TABE Test of Adult Basic Education : The First Step to Lifelong Success

Copyright......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 5
TO THE READER......Page 10
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK......Page 11
Where Are You Headed?......Page 17
What Do You Already Know about Your Skills?......Page 18
What Do You Need to Succeed as a Test-Taker?......Page 19
Self-Assessment and Planning......Page 20
What Kind of a Learner Are You?......Page 22
Barriers......Page 24
Supports......Page 25
Make Time for Learning......Page 28
Create a Personal Learning Plan......Page 30
Job Hunting......Page 31
Reading Skills Assessment......Page 34
Reading Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 41
Reference Sources......Page 42
TARGET: Reading for Main Ideas and Reading for Details......Page 44
Use Reading Skills to Comprehend Graphs and Tables......Page 51
Answer Key: Section 2, Lesson 2......Page 53
Looking into the Future......Page 54
Going for the Goal......Page 55
Reading for Inferences in Nutrition Labels......Page 58
LESSON 4 Getting Information......Page 61
TARGET: Understanding Words in Context......Page 62
More (or Less) about Michelle......Page 66
Review: Reading for Main Ideas, Supporting Details, Inferences, and Conclusions......Page 69
LESSON 5 A Continuing Search......Page 71
TARGET: Reading to Draw Conclusions......Page 73
Drawing Conclusions from a Chart......Page 75
The First Class......Page 79
TARGET: Reading to Recognize Literary Techniques......Page 81
Review Reading Skills......Page 85
Answer Key: Section 2, Lesson 6......Page 86
LESSON 1 Time for a Change......Page 87
Math Skills Assessment......Page 92
Math Skills Assessment Part I: Computation......Page 93
Math Skills Assessment Part II: Applied Math......Page 95
Answer Key to Math Skills Assessment Part I: Computation......Page 103
Answer Key to Math Skills Assessment Part II: Applied Math......Page 104
LESSON 2 Common Sense to Number Sense......Page 106
Getting Started......Page 107
TARGET: Estimation and Basic Operations......Page 108
It’s All in the Presentation......Page 111
TARGET: Solving Problems......Page 113
Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 2......Page 117
Do You Speak Math?......Page 119
TARGET Place Value: Naming Values with Notation......Page 120
TARGET: Line Graphs......Page 126
TARGET Operations: Notation for Action......Page 130
TARGET Expressions: Notation for Solutions......Page 133
Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 3......Page 136
TARGET Lines and Angles: Connect with Your World......Page 140
TARGET Practice: What Shape Are You In?......Page 145
Decimals in Your Life......Page 161
TARGET Percents: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You......Page 164
Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 4......Page 154
Getting Started......Page 156
TARGET Fractions: Divide and Conquer......Page 157
Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 5......Page 168
TARGET Systems of Measurement: Metric and Customary......Page 171
TARGET Formulas: Recipes and Workouts......Page 175
Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 6......Page 181
Getting Started......Page 182
A Matter of Perspective......Page 183
TARGET Signed Numbers: Integers Speak of Opposites......Page 184
TARGET Integer Operations: Think Money, Lines, and Rules......Page 188
TARGET Patterns and Trends: Detective Work......Page 193
Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 7......Page 199
Getting Started......Page 202
TARGET Logic at Work: The Tale of the Scale......Page 203
TARGET Algebraic Equations: Where There’s a System, There’s a Way......Page 211
TARGET Writing Equations: How to Speak of the Unknown......Page 214
TARGET Graphing Relationships: Chart and Plot......Page 217
Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 8......Page 223
New Information......Page 229
Language Skills Assessment......Page 232
Language Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 237
Language Skills Analysis......Page 238
The Bottom Line......Page 241
Starting with Sentences......Page 242
Subjects and Verbs: Singular and Plural......Page 243
Something Else About Verbs......Page 247
There’s More?......Page 249
Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 2......Page 251
LESSON 3: The Good News and the Bad News......Page 253
Linking Verbs......Page 254
Linking Verbs and Pronouns......Page 257
Another Group of Pronouns......Page 259
Another Pronoun Problem......Page 260
Special Forms of Linking Verbs......Page 261
A New Wrinkle......Page 262
Another Kind of Agreement......Page 263
The Challenge......Page 264
Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 3......Page 265
LESSON 4: SPEAK UP!......Page 267
A More Colorful Approach......Page 268
On the Other Hand .........Page 269
The Challenge......Page 270
Trouble Ahead......Page 273
Another Way to Describe......Page 275
Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 4......Page 278
Why Do We Need Punctuation?......Page 280
End Marks......Page 281
When Should I Use a Comma?......Page 282
Use Commas Logically......Page 285
Stronger Than a Comma......Page 286
Quotation Marks......Page 287
More Punctuation: Colon, Hyphen, Apostrophe, Dash, Parentheses, Brackets......Page 290
Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 5......Page 293
LESSON 6: Constructing Sentences and Paragraphs......Page 295
Combining Ideas......Page 298
Building Paragraphs......Page 301
Move the Ideas Along......Page 304
Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 6......Page 306
Spelling Pretest......Page 309
Answer Key: Spelling Pretest......Page 311
Spelling Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 312
Spelling Skills Analysis......Page 313
What You Have to Know......Page 314
Rules......Page 315
Exceptions......Page 316
Spelling Review......Page 320
Answer Key: Section 5......Page 321
Commonly Misspelled Words......Page 323
Reading......Page 329
Reading Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 337
READING SKILLS ANALYSIS......Page 338
Language......Page 340
Language Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 347
Language Skills Analysis......Page 348
Spelling......Page 352
Spelling Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 354
Spelling Skills Analysis......Page 355
Math Part I: Computation......Page 357
Math Part II: Application......Page 359
Answer Key and Skills Analysis: Part II, Application......Page 367
APPENDIX A Testing Strategies and Tips......Page 371
General TABE Information......Page 372
English Language Reference Books......Page 375
Information Technology......Page 376
INDEX......Page 379