English IV Grammar Review

PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER FRED COX INVENTED ONE OF THE

WORLD’S MOST POPULAR TOYS. IN THE 1970S, HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR

THE NERF FOOTBALL, WHICH______ OF THE HARDER AND HEAVIER REGULATION

FOOTBALL.

• WERE A SMALLER, FOAM VERSION

• ARE SMALLER, FOAM VERSIONS

• WERE SMALLER, FOAM VERSIONS

• IS A SMALLER, FOAM VERSION

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

In the list "Adorable Things" from Seu Shonagon's Pillow Book, the author delights in baby sparrows, a face drawn on a melon, and a young courtier in ceremonial garb. So shrewd an observer is Shonagon, a lady-in-waiting to Empress Teishi, that her book's Musings on Tenth-Century Japenese Courtyl Life__________ readers a thousand years later.

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

• fascinate

• has fascinated

• fascinates

• is fascinating

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

EVERY LAST SECOND OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-79, WHICH

LASTED TEN DAYS AND THREE HOURS, ______ CAREFULLY

MONITORED BY A TEAM OF EXPERTS.

WHICH CHOICE COMPLETES THE TEXT SO THAT IT CONFORMS TO

THE CONVENTIONS OF STANDARD ENGLISH?

• have been

• are

• was

• were

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

THE AFRICAN GAMES CO-PRODUCTION MARKET, ONE OF OVER 180

ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES SUPPORTING VIDEO GAME

DEVELOPMENT, ______ THE GROWTH OF THE AFRICAN

GAMING INDUSTRY BY HELPING START-UP STUDIOS IN AFRICA FIND

PARTNERS.

WHICH CHOICE COMPLETES THE TEXT SO THAT IT CONFORMS TO

THE CONVENTIONS OF STANDARD ENGLISH?

• promote

• are promoting

• promotes

• have promoted

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

WHEN THEY WERE FIRST DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA IN 1798, DUCK-BILLED,

BEAVER-TAILED PLATYPUSES SO DEFIED CATEGORIZATION THAT ONE SCIENTIST

ASSIGNED THEM THE NAME ORNITHORHYNCHUS PARADOXUS: “PARADOXICAL BIRD-SNOUT.” THE ANIMAL, WHICH LAYS EGGS BUT ALSO NURSES ______ YOUNG

WITH MILK, HAS SINCE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS BELONGING TOTHE MONOTREMES

GROUP.

WHICH CHOICE COMPLETES THE TEXT SO THAT IT CONFORMS TO THE

CONVENTIONS OF STANDARD ENGLISH?

• they're

• their

• its

• it's

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING IS AN APPROACH THAT COMPUTER SCIENTISTS LIKE NINA MIOLANE USE TO ENGINEER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES. IT INVOLVES TRAINING COMPUTER ALGORITHMS TO ORGANIZE

UNLABELED DATA SETS. MULTITASK LEARNING IS ANOTHER APPROACH. ______ INVOLVES TRAINING COMPUTER MODELS TO PERFORM MULTIPLE TASKS AT THE SAME TIME.

WHICH CHOICE COMPLETES THE TEXT SO THAT IT CONFORMS TO THE

CONVENTIONS OF STANDARD ENGLISH?

• those

• they

• it

• some

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

OFFICIAL MEASUREMENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER’S LENGTH VARY:

ACCORDING TO THE US GEOLOGIC SURVEY, THE RIVER IS 2,300 MILES LONG,

WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY RECORDS ITS LENGTH

AS 2,320 MILES. THIS DISPARITY CAN BE EXPLAINED IN PART BY THE FACT THAT

RIVERS SUCH AS THE MISSISSIPPI EXPAND AND CONTRACT AS______ SEDIMENT.

WHICH CHOICE COMPLETES THE TEXT SO THAT IT CONFORMS TO THE

CONVENTIONS OF STANDARD ENGLISH?

• they accumulate

• one accumulates

• it accumulates

• we accumulate

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CCSS.L.3.1A

THOUGH THE THOUGHT SEEMS HUMOROUS NOW, WE - BOTH MY

FRIENDS AND I - DREAMED___________________WHEN WE WERE MUCH

YOUNGER.

• of becoming a garbage-truck driver

• of becoming garbage-truck drivers

• to become a garbage-truck driver

• to become garbage drivers

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

MANY PEOPLE, AFTER TOURING THE MEDIEVAL FAIR,__________ TO

BLACKSMITHS OR JEWELRY-MAKERS.

• became an apprentice

• be an apprentice

• become apprentices

• choose to be an apprentice

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

WHAT ANY PARTICULAR ANTIQUE VIOLIN________DETERMINED BY ITS AGE

AND MAKER.

• is worth is

• are worth is

• is worth are

• are worth are

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D