I put the radio on loud, but Dad shouted to me to turn the volume down. The reporters take down every word of his speech.

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3. His mother brought up her children to always say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.

4. Dad often told my brother off about watching too much TV.

5. I’ll let him off this time, but I’ll punish him if he is late again.

6. He did not go out as he was still getting over the flu.

7. Before you buy any sort of machine, it’s best to try it out first.

8. I want your gun. Give it up

9. I don’t believe you You’ve made the whole story up.

10. I’m sure we can get round the problem.

Part III 1. Jim met Sams sister last week, and now he calls her every day. I guess he really falls for her in a big way. 2. The new postman mixes the addresses up so that no one got the right letters.

3. There is a mystery about his death and the police look into it.

4. If you don’t know the meaning of the word, you can look it up in the

dictionary.

5. There was an accident which held up all the traffic coming into town.

6. Tom has run very fast, so Jack catches him up to win the competition.

7. I bump into my old roommate yesterday.

8. If you can do your homework today, you mustn’t put it off till tomorrow.

9. I put the radio on loud, but Dad shouted to me to turn the volume down.

10. The reporters take down every word of his speech.

91 Appendix D: The Samples of the Test’s Results 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Appendix E: The Students’ Test Score item1 item2 item3 item4 item5 item6 item7 item8 item9 item10 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 1 1 1 1 1 15 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 1 1 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 18 1 1 1 1 19 1 1 1 20 1 1 1 1 1 21 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22 1 1 1 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24 1 1 1 1 1 1 25 1 1 1 1 1 26 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 27 1 1 1 1 28 1 1 1 1 29 1 1 1 1 30 1 1 1 31 1 1 1 1 32 1 1 1 1 33 1 1 1 1 34 1 1 1 1 1 1 35 1 1 1 1 36 1 1 1 1 37 1 1 1 1 38 1 1 39 1 1 1 1 1 1 40 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 41 1 1 42 1 1 1 1 1 43 1 1 1 1 44 1 1 1 45 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 46 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 47 1 1 1 1 48 1 1 1 1 1 1 49 1 1 1 1 1 50 1 1 1 1 1 13 46 27 35 20 50 35 15 13 Re sp onde nt s Nu m b e r Test Items 100 item11 item12 item13 item14 item15 item16 item17 item18 item19 item20 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 1 1 1 1 15 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 18 1 1 1 1 1 19 1 1 1 20 1 1 1 1 21 1 1 1 1 1 22 1 1 1 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24 1 1 1 1 25 1 1 1 1 1 26 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 27 1 28 1 1 29 1 1 30 1 1 31 1 1 32 1 1 33 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 34 1 1 1 1 1 35 1 1 1 1 1 36 1 1 37 1 1 1 1 1 1 38 1 1 1 1 1 39 1 1 1 1 40 1 1 1 1 41 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 42 1 1 1 1 43 1 1 1 1 1 44 1 45 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 46 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 47 1 1 1 1 1 48 1 1 1 1 49 1 1 1 1 1 1 50 1 1 1 1 1 41 20 19 39 2 22 8 36 28 22 Re sponde nt s Nu m b e r Test Items 101 item21 item22 item23 item24 item25 item26 item27 item28 item29 item30 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 18 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 19 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 21 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 26 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 27 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 28 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 29 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 31 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 32 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 33 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 34 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 35 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 36 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 37 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 38 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 39 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 40 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 41 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 42 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 43 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 44 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 45 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 46 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 47 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 48 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 49 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 50 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 42 50 50 50 49 32 48 50 50 30 Re sp o nde nt s Nu m b e r Test Items 102 item31 item32 item33 item34 item35 item36 item37 item38 item39 item40 Total Score Grade 1 1 1 1 21 52.5 D 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 75 B 3 1 1 1 1 1 27 67.5 C 4 1 1 19 47.5 E 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 37 92.5 A 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 75 B 7 1 1 19 47.5 E 8 1 1 1 1 22 55 D 9 15 37.5 E 10 1 1 22 55 D 11 1 1 1 22 55 D 12 1 1 1 1 1 25 62.5 C 13 1 1 1 1 25 62.5 C 14 1 1 1 1 1 22 55 D 15 1 1 1 20 50 D 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 28 70 B 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 35 87.5 A 18 1 1 1 21 52.5 D 19 1 1 18 45 E 20 1 1 1 20 50 D 21 1 1 1 1 1 1 28 70 B 22 1 1 18 45 E 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 75 B 24 1 1 22 55 D 25 1 1 1 21 52.5 D 26 1 1 1 1 1 1 29 72.5 B 27 1 1 1 1 18 45 E 28 1 1 1 16 40 E 29 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 26 65 C 30 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 50 D 31 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24 60 C 32 1 1 18 45 E 33 1 1 1 23 57.5 C 34 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 27 67.5 C 35 1 1 1 1 1 23 57.5 C 36 1 1 1 17 42.5 E 37 1 1 1 1 23 57.5 C 38 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 25 62.5 C 39 1 1 1 1 23 57.5 C 40 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 75 B 41 1 1 1 1 1 23 57.5 C 42 1 1 1 1 1 1 24 60 C 43 1 1 1 22 55 D 44 1 15 37.5 E 45 1 1 1 1 28 70 B 46 1 1 1 1 30 75 B 47 1 1 1 1 22 55 D 48 1 1 1 1 1 24 60 C 49 1 1 22 55 D 50 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 27 67.5 C 38 22 15 21 13 25 13 15 43 29 Re sp on de nt s Num b e r Test Items 103 Appendix F: The Reliability of the Test Reliability Statistics Cronbachs Alpha N of Items .747 40 Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean if Item Deleted Scale Variance if Item Deleted Corrected Item-Total Correlation Cronbachs Alpha if Item Deleted item1 23.26 21.707 .362 .735 item2 22.60 23.388 -.025 .750 item3 22.98 21.898 .265 .740 item4 22.82 22.477 .161 .745 item5 23.12 21.700 .315 .737 item6 22.52 23.398 .000 .747 item7 22.82 22.477 .161 .745 item8 23.22 21.808 .318 .737 item9 23.26 21.747 .352 .735 item10 23.52 23.398 .000 .747 item11 22.70 22.337 .248 .741 item12 23.12 22.312 .180 .745 item13 23.14 22.776 .081 .750 item14 22.74 21.992 .313 .737 item15 23.48 23.193 .086 .746 item16 23.08 21.626 .326 .736 item17 23.36 23.623 -.101 .756 item18 22.80 22.163 .241 .741 item19 22.96 21.590 .334 .736 item20 23.08 22.279 .183 .745 104 item21 22.68 22.998 .074 .748 item22 22.52 23.398 .000 .747 item23 22.52 23.398 .000 .747 item24 22.52 23.398 .000 .747 item25 22.54 23.070 .227 .744 item26 22.88 21.904 .277 .739 item27 22.56 22.945 .218 .743 item28 22.52 23.398 .000 .747 item29 22.52 23.398 .000 .747 item30 22.92 22.932 .047 .752 item31 22.76 21.696 .377 .734 item32 23.08 21.585 .335 .736 item33 23.22 21.359 .426 .731 item34 23.10 21.276 .407 .731 item35 23.26 21.625 .383 .733 item36 23.02 21.898 .263 .740 item37 23.26 22.074 .271 .739 item38 23.22 21.318 .436 .730 item39 22.66 22.188 .329 .738 item40 22.94 21.731 .305 .737 105 Appendix G: The Total of Correct Answers and Incorrect Answers in Each Number ITEM Correct Incorrect Total

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