English for academic purposes grammar exercise

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

GRAMMAR EXERCISE

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1. 
   Choose the best answer for each question.
   

1. 
   The athlete runs ________ than the other one.
   

1. 
   Faster
   
2. 
   As fast
   
3. 
   The faster
   
4. 
   Fastly
   

2. 
   One problem with all languages _________ they are full of irregularities.
   

1. 
   That is
   
2. 
   Is that
   
3. 
   So
   
4. 
   Because
   

3. 
   __________ more than 3,000 visitors attending Callahan’s painting exhibition.
   

1. 
   Many
   
2. 
   There
   
3. 
   There were
   
4. 
   No
   

4. 
   __________ contained the chromosomes, and they are thought as the units of heredity.
   

1. 
   That genes are
   
2. 
   Because genes
   
3. 
   Genes which are
   
4. 
   Genes are
   

5. 
   The canal __________ Asia and Africa was designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps.
   

1. 
   Connected
   
2. 
   Connecting
   
3. 
   That is connected
   
4. 
   Is that connect
   

6. 
   The flowers of tea plant _________ small and white.
   

1. 
   Have
   
2. 
   Are
   
3. 
   Having
   
4. 
   That are
   

7. 
   The documents __________ mailed at the post office will arrive on Monday.
   

1. 
   Them
   
2. 
   Just
   
3. 
   Have
   
4. 
   Were
   

8. 
   By the end of this month, Maria … join the training for all new employees in Montreal.
   

1. 
   That
   
2. 
   Is
   
3. 
   Later
   
4. 
   Will
   

9. 
   Catherine Ambers, _____________, will get married this coming year. (appositive)
   

1. 
   Happily
   
2. 
   Because of that
   
3. 
   Immediately
   
4. 
   A friend
   

10. 
    All the students ___________writing the journal after having action research.
    

1. 
   Must
   
2. 
   Starting
   
3. 
   Are going
   
4. 
   Will be
   

11. 
    One of Jane's favorite subjects in school is drama because _______ lots of fun and enjoys being part of it all.
    
    
    

A. has really she
B. she really has
C. she really is
D. is she really

12. 
    We don't know __________ taught us noun clauses before.
    

1. 
   if the teacher has
   
2. 
   the teacher has
   
3. 
   the teacher hasn't
   
4. 
   whether teacher 
   

13. 
    After much criticism, the politician _______ his controversial statement of the previous day.
    

1. 
   quickly retracted
   
2. 
   quickly retracted to
   
3. 
   quickly was retracted
   
4. 
   quickly has retracted
   

14. 
    This new service will be available to all users _______ up for paid membership.
    

1. 
   that signed
   
2. 
   that signed it
   
3. 
   which signed
   
4. 
   sign
   

15. 
    John Smith, _______ of economic crimes, tax evasion and fraud, is being accused of attempted murder now.
    

1. 
   of that he was accused
   
2. 
   that was accused
   
3. 
   whom he was accused
   
4. 
   who was accused
   

16. 
    This method is widely used _______ algorithm is not only effective but also very simple.
    

1. 
   because it is
   
2. 
   because
   
3. 
   it is because
   
4. 
   because of its
   

17. 
    It is said (that) he was a man, _________ to have the vision of an eagle and courage of a lion.
    

1. 
   who appeared
   
2. 
   he appeared
   
3. 
   that appears
   
4. 
   and appears
   

18. 
    George Washington once said that  _______ have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.
    

1. 
   few men
   
2. 
   the few men
   
3. 
   few are the men
   
4. 
   the men are few
   

19. 
    I cannot understand my neighbor’s accent. I wish she would __________.
    

1. 
   speak clearer
   
2. 
   clearer speak
   
3. 
   more clearly speak
   
4. 
   speak more clearly
   

20. 
    In the U.S. _________ approximately 4 million miles of roads, streets, and highways.
    

1. 
   Are there
   
2. 
   Is
   
3. 
   Because of
   
4. 
   There are
   

21. 
    As an emergency measure, __________ by the Governor to curtail railway expenditure.
    

1. 
   Because it proposed
   
2. 
   Was proposed
   
3. 
   Because of the proposal
   
4. 
   It was proposed
   

22. 
    The archaeologists were astonished to find such _______ at that particular site.
    

1. 
   an incredibly rare beautiful artifact
   
2. 
   a rare incredibly beautiful artifact
   
3. 
   a beautiful artifact incredibly rare
   
4. 
   an incredibly beautiful rare artifact
   

23. 
    The X ray treatments _________ up to the time that he was dismissed from the hospital.
    

1. 
   Gave daily
   
2. 
   Were given daily
   
3. 
   Basically was given
   
4. 
   Daily had been given
   

24. 
    ________ is necessary for any project that is undertaken in this program.
    

1. 
   Although a word processor
   
2. 
   For a word processor
   
3. 
   A word processor
   
4. 
   Because a word processor
   

25. 
    The teacher didn't know _______ .
    

1. 
   which noun clauses teach
   
2. 
   which noun clauses to teach
   
3. 
   why noun clauses to teach
   
4. 
   when noun clauses to teach
   

26. 
    There is a law in France, which says that only the family has the right to decide what _______ or not known about the health of a patient.”
    

1. 
   must be known
   
2. 
   must have known
   
3. 
   must have been known
   
4. 
   must have been being known
   

27. 
    _________ peaches are classified as freestone or clingstone depends on how difficult it is to remove the pit.
    

1. 
   The
   
2. 
   About
   
3. 
   Whether
   
4. 
   Scientifically
   

28. 
    The derby ________ every May.
    

1. 
   To be run
   
2. 
   Runs
   
3. 
   Is run
   
4. 
   May run
   

29. 
    The government spends __________ as what they did last year.
    

1. 
   High
   
2. 
   More highly
   
3. 
   Highly
   
4. 
   Higher
   

30. 
    If the class _________, we can hang out around the city.
    

1. 
   Is cancelled
   
2. 
   Must cancel
   
3. 
   Cancelled
   
4. 
   Suddenly cancels
   

2. 
   Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of word that is not correct.
   

31. 
    Because the project depends on what happens at the federal level, so the city and the A B C
    

country may have to wait until the budget cutting ends.

D

32. 
    The four strings on a violins are tuned in fifths.
    

A B C D

33. 
    The leek has the milder taste than the onion.
    

A B C D

34. 
    The research for the book Roots taking twelve years. (took)
    

A B C D

35. 
    The most popular breed of dog in the U.S. are cocker, spaniel, and retriever.
    

A B C D

36. 
    A water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms and had one oxygen atom.
    

A B C D

37. 
    The church it was open, and the choir was having a last minute rehearsal.
    

A B C D

38. 
    After the yolk is separated from the white, it must be boil immediately.
    

A B C D

39. 
    Almost American Indian cultures have been agricultural societies since 2000 B.C.
    

A B C D

40. 
    There exists more than 2,600 different varieties of palm trees.
    

A B C D

41. 
    Fire extinguishers can contain liquefied gas, dry chemicals, or watery.
    

A B C D

42. 
    The largely single use of lead is in the plates of electrical storage batteries.
    

A B C D

43. 
    The skeleton of a shark is made of cartilage rather than having bones.
    

A B C D

44. 
    There is twenty six bones in the human foot, fourteen of them in the toes (appositive).
    

A B C D

45. 
    A patient suffering from amnesia may had partial or total loss of memory.
    

A B C D

46. 
    Electrical impulses may also picked up by the optic nerve.
    

A B C D

47. 
    Cameos can be carved not only from onyx and sardonyx or from agate.
    

A B C D

48. 
    Uranus is the seventh planets from the sun.
    

A B C D

49. 
    Superman made their comic strip debut in 1938 in Action Comics.
    

A B C D

50. 
    A baboon’s arms appear as lengthily as its legs.
    

A B C D

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