TASK 7: Parallel Structure Part I

TASK 7: Parallel Structure Part I



TASK 7: Parallel Structure Part I

Directions: Retype the following sentences and choose the one option-(A),(B),(C),or (D) that correctly completes the sentences.

1. San Francisco has a pleasant climate,___________ and many fascinating neighborhoods.
A. exciting scenery,
B. has exciting scenery
C. that the scenery is exciting
D. the scenery is exciting,

2. Insects provide many beneficial services, such as ______ , breaking down deadwood, and pollinating plants.
A. they condition soils
B. to condition soil
C. conditioning the soil
D. soil conditioned

3. Paint can be applied to a surface with rollers, ______ , or spray guns.
A. brushes
B. brushes can be used
C. with brushes
D. by brush

4. The use of labor-saving devices in homes, _________, and factories added to the amount of leisure time people had.
A. at an office
B. used in offices
C. offices
D. in offices

5.  Roger Williams was a clergyman, ______ the colony of Rhode Island, and an outspoken advocate of religious and political freedom.
A. founded
B. the founder of
C. was the founder of
D. he founded

6. The tip of Pooh's nose by now quite crimson with anxiety and __________.
A. frustrate
B. in frustration
C. frustating
D. frustration

7. Early and Late, two smallish Friends and Relations,_______ a cracker or tried to.
A. pulls
B. pulled
C. are pulling
D. pull

8. I looked for my book but ________ find it.
A. couldn't
B. can't
C. isn't
D. could

9. Throughout history, trade routes have increased contact between people, ___________________ and greatly affected the growth of civilization.
A. have resulted in an exchange of ideas
B. an exchange of ideas has resulted
C. resulted in an exchange of ideas
D. resulting in an exchange of ideas

10. Photographers' choice of a camera depends on what kind of pictures they want to take, how much control they want over exposure, and___________they want to spend.
A. the amount of money
B. what money
C. how much money
D. so much money that
TASK 4: PARTICIPIAL PHRASES AND APPOSITIVES

TASK 4: PARTICIPIAL PHRASES AND APPOSITIVES



TASK 4: PARTICIPIAL PHRASES AND APPOSITIVES

Directions: Retype the following sentences and choose the one option-(A),(B),(C),or (D) that correctly completes the sentences.


1.       Aerodynamics is the study of the forces ______ on an object as it moves through the atmosphere.
A. acting
B. act
C. are acting
      D. acted


2.       ______for their strong fiber include flax and hemp.
A. Plants are grown
B. Plants grown
C. Plants that grow
D. To grow plants

3.      Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia is the oldest residential street in the United States, with ______ from 1728.
A. houses are dated
B. the dates of the houses
C. the dating of houses
D. houses dating

4.      In 1821 the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, was laid out in a design ______ after that of Washington, D.C.
A. patterned
B. was patterned
C. a pattern
D. that patterned


5.       The Massachusetts State House, ___________ in 1798, was the most distinguished building in the United States at that time.
A. completing
B. which was completed
C. was completed
D. to be completed

6.      The solitary scientist ______ by himself in many instances been replaced by a cooperative scientific team.
A. to make important discoveries
B. important discoveries were made
C. has made important discoveries
D. making important discoveries

7.      Geometry is the branch of mathematics ______ the properties of lines, curves, shapes, and surfaces.
A. that concerned with
B. it is concerned with
C. concerned with
D. its concerns are

8.      ______an average of 471 inches of rain a year, Mount Waialeale in Hawaii is the wettest spot in the world.
A. It receives
B. Receiving
C. To receive
D. Receive

9.       Amber is a hard, yellowish-brown __________from the resin of pine trees that lived millions of years ago.
A. substance formed
B. to form a substance
C. substance has formed
D. forming a substance

10.       ____________ relations with friends and acquaintances, playa major role in the social development of adolescents.
A. What are called peer group relations are
B. Peer group relations are
C. Peer group relations, the
D. By peer group relations, we mean



11.       Ruth St. Dennis turned to Asian dances to find inspiration for her choreography.
   A. It was the dancer
   B. The dancer
   C. That the dancer
   D. The dancer was

12.       The organs of taste are the ____________ which are mainly located on the tongue.
    A. groups of cells, are taste buds
    B. taste buds, are groups of cells
    C. taste buds, these are groups of cells
    D. taste buds, groups of cells

13.       In 1878 Frederick W Taylor invented a concept called scientific management, ______     of obtaining as much efficiency from workers and machines as possible.
   A. it is a method
   B. a method which
   C. a method
   D. called a method

14.       In physics, _________ "plasma" refers to a gas which has a nearly equal number of        positively and negatively charged particles.
   A. the term
   B. by the term
   C. is termed
   D. terming

15.       Jerome Kern's most famous work is Showboat, ______ most enduring musical          comedies.
A. it is one of the finest,
B. one of the finest,
C. the finest one
D. as the finest of the

 16.        _________ a marshland that covers over 750 square miles in North Carolina and             Virginia.
A. In the Great Dismal Swamp,
B. The Great Dismal Swamp, which
C. The Great Dismal Swamp,
D. The Great Dismal Swamp is

17.       A group of Shakers, ___________settled around Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, in 1805.
A. members of a strict religious sect which
B. whose members of a strict religious sect
C. members of a strict religious sect,
D. were members of a strict religious sect

18.       In 1791 Quebec was divided into two sections, Upper Canada and Lower Canada, ____ were ruled by elected assemblies.
A. they both
B. both of them
C. in which both
D. both of which

19.       Although blood ______ in urine and stool samples, it cannot always be detected without the aid of a microscope.
A. lets residue
B. leaves residue
C. residues
D. making residue

20.       Judge Francis Hopkinson is probably best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence, but he also excelled as a poet, _______________, and an orator.
A. as a musician
B. by playing music
C. a musician
D. he played music

TASK 3: INCOMPLETE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES PART 3

TASK 3: INCOMPLETE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES PART 3


TASK 3: INCOMPLETE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES PART 3

Directions: Retype the following sentences and choose the one option-(A), (B), (C), or (D)-that correctly completes the sentences.

1.    
When bats are at rest, ______ hang upside-down.
(A) they
(B) and
(C) to
(D) as
Answer: (A) they
2.    _________ that the capital of South Carolina was moved from Charleston to Columbia.
(A) In 1790 was
(B) There was in 1790
(C) In 1790
(D) It was in 1790
Answer: (D) It was in 1790

3.    Although not as important as they once were, ______ a major form of transportation in North America.
(A) there are still railroads
(B) railroads, which are still
(C) railroads are still
(D) railroads still being
Answer: (C) railroads are still

4.     The Loop, which is the commercial heart of Chicago, ______ within a rectangular loop of elevated train tracks.
(A) that is enclosed
(B) enclosing it
(C) is enclosed
(D) enclosed
Answer: (C) is enclosed

5.    ________ amino acids that serve as the basic building blocks of all proteins.
(A) About twenty
(B) For about twenty of
(C) About twenty are
(D) There are about twenty
Answer: (D) There are about twenty

6.    If a person does not have an attorney, the court _______ one.
          (A) will appoint
          (B) appointed
          (C) would appoint
          (D) appointing
          Answer: (C)would appoint

7.    _________ the eight Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the The United States.
          (A) It is generally accepted that
          (B) That it is accepted
          (C) Accepting that it is
          (D) That is accepted
Answer: (A)It is generally accepted that

8.    On the average, a healthy heart _________ to pump five tablespoons of blood with every beat.
          (A) must
          (B) ought
          (C) can
          (D) should
          Answer: (C) can

9.    In general, by the second year of production, the price of a new piece of technology significantly.
          (A) will decreased
          (B) has decreased
          (C) will have decreased
          (D) will has decreased
Answer: (A) will decreased

10.    If gasoline vapor with air, combustion will occur.
            (A) Mixed
            (B) had mixed
            (C) mixes
            (D) mixture
Answer: (C) mixes