Defense Language Aptitude Battery Screening Tool - English Grammar Worksheet Page 8

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PART II: LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
The list below contains words from a foreign language and the English equivalents of these
words.
taki..............................the boy
golo.............................the man
taki goloj forrini..............The boy saw the man.
Now, look at Practice Exercise C. By referring to the above list, figure out how the English
statement in Practice Exercise C should be expressed in this language.
Practice Exercise C
The boy saw the vase.
A.
pritaj taki forrini
B.
taki pritaj forrini
C.
prita taki forrini
D.
taki prita forrini
Do NOT read ahead until you have decided on an answer.
The answer to the exercise is: B. taki pritaj forrini. Notice particularly the final “j” of “pritaj”;
it is added to the word in the sentence that receives the action. Also note that “taki,” the entity
that performs the action, comes first. If you have not answered correctly, look at the problem
again to see if you now understand it.
When you are ready, you may go to the next page and begin this part of the test.
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