Accuplacer Writing 1

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose "no change."

Stamp collecting being a hobby that is sometimes used in the schools to teach economics and social studies.

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• is a hobby because it is

• which is a hobby

• is a hobby

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose "no change."

Knocked sideways, the statue looked as if it would fall.

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• The statue was knocked sideways, looked

• The statue looked knocked sideways

• The statue, looking knocked sideways

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose "no change."

To walk, biking, and driving are Pat’s favorite ways of getting around.

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• Walking, biking, and driving

• To walk, biking, and to drive

• To walk, to bike, and also driving

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose "no change."

When you cross the street in the middle of the block, this is an example of jaywalking.

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• You cross the street in the middle of the block, this

• Crossing the street in the middle of the block

• The fact that you cross the street in the middle of the block

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose "no change."

Walking by the corner the other day, a child, I noticed, was watching for the light to change.

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• I noticed a child watching

• a child was watching, I noticed,

• there was, I noticed, a child watching

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose "no change."

Going back to his old school, everything there looked smaller than Don remembered.

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• When he went back to his old school,

• To go back to his old school,

• As he went back to his old school,

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose "no change."

Painting, drawing and to sculpt are some of the techniques artists such as Picasso used to express themselves.

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• To paint, to draw, and sculpting

• Painting, drawing, and sculpting

• To paint, draw, and sculpting

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose "no change."

Playing sports in school which is an activity meant to teach teamwork and leadership skills students can use later in life.

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• is an activity because it is

• being an activity which is

• is an activity

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose "no change."

Glancing at his watch, Daniel picked up his speed.

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• He glanced at his watch, and

• To glance at his watch,

• He glanced at his watch,

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose "no change."

For a snake, shedding their skin up to eight times a year is part of a natural process.

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• A snake’s shedding its skin

• When a snake sheds its skin

• For a snake, shedding its skin