FIRST GROUP STRUCTURE

1. The French Quarter is the most famous and the most old section of New Orleans. A B C D Answer : C (most old) The superlative form of a one-syllable adjective (old) is formed with the suffix est: oldest. 2. Liquids take the shape of any container which in they are placed. A B C D Answer : C (which) in The preposition must precede the relative pronoun: in which. 3. The first recorded use of natural gas to light street lamps it was in the town of Frederick, New York, in A B C D

1825. Answer : B (it was) The use of the pronoun subject it is unnecessary; it should be omitted. 4. Physical therapists help patients relearn how to use their bodies after disease or injure. A B C D

Answer : D (injure) A noun (injury), not a verb (injure), is required. 5. Not only ____________________ places of beauty, but they also serve scientific and educational purposes as well. (A) are botanical gardens (B) botanical gardens to be (C) botanical gardens are (D) to be botanical gardens Answer : A (are botanical gardens)

A main verb, such as are, is required to complete the clause (to be is not a main verb), and the subject and verb must be inverted because the clause begins with the negative phrase not only. 6. Many communities are dependent on groundwater __________ from wells for their water supply. (A) that obtained (B) obtained (C) is obtained (D) obtain it Answer : B (obtained) The only correct way to complete this sentence is with a participle (obtained really meanswhich is obtained). 7. Before starting on a sea voyage, prudent navigators learn the sea charts, __, and memorize lighthouse locations to prepare themselves for any conditions they might encounter. (A) Sailing directions are studied (B) Study the sailing directions (C) To direct sailing studies (D) Studies direct sailing Answer : (B) Grammar : Gerund

Study

the

sailing

studies

8. At the Seventh International Ballet Competitions, Fernando Bujones won the first gold medal ever _________ to a United States male dancer. (A) To be awarded (B) To awards (C) That awards (D) Should be awarding Answer : Grammar : infinitive

(A)

to

be

awarded

9. In the south-western part of the United States, most of the watercomes A Colorado B from it.

of the River and the manmade lakes created C D Answer : (C) comes of Grammar : the correct answer is comes from because its explain prepositions of place positions 10. Bill Clinton, that won the 1992 presidential election, was A formerlygovernor D Answer : (A) Grammar : the correct answer is who because its explain adjective clause that of the state of B C Arkansas.

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