MASSACHUSETTS TESTS FOR EDUCATOR LICENSURE (MTEL):
Information, Interactive Practice Exercises, and Practice Tests 1
Response and Rationale for Writing Subtest Sample
Question #1
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Answer: I was held up
at the office for three hours due to phone calls.
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Rationale: The words
“phone calls” are a plural noun, but there is
no verb to complete the independent clause.There are two
ways to fix this problem:either add a verb to form a
complete sentence (“I was held up at the office; I
had too many phone calls.”), or incorporate the
words into a relative phrase (“I was held up at the
office for three hours due to phone calls.”)
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