Versant Handouts (Day 3)
Versant Handouts (Day 3)
Versant Handouts (Day 3)
Session 3
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A- Read Aloud
Instructions: Read the passage aloud smoothly and naturally in a clear voice.
You will be stopped after 30 seconds. This is not a speed reading test. You may
not be able to finish reading the entire passage, but that is okay. When your
time is up, you will automatically move on to the next item.
Have you eaten a root before? You probably have. People and animals eat many
kinds of roots. Most roots that people eat are usually called root vegetables. A
root vegetable is what we call vegetables that grow underground. A carrot is one
type of root vegetable. It is the orange, edible root of the carrot plant. Many
people like to put it in salads or eat it right out of the ground. The turnip is
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B- Repeat
Instructions: Please repeat each sentence that you hear. Example: You hear:
"Leave town on the next train." You say: "Leave town on the next train."
C- Sentence Builds
Instructions: Please rearrange the word groups into a sentence. Example: You
hear: "was reading" ... "my mother" ... "her favorite magazine" You say: "My
mother was reading her favorite magazine.
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6. your room - please clean - before you go
D- Conversations
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E- Typing
Instructions: This section allows you to get used to the keyboard and also
measures your typing speed. You will have 60 seconds to type as much as you
can. Type quickly and accurately. Keep typing until your time finish. Your work
will be saved automatically.
F-Sentence Completion
Instructions: Please type one word that best fits the meaning of the sentence.
Type only one word. You will have 25 seconds for each sentence. Click "Next"
when you are finished.
1- In order for the medicine to work ---------------, you must take the correct
amount.
2- The holiday was ------------------. I hadn’t done anything yet!
3- Mary was born --------------------- 1867.
4- I don’t watch plays because I --------------------- go to the theatre.
5- John forgot his backpack and had to --------------- home to get it.
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G Dictation
Instructions: Please type each sentence exactly as you hear it. You will have 25
seconds for each sentence. Pay attention to spelling and punctuation. Click
"Next" when you are finished. After 25 seconds, your work will be saved
automatically.
H- Passage Reconstruction
Original Passage:
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teammates runs to get ice for her ankle. (Ice helps with the swelling.) The others
help her off the court and she sits down to rest.
Original Passage:
Donna and her husband Matt go to the beach every Saturday in the summer.
Today is the same. Donna packs a picnic lunch. She packs the beach umbrella
and sun lotion. Donna puts on her swimsuit and sun hat. She is almost ready.
She just needs her sunglasses. Donna always loses things. Maybe they are in the
bathroom. They could also be in her purse. Donna looks in the mirror and
laughs. Her sunglasses are on top of her head. They were there the whole time!
Instructions: Read the passage. Then, in the first box, write a short summary of
the author’s opinion in 25-50 words. In the second box, write your opinion on
the topic. Do you agree or disagree with the author? Why? Try to use your own
ideas. You must write at least 50 words. You will have 18 minutes to read the
passage and write both the summary and opinion. Write both the summary and
the opinion before clicking ‘Next’. Write in complete sentences. After 18
minutes, your work will be saved automatically.
Books hold a special place in everybody’s lives and are important for one’s
growth, maturity and knowledge. There are countless ways in which books
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influence our lives. The progress of humanity would have been impossible
without books and the lessons that we learn from them.
Books influence and teach us throughout our lives. We learn human values and
mannerisms, etiquette and ethical behavior, courage and bravery, compassion
and humility, forgiveness and acceptance and various other emotions. A good
book will influence our behavior and give us a new way to look at life. Books
also portray the struggle of mankind through the ages. The lessons that we learn
from our past mistakes and the struggle for the advancement of the world can
.be learned from books
There are books for children, teenagers and adults; there are books for all ages.
There are also books with all kinds of subjects. Experts believe that the first
book that people read is usually a fiction, like Harry Potter or Alice in
.Wonderland. No matter what the topic is, reading is useful for everybody