Testing-Lecture-07

5.1Introduction5.2Multiple-choicegrammaritemtypes5.3Constructingmultiple-choiceitems5.4Constructingerror-recognitionmultiple-choiceitemsCommontypesofitemsusedtotestawarenessofthegrammaticalfeaturesofthelanguage.multiple-choiceitemserror-recognitionitemsrearrangementitemscompletionitemstransformationitemsitemsinvolvingthechangingofwordspairingandmatchingitemscombinationitemsadditionitemsType1:Tomoughtnotto_______(A.tellB.havetoldC.betellingD.havingtold)meyoursecret,buthedid.Type2:Tomoughtnotto_______meyoursecret,buthedid.A.tellB.havetoldC.betellingD.havingtoldA.tellB.havetoldType3:TomoughtnottoC.betellingmeyoursecret,buthedid.D.havingtoldType4:Tomoughtnottohavetoldmeyoursecret,buthedid.A.NochangeB.tellC.betellingD.havingtoldType5:A.Tomoughtnottotellmeyoursecret,buthedid.B.Tomoughtnottohavingtoldmeyoursecret,buthedid.C.Tomoughtnottobetellingmeyoursecret,buthedid.D.Tomoughtnottohavetoldmeyoursecret,buthedid.Type6:‘Tomoughtnottohavetoldanyonethesecret.’A.‘Sooughtyou.’B.‘Neitheroughtyou.’C.‘Neitheryououghtn’t’D.‘Sooughtn’tyou’Type7:‘Tomoughtnottohavetoldme’A.Tomdidnottellmebutheshould.B.PerhapsTommaynottellme.C.Tomtoldmebutitwaswrongofhim.D.ItwasnecessaryforTomnottotellme.Althoughitisnotalwayspossibletousesamplesofstudents’ownwrittenworktoprovidethebasisforthetestitems,itshouldnotbetoodifficultforconstructorsofclassroomtestsandschoolachievementtesttotakeadvantageofthetypesoferrorsmadebystudentsintheirfreecompositionsandopen-endedanswerstoquestions.Hereisanextractofastudent’sletter:ThereisverymuchtimeIdidn’twriteyou,andnowIhavealittlefreetime.WinterisbehindusandthereforeIhopethatyouwouldn’tmindonsuchalongperiodbetweenmylastletterandthisone.Youknowhowisit.Sunisshining,treesbecomegreenandit’sdifficulttostayclosedamongwalls.SometimestheweatherissunnyIgotowalkthroughtheparknearmylodgingandenjoylookingthechildrenplaying.Youknow,thedaybeforeyesterdaywhilelookingthroughmywindowIsawthewetstreetandpeoplewithumbrellasrushingformoneyandprestige.Isuddenlyrememberedlastsummerthatbelongedtous.Isupposethatyouwerenotangrytomewhathappened.Ithinkthatitisnotgoodtodiscussaboutpassedfeelings.Item1Ihopethatyouwouldn’tmindonsuchalongperiodbetweenmylastletterandthisone.Step1:Reducethelengthofthesentenceandcorrecttheerrors.Ihopeyouwon’tmindwaitingforsolong.Step2:Writeoutthesentence,substitutingablankfortheareabeingtested.Writethecorrectoptionandthedistractorwhichthestudenthasprovidedforus.Ihopeyou_______mindwaitingforsolong.Ipromisetoreplysoonerinfuture.A.won’tB.wouldn’t.Step3:Addanothertwodistractors.Thesedistractorscaneitherbefoundinstudentswrittenworkorcomedirectlyfromtheexperienceoftheconstructor.Ihopeyou_______mindwaitingforsolong.Ipromisetoreplysoonerinfuture.A.won’tB.wouldn’tC.shouldn’tD.shan’tStep4:Replaceshan’twithcan’t.However,ifcan’tshouldbeusedasadistractor,possiblyitisbettertoreplaceshouldn’twithcouldn’t.Ihopeyou_______mindwaitingforsolong.Ipromisetoreplysoonerinfuture.A.won’tB.wouldn’tC.couldn’tD.can’tItem2SometimestheweatherissunnyIgotowalkthroughtheparknearmylodgingandenjoylookingthechildrenplaying.Anitemisthereforeconstructedinthisway:OldMr.Jonesenjoys________thechildrenplaying.A.lookingB.lookingatC.lookingonD.lookingtoTheitemmightappearasfollows:OldMr.Jonesenjoyslooking________thechildrenplayingA./B.atC.onD.toItem3IsupposethatyouwerenotangrytomeAnitemisthereforeconstructedinthisway:Idohopethatyouweren’tangry______me.A.toB.withC.onD.aboutHowabout‘at’?SunisshiningAnitemisthereforeconstructedinthisway:________isshiningbrightlytoday.A.SunB.ThesunC.AsunD.SomesunType1Sun/isshining/brightlytoday/,isn’tit?ABCDSimilarexamples:OldMr.Jones/enjoys/lookingthechildren/playinginthepark.ABCDTony’sfather/wouldnotlethim/tostayout/lateatnight.ABCDDidn’t/Susantellyou/shewouldn’tmindtocome/withusonthepicnic?ABCDType2Idohopeyouwouldn’tmindwaitingforsuchalongtime.ABCDI’mworriedthatyou’llbeangrytome.ABCDIdidn’tseeBillsincehewentintohospitallastmonth.ABCDMycarhadbrokendown,soIwenttherebyfoot.ABCD5.1Introduction5.2Multiple-choicegrammaritemtypes5.3Constructingmultiple-choiceitems5.4Constructingerror-recognitionmultiple-choiceitems