English Post Test for Freshmen Level

Academic Year 2014/2015

Name: ___________________________
Score:
Code: 0ab
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Answer the following questions briefly, your time is only 40 minutes.
1. Write a Nominal sentence using this pattern:
a. (S + to be + P (Adjectival phrase)).
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b. (S + to be + P + O + C).
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2. Change this sentence, My glasses are not broken this morning into:
a. Simple present tense;
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b. Simple past tense;
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c. Simple future tense;
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d. Simple continuous tense;
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e. Simple perfect tense;
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3. The research article has been reviewed and published in the International Journal. Change
this sentence into:
a. Active.
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b. Change into simple present.
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c. Change into simple future.
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d. Change into simple continuous.
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e. Change into simple past.
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4. Write 2 complex sentences in:
a. Past continuous tense
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b. Future continuous tense
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5. Write 2 compound-complex sentences.
a. ____________________________________________________________________________
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b. ____________________________________________________________________________
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6. Write a sentence in an adjectival clause.
a. As subject (Non-Person)
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b. As object (Person)
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c. As possessive (Person)
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7. Write a sentence in adverbial clause which reflects the academic style.
a. As adverb of place (where)
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b. As adverb of time (when)
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c. As the reason (why)
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Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue in their book entitled Writing Academic English, 4th edn., which
was published in 2006, wrote: a paragraph is a group of related sentences that discuss one main
idea (p. 2).
Dealing with the reference above, please write a sentence in noun clause which reflects the
academic style.
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Best Luck

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