Choose
the best answer and give an explanation about your answer!
1. The large carotid
artery ____ to the main parts of the brain.
a. Carrying blood
b. Blood is carried
c. Carries blood
d. Blood carries
Answer: C
the sentence above lack
of verb and adverb. So we choose option C because ‘Carries’ is a verb and
‘Blood’ is the adverb
2. Mark Twain _____ the
years after the Civil War the “Gilded Age.”
(A) called
(B) calling
(C) he called
(D) his calls
Answer: A
the sentence above lack
of verb (in past form), so we choose option A which have subject in past form
3. _____ radio as the
first practical system of wireless telegraphy.
(A) Marconi’s
development
(B) The development by
Marconi
(C) Developing Marconi
(D) Marconi developed
Answer: D
the sentence above lack
of subject and verb. So we choose option D because ‘Marconi’ is a subject and
‘Developed’ is a verb in passive form
4. The earliest
medicines _____ from plants of various sorts.
(A) obtaining
(B) they obtained
(C) were obtained
(D) they were obtained
Answer: C
the sentence above lack
of verb. So we choose option C because ‘were obtained’ is a verb in passive
form
5. Pluto’s moon, Charon,
_____ in a slightly elliptical path around the planet.
(A) moving
(B) is moving
(C) it was moving
(D) in its movement
Answer: B
the sentence above lack
of verb. So we choose option B because ‘is moving’ is a verb in present
progressive form
6. Robert E. Lee ____
the Confederate army to General Grant in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse.
(A) surrendered
(B) he surrendered
(C) surrendering
(D) surrender
Answer: A
the sentence above lack
of verb. So we choose option A because ‘surrendered’ is a verb in past form
7. In the Stone Age,
stone tools _____ with other rock materials.
(A) polishing
(B) they polished
(C) for polish
(D) were polished
Answer: D
The sentence above lack
of verb, therefore we choose an option which have verb. ‘Were polished’ (D) is
a verb in passive voice
8. The first steamship
to cross the Atlantic ____ Savannah, in 1819.
(A) was the
(B) it was the
(C) the
(D) in it the
Answer: A
the sentence above
explain something that happened in a long time, so we can conclude that it is a
past tense. In order to fill in the gap for the sentence above we need ‘to be’
(in past form) so we choose option A, because it has ‘was’. And the ‘the’ is
for the ‘Savannah’
9. The first plant-like
organisms probably _____ in the sea, perhaps 3 billion years ago.
(A) life
(B) living
(C) lived
(D) it was living
Answer: C
The sentence above lack
of verb in past form, therefore we choose option C which have ‘lived’
10. Air near the equator
____ a faster west-to-east motion than air farther from the equator.
(A) to have
(B) it has
(C) has
(D) having
Answer: C
The sentence above lack
of verb (a helping verb or auxiliary verb), therefore we choose option C which
has ‘has’ as an auxiliary verb
11. ____ quickly
after an animal dies.
(A) In the degradation
of DNA
(B) Degrading DNA
(C) DNA degrades
(D) For DNA to degrade
Answer: C
The sentence above lack
of subject and verb. So we choose option C because ‘DNA’ is a subject and
‘degrades’ is a verb
12. _____ is famous as
the home of the U.S. Naval Academy.
(A) Annapolis
(B) Because of
Annapolis
(C) Why Annapolis
(D) Because Annapolis
Answer: A
The sentence above lack
of subject. So we choose option A because ‘Annapolis’ is the proper subject for
that sentence
13. _________ the
deepest valleys and canyons on the Earth.
(A) In the
Pacific Ocean with
(B) In the
Pacific Ocean
(C) The
Pacific Ocean
(D) The
Pacific Ocean has
Answer: D
The sentence above lack
of subject and (helping/auxiliary) verb. So we choose option D because ‘The
Pacific Ocean’ is a subject and ‘has’ is an auxiliary verb
14. In the United
States, the participation of females in the labor force from 37 percent in 1965
to 51 percent in 1980.
(A) it
jumped
(B) jump
(C)
jumping
(D) jumped
Answer: D
The sentence above lack
of verb in past form, therefore we choose option D because ‘jumped’ is a verb
in past form
15. ______ the second
most common metal in the earth’s crust, and it always occurs in combination
with other substances.
(A) Iron
(B) Iron
is
(C) With
iron
(D) With
iron is
Answer: B
The sentence above lack of
subject. So we choose option A because ‘Iron’ is a subject
16. Although
knives and forks _____ of prehistoric origin, spoons are relatively new.
(A) are
(B) they
are
(C) are
they
(D) which
are
Answer: A
the sentence above lack
of (helping/auxiliary) verb. So we choose option A because ‘Are’ is
an auxiliary verb
17. ____ lived on Earth
for nearly 150 million years.
(A)
Dinosaurs
(B)
Dinosaurs who
(C) If
dinosaurs
(D) Since
dinosaurs
Answer: A
the sentence above lack
of subject. So we choose option A because ‘Dinosaurs’ is a subject
18. _____along most of
its length into a supper chamber and a lower chamber.
(A) The
divided cochlea
(B)
Dividing the cochlea
(C) The
cochlea is divided
(D) With a
divided cochlea
Answer: C
the sentence above lack
of subject and verb. So we choose option C because ‘The Cochlea’ is a
subject and ‘is divided’ is a verb in passive form
19. When _____ the
conference?
(A) the
doctor attended
(B) did
the doctor attend
(C) the
doctor will attend
(D) the
doctor’s attendance
Answer: B
because it is the proper
structure for question form in past tense
20. To Mike ____ was a
big surprise.
(A) really
(B) the
party
(C) funny
(D) when
Answer: B
The sentence above lack
of object. So we choose option B because ‘the party’ is an object for
that sentence
Correct or incorrect, revise and give an explanation about the
error and you answer
21. Each day practiced
the piano for hours.
Incorrect → The sentence
lack of subject and the verb supposed to be in present form because it is a
repetitious action
22. The directions to
the exercise on page twenty unclear.
Incorrect → we need to
add ‘is’ so it becomes “The directions to the exercise on page twenty is unclear”
23. During the week eat
lunch in the school cafeteria.
Incorrect → we should
add subject after ‘the week’
24. In the morning after
concert was tired.
Incorrect → The sentence
lack of subject
25. During the meeting
in the office discussed the schedule.
Incorrect → the sentence
lack of subject
26. Everyone must leaves
the room immediately.
Incorrect → although the
sentence above has ‘Everyone’ as its (singular) subject but ‘must’ is a modal
verb so you use ‘leave’ instead of ‘leaves’
27. I could sat on the
beach for hours.
Incorrect → ‘Could’ is a
modal verb, so we use ‘sit’ for the sentence above instead of ‘sat’
28. She will asking you
many difficult questions
Incorrect → ‘Will’ is a
modal verb. Use ‘Ask’ instead of ‘Asking’
29. The new movie is
receive good reviews.
Incorrect → because the
sentence is in progressive form so we should change the sentence into “The new
movie is receiving good reviews”
30. We took a new routes
to the beach house.
Incorrect → “we took a
new routes” means there is only one new route, so use ‘route’ instead of
‘routes’
31. They helped she with
the work.
Incorrect → Use ‘Her’
instead of ‘She’ because the pronoun is the object of a sentence
32. Her and Bob came
over to visit me.
Incorrect → Use ‘She’
instead of ‘Her’ because the pronoun is the subject of a sentence
33. She lent it to you
and I.
Incorrect → Use ‘You and
me’ instead of ‘you and I’ because the pronoun is the object of the sentence
34. We offered she a
place to stay.
Incorrect → Use ‘Her’
instead of ‘She’ because the pronoun is the object of a sentence
35. The soup needs more
salt because he does not taste very good.
Incorrect → Use ‘It’
instead of ‘he’. The ‘it’ explains the ‘The soup’
“The soup needs more
salt because it does not taste very good”
36. The girls ran too
fast and she fell down.
Incorrect → the subject
is singular so we don’t need use ‘S’ in the subject.
37. They sold the car to
you and I.
Incorrect → Use ‘You and
me’ instead of ‘you and I’ because the pronoun is the object of the sentence
38. I told his the
truth, but he didn’t believe me.
Incorrect → Use ‘Him’
instead of ‘His’ because the pronoun is the object of a sentence
39. You and she should
look for they.
Incorrect → Use ‘Them’
instead of ‘They’ because the pronoun is the object of a sentence
40. Martha was happy
when she boss gave her a pay raise.
Incorrect → Use ‘Her’
instead of ‘She’ because the pronoun is in a possessive form
41. Just between our, I
am not sure if we can trust them.
Incorrect → Use ‘Us’
instead of ‘Them’ because the pronoun is the object of a sentence
42. The travelers lost
our way in the storm.
Incorrect → Use ‘Their’
instead of ‘Our’ because the pronoun is in a possessive form
43. Please tell your
brother that me need to talk to him.
Incorrect → Use ‘I’
instead of ‘me’ because the pronoun is the subject of the sentence
44. The boy got the box
and his opened it carefully.
Incorrect → Use
‘He’ instead of ‘his’ because the pronoun is the object of the sentence
45. If my friend calls,
please ask them to call back later.
Correct
46. Me and my friend are
taking a trip
Correct
47. Our neighbors are
going with you and I.
Incorrect → Use ‘You and
me’ instead of ‘you and I’ because the pronoun is the object of the sentence
48. Ghea explained that
her and her sister had often eaten at that restaurant.
Incorrect → Use ‘she and
her sister’ instead of ‘her and her sister’ because the pronoun is the subject
of the sentence
49. The students are
allowed to ask questions when she doesn't understand a problem.
Incorrect → Use ‘They
don't’ instead of ‘she doesn't. The 'they' explaining the 'students'
50. Do you know Ben and
her wife?
Correct!
