Basic Grammar Terminologies

EXERCISE:
1. Gasohol, a mixture of gasoline and alcohol, is often obtained by ___________ agricultural crops.
a. Fermentation
b. Fermenting
c. Ferment
d. It ferments
2. Study of the Sun may lead to __________ of how the interior of the sun
heats its outer atmosphere.
a. The discovery
b. Discover
c. Discovering
d. They will discover
3. After the development of money in the seventh century B.C., people
could sell goods without _______________ to exchange them directly for
other goods.
a. They had
b. Have
c. Having
d. To have had
4. The able of writers to precisely record observation made about others
enable them
B
C
to include in their work a great deal of materials outside their own
experience.
C
D
5. The convention national of a United States political party nominates
candidates for
A
B
C
the presidency and vice presidency of the country and issues a
declaration of policy.
D
6. Canals are wholly or partially artificially waterways that convey goods
or water for
A
B
C
irrigation from point to point.
D

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7. Steam turbines are used to provide energy for most generators electric
and ship
A
B
C
propellers.
D
8. Varying a cameras shutter speed controls the films exposure to light
and
A
B
determines the speed of action that the photograph can produce
without blur the
C
D
image.
9. Because laser light is highly directional and monochromatic, extremity
small
A
B
amounts of light scattering or small frequency shifts caused by matter
can easily be
C
detected.
D
10.
Blood accounts for seven to eight percent of body weight in a
average human being.
A
B
C
D
11.
Because of its resistant to corrosion, tin is used as a protective
coating for other
A
B
C
metals that corrode easily.
D
12.
In the early nineteenth century, extensively canal building in the
United States
A
resulted from the effort of eastern states to establish western markets.
B
C
D
13.
Canadas climate is dominated by its extremely cold and
generally lengthily winters.
A
B
C
D
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14.
The typical of United States Trade Union is primarily a local
organize devoted to the
A
B
advancement and protection of the economic interest of its members.
C
D
15.
When the study of historic is merely a list of events that are
isolated from one
A
B
C
another, there is little connection to the present.
D
16.
Although the United States was beginning a vast program of
building railroads,
A
B
C
canals, and highways in early 1800s, there were few technical training
centers.
D
17.
Video artist combine many different ways of using video
equipment both to create
A
B
and to record various types of expression artistic.
C
D
18.
Mark Spitz, an United States swimmer, won seven gold medals at
the 1972 Olympic
A
B
C
games, all in world record times.
D
19.
An attempt by government, business, or educationally
institutions to remedy the
past effect of discrimination against minority groups is referred to as
affirmative action.
20.
Born in 1882, the art Edward Hopper worked in New York City as
a successful
A
B
illustrator until 1924, when his paintings began to sell.
C
D
21.
The continental shelf, covered by waters of limited deep, is the
part of the ocean

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floor that is adjacent to the shore of a continent.

22.
Rock layers formed immediately after glaciations is rich in
carbonates-compounds
of carbon and oxygen that are typical by-products of the weathering of
land masses.
23.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries reserve
varying portions
of their nationally land, sea, and air forces as NATO forces.
24.
Rodney, a town on the Mississippi River, was chartered in the
1828 and was at its
most populous about 30 years later.

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