GACE Exam Questions & Answers 2026 (21–30)

Question 1

Which is an example of a high-frequency word?

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The. High-frequency words are those that appear often in print and do not follow normal phonemic clues. A student probably could not sound out a word like the, so they have to memorize these words.

Question 2

Spanish in the U.S.

Did you know that the United States has the second largest Spanish-speaking population in the world? With over 37 million speakers the age of five and older the U.S. alone has more inhabitants that speak Spanish than the whole country of Venezuela.

Spanish students don’t have to study abroad to get a good look into Latin-American culture. There are many cities here in the U.S. with (1) thriving Latino (2) districts that any student of Spanish can visit to practice speaking. Miami, for example, is home to a multitude of diverse Hispanics from all over Latin America and Europe. When walking down the streets of Little Havana (one of the predominantly Hispanic barrios, or neighborhoods) you will hear the Cuban Spanish (3) language variety. In Chicago, the place to hear Mexican Spanish is La Villita.

Since Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens are the fastest growing linguistic group in the United States, it is common to find Spanish-language television channels (such as Univisión and Telemundo) in larger cities. In fact, it’s thanks to these mass media that there are people (although few) that spend their whole lives in the United States without ever having to learn or speak English. The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, even commented once that Hispanics in the U.S. need to “turn off the TV in Spanish” in order to learn English more quickly.

But Governor Schwarzenegger ought to know that, according to linguistic research on (4) bilingualism, families of Hispanic heritage (as well as other non-English speaking families) produce English dominant (or English only) speakers by the third generation after their immigration. That means, it is more common than not that the grandchildren of the Mexican immigrant cannot communicate with their grandparent in Spanish. Thus, the Spanish language does not seem to (5) pose a threat in the U.S. society, contrary to what many politicians often suggest in their political rhetoric.The word “bilingualism”, in bold after the (4) in paragraph 4, can best be defined as

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The ability to communicate in two languages. The word “bilingualism” can best be defined as the ability to communicate in two languages. Answer B, although possible, is too specific, since someone who is bilingual could communicate in French and Mandarin. Answer C is false, because being able to communicate with your grandparents doesn’t make you necessarily bilingual. Answers D is misleading in two ways: first, someone who speaks a language other than English isn’t necessarily bilingual, and second, like answer B, being able to speak English isn’t a necessary component to being bilingual.

Question 3

(1) Determining which foods are junk and which aren't can be confusing. Is fast food junk? What about high-calorie or convenience-store foods? Think of it this way: If the food has very few vitamins, minerals, (3) and other nutrients that you need to be healthy, it's probably junk. The main principle to remember is that food classified as junk will have a lot of sugar, fat, and/or salt.

(5) The effects of junk food are no laughing matter. Junk food can lead to obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. But you may not realize how much it can immediately make you feel like, well, junk. The fat in (7) those foods can build up on your blood vessel walls, Dr. Harold Jayne explains, which "makes it harder for your blood vessels to circulate blood around your body." That buildup can quickly effect how

(9) well you are able to perform during sports and other exercise.

Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of paragraph 1 of the selection?

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Junk foods have low nutritional content and high amounts of sugar, fat, or salt.. Option B: The main point of paragraph 1 is that junk foods have low nutritional content and high amounts of sugar, fat, or salt. The author includes this point to show the reader how to determine if a food should be classified as junk.

Option D: Even though it is true that nutritious foods contain vitamins and minerals, the paragraph focuses on junk foods, not nutritious foods.

Question 4

Anthropology has taught us that in many primitive societies religion—a sense of man's dependence on a power higher than himself—is preceded by a stage of magic—a belief in man's own power to influence by occult means the action of the world around him. That the ancestors of the Roman community passed through this stage seems clear, and in surviving religious practice we may discover evidence of such magic in various forms. There is, for instance, what anthropology describes as 'sympathetic magic'—the attempt to influence the powers of nature by an imitation of the process which it is desired that they should perform. Of this we have a characteristic example in the ceremony of the aquaelicium, designed to produce rain after a long drought.

Which best summarizes the main idea of this passage?

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Primitive religions believe in magic and then a higher power, and ancient Rome was no exception.. Option B: This passage notes that societies believe first in magic, then in a higher power; it goes on to explain how ancient Rome was no different.

Option D: This passage defines magic as being based on occult means, but this is not the main purpose.

Question 5

Which word is most closely synonymous with organization in writing?

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Structure. Organization is the aspect of writing that deals with how a piece of work is structured. Teaching organization requires students to think about structure and how the way their work is crafted and built contributes to its overall purpose.

Question 6

Which word is NOT spelled correctly?

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publically. Option C: "Annually" is spelled correctly.

Option D: The correct spelling is "publicly."

Question 7

Which sentence below contains a prepositional phrase?

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The teacher taught us a new word game in after-school tutoring.. Option B: Prepositions are specific words that show time, place, direction, or manner. Prepositional phrases begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun. This sentence contains a relative clause "who just started in our class today," not a prepositional phrase.

Option D: Prepositions are specific words that show time, place, direction, or manner. Prepositional phrases begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun. "In after-school tutoring" is a prepositional phrase that indicates place.

Question 8

Select the answer choice that corrects an error in the underlined portion. If there is no error, choose D indicating that no change is necessary. Mr. Alvarez said it was (A) all right for us to have a yard sale. (B) Hoards of people came to it as they (C) always do.

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Hordes. To hoard is to amass a collection of valuables, often hidden. Therefore it is not the proper word to use in talking about a group of people. This group is a “horde.”

Question 9

How does using published paragraphs as models help students learn to write their own paragraphs?

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All answer choices are correct.. Modeling is an important technique for the teaching of writing paragraphs because it meets students where they are, demonstrating how paragraphs work for students at their level and identifying strategies that are both helpful and detrimental to readers.

Question 10

Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

The short story, that Stand By Me was based on, was written under an alias.

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Remove the commas.. The sentence is most improved by removing the commas. The clause “that Stand By Me was based on” is essential and should not be set off with commas. This is clear both because it specifies which short story is being discussed and by the use of that instead of which at the beginning of the clause.

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