LET Review English Major Practice Test

English Major Practice Exam

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1) In a proficiency test, the students will be asked to listen to a recording of two native English speakers. While listening, they will be asked to answer 20 single-response questions related to the conversation in the recording. The entire exam has a time constraint. Which of the following strategies would help your students fare well in this exam?

A) Listen to the entire recording first before answering a single question

B) Pray before the exam

C) Scan all the questions in advance before the recording starts to play

D) Take multiple practice tests before taking the actual test to prepare

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2) Mrs. Maravilla wants to prepare her graduating students for the college entrance English exams. She has decided to hold practice exams during the homeroom period. What type of test will help her achieve her goal?

A) Survey of what type of English exam they want to study

B) Verbal reports on the importance of English in their lives

C) Single response tests that simulate college English exams

D) Reflection Paper about their English Subjects

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3) His magnum opus, a collection of 24 stories in over 17,000 lines, tells of a storytelling contest among a group of pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land.

A) Samuel Coleridge

B) William Wordsworth

C) Alexander Pope

D) Geoffrey Chaucer

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4) Mikaela showed in her diagnostic tests that she has a poor grasp of basic grammar. She is about to enter grade 7. As the grade 7 English grammar teacher, what is the best course of action to take?

A) Make her aware of her low score compared to her peers and that you are there to help her improve her performance if she promises to work hard in your subject

B) Make her go back to Grade 6 and let the Grade 6 teacher know that you will be monitoring her progress through constant testing

C) Make her go back to Grade 6 and let the Grade 6 teacher know that you will be monitoring her progress through constant testing

D) Treat her like every other student in the class to avoid damaging her confidence and humiliating her

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5) Mrs. Isabella wants to know the thinking process of her Grade 8 class after reading Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. What is the best type of activity for this purpose?

A) Survey

B) Verbal Reports

C) Single response test

D) Reflection Paper

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6) Mr. Soliman needs to know the reading and writing skill levels of 200 incoming Grade 7 students. What type of test will best suit his needs?

A) Diagnostic

B) Proficiency

C) Placement

D) Achievement

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7) In a play's plot, what do you call the period wherein the dramatic tension caused by the conflict is at its highest? It is the turning point where the rising action ends.

A) Rehearsal

B) Stage

C) Plot

D) Climax

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8) Which among the following is a Pulitzer-Winning novel set in the Great Depression that tells about a family forced out of their home because of extreme economic hardships?

A) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

B) Moby Dick

C) Uncle Tom's Cabin

D) The Grapes of Wrath

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9) It refers to the time and place in which the story of the play exists.

A) Setting

B) Rehearsal

C) Character

D) Plot

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10) This rhyme scheme in poetry refers to the two rhyming iambic pentameters. It was first widely used in The Canterbury Tales and was later revived in popularity by Alexander Pope.

A) Heroic Couplet

B) Free Couplet

C) Pastoral Poetry

D) Free Verse

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