Grammar Quiz: Identify The Correct Word!
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- 1.…………..not a single hard-surfaced road during the entire colonial period aside from the city.
- A.
It was
- B.
There was
- C.
It
- D.
There were
- 2.. …………..in 1776 that Declaration of Independence was signed.
- A.
It was
- B.
There was
- C.
There
- D.
It
- 3.…………..more than 300,000 people in Philadelphia by the end of the colonial period, making it the largest city in the colonies.
- A.
There was
- B.
It was
- C.
There were
- D.
They were
- 4.In the 18th century, ………….. not many women who had access to formal education in the colonies.
- A.
There were
- B.
It was
- C.
Were
- D.
Were there
- 5.After the Revolution, although some advances were made in education, …………..a slow process.
- A.
There were
- B.
It
- C.
It was
- D.
There was
- 6.…………..in fluorescent lamps, television tubes, and other devices.
- A.
Phosphore are used
- B.
It is phosphor
- C.
To use phosphors
- D.
Using phosphors
- 7.The tips of some undersea mountains …………..islands in the middle of the ocean.
- A.
To form
- B.
They form
- C.
Form
- D.
Forming
- 8.…………..of fish; jawless fish, cartilaginous fish, and bony fish.
- A.
It is three types
- B.
There are three types
- C.
Three types
- D.
Three types are
- 9.…………..to stop yourself from blinking except for a short period of time.
- A.
Impossible it
- B.
Impossible
- C.
It impossible
- D.
It is impossible
- 10.…………..today was developed by Swiss scientist Horace de Sassure around 1773.
- A.
Mountaineering it as we know
- B.
Mountaineering as we know it
- C.
We know mountaineering it
- D.
We know there is mountaineering
- 11.. …………..of the surface of the Earth is covered by water.
- A.
Three-quarters is nearly
- B.
There is nearly three-quarter
- C.
It is nearly three-quarters
- D.
Nearly three-quarters
- 12.By the mid-eighteenth century………….. so many new immigrants entering North America from Europe that the original colonies in the Northeast were overcrowded.
- A.
It were
- B.
Were
- C.
There
- D.
There were
- 13.…………..not until the end of the seventeenth century that scientists began to stress the importance of experiments as a way of gaining knowledge.
- A.
There was
- B.
It was
- C.
There
- D.
It
- 14.………..are the most poisonous fish in the world.
- A.
There are stonefish
- B.
That the stonefish
- C.
They are stonefish
- D.
Stonefish
- 15.Seismic prospecting…………..used to map out rock structures below the ground.
- A.
Widely
- B.
Are widely
- C.
Is widely
- D.
It is widely
- 16.………..in space, a rocket has to be powerful enough to break out of the pull of the Earth’s gravity.
- A.
To travel
- B.
It is travel
- C.
That travel
- D.
Travel
- 17.When archeologist discovered the ruins of the Olympic Stadium, interest in the Games …………
- A.
Was renewed
- B.
Were renewed
- C.
They were renewed
- D.
Renewed
- 18.The ancient Olympic Games …………as amateur contests, but in time became professional.
- A.
Begun
- B.
Began
- C.
Beginning
- D.
They begin
- 19.The winners received a wreath …………from the branches of the sacred olive tree.
- A.
Made
- B.
Was made
- C.
Making
- D.
To make
- 20.The marathon first staged in 1896, …………the legendary feat of a Greek soldier who carried news of victory from the battlefield at Marathon to Athens.
- A.
Was commemorated
- B.
Commemorated
- C.
Comemorates
- D.
Commemorating
- 21.Winning first place in an event was the only glory in the ancient Games because second and third places………….
- A.
Did not recognize
- B.
Are not recognized
- C.
Was not recognized
- D.
Were not recognized
- 22.After more than 1500 years, Athens …………for the site of the first modern Olympics.
- A.
Were chosen
- B.
Was chosen
- C.
Is chosen
- D.
Chosen
- 23.The Olympic Games are held every four years in a selected country, and…………to athletes of all nations.
- A.
They are opened
- B.
Are opened
- C.
They are open
- D.
It is open
- 24.Electronic timing …………..for the first time in the 1912 Olympics in Sweden.
- A.
Were used
- B.
Was used
- C.
Using
- D.
Used
- 25.The first systematic chart ever made of an ocean current …………..by Benjamin Franklin.
- A.
Published
- B.
Was published
- C.
Publishing
- D.
Has been published
- 26.Petroleum …………..on every continent and beneath every ocean.
- A.
Is found
- B.
Found
- C.
Are found
- D.
Find
- 27.Animals …………..on Earth for at least 700 million years.
- A.
Living
- B.
Lived
- C.
Have lived
- D.
Have been lived
- 28.Some fish …………..distortion of electrical field through special receptors.
- A.
Sense
- B.
Are sensing
- C.
Are sensed
- D.
Senses
- 29.During the Ice Age, glaciers…………..and retreated several times over large areas of the earth.
- A.
Had been advanced
- B.
Were advance
- C.
Have advanced
- D.
Advanced
- 30.The authorities permitted women __________ in track and field events in the 1928 Winter Games.
- A.
To take part
- B.
Taking part
- C.
Took part
- D.
Takes part
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