Free Sample HSPT Language Arts Skills Test

Sample HSPT Language Skills Test

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Check for grammar, punctuation, and coherency errors.

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1) Directions: Choose which of the four sentences is constructed best.

A) The commissioners believe that putting up cut-rate municipal garages in the central business district is inadvisable.

B) Making an effort to facilitate the cleaning of streets in the central business district, the building of cut-rate municipal garages presents the problem that it would encourage more motorists to come into the central city.

C) It is the opinion of the commissioners that programs that include the construction of cut-rate municipal garages in the central business district is inadvisable.

D) Having reviewed the material submitted, the program for putting up cut-rate garages in the central business district seemed likely to cause traffic congestion.

Check for grammar, punctuation, and coherency errors.

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2) Directions: Choose which of the four sentences is constructed best.

A) Since the report lacked the needed information, it was of no use to him.

B) Being that the report lacked the needed information, he could not use it.

C) Since the report did not contain the needed information, it was not real useful to him.

D) This report was useless to him because there were no needed information in it.

Check for grammar, punctuation, and coherency errors.

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3) Directions: Choose which of the four sentences is constructed best.

A) In reviewing the typists’ work reports, the job analyst found records of unusual typing speeds.

B) It says in the job analyst’s report that some employees type with great speed.

C) In the reports of typists’ speeds, the job analyst found some records that are kind of unusual.

D) The job analyst found that, in reviewing the typists’ work reports, that some unusual typing speeds had been made.

Check rules for comma.

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4) Directions: Look for errors in capitalization or punctuation. Select the sentence that contains the error.

A) No mistakes

B) The wind blew several papers off his desk.

C) I believe this is the man whom you interviewed last week.

D) He was not informed, that he would have to work overtime.

Check rules for capitalization.

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5) Directions: Look for errors in capitalization or punctuation. Select the sentence that contains the error.

A) Charles Dole, who is a member of the committee, was asked to confer with commissioner Wilson.

B) Mr. Wright’s request cannot be granted under any conditions.

C) If an employee wishes to attend the conference, she should fill out the necessary forms.

D) No mistakes

Check verbs.

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6) The word boycott derives from the name of Charles C. Boycott, an English land agent in Ireland that was ostracized for refusing to reduce rent.

A) which was ostracized for refusing

B) that had been ostracized for refusing

C) who was ostracized for refusing

D) that was ostracized for refusing

E) who had been ostracized for refusing

Check verbs.

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7) As a result of his method for early music education, Shinichi Suzuki has been known as one of the world's great violin teachers.

A) had been known as one

B) is being seen as one

C) is seen as one

D) has been known as one

E) has been one

Check superlative/comparative forms.

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8) Last night the weather forecaster announced that this is the most rainy season the area has had in the past decade.

A) this is the rainiest season the

B) this has been the most rainy season the

C) this was the most rainy season the

D) this is noted as the most rainy season the

E) this is the most rainy season the

Check punctuation rules.

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9) Directions: Find a punctuation error in the sentence below.

For the Thanksgiving reunion, relatives were sitting in the dining room, on the porch, and in the carport.

A) Thanksgiving, reunion

B) were, sitting

C) No error

D) porch and

Check comma rules.

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10) Directions: Find a punctuation error in the sentence below.

Lydia seems to be a kind, considerate girl.

A) No error

B) kind considerate

C) considerate, girl

D) seems, to

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