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,BUSINESS ENGLISH, 10E Name: ______________________Unit 1 Test
Chapters 1–3
Indicate whether statements are true or false by writing T or F. If this examination is
to be scored by machine, blacken the appropriate answer on the machine form. For
true–false items, blacken a for true and b for false.
TRUE–FALSE
________ 1. Because of e-mail and other technology, businesspeople are writing
less than ever before.
________ 2. Most dictionaries show the plural form of irregular nouns only.
________ 3. If your dictionary shows a centered dot between data and base, you
would know that it is written as two words (data base).
________ 4. Reference manuals and dictionaries contain nearly identical
information.
________ 5. You could logically expect to find the past-tense form of an irregular
verb like drink in most dictionaries.
________ 6. The best type of dictionary for a college student is an unabridged
dictionary.
________ 7. The label obsolete means that a word is no longer in use.
________ 8. Accent marks appear before or after stressed syllables and help
readers pronounce words correctly.
________ 9. Diacritical marks help readers pronounce words correctly.
________ 10. The words beautifully, patiently, and quickly are examples of
adjectives.
________ 11. Some online dictionaries not only provide definitions but may also
provide audio pronunciations of words.
________ 12. I, she, we, and you are examples of pronouns.
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GUFFEY-SEEFER, BUSINESS ENGLISH 10E © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not
be scanned, copied, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed
with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use.
,________ 13. The words is, are, was, were, and be are examples of linking verbs.
________ 14. In the sentence We were surprised to read about the scandal in the
newspaper, the word in is a conjunction.
________ 15. The words or, nor, and but are examples of conjunctions.
________ 16. Adverbs often answer the questions when? how? where? and to what
extent?
________ 17. Oh, Wow, and Hooray are examples of interjections.
________ 18. Names for persons, places, things, qualities, feelings, concepts,
activities, and measures are nouns.
________ 19. In the sentence He is a political analyst, the word political functions as
a noun.
________ 20. The words a, an, and the are part of a special group of adjectives
called articles.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Identify the parts of speech of the words used in the following sentence.
My supervisor and I translated the documents accurately by our deadline.
________ 21. supervisor a. noun b. pronoun c. adverb
d. adjective
________ 22. and a. preposition b. conjunction c. adverb d.
adjective
________ 23. I a. noun b. pronoun c. adverb d.
adjective
________ 24. translated a. noun b. pronoun c. adverb
d. verb
________ 25. the a. noun b. pronoun c. adverb
d. adjective
________ 26. documents a. noun b. pronoun c. adverb d.
adjective
________ 27. accurately a. conjunction b. adjective c. adverb d.
preposition
________ 28. by a. noun b. pronoun c. conjunction d. preposition
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GUFFEY-SEEFER, BUSINESS ENGLISH 10E © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not
be scanned, copied, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed
with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use.
, ________ 29. deadline a. noun b. pronoun c. conjunction d. preposition
________ 30. In the sentence Dr. Ehrlich uses the Web to communicate with patients,
the words with patients are a(n) _________ .
a. dependent clause
b. independent clause
c. phrase
________ 31. In the sentence Because of our new marketing campaign, we saw an
increase in sales, the words we saw an increase in sales are a(n) _________
.
a. dependent clause
b. independent clause
c. phrase
________ 32. In the sentence If you have any questions, please e-mail me, the
words please e-mail me are a(n) _________ .
a. dependent clause
b. independent clause
c. phrase
________ 33. In the sentence There is much foreign competition, the simple subject
is _________ .
a. There
b. is
c. foreign
d. competition
________ 34. The sentence Our project deadline is Friday; therefore, we will work
overtime all week is a _________ sentence.
a. simple
b. compound
c. complex
d. compound-complex
________ 35. The sentence The banquet menu will include chicken, beef, seafood,
and vegetarian dishes is a _________ sentence.
a. simple
b. compound
c. complex
d. compound-complex
________ 36. The sentence When you have an answer, please let us know is a
_________ sentence.
a. simple
b. compound
c. complex
d. compound-complex
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GUFFEY-SEEFER, BUSINESS ENGLISH 10E © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not
be scanned, copied, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed
with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use.
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