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Accuplacer Sentence Skills Sample Questions : Construction Shift Questions

Rewrite the sentence in your head, following the directions given below. Keep in mind that your new sentence should be well written and should have essentially the same meaning as the sentence given you

1. Being a female jockey, she was often interviewed.
   Rewrite, beginning with
   She was often interviewed...

   The next words will be

   1. on account of she was
   2. by her being
   3. because she was
   4. being as she was

   Answer :C

2. In his songs, Gordon Lightfoot makes melody and lyrics intricately intertwine.
   Rewrite, beginning with
   Melody and lyrics...

   Your new sentence will include

   1. Gordon Lightfoot has
   2. make Gordon Lightfoot's C. in Gordon Lightfoot's D. does Gordon Lightfoot

   Answer :C

3. It is easy to carry solid objects without spilling them, but the same cannot be said of liquids.
   Rewrite, beginning with
   Unlike liquids, ...

   The next words will be

   1. it is easy to
   2. we can easily
   3. solid objects can easily be
   4. solid objects are easy to be

   Answer :C

4. Excited children ran toward the loud music, and they told others about the ice cream truck outside.
   Rewrite, beginning with
   The excited children, who had run toward the loud...

   The next words will be

   1. music, they told
   2. music told
   3. music, telling
   4. music and had told

   Answer :B

5. If he had enough strength, Todd would move the boulder.
   Rewrite, beginning with
   Todd cannot move the boulder...

   The next words will be

   1. when lacking
   2. because he
   3. although there
   4. without enough

   Answer :B

6. The band began to play, and then the real party started.
   Rewrite, beginning with
   The real party started...

   The next words will be

   1. after the band began
   2. and the band began
   3. although the band began
   4. the band beginning

   Answer :A

7. Chris heard no unusual noises when he listened in the park.
   Rewrite, beginning with
   Listening in the park,...

   The next words will be

   1. no unusual noises could be heard
   2. then Chris heard no unusual noises
   3. and hearing no unusual noises
   4. Chris heard no unusual noises

   Answer :D