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English Test: WRITING I K55

(Time allowed: 30 minutes)

Task 1 (2pts): Rewrite each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the original sentence.

1. William can do better work. (CAPABLE)

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2. He speaks German extremely well. (COMMAND)
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3. "Don't forget to buy some bread, Mum", she said. (REMINDED)
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4. It was difficult for me not to laugh at his letter. (HELP)
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5. The only thing they could do was to look for a new flat. (NO CHOICE)
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Task 2 (2pts) Write complete sentences using the words and phrases given. Dont change
the order of the words.
1. She/ hurt/ learn/ boyfriend/ forget/ birthday. //
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2. Regarding/ complaints/ I/ afraid/ have/ nothing/ say. //
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3. Crowded bus/ hot/ that/ one/ passengers/ fainted. //
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4. Hanoi/ one hour/ ahead/ behind/ Bangkok? //
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5. Traffic/ not heavy/ we/ get there/ very good time. //
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Task 3 (6pts)
Proofread the passage for faulty parallelism, misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers,
fragments, and run-ons. If the sentence is correct, write CORRECT in the Correction
column. If the sentence has a mistake, UNDERLINE, NAME AND CORRECT it.

Passage Mistake Correction

1. Many children must depend on

themselves with an alcoholic parent.
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2. These children become self-reliant

nobody is around to take care of them.
3. When the drinking parent is present,
he or she is often too intoxicated to
care about what is going on.
4. Sometimes both parents are
alcoholics.
5. Sometimes one parent is sober the
other is alcoholic.
6. To earn some more money, a second
job has to be gotten by the sober parent
while the alcoholic parent drinks up the
money.
7. Whoever the alcoholic parent, the
children are neglected, and they often
end up making decisions for
themselves.
8. For example, a child may have to
decide what to eat for dinner or the
time to come home from a friends
house.
9. The problem is that not all children
are going to make the right decisions.
10. A child may decide to eat cupcakes
for dinner, or to come home at two in
the morning.
11. In some cases, children of
alcoholics even have to pay for their
clothes and providing their own lunch
money.
12. Having to pay for these basic
necessities forces many kids to get
part-time jobs. So that they can have
what they need.

SUGGESTED ANSWERS

Task 1 (2 points) For each correct sentence: 0.4 point

1. William is capable of doing better work.

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2. He has an excellent command of German.

3. She reminded her Mum/ mother to buy some bread.
4. I couldn't help laughing at his letter.
5. They had no choice but to look for a new flat.

Task 2 (2 points) For each correct sentence: 0.4 point

1. She was hurt to learn that her boyfriend had forgotten her birthday.

2. Regarding your complaints, Im afraid I have nothing to say.

3. The crowded bus was so hot that one of the passengers fainted.

4. Is Hanoi one hour ahead of or behind Bangkok?

5. The traffic wasnt heavy, so we got there in very good time.

Task 3 (6 points)
- For correct sentences: for pointing out a sentence that is correct: 0.5 point
- For each sentence containing mistakes:
+ Identifying the kind of mistake: 0.75 point
+ Correcting a mistake: 0.75 point

Passage Mistake Correction

1. Many children must depend on Misplaced Many children with an alcoholic

themselves with an alcoholic parent. modifier
2. These children become self-reliant Run-on
nobody is around to take care of them.
3. When the drinking parent is present, he
or she is often too intoxicated to care
about what is going on.
4. Sometimes both parents are alcoholics.
5. Sometimes one parent is sober the other Run-on
is alcoholic.
6. To earn some more money, a second job Dangling
has to be gotten by the sober parent while modifier
the alcoholic parent drinks up the money.
7. Whoever the alcoholic parent, the Fragment
children are neglected, and they often end
up making decisions for themselves.
parent must depend on themselves.
These children become self-reliant
because / ; / : / nobody is around to
take care of them.
Correct
Correct
Sometimes one parent is sober while
/ , but/ the other is alcoholic.
To earn some more money, the sober
parent has to get a second job
Whoever the alcoholic parent is,

8. For example, a child may have to Parallelism or what time/ when/ to come
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decide what to eat for dinner or the time to

come home from a friends house.
9. The problem is that not all children are Correct
going to make the right decisions.
10. A child may decide to eat cupcakes for Correct
dinner, or to come home at two in the
morning.
11. In some cases, children of alcoholics Parallelism and (to) provide
even have to pay for their clothes and
providing their own lunch money.
12. Having to pay for these basic Fragment get part-time jobs so that they
necessities forces many kids to get part- can
time jobs. So that they can have what they
need.