General Education in the New Curriculum – English Test 6
Purposive Communication in English
A. “The teacher always want” – should be “The teacher always wants”
B. “her students”- should be “his students”
C. “with the use”- should be “in the use”
D. “creative” – should be “creating”
A. “The teacher always want” should be “The teacher always wants”
“Wants” is the verb form that agrees in number with the subject “teacher”. The word “always” does not change the number of the subject “teacher”.
A. “With technology,” – delete the , (comma)
B. “more creative” – delete “more”
C. “in spite” – should be “despite”
D. “in spite“ – should be “despite of”
C. “in spite” – should be “despite”
We either say “inspite of” or simply “despite”
A. “To used“ – should be “To use”
B. “To used technology creatively” – should be “To creatively used technology”
C. “are led” – should be “are lead”.
D. “teachers and learners alike” – should be “both teachers and learners”
A. “To used“ – should be “To use”
An infinitive like “to use” is always followed by the non-s-verb present form of the verb.
A. “innovative” – should be “inovative”
B. “did not believed” – should be “did not believe”
C. “in the innovative power” – should be “the inovative power”
D. “combined with” – should be “combine with”
B. “did not believed” – should be “did not believe”
“Did” never goes with the past form of the verb.
A. “We are”-should be “I am“
B. “the only ones” – should be “the only one”
C. “my creativity” – should be “our creativity“
D. make “can limit” into “limit” only
A. “cope up” – should be “cope”
“Cope up” is wrong; “cope” is enough.
A. “cope” – should be “cope up”
B. “cope” – should be “coped up”
C. “can be able” – should be “are able”
D. “to cope with” – should be “cope up with”
C. “can be able”-should be “are able”
“Can be able “is redundant.
Either use “is/are able” alone or “can” but never “can be able”
A. hunging
B. hung
C. hanging
D. hang
C. hanging
Hanged and hung can be used interchangeably.
If you want to your readers not to be annoyed, just use the word hung over hanged.
However, if the sentence is about execution by hanging, then, it is better to use hanged over hung.
A. “who were first taught” – should be “who were taught first”
B. “performed better” – should be “perform better”
C. “learned a second language much faster” – should be “learned a second language more faster”
D. “It says in the research report” – should be “The research report says”
D. “It says in the research report” – should be “The research report says”
In making a statement, never start with the phrase “it says in the report,” rather, simple say “The report says…”
A. “This is the way how” – should be “This is the way” or “This is how”
B. “to compute grades” – should be “to solve grades”
C. K to 12 curriculum – should be “K to twelve curriculum”
D. “to compute grades” – should be “to grade”
A. “This is the way how” – should be “This is the way” or “This is how”
The words “way” and how” are redundant; either you use “way” or “how”.
A. Yes.
B. No, it should be “farther”.
C. Yes, you can use either “ farther“ or “further”
D. “further” should be replaced with “far”
A. Yes.