expression subtest assess about sentence-level writing?
- Only capitalization at sentence beginnings.
- Combining sentences and using varied syntax. (Correct answer)
- Spelling all words without error.
- Reading aloud written sentences accurately.
Correct answer: Combining sentences and using varied syntax.
The sentence combining task on the WIAT assesses a student's ability to produce complex, varied sentence structures.
Question 5: A student writes: 'Me and him went to the park.' What is the corrected version?
- Him and me went to the park.
- He and I went to the park. (Correct answer)
- I and he went to the park.
- Him and I went to the park.
Correct answer: He and I went to the park.
Subject pronouns 'he' and 'I' must be used when the pronouns serve as the subject of the sentence.
Question 6: Which correctly spells a word meaning 'to give up a right or claim'?
- Waive (Correct answer)
- Wave
- Waive
- Whaive
Correct answer: Waive
'Waive' means to voluntarily give up a right, while 'wave' refers to a motion or water feature.
Question 7: Which transitional phrase best signals a contrasting idea in an essay?
- Furthermore
- In addition
- However (Correct answer)
- Similarly
Correct answer: However
'However' signals contrast or a shift in the argument, unlike the additive transitions 'furthermore,' 'in addition,' and 'similarly.'
WIAT Written Expression & Spelling Accuracy 3
Which word correctly completes: 'She was ___ about finishing the project on time'?