Complete Sentences Drill

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust's BeeWalk project is a citizen science project where volunteers collect information about bumblebees. Researchers combine the citizen science data with land cover data to learn where bumblebees live. If the particular types of habitats bumblebees live in are identified, ___________ That is the question that researchers like Dr. Penelope Whitehorn are trying to answer.  

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• conservation efforts could be more directed and successful?

• conservation efforts could be more directed and successful.

• could conservation efforts be more directed and successful?

• could conservation efforts be more directed and successful.  

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Leonardo da Vinci, a true Renaissance polymath, excelled in various fields, including painting, engineering, and anatomy. His notebooks are filled with detailed sketches and inventions, _________ his extraordinary intellect and creativity.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• revealing

• to reveal

• reveals

• revealed

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The ancient city of Petra, carved into sandstone cliffs, served as a crucial trading hub. Its intricate water system allowed the city to flourish in a desert environment. Today, visitors marvel at the Treasury and Monastery, __________ the engineering prowess of the Nabataeans.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• demonstrating

• to demonstrate

• demonstrate

• demonstrates

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Exyptologist Howard Carter led the excavations that uncovered the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922. At this time, the Egyptians had recently gained some independence from the British. The timings of the discovery and these political changes led many to wonder _________________________

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• whether the Egyptians or the British should control access to the tomb?

• should the Egyptians or the British control access to the tomb?

• the Egyptians or the British to control access to the tomb.

• whether the Egyptians or the British should control access to the

  tomb.

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The idea of the Great American Novel, a novel that embodies the national character and essence of the United States, dates from the 1800s. In the early 1900s, many ________ that the idea of the Great American Novel was out of date, but since the 1960s, this concept has re-emerged among literary circles.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• believed

• believing

• to believe

• having believed

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As one of the highest-ranking women working for the government in her time, Mary Margaret O'Reilly served as the Assistant Director of the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1924 through 1938. When her mandatory retirement came due in 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt felt she was too valuable and ____________ adjustments to allow her to serve for three additional years.  

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• having made

• making

• to make

• made  

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Ada Yonath is a crystallographer from Israel who focused on the structure of ribosomes. She identified the mechanisms surrounding how antibiotics attack ribosomes and then ________ the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, alongside Thomas A. Steitz and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan.  

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• receives

• will receive

• receive

• received  

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Dr. Eleanor Vance, a renowned psychologist, conducted groundbreaking research on extrasensory perception. Her work, though controversial, _________ the foundation for modern parapsychology. Many of her findings are still debated in academic circles.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• laid

• laying

• to lay

• lays

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The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, is home to thousands of marine species. Rising sea temperatures and pollution _________ a significant threat to its delicate ecosystem. Conservation efforts are crucial to preserving this natural wonder.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• pose

• posing

• to pose

• poses

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The Amazon rainforest, often referred to as the "lungs of the planet," plays a vital role in regulating the Earth's climate. Deforestation and illegal logging _________ a severe impact on its biodiversity and the global environment.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• have

• having

• has

• to have

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