A passive learning approach to reading assignments is characterized by
a. asking questions while reading the assignments.
b. relating reading assignments to lecture material.
c. applying the same strategy to every assignment.
d. attempting to discover the purpose of each assignment.
Ques. 2Which one of the following is the correctly spelled word?
a) league
b) lege c) leag
d) legue
Ques. 3Which one of the following is the correctly spelled word?
a) captin
b) captan c) captain
d) captane
Ques. 4Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?
a) His sense of humor is too sutle for me to understand.
b) My pet elephant made a big splash in the swimming pool.
c) The dog snarled at me then bit my leg.
d) The phone rang, and my dad picked up the receiver.
Ques. 5Which two of the following sentences contain spelling errors?
a) Sparky is my nieghbors' dog.
b) I only like poems that rhyme.
c) My uncle is often forgetful.
d) Integrity is a value few people posses these days.
Ques. 6Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?
a) The turtle walked slowly.
b) Cheating conflicts with my beliefs.
c) I have the worst scedule next semester.
d) I built a birdhouse.
Ques. 7How can you become a better speller?
a) Watch several hours of quality television, especially PBS programming.
b) Use a dictionary when you run across words you don't know.
c) Avoid all slang and ungrammatical expressions.
d) Both (b) and (c) are good ideas.
Ques. 8Why should you want to improve your spelling?
a) Spelling errors can make the reader doubt your writing abilities.
b) You might not always have access to a spell-checker.
c) Spell-checkers don't always catch all spelling errors.
d) All of the above are reasons why spelling skills are important.
Ques. 9Which one of the following sentences uses the word its correctly?
a) Donald promised us that its a great movie.
b) We weren't sure of its importance for the test.
c) How can we be sure that its a safe car?
d) Most of the time, its a lame excuse that Mark gives.