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If English is not your first
language, the English placement test you need to take is the TELD. This
handout will show you the kinds of questions theTELD asks you to solve. The
actual test has 75 grammar problems, and you have 40 minutes to complete them.
They are divided into 3 sections: basic structure, error analysis, and
sentence combining. Examples for each section follow.
1. GRAMMAR SECTION I:
BASIC STRUCTURE
Mark the letter of the correct answer on your
answer sheet.
1. Mary always_____________to
school on time.
a. is coming
b. comes
c. has come
d. had come
2. Reza didn't know the
answer to number 5, and __________.
a. so did I
b. so I did
c. neither I did
d. neither did I
3. Despite __________, Keiko
decided to give snowboarding a try.
a. never having done it before
b. she never did it before
c. that she had never done it before
d. that she never has done it before
1. GRAMMAR SECTION
II: ERROR ANALYSIS
Mark the
letter of the incorrect piece in each sentence on your answer sheet.
4. The man standing
by the door was look outside at the rain.
A
B
C
D
5. I need to find a
house which its payments I can easily afford.
A
B
C D
6. At the party last
weekend, one of my friends were playing the guitar.
A
B C
D
Turn the page for Section III
1. GRAMMAR SECTION II:
ERROR ANALYSIS
Mark the
letter of the best way to join all the ideas together.
7. The young man stood in
the airport.
He was silent
He was waiting for his wife.
a. The
silent young man stood in the airport, waited for his wife.
b. The young man stood silently in the airport, waited
for his wife.
c. The young man stood silently in the airport, waiting
for his wife.
8. He parked in a no-parking
zone.
He got a ticket.
The ticket was $75.
a.
Because of he parked in a no-parking zone, he got a ticket and had to pay $75.
b. As a result of parking in a no-parking zone, he got
a ticket for $75.
c. He parked in a no-parking zone so that he got a
ticket for $75.
9. The lab contains about 50
computers.
Lucy and Sylvia work in the lab.
The computers offer excellent programs for students.
a. The
lab where Sylvia and Lucy work contains about 50 computers with excellent
programs for students.
b. Sylvia and Lucy work in a lab which contains about
50 computers which they
offer excellent programs for
students.
c. The lab where Sylvia and Lucy work which contains
about 50 computers with
excellent programs for
students.
Answers:
Section I:
(1)b (2)d (3)a
Section II:
(4)c (5)b (6)c
Section III:
(7)c (8)b (9)a
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