POST-TEST

Unit #PART A: WORDS OUT OF CONTEXT (See Pretest)

1

dab data   Atlanta

2

whip   valid   vanilla  

3

lob   jonquil   lollipop  

4

dub   public   impulsive  

5

when   seldom   expensive  

6

split   clinic   plentiful  

7

gram   dandruff   electronics  

8

throb   static   skeleton  

9

strict   fragment   comprehend  

10

strength   mustang   flamingo  

11

graph   attach   mackintosh  

12

chore core northern   assortment  

13

perk   squirming   suburban  

14

starch   marksman   carnival  

15

gumption   profession   benediction  

16

boil   pointless   tenderloin  

17

Greek   freezer   referee  

18

breath breathe pleasant   threatening  

19

copy   dignity   directory  

20

axle   durable   expendable  

21

gauze   naughty   audible  

22

grain   plaintiff   betrayal  

23

scour score bounty   bountiful  

24

moose   igloo   foolproof  

25

hoax   poaching   cockroaches  

26

gem   logic   tendency  

27

trapeze
basic
  pantomime
cider
cedar

imitation
explosive
 

28

glare   garret   comparison  

29

cease   greasy   increasing  

30

niece
seize
  diesel
leisure
  fiendish
deceitful
 

31

crook   hoodwink   woolen  

32

racial   unconscious   appreciate  

33

crowbar   landowner   stowaway  

34

gesture   premature (wrong accent) expenditure  

35

sheriff   sterilize   territory  

36

pompous   obvious   spontaneous  

37

ache   echo   technical  

POST-TEST

Unit # PART B: WORDS IN CONTEXT (See Pretest)

1 Did the vandal zap the panda and dab jam on the yak? (as written)
  Did the vandal rap the panda and dab jam on the yake? (as read by the student)
   
2 That thin timid kid is a whiz.
   
3 Can you dissolve fossils in liquid?
   
4 The rustic cannibal will summon the goblins to his hut.
   
5 Elvis is an athletic Mexican. (no errors)
   
6-8 Clinton went to Congress from Nebraska.
   
9 The unkempt addict is a tenant in the tenement.
  The unkempt addict is a tenant in the tenement. (wrong accent)
   
10 Miss Strong clung to Mr. Whittington as they did the tango.
   
11 Philip and Mack sell radishes and spinach in Phelps.
  Philip and Mack sell radishes and spinach in Phillipps.
   
12 Nora is a forlorn orphan.
   
13 Irving’s current pet went beserk.
   
14 Arvin bartered garments for parsnips.
   
15 There was a collision at the intersection.
   
16 Floyd broils sirloin in Detroit.
   
17 Peetweets do not wheeze.
   
18 The deaf man was threading the leather straps into his headdress.
   
19 I envy Beverly’s salary.
   
20 Those durable shingles will not crumble.
   
21 Claude saw a gaunt pauper on a Nassau trawler.
   Claude was a gaunt pauper in a Nassau trawler.
   
22 The painter stained the decayed railing.
   
23 The grouchy scout is a scoundrel.
   
24 If Scooter can’t snooze, he gets gloomy and moody.
   
25 Would you rather pet a foal or a roach?
   
26 Cinnamon and ginger are pungent.
   
27 That agency will not hesitate to accept your application.
    
  The obedient athlete kept the secret from the media.
 
 
  Do you like the aroma of clover, cocoa, and artichokes?
  Do you like the aroma of clover, coca, and artichokes?
 
 
  The flute was ruined by the truant pupil.
  
The flute was renewed by the truant pupil.
   
28 The missionary sent a parrot to the parish seminary.
   
29 Do not maltreat that diseased, leashed beagle.
   
30 The priest shrieked as he sized the thief.
   
31 The backwoodsman dropped his fish-hook in the brook.
  The backwoodmans dropped his fish-hook in the block.
   
32 I have a suspicion your pet is vicious rather than just social.
   
  The patient with the partial plate is superstitious.
   
33 The widow owes me for the tow truck.
   
34 What is the texture of the signature on the sculpture?
   
35 The heron made an error. It flew onto the terrace where it drank some sherry.
   
36 The enormous actor was hilarious and boisterous.
   
37 The mechanics worked on the machinery.

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