10-Verbal Practice Test:

1-2: Sentence correction:

1.) There's nothing as biking on a warm, autumn day. No error.

(1) There's

(2) as biking

(3) on a warm,

(4) day

(5) No error.

2.) We had to choose between chocolate or vanilla. No error.

(1) had

(2) choose

(3) chocolate

(4) or vanilla

(5) No error.

3-4: Choose the correct sentence structure:

3.)

(1) I have called not only to thank him but also told him about the next meeting.

(2) I have called only not to thank him but I also told him about the next meeting.

(3) I have called not only to thank him but also to tell him about the next meeting.

(4) To thank him and to tell him about the next meeting, I have called him.
(5) I have not only thank him but called and told him also about the next meeting.

4.)

(1) In the Middle Ages, the world was flat.

(2) The world was flat in the Middle Ages.

(3) In the Middle Ages, the world was to be flat.

(4) The world was believed flat in the Middle Aged.

(5) In the Middle Ages, the world was believed to be flat.

5-6: Vocabulary (Synonyms):

5.) His attention turned to the ODIOUS favor.

(1) heavy

(2) hateful

(3) lazy

(4) talkative

(5) oily

6.) Started his workday with a flood of EXIGENT matters that required his quick decision.

(1) essential

(2) exacting

(3) element

(4) exciting

(5) enhancing
7-8: Sentence Completion:

7.) His health suffered because he was carrying a burden too _____ to bear.

(1) strenuous

(2) cumbersome

(3) noisome

(4) onerous

(5) euphonious

8.) A cracked bell can hardly be expected to produce a _____ sound.

(1) copious

(2) harmonious

(3) sonorous

(4) stentorian

(5) euphonious

Reading comprehension:

9.) "The assumption that the value of experience is directly proportional to its duration is a fallacy.
Experience must be appraised in terms of increased capacity to render service."

The paragraph indicates that:

(1) length of service has little relation to the value of the service rendered

(2) long service on the part of an employee may or may not result in increased value to the organization

(3) increased capacity to render service comes with added experience

(4) seniority should be given consideration in an evaluation of an employees worth

(5) seniority is synonymous to length of service

Paragraph Organization:

10.)

A. The term nationalism defies definition.

B. However, it has come to mean different things to different people.

C. In fact, it has become a complex phenomenon.

D. Meanwhile, we say that nationalism stands for the desire of a people for rational self-determination
and assertion.

E. Its meaning has changed through the centuries.

(1) A-C-D-E-B

(2) E-B-C-D-A

(3) A-E-C-D-B

(4) A-E-B-C-D

(5) E-B-D-A-C

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