Structure and Written Expression Sample Questions

Refrigerating meats ________ the spread of bacteria.

• slows

• slowing

• to slow

• is slowed

Throughout the animal kingdom, ________ bigger than the elephant.

• whale is only the

• is the whale only

• only whale is the

• only the whale is

The fact ________ credit cards are widely available has made them a popular form of payment.

• of

• that

• is that

• which is

The Constitution gave the legislative branch of government ________ to pass laws.

• 1. the power

• has the power

• the power is

• of the power

1. 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.

• A) digs

• (B) claws strong

• (C) but

• (D) overhanging

Granville Woods is (A) credited with (B) inventing a steam boiler (C) furnaces in (D) the 1880s.

• (A) credited

• (B) inventing

• (C) furnaces

• (D) the

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.

• (A) deficient

• (B) rarely

• (C) because

• (D) wide variety

Answer explanation

Deficient = adjective

You need the noun = deficiency/deficit

(A) Electrical disturbances on Earth (B) are frequently caused (C) for storms (D) on the surface of the Sun.

• (A) Electrical disturbances

• (B) are frequently

• (C) for

• (D) on the surface

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.

• (A) internationally

• (B) demonstrate

• (C) the quality

• (D) that

(A) As two nuclei move closer together, (B) their mutual electrostatic potential energy (C) becomes (D) more large and more positive.

• (A) As

• (B) their

• (C) becomes

• (D) more large