STRUCTURE DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST

PRACTICE TEST TWO

Section 2
Time—approximately 25 minutes

This section is designed to measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriate for standard
written English. There are two types of questions in this section, with special directions for each type.

Structure

Directions: These questions are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words
or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the
sentence.

Look at the following example.

Pepsin ________ an enzyme used in digestion.

(A) that
(B) is
(C) of
(D) being

This sentence should properly read “Pepsin is an enzyme used in digestion.” Therefore, you should
choose answer (B).

As soon as you understand the directions, begin work on this part.

(B) It was the
1. When ________ the conference?
(A) the doctor attended (C) That the
(B) did the doctor attend
(D) There was
(C) the doctor will attend
(D) the doctor’s attendance
4. Mt. Hood ________ in the state of
Oregon.
2. The president ________ the election by
(A) although
a landslide.
(B) and
(A) won
(C) is
(B) he won
(D) which
(C) yesterday
(D) fortunately 5. ________ large natural lakes are found
in the state of South Carolina.
3. ________ most important event in San (A) There are no
Francisco’s history was the disastrous (B) Not the
earthquake and fire of 1906. (C) It is not
(A) The (D) No
 Written Expression

Directions: In these questions, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined
parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that
must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

Look at the following examples.

Example I

The four string on a violin are tuned in fifths.

A B C D

The sentence should read, “The four strings on a violin are tuned in fifths.” Therefore, you should
choose answer (B).

Example II

The research for the book Roots taking Alex Haley twelve years.
A B C D

The sentence should read, “The research for the book Roots took Alex Haley twelve years.” Therefore,
you should choose answer (C).

As soon as you understand the directions, begin work on this part.

1. Superman made their comic debut in 1938 in Action Comics.

A B C D

2. Commercial letters of credit are often used to finance export trade, but them can have other uses.
A B C D

3. When children experience too much frustration, its behavior ceases to be integrated.
A B C D

4. After Clarence Day’s book Life with Father was rewritten as a play, they ran for six years on
A B C D
Broadway.

5. As a compilation of useful details, a weekly magazine commends itself in several respect.

A B C D
6. Through aquaculture, or fish farming, more than 500 million tons of fish are produced each years.
A B C D

7. The legal system has much safeguards to protect the right of a defendant to impartial jury.
A B C D

8. The mystery bookstore was largely a phenomena of the last decade.

A B C D

9. The sycamore has broad leaves with a large amount of pointed teeth.
A B C D

10. Modern art is on display at the Guggenheim Museum, a building with an usually design.
A B C D

11. A serious problem is how to communicate reliable with a submerged submarine.

A B C D

12. In spite of a tremendous amount of electronic gadgetry, air traffic control still depends heavy on
A B C D
people.

13. Only recently have Gooden’s industrially designers and engineers been able to optimize Watertred’s
A B
unusual tread patterns for mass production.
C D

14. Heart attacks are fatally in 75 percent of occurrences.

A B C D

15. Americans are destroying rapidly wetlands, faster than an acre every two minutes.
A B C D