4. Multiple choice:useful when gap filling does not test what we really want. Example: use of could They left at seven. They ____ be home by now.
Yes, but we can’t count on it, can we?
a. Can b. could c. will d.must
Three Basic kinds of Simple Completion Grammar Tests 1. The Option Form The easiest simple completion items are like multiple choice questions with two options. As
Directions: Complete the following sentences with “do” and ”make”.
1. He …….. a lot of money.
2. I always ………. my best
2. The Inflection Form Testing the mastery of inflections provides for a productive response. These vary from simple comparatives to verb tense questions.
He is the ………. (tall) person in the class.
Another technique is to use a separate blank for each word in the verb phrase.
He ….. …..…… (sleep) for nearly an hour.
3. The Free Response Form It illustrates how common terminology can be used occasionally.
Example: Add a question tag to these sentences:
Hamlet was indecisive, ……………..? Polonius knew a lot of aphorisms, …………? Directions: Write in the missing part of the two word verb.
What time did he get …… this morning?
Example of free response with a minimum amount of contextual control:
You would get better sooner if ……….. .
4. Multiple Choice In this test an incomplete sentence is followed by four multiple choice options for completing the sentence. For example:
While she ……… the house, her children were playing outside.
A. has been cleaning B. cleaned C. has cleaned D. was cleaning
He has lived in this town for only a week and he already has ………. Friends.
A. few B. a few C. not many D. the few
5. Cloze tests are prose passages, usually a paragraph or more in length, from which words have been deleted.
The students rely on the context in order to supply the missing words.
It is easy to prepare and easy to score.
The cloze is simply a story or essay from which a number of words have been deleted.
In this test, the overall meaning and surrounding grammar help to replace the missing parts.
Sentence-completion vocabulary and grammar items are similar in a way to cloze tests.
Cloze passages simply have much larger contexts.
