ARW1_Classes 1-8

Eli worked _________ to conclude his new project.

• persistence

• persistent

• persist

• persistently

Ann ________ that Louis would get a place at Harvard.

• predicted

• predictable

• predictably

• prediction

What type of word do you need to fill in the blank?

Many ______ are able to retain large amounts of information in their memory.

• an adjective

• a noun

• an adverb

• a verb

As a child, this person experienced the hardship of poverty and having been abandonend.

• Marla Runyan

• Daniel Tammet

• Frank McCourt

• Malcolm Gladwell

Complete the sentence with the correct tenses:

"By the time Jim ______ at the party, the guests ____________."

• had arrived / already left.

• arrived / had already left.

• arrived / already left.

• had arrived / had already left.

She could have done better in the test if she ________ harder.

• had studied

• studied

• has studied

• was studying

One of these is NOT part of the organization of a paragraph. Which one?

• Concluding sentence

• Supporting sentences

• Example sentence

• Topic sentence

Three of the sentences below are fragments. Choose the complete sentence.

• Since it has been raining all day.

• As they returned home.

• Should they arrive early.

• They left home by noon.

What is the topic in the following example?

"Effective time management requires four easy steps."

• Time

• Effective time

• Effective time management

• Time management

He suggested ________ on time.

• arriving

• to arrive

• arrive

• have arrived