In this part, you will need to complete a Text, such as a memo, letter or advertisement. There are four missing words (or groups of words) in each Text, each with four possible Answer Choices.
Text Completion STRATEGY #1
Wrong Verb Form
These wrong Answer Choices use the correct root word, but the ending of the word is wrong, making it into a different part of speech, the wrong verb tense. These wrong Answer Choices may also use the wrong preposition.
| Example:
Question Sentence: “Everyone was happy they received a 5% _______ under the new contract.” A) risen WRONG - this is a verb Notice that because of the word “a” in the sentence, the blank MUST be a noun, which makes Answer Choices A) and C) clearly wrong. |
Text Completion STRATEGY #2
Using Context to Choose Answers
These wrong Answer Choices use the correct root word, but the ending of the word is wrong, making it into a different part of speech, the wrong verb tense. These wrong Answer Choices may also use the wrong preposition.
| Example:
Question Sentence: “We need to ________ the numbers from last year’s budget one more time before we can make any decisions.” Because the words before the blank are “need to” and the words after it are a Noun Phrase, the blank must be a Verb. The words “numbers”, “last year’s budget”, and “one more time” are clues that the blank must be a verb that means doing something with numbers a second time. A) discover WRONG -numbers cannot be discovered more than once |
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