GRAMMAR TEST (1st partial)

1. Vegetables are an excellent source ________ vitamins.

• have

• of

• where

• contain

2. Microscopes make small things appear larger than ________.

• really are

• are really

• are they really

• they really are

3. The city of Montreal ________ on an island in the Saint Lawrence River.

• was built

• has built

• that built

• built

4. A singer's struggle to succeed in popular music is the kind of story ________ a fascinating film could be made.

• with

• by

• for whom

• about which

Where is the mistake?

Although a kangaroo (A) normally uses (B) its large feet and strong legs (C) for hopping, (D) but it can also swim.

• a

• b

• c

• d

Where is the mistake?

When a (A) severe ankle (B) injury forced (C) herself to give up reporting in 1926, Margaret Mitchell (D) began writing her novel, Gone with the Wind.

• a

• b

• c

• d

Where is the mistake?

7. (A) The pineapple, a fruit (B) grow in tropical climates (C) throughout the world, (D) is native to parts of South America.

• a

• b

• c

• d

Where is the mistake?

Canals are (A) artificial waterways, often constructed (B) either to transport heavy loads or to (C) delivering water (D) to cities and farms.

• a

• b

• c

• d

Where is the mistake?

Anne Elizabeth McDowell is (A) best (B) remembered for a (C) weekly journal, Woman's Advocate, (D) who she launched in January 1855.

• a

• b

• c

• d

Where is the mistake?

A ray of light passing (A) through (B) the center of a thin lens (C) keep its (D) original direction.

• a

• b

• c

• d