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ADVANCED GRAMMAR (1)

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____ tea plant are small and white.

a)

The

b)

On the

c)

Having flowers the

d)

The flowers of the

2.

_____ Biloxi received its name from a Sioux word meaning “first people”.

a)

The city of

b)

Located in

c)

It is in

d)

The tour included

3.

Henry Adams, born in Boston, _____ famous as a historian and novelist.

a)

Became

b)

And became

c)

He was

d)

And he became

4.

A pride of lions _____ up to forty lions, including one to three males, several females, and cubs.

a)

Can contain

b)

It contains

c)

Contain

d)

Containing

5.

The major cause _____ the pull of the Moon on the Earth.

a)

The ocean tides are

b)

Of ocean tides is

c)

Of the tides in the ocean

d)

The ocean’s tides

6.

The North Platte River _____ from Wyoming into Nebraska.

a)

It flowed

b)

Flows

c)

Flowing

d)

With flowing water

7.

The tetracyclines, _____ antibiotics, are used to treat infections.

a)

Are a family of

b)

Being a family

c)

A family of

d)

Their family is

8.

The president of the United States appoints the cabinet members, _____ appointments are subjects to Senate approval.

a)

Their

b)

With their

c)

Because their

d)

But their

9.

A computerized map of the freeways using information gathered by sensors embedded in the pavement _____ on a local cable channel during rush hours.

a)

Airs

b)

Airing

c)

Air

d)

To air

10.

Any possible academic assistance from taking stimulants _____ marginal at best.

a)

It is

b)

There is

c)

Is

d)

As

11.

Still a novelty in the late nineteenth century, _____ limited to the rich.

a)

Was

b)

Was photography

c)

It was photography

d)

Photography was

12.

A pride of lions _____ up to forty lions, including one to three males, several females, and cubs.

a)

Can contain

b)

It contains

c)

Contain

d)

Containing

13.

In the United States _____ approximately four million miles of roads, streets, and highways.

a)

there

b)

is

c)

they

d)

there are

14.

_____ twelve million immigrants entered the United States via Ellis Island.

(A) More than

a)

More than

b)

There were more than

c)

Of more than

d)

The report of

15.

The television, _____ so long been a part of our culture, has an enormous influence.

a)

Has

b)

It has

c)

Which

d)

Which has

16.

Psychologists have traditionally maintained that infants cannot formulate long-tern memories until _____ the age of eight or nine months.

a)

they

b)

they reach

c)

to reach

d)

reach

17.

_____ a cheese shop has since grown into a small conglomerate consisting of a catering business and two retail stores.

a)

In the beginning of

b)

It began as

c)

Its beginning which was

d)

What began as

18.

Primarily a government contractor, _____ preferential treatment for government agencies as both a minority-group member and a woman.

a)

receives Weber

b)

Weber receives

c)

the reception of Weber

d)

according to Weber’s reception

19.

Because the project depends on _____ at the federal level, the city county may have to wait until the budget cutting.

a)

it happens

b)

which happening

c)

what happens

d)

that it happens

20.

_____ definitive study if a western hard-rock mining community cemetery appears to have been done is in Silver City, Nevada.

a)

Most

b)

The most

c)

Where most

d)

Where the most

21.

One of the areas of multimedia that is growing quickly _____ is sound.

a)

yet is easily overlooked

b)

is easily overlooked

c)

it is easily overlooked

d)

that is easily overlooked

22.

_________, early approaches for coping with workplace stress dealt with the problem only after is symptoms had appeared.

a)

Although well-intending

b)

Although it is a good intention

c)

Although a good intention

d)

Although well-intended

23.

When _____ nests during spring nesting season, Canadian geese are fiercely territorial.

a)

building

b)

are building

c)

built

d)

are built

24.

In 1870, Calvin, along with Adirondack hunter Alvah Dunning, made the first known ascent of Seward Mountain, _____ far from roads or trails.

a)

a remote peak

b)

it is a remote peak

c)

a remote peak is

d)

which a remote peak

25.

Kokanee salmon begin to deteriorate and die soon _____ at the age of four.

a)

they spawn

b)

after spawning

c)

spawn

d)

spawned the salmon

26.

________ behind government secrecy for nearly half a century, the Hanford plant in central Washington produced plutonium for the nuclear weapons of the Cold War.

a)

It is hidden

b)

Hidden

c)

Which is hidden

d)

The plant is hiding

27.

Until _____ incorrect, astronomers had assumed that the insides of white dwarfs were uniform.

a)

they

b)

their proof

c)

the astronomers recently proven

d)

recently proven