ALCPT Form 20

1. Arthur and Jane went to visit Peter during the weekend, but Peter was not at home.

Who wasn't home?

2. John put his car in reverse.

In which direction will he go?

3. She has a considerable amount of money.

How much money does she have?

4. Sergeant Jones is a very dependable soldier.

What kind of a soldier is he?

5. They are aboard that airplane. Where are they?

6. That place has thunderstorms occasionally.

How often do thunderstorms occur there?

7. The bank was established here in 1960.

What happened that year?

8. The sponge will absorb the water.

What will it do?

9. The tree will obstruct the view. What will the tree do?

10. They go to the baseball games now and then.

How often do they go?

11. Did the other car turn over at the time of the accident?

12. The weather is generally cold here.

How is the weather here?

13. Military personnel must carry out lawful orders.

What do they have to do?

14. The officer gave a brief talk. How was his talk?

15. The weather is normal for this time of year.

How is the weather?

16. The homework was complicated.

How was the homework?

17. Miss Smith had a slight accident.

How was Miss Smith's accident?

18. The sign told us of a road hazard.

What did it tell us about?

19. What would you call a particular internal part of the body?

20. The fruit on the table is delicious.

How is it?

21. If a pilot is saved from a burning plane,

what can we say about him?

22. Mrs. Allen said her dress was not suitable.

What was wrong with it?

23. Lead is a metal that retains heat.

What does this say about lead?

24. The soldiers will assemble in the morning.

What will they do?

25. John computed the area of the land.

What did he do?

26. Peter's car is almost as cheap as Fred's.

27. There weren't any seats available for the show.

28. The mechanic worked out the plan on how to maintain the forty trucks.

29. Frank said, "Without a doubt, that's the toughest course I've had."

30. You could tell from the way Paul talked that he didn't know the score.

31. The liquid in this container is flammable.

32. Some of the other students bothered him.

33. Paul was going to Alaska, but he changed his mind.

34. The engineer eventually finished his work.

35. Joe said, "I'm going to get up early tomorrow morning."

36. The sergeant asked the airman, "How is the training?"

The airman said, It's rough.

37. You cannot use the elevator. It is out of order.

38. When Jim was in the service, he wrote Mr. Black a letter.

39. The instructions on the bulletin board told all personnel to turn in their weapons.

40. The group broke up the party at nine o'clock.

41. The students went to the library to dig up information for their assignment.

42. The lieutenant told the troops to see him before they took off.

43. Helen searched for her friend in Chicago.

44. He is very capable.

45. Loud noises interfere with my studies.

46. He continued though he was tired.

47. Susan is talking to her friend in the office and Jack is busy with a report.

48. He would like to finish his work today but he won't be able to.

49. He gave a birthday present to Martha yesterday.

50. I will get in touch with you as soon as I graduate.

51. M: Did the instructor investigate the causes for so many failures on the last examination?
W: Yes, he got down to the real reason why so many students did not pass.
What did the woman mean?

52. W: Why didn't Captain Johnson let Mr. Hill leave the office?
M: Because he wanted to make sure that Mr. Hill had his orders straight.
What did the man say about Capt. Johnson?

53. W: Have you spoken to your mother, Bill?
M: Yes, I made a collect call to her in Cleveland.
What did the man say?

54. W: How did the meeting go?
M: The sergeant had to cut down on his talk in order to finish in time.
What did the man say about the sergeant and his talk?

55. W: Why do the students like their teacher so much?
M: Because he sticks to the subject matter.
What did the man say about the teacher?

56. W: Where are we now?
M: Can't you see? We're approaching the city.
What did the man mean?

57. M: What kind of line is that?
W: It's vertical to the ground.
What did the woman say?

58. M: Virginia, how do you feel about studying English for six hours a day?
W: I'm sold on the idea.
What did Virginia mean?

59. W: Do you think we should invite Mary and Tom to the party?
M: Well, we should, but as you know we don't really want to.
What did the man say?

60. W: Who else is going to the party?
M: Tom can go with John, but Charles can't.
What did he just say?

61. The commander asked the radio operator, "Can you pick up that
message?" The operator said, "________"

62. Jack gave a definite answer to the question.

His answer was ________.

63. An overall view of a city is a _________.

64. He thought twice about buying a new automobile.

He was__________.

65. "Would you please switch the plates?" "Certainly, I'll ____________."

66. Jan used caution while driving in the rain. She drove ___________.

67. The visitors got the picture after the Lieutenant explained what was happening.

68. The commander recommended the sergeant for an award.

69. Barbara ought not to help the rest of the students with their lessons.

70. The mechanic asked his helper to hand over the pair of pliers.

71. In spite of the bad weather, scheduled flights departed on time.

72. Candy always tastes ___________.

73. The students will study the ________words for tomorrow.

74. ________in one place for such a long time was very uncomfortable.

75. That student _________all the new words very well now.

76. It was wonderful ___________our old classmates again.

77. Mr. Clark _________ for that company for ten years.

78. The student has been in this school __________one year.

79. This is how it actually happened.

80. The student _________ much progress since September.

81. My hometown is not as interesting as Denver.

Denver is ________ than my home town.

82. Patricia finished her homework sooner than Dick.

Patricia completed the task __________.

83. The students know ___________.

84. When do you suppose you can come back to visit us?

85. The lesson was too long _________ in two hours.

86. Sally ________ a course in American history this semester.

87. The last story was __________ the earlier one.

88. The instructor said, "Would you please put those books back _______"

89. The temperature during the day went below the ___________ point.

90. The captain didn't meet your father. I ___________.

91. Why did you enroll in this course?

92. Claude usually works on Friday; _________ Frank.

93. We have to acknowledge the message.

94. When Jerry called me, he told me that

he had met a woman _______ name was very unusual.

95. Who _______ the food for the party next.

96. There ______ students in the classroom.

97. Not much ________ about the matter since that time.

98. Choose the correct sentence.

99. Choose the correct sentence.

100. Bill: "This is the car that John bought from Mr. Smith."
Tom: "I didn't even k now that he had bought a car."