SPRING -- ENGL 2311 CLASSES--SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS

1. In the sentence "The dismissal notices had been sent
to all affected employees," the tense of the sentence is:
A. simple present; B; simple past; C. present perfect;
D. past perfect; E. present progressive.

2. In the sentence "The missing code had been found five
days ago by company security," the voice is: A. Active;
B. Passive; C. Neither (a condition or state of being)

3. Biased language is determined by : A. the audience;
B. the purpose; C. the writer; D. all of these.

4. If a sentence has no agent, then the sentence CANNOT
be in the: A. active voice; B. passive voice; C. past
tense; D. biased language; E. gender bias.

5. If a sentence has a direct object, then it is in:
A. the active voice; B. the passive voice; C. either the
active OR the passive voice. (This was in class notes.)

6. The sentence "Ralph'll be here in the morning at 8 AM"
is an example of: A. excessive preposition; B. biased
language; C. gender bias; D. contraction error; E. none
of these.

7. "The copier had been repaired at no expense to the
company." This sentence is an example of: A. the active
voice; B. the passive voice; C. non-specific language;
D. biased language; E. pronoun error.

8. "I wanted to hit him in the mouth, smash his project,
and to report him to the police." Thei sentence is an
example of: A. condition or state of being; B. excessive
preposition; C. slang; D.non-parallel language; E. who
knows?

9. Rewrite these sentences and correct the errors that
we have studied in the handout: Periodically, the shipping
log should be reconciled with the daily billings log
by the Accounting Department every once in a while.(two errors)

10. The actions of the vice-president had not been approved
by the president of the company when I arrived at 8 AM in
morning today, dude. (four errors)