5.5Constructingrearrangementitems5.6Constructingcompletionitems5.7Constructingtransformationitems5.8Constructingitemsinvolvingthechangingofwords5.9Constructingpairingandmatchingitems5.10ConstructingcombinationandadditionitemsYouknowhowisit.Iwonderdidyougrowmorefattersincesummer.(laterinthesameletter)Ifweattempttotestthefirsterrorbymeansofanordinarymultiple-choiceitem,wearefacedwiththeproblemofbeingrestrictedtoonlytwooptions.Youknowhow_________.A.ItisB.isitTherefore,tolengthentheoriginalstatementto:Youknowhowwarmitistoday.Theitemwouldthenread:‘Won’tIneedacoat?’‘Well,youknowhow__________.A.warmisittodayB.todayitiswarmC.isitwarmtodayD.warmitistodayE.todayisitwarm(mentaljuggling)Completeeachsentencebyputtingthewordsbelowitintherightorder.Putintheboxesonlythelettersofthewords.‘Won’tIneedacoat?’‘Well,youknowhow__________.A.itB.todayC.warmD.isIwonderif__________sincesummer.A.grownB.youC.fatterD.haveWordorderitemsareusefulfortestingotherstructuresandfeaturesinvolvinginversion:Everyone’sforgotten________.A.cupB.heC.whichD.usedNotonly_________,buthetookmetohishouse.A.meB.heC.didD.meetHowever________,you’llneverpassthattest.A.youB.tryC.hardD.mayTheorderofadjectivesandthepositionofadverbscanbetestedinthisway,asindeedcanseveralothergrammaticalareas:Thepolicearelookingfor__________.A.bigB.twoC.carsD.blackTomsaid_________cleaninghiscar.A.hadB.finishedC.heD.justOnly___________beenrudetoyou!A.everB.IC.haveD.onceMrs.WalkermadeAnn_________.A.hernewpenB.toC.showD.meSomeonewarnedRob________thieves.A.forB.toC.outD.lookNotethatrearrangementitemscanbeusedforsentencesaswellasforwordsandphrases.Studentsmayberequiredtowriteoutthesentencesintheircorrectsequenceorsimplytoputthelettersofthevarioussentenceintheircorrectorder:A.Consequently,youshouldmakeeveryefforttocompletethepaper.B.Scribblethemdownasquicklyasyoucan,ifnecessary.C.Ifyoufindyourselfrunningoutoftimebeforeyoucancompleteit,however,don’tworryaboutwritingyouranswersneatly.D.Rememberthatitisimpossibletoscoremarksonquestionswhichyouhavenotattempted.Writethecorrectwordineachblank.Theoldmanenjoyslooking_______thechildrenplaying.Thatcarbelongs________Helen’smother.Ihopeyou’renotangry_______me.Puta,the,orsomeineachblankonlywherenecessary.Ifyouthinkthatnowordshouldbeplacedintheblank,putacross(×)there.Canyousee_____sunshiningthroughtheclouds?Isawyouruncle______daybeforeyesterday.WhathaveyoubeendoingsinceIsawyou_____lastsummer?Sometimesthemoststraightforwardcompletionitemscancauseproblemsinscoring.PREPAREHeheardagaspbehindhimashe_______togo.(waspreparing;prepared;hadprepared)AssoonaspossiblethenextdayIsentmystory__1___theeditor_______themagazine_______whichmybestworksusuallyappeared.(toismostacceptable,however,aboutisalsopossible,thoughitmaysoundssomewhatabsurd)Igotothecinemaregularly,butI________tothetheatreformonths.Possibleanswersare:haven’tbeenshan’tbegoinghadn’tbeencan’tgo(sometimes)don’tgohaven’tbeenabletogomaynotgoamnotgoingdon’tknowwhetherI’vebeendidn’tgoshan’tgohaven’tgonewon’tgohaven’tbeengoinga.byprovidingacontext:Kimusuallygoestothecinemaaboutonceinaweekbutshe____________fourfilmalreadythismonthandit’sonly20thtoday.(Possibleanswers:hasseen/willhaveseen/musthaveseen).b.byprovidingdata:Igotothecinemaregularly,butit’sagessinceIlastsawaplay.Igotothecinemaregularly,butI__________tothetheatreformonths.(Possibleanswers:haven’tbeen/haven’tgone/haven’tbeengoing/haven’tbeenabletogo).c.usingmultiple-choicetechniques:I__________tothetheatrethreetimessinceIlastsawyou.A.goB.havebeenC.hadgoneD.wentInthefollowingexample,partofasentencehasbeenomitted.Manyzooofficialsareworriedbytheincreasingill-treatmentofanimalsbyvisitorstothezoo,especiallybychildren.Mostvisitorsexpecttoseetheanimalsveryactiveintheirclosures.Whentheanimalsfailtoperforminthewaysexpected,_________________.Crocodilesseemtobethechiefvictimsofsuchattacksbecausethey________________.Thebottles,cans,sticksandstonesthat_________________endupasunsightlylitterintheenclosures.Someanimals,however,swallow_________________.Mostofthevisitorswho______________arenotreallymaliciousbutsimply__________________.Zooofficialsareconstantly___________________.Indiscriminatefeedingoftheanimalsisnotallowedbecause_____________________.Thecompletionofdialoguescanalsoprovideausefulwayoftestingtheabilitytomanipulatethegrammarandpatternsoflanguageincontext.A.________________________________________________B.SodoI.Igenerallywatchitforanhourortwoeveryevening.A.________________________________________________B.ImmediatelyafterI’vefinishedmyhomework,atabouteight-thirtyornine.A.________________________________________________B.Soaremine.Thefunnier,thebetter.IlikeAmericanonesbestofall-youknow,programslike‘Benson’and‘DifferentStrokes’.A.________________________________________________B.NeitherdoI.Ican’tstandanythingthat’stoofrightening.A.________________________________________________B.Iagreeabouteducationalprograms,buttherearestillveryfewofthem.Rewriteeachofthefollowingsentencesinanotherway,beginningeachnewsentencewiththewordsg