Tes AcEPT: Part III Grammar and Structure (Cloze Test)

Untuk soal nomor 16 – 25, pilihlah kata atau frasa pada pilihan A, B, C, dan D yang secara tepat melengkapi bagian-bagian yang kosong dalam teks bacaan.

A cloze test (also cloze deletion test) is an exercise, test, or assessment consisting of a portion of text with certain words removed (cloze text), where the participant is asked to replace the missing words. Cloze tests require the ability to understand context and vocabulary in order to identify the correct words or type of words that belong in the deleted passages of a text. This exercise is commonly administered for the assessment of native and second language learning and instruction.

Here’s an example, using a paragraph from Facebook’s privacy policy:

Site activity information. We keep {1}______ of some of the actions {2}______ take on Facebook, such as {3}______ connections (including joining a group {4}______ adding a friend), creating a {5}______ album, sending a gift, poking {6}______ user, indicating you “like” a {7}______, attending an event, or connecting {8}______ an application. In some cases {9}______ are also taking an action {10}______ you provide information or content {11}______ us. For example, if you {12}______ a video, in addition to {13}______ the actual content you uploaded, {14}______ might log the fact that {15}______ shared it.

Here are the missing words from the sample paragraph:

{1} track

{2} you

{3} adding

{4} or

{5} photo

{6} another

{7} post

{8} with

{9} you

{10} when

{11} to

{12} share

{13} storing

{14} we

{15} you

Exercise:

The strict version of the test requires that students provide the correct term for each blank, while a looser version has also been used that accepts “partially correct” answers, such as those that are the correct part of speech (verb, noun, pronoun, etc.). These answers indicate that students are learning the syntactic rules of language, but are as yet unable to translate these into a semantic comprehension of the text.

The answers for the spaces are as follows:

To jump to a scene, click __on__ Henry’s shirt pocket. The note pad appears. Then, click on the options tab. The options page appears. Then, click on the arrows on the right and left side of the scene pictured near the bottom of the page to flip through the scenes. When you find the scene you want, click the picture to go there.

Henry’s friend Ginger has a useful item that will help you pinpoint the number of jellybeans in Mr. Sherman’s jar. It is called the solution tester, and Ginger will let you use it whenever you would like. You have to find some clues to put into the solution tester before you use it. Ginger hangs out in Henry’s tree house, where she works on her own guesses for the Jellybean Contest. You can get to the tree house using Henry’s note pad. Go to the options page and click on the tree house.

Tes AcEPT (Error Identification): Part III Grammar and Structure

From the marked areas A, B, C and D, identify the one that is wrong, correct it.

1.   (A) Their most favorite hotel is the Hotel Regent. (B) It is near the beach and (C) is a very cozy hotel. It is (D) not too expensive, too.

2.   I like (A) these kind (B) of hotels too. I don’t (C) go for the big, noisy and (D) expensive sort.

3.   The Amelia Hotel (A) is good as the Radan Hotel, (B) in fact. Actually, I (C) would rather go to the Amelia. (D) It’s closer to the town.

4.   (A) He prefers the (B) Radan Hotel because (C) he feels the service (D) is more better.

5.   The Weather Bureau (A) is announced that the rain (B) will continue for (C) another 36 hours. People (D) are advised to stay indoors.

6.   Visibility (A) on the roads (B) are very poor. Thus, drivers are advised (C) to be careful, especially when (D) driving at night.

7.   She was (A) kind enough (B) to give me (C) a lot of advices (D) about how to pass the driving test.

8.   (A) I told him, “(B) I have not (C) been told (D) these news”

9.  (A) The man was hung as punishment (B) for murdering (C) his five children (D) and his wife.

10.   (A) I made him (B) to confess that (C) he copied your answer (D) during the test.

Answers       1.   A 2.   A 3.   A 4.   D 5.   A 6.   B 7.   C 8.   D 9.   A 10.   B

Error identification – Extra practice exercises.  Decide which part of the sentence is grammatically incorrect. Then look at the answers below.

1. I enjoyed  study geography at school and now I’ve enrolled at the Economics Faculty.
2. I used to be  keen of all scientific subjects but now I would prefer to study art.
3. I want meet your sister when she comes to see you – she sounds very nice.
4. My friends tell the English exam is quite difficult but I’m not worried.
5. The tickets, which are extremely good value, can be buy from large supermarkets.
6. The number of people which asked for the discount was low but grew during the summer period.
7. He wanted always to be a doctor and after doing medicine he now works in a hospital.
8. The informations they gave us was not very helpful so I consulted the website instead.
9. There isn’t many time, do you think we should get a taxi to the exhibition centre?
10. He graduated in languages in June and is now thinking of do a second degree in psychology.
11. The policeman showed us an identikit picture of the man who steal the car.
12. How long does it take to get the station on foot from your house
13. I was so angry that I took the watch broken to the jewellers to get my money back.
14. He rang me this morning for tell me that he had passed his driving test.
15. I won’t be able to go on holiday this year unless I will get a part-time job.
16. It was so nice day that they decided to have a picnic in the field.
17. I haven’t never seen anybody who rides a horse so well before.
18. My boyfriend always takes me to see horror films, but I don’t like very much.
19. We went to Guatemala last year so we were tired of the usual beach holiday.
20. I’ve gone to Marbella. I remember it well. A busy town with a nice modern promenade and picturesque ‘piazze’.

ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS

1. I enjoyed studying (‘enjoy’  + ing)
2. keen on (keen + on = essere appassionato di)
3. want to (‘want’+ to + verb)
4. tell me (‘tell’ + person (me/you/him/her etc); nb. ‘say’non è seguito dalla persona)
5. can be bought (to be + past participle = passive)
6. who (relative pronoun ‘who’ = people)
7. always wanted (frequency adverb goes before the main verb)
8. the informations (information = uncountable noun)
9. much time (‘much’ with uncountable nouns, ‘many’ with countable nouns)
10. doing (‘ing’after a preposition)
11. stole (past tense of steal = steal stole stolen)
12. get to (preposition necessary; get to /go to /come to the station, BUT. arrive at/ reach the station)
13. broken watch (adjective before noun)
14. to tell me (to+base form = per/a scopo di)
15. unless I will get (1° conditional = if/unless/when + present)
16. such a (such a + noun; so + adjective)
17. I haven’t never (double negative)
18. l don’t like them (‘like’ + direct object)
19. as (as = siccome; so = quindi)
20. I’ve been to Madrid (use ‘been’ not ‘gone’ se sei stato e tornato)