ENGLISH DAGNOSTIC TEST REGISTRATION



ENGLISH DIAGNOSTIC TEST REGISTRATION, PREP, and SAMPLE TEST

REGISTRATION

The English diagnostic test is administered for the School of Mass Communications on the USF Tampa campus by the University of South Florida Evaluation and Testing office located in room 2054 of the Student Services Building.

Register for the test online by using this Internet link: .

Call 813-974-2742 for more information.

Students should take the test as early as possible to ensure meeting entrance requirements in time to be admitted into the School of Mass Communications for the following semester.

PREP TEST SESSIONS

The School of Mass Communications offers FREE English Diagnostic Test Preparation Sessions visit

SAMPLE TEST

Below you will find samples of the kinds of questions you can expect on the English diagnostic test. While not comprehensive, these items should give you an indication of what you need to review.

Label the following sentences—a) complete, b) incomplete:

1. A working knowledge of grammar will improve your writing immediately.

2. Being that professional communicators write a lot.

Identify the underlined words as parts of speech—a) noun/pronoun, b) verb c) adjective/article d) adverb, e) object of the preposition:

3. In a few days,

4. the

5. talented

6. students

7. 7 quickly

8. improved

9. their

10. grammar

Identify the underlined words as parts of a sentence—a)subject, b) verb, c) direct object, d) indirect object, e) object of the preposition:

11. They will

12. give

13. me my

14. score on

15. Friday.

Label the following conjunctions—a) coordinate, b) subordinate, c) correlative, d) conjunctive adverb:

16. however

17. because

18. but

19. either/or

20. and

Label the underlined clauses—a) independent, b) noun, c) adjective, d) adverb:

Students 21) who review grammar can increase their confidence 22) because most haven’t thought about grammar since high school. You can find 23) what you need to know in any grammar book; 24) however, spelling may require a little more study

Identify the misspelled word:

25) a. develop, b. governor, c. twelfth, d. rendezvous

Answers:

1) a, 2) b, 3) e, 4) c 5) c, 6) a, 7) d, 8) b 9) a, 10) a,

11) a, 12) b 13) d, 14) c, 15) e, 16) d, 17) b, 18) a, 19) c, 20) a,

21) c, 22) d, 23) b, 24) a, 25) b

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