Technical Writing Test

Is the following construction active or passive?Search for an order.

• Active

• Passive

Is the following construction active or passive?The top floor was destroyed by Jack.

• Active

• Passive

State if the sentence is complete or incomplete:The old woman who lost all her hair.

• Is complete

• Is not complete

Find the subject in this sentence: Ronaldo hit the ball hard and scored the winning goal.

• Ronaldo

• Goal

• Ball

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word:Request someone _________ the data by fax immediately.

• Sent

• Sends

• Send

• To send

State if the sentence is complete or incomplete:The very small animal running along the wall.

• Is complete

• Is not complete

Is the following construction active or passive?The Team Leader is assigned by the Manager.

• Active

• Passive

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word:The company will upgrade _________ computer information systems next month.

• There

• Their

• It's

Write the correct forms from the words in parentheses: (Please write the entire sentence.)(It’s, Its) wheel was broken because (it’s, its) driven too far.

Sentence structure (Select the right word and the right form of the word. Please rewrite the entire sentence):The material is (composed, comprised) of plastic and additives.

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word:The boss was good enough to ....... my mistake.

• Oversee

• Overdo

• Overlook

• Overtake

Sentence revision: Improve the English of the following sentence. Watch out for grammar and typing mistakes, wordiness, confused sentence structure. Try to reduce the word count wherever possible, without changing the meaning of the text: The encyclopedia is an ideal place to research a topic that you are not familiar with, and it is really handy to use a subject-specific encyclopedia with lost of articles written by experts in a field.

Sentence revision: Improve the English of the following sentence.Watch out for grammar and typing mistakes, wordiness, confused sentence structure. Try to reduce the word count wherever possible, without changing the meaning of the text:  Solicited proposals are those that have been requested in some way or the other by a potential customer, for example, when the request an RFP from us. Unsolicited proposals have not been requested as they just come in by standard mail or through the front door completely, totally unexpected, and completely ‘out of the blue’.

Sentence revision: Improve the English of the following sentence. Watch out for grammar and typing mistakes, wordiness, confused sentence structure. Try to reduce the word count wherever possible, without changing the meaning of the text:  However, if your way of managing the project will produce better results, then a discussion of opportunities, benefits and feasibility may indeed be in order even in a solicited proposal.

Enter a simpler term instead of the more complex or multi- syllable word:Note- Copy each word in the answer space, type '-' and then write your answer. Due to the fact that, Fabricate, In close proximity to, In view of the fact that, With reference to the fact that, Within the realm of possibility,