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Saturday, September 17, 2011

oDesk U.S. English Basic Skills Test asnwers

Q: Choose the series of prepositions that best completes the following sentence.
Charlotte knew________the secret investigation_________her past, but she closed her eyes to it and pretended it wasn’t happening.

Ans: a. of, about

Q: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs that best completes the following sentence.
I think Pamela deserves to be punished for her________stupid and________behavior.

Ans: b. totally, irresponsible

Q: Which of the following sentences punctuated correctly?

Ans: b. We are expecting a hurricane this afternoon, therefore we have closed the school early.

Q: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs that best completes the following sentence.
While_________of our relatives live on the__________hill in the county, _________of our friends live in the _________areas of the valley.

Ans: c. many, windiest, most, more, protected

Q: Complete the following sentence by choosing the phrase with the best word order from the options given.
Those who are not wise_____________.

Ans: d. does not need to be necessarily stupid.

Q: Choose the series of pronouns that best completes the following sentence.
Don’t _________think Larry should call__________wife if______________is going to be late for dinner?

Ans: a. you, his, he

Q: Rearrange the following words to create most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
days for last has good weather few The been the not

Ans:d. The weather has not been good for the last few days

Q: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs that best completes the following sentence.
Knowing that February was the___________month of the year, Cheryl planned her vacation____________.

Ans: b. shortest, accordingly

Q: Rearrange the following words to create most logical and grammatically correct sentence.

Ans: e. Whenever I can’t spend time with my friend, I always speak to him on the phone.

Q: Read the following question and choose the response that uses the correct corresponding verb tense.
Does Jack wear that furry hat often?

Ans: d. No, he only wears it when his ears are cold.

Q: Which of the following sentence illustrates correct pronoun usage?
a. is those the set of plates the bride wanted, or did she want this set?
d.Whose book is that-his or our?

Ans: e. None of the above

Q: Which of the sentence illustrates proper sentence structure?
a. Everyone knows that a mango is much sweeter to an orange

Ans: d. The queen had hardly finished her speech when the people began to disperse.

Q: Change the following sentence from a quotation to indirect speech.
“It may snow tomorrow.” he said.

Ans: d. He said it might snow tomorrow.

Q: Which of the following sentence punctuated correctly?

Ans: d. “Come here.” she said, “and let me get a good look at you.”

Q: Change the following sentence from a quotation to indirect speech.
“Sharon must go to the bank today.” said Albert.

Ans: d. Albert said Sharon had to go to the bank today.

Q: Choose the option that correctly changes original sentence from active to passive.
ORIGINAL SENTENCE:
That tall man is carrying a lot of lumber.
REWRITTEN SENTENCES:

Ans: d. A lot of lumber is being carried by that tall man.

Q: Choose the series of prepositions that best completes the following sentence.
I placed my notes__________my desk and referred to them____________ the meeting.

Ans: b. beside, during

Q: Rearrange the following words to create most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
Sleeping likes the . midday Katie until on weekends

Ans: Katie likes sleeping until midday on the weekends.

Q: Choose the series of verbs that best completes the following sentence.
Everyone ____________too busy cooking and __________ the campsite ____________ the family _________ from the woods.

Ans: d. was, setting up, to notice, watching

Q: Choose the series of verbs that best completes the following sentence.
I find it very hard to remember ______________ letters that are entrusted to me. In fact, I remember_____________to do so dozens of times!

Ans: d. mailing, forgetting

Q: Choose the series of articles and conjunctions that best completes the following sentence.
Lilacs ___________ violets are usually purple, I have seen some _________ are white.

Ans: c. and, although, that

Q: Complete the following sentence by choosing the phrase with the best word order from the options given.
Only after they had an exhaustive study__________ how to adapt the technology to the needs of our company.

Ans: c. they did begin to understand

Q: Which of the following sentence illustrates proper use of comma?
a. Randy wanted to end the meeting, but Amy wanted to prolong it.
e. a and b

ans: f. All of the above

Q: Which of the following sentence does NOT illustrates correct verb and tense usage?

Ans: b. Clarabelle’s mother absolutely hated nicknames and always calls her daughter by her full name.

Q: Choose the series of prepositions that best completes the following sentence.
Victor, who stole ____________ ideas and used them to make _________ a millionaire, never once offered ______________ a world of thanks.

Ans: d. our, himself, us

Q: Choose the series of prepositions that best completes the following sentence.
______________ is the name of the opera, and ___________ role did you say Maria would play?

Ans: c. What, which

Q: Choose the verbs and phrases that best completes the following sentence.
This dish _____________ too spicy. Why ___________ so pepper?

Ans: e. a and c

Q: Change the following sentence from a quotation to indirect speech.
Carol has said, “I am responsible for this project.”

Ans: a. Carol has said that she is responsible for this.

Q: Choose the series of prepositions that best completes the following sentence.
Although Marvin said he had the keys___________ the flower pot, we were unable to find them___________ the dark. In the end, we waited for him at the coffee shop ____________ the corner.

Ans: a. under, in. around

Q: Complete the following sentence by choosing the phrase with the best word order from the options given.
The excited children who had run toward the loud _______________.

Ans:d. music, told the others about the ice cream truck outside.

Q: Rearrange the following words to create most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
your company name? of what the is

Ans: c. What is the name of your company?

Q: Which of the following sentences NOT punctuated correctly?
a. All of the apple’s at the grocers were rotten so I bought oranges instead.

Ans: b. “Seven canteens full of water should enough for the hike,” said Tabitha.

Q: Choose the series of prepositions that best completes the following sentence.
After realizing that our hosts hadn’t actually invested _________ to ____________ party. ____________ excused ____________ from the table and slipped out the back door.

Ans: a. us, their, we, ourselves.

Q: Which of the following sentences illustrates the proper use of parallel construction?

Ans: b. We painted the conference room yellow, hung a poster on the wall, and are rearranging the chairs.

Q: Which of the following sentence uses correct pronoun usage?
a. to whom are your employees going to report while you’re gone?

Ans: e. All of the above

Q: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs that best completes the following sentence.
The archeologists were_____________ to discover such a __________ and__________ ____________ artifact at that mostly uncovered site.

Ans: b. amazed, rare, incredibly, beautiful

Q: Change the following sentence from a quotation to indirect speech.
“I’m not feeling well,” Agatha said.

Ans: a. Agatha has said that she doesn’t feel well.

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