General Knowledge Test
Subtest 2: English Language Skills (ELS) (826)

Test Competencies and Skills Worksheet

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Competency 1—Knowledge of language structure

  • Approximate Percentage of Total Subtest Questions: 33%
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1. Determine correct placement of modifiers.
2. Apply knowledge of parallelism, including parallel expressions for parallel ideas.
3. Apply knowledge of a variety of effective sentence structures.
4. Determine patterns of organization in a written passage (i.e., text structures).
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Competency 2—Knowledge of vocabulary application

  • Approximate Percentage of Total Subtest Questions: 33%
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1. Determine the meaning, including connotative meanings, of unfamiliar or multiple-meaning words and phrases in context.
2. Identify and apply correct word usage.
3. Determine appropriate diction and tone for addressing a given audience and purpose.
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Competency 3—Knowledge of standard English conventions

  • Approximate Percentage of Total Subtest Questions: 34%
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This section of the worksheet allows users to map the test competencies and skills to the curriculum by entering up to six courses in the course name fields, and checking the boxes if the content of the course covers the information described by the test skills in the rows below.
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1. Select standard verb forms.
2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
3. Select agreement between subject and verb.
4. Select agreement between pronoun and antecedent.
5. Identify and correct inappropriate pronoun shifts.
6. Select clear pronoun references.
7. Select pronoun case forms (e.g., subjective, objective, possessive).
8. Determine the correct use of adjectives and adverbs.
9. Select appropriate comparative and superlative degree forms.
10. Demonstrate command of standard spelling conventions.
11. Demonstrate command of standard punctuation (e.g., recognizing and correcting fragments, comma splices, run-on sentences, syntax errors).
12. Demonstrate command of standard capitalization.
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