Structure
Directions
Questions 1–4 are incomplete sentences. Below each sentence you will see four
words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one word or phrase that best
completes the sentence.
1. Refrigerating meats ________ the spread of bacteria.
A. A. slows
B. B. slowing
C. C. to slow
D. D. is slowed
2. Throughout the animal kingdom, ________ bigger than the elephant.
A. A. whale is only the
B. B. is the whale only
C. C. only whale is the
D. D. only the whale is
3. The fact ________ credit cards are widely available has made them a
popular form of payment.
A. A. of
B. B. that
C. C. is that
D. D. which is
4. The Constitution gave the legislative branch of government ________ to
pass laws.
A. A. the power
B. B. has the power
C. C. the power is
D. D. of the power
Written Expression
Directions
In questions 5–10, each sentence has four highlighted words or phrases. The four
highlighted parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C and D. Identify
the one highlighted word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence
to be correct.
Practice Questions
5. The gopher (A) digs not only with the (B) claws strong of its two front
feet (C) but also with its (D) overhanging front teeth.
6. Granville Woods is (A) credited with (B) inventing a steam boiler (C)
furnaces in (D) the 1880s.
7. A (A) deficient of folic acid is (B) rarely a problem in humans (C)
because the vitamin is present in a (D) wide variety of foods.
8. (A) Electrical disturbances on Earth (B) are frequently caused (C)
for storms (D) on the surface of the Sun.
9. The (A) internationally famous dancer Maria Tallchief (B)
demonstrate that (C) the quality of ballet in North America could equal (D) that of
the ballet in Europe.
10. (A) As two nuclei move closer together, (B) their mutual electrostatic
potential energy (C) becomes (D) more large and more positive.
ANSWERS
1A
2D
3B
4A
5B
6C
7A
8C
9B
10 D