English Language Proficiency Tests of California

Depending on your level of language ...

• proficiency

• proficiancy

• profeciency

• profficiency

the lack of correction may prevent you from making ...

• progress

• progres

• proggres

• progrress

The company will upgrade _______ computer informations system next month.

• there

• their

• it's

• its

The hurricane caused ____________ damage to the city.

• extend

• extended

• extensive

• extension

How do you eliminate incorrect answer choices in a Pronoun Reference question?

• By choosing all the potentially correct options.

• By eliminating choices that don’t match grammatically or contextually.

• By looking only at the last option.

• By guessing based on intuition.

Why did Trevor’s mother make sure he spoke English?

• It's the language of power and privilege

• He will be able to travel

• he can "pass" as Afrikaner

You were ____________ the New York office before 2 p.m.

• suppose call

• supposed to call

• supposed calling

• supposed call

When I graduate from college next June, I _____________ a student here for five years

• will have been

• have been

• has been

• will have

What is the strategy for handling gap sentences or fill-in-the-blank type questions?

• Consider word relationships

• Identify contextual cues

• Check for consistency

• Read the entire passage first

What is the strategy for reading and selecting the correct option?

• Use context clues

• Preview the text

• Identify main ideas

• Highlight key information