PECT Study Guide

Pre-service Academic Performance Assessment (PAPA)
Sample Sentence Correction Assignments

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Module 3

Objective 0013
Understand grammatical writing.

1. The sentence below contains two errors (e.g., grammar, mechanics). Rewrite the sentence so that the errors are addressed and the original meaning is maintained.

The success of an organization's policies depend on whether employees believed in the policies.
Answer and Rationale
Correct Response:

Errors

  1. Subject-verb agreement: "depend" should be "depends"
  2. Verb tense: "believed" should be "believe"

Sample rewrite

The success of an organization's policies depends on whether employees believe in the policies.


Objective 0014
Understand writing mechanics and the conventions of Standard American English.

2. The sentence below contains two errors (e.g., grammar, mechanics). Rewrite the sentence so that the errors are addressed and the original meaning is maintained.

Some consumers purchase new Personal computers based on their friends' reccomendations.
Answer and Rationale
Correct Response:

Errors

  1. Capitalization: "Personal" should be "personal"
  2. Spelling: "reccomendations" should be "recommendations"

Sample rewrite

Some consumers purchase new personal computers based on their friends' recommendations.