Language Skills Quiz, Unit 1
40 Questions
| Total Attempts: 116
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Questions and Answers
- 1.Using the words from this unit, choose the one that best completes each sentence.
- 2.I doubt very much that he can [Blank] his assertion that he won two gold medals in the 1980 Olympics.
- 3.Your essay would be a great deal tighter and more [Blank] if you removed all the extraneous information it now contains.
- 4.“There is no need for you to [Blank] the point,” I replied, “when I already understand clearly what your criticism is.”
- 5.Some of the episodes in the TV series were wonderfully fresh and original; others were just plain [Blank].
- 6.There is nothing wrong in trying to [Blank] the great singers of the past as long as you eventually develop a style of your own.
- 7.I don’t object to the inclusion of anecdotes in a serious lecture, but they should at the very least be [Blank] to the subject.
- 8.When the temperature outside suddenly dropped, the water in the ditch [Blank] into mass of icy sludge.
- 9.Be careful when shopping because you do not want unnecessary purchases to [Blank] the value of the coupons you are using.
- 10.A mystery disease caused the grapes to [Blank] on the vine.
- 11.The newspaper will be making some changes in order to adapt to the region's shifting [Blank].
- 12.Directions: Choose the word from this unit that is the same or most nearly the same in meaning as the underlined word or phrase. Write the word in the space provided.
- 13.The challenge of the course made it difficult [Blank]
- 14.gently raised the issue[Blank]
- 15.Student who controls the conversation[Blank]
- 16.nit-picking about my work[Blank]
- 17.An unquenchable thirst for knowledge[Blank]
- 18.Directions: Identify the underlined phrase as the appropriate type of phrase.
- 19.Mr. Ziegler’s website is handy for help in studying vocabulary.
- A.
Adjective prep phrase
- B.
Adverb prep phrase
- C.
Appositive phrase
- 20.Luckily for me, today’s vocabulary quiz with a word bank was easy.
- A.
Adjective prep phrase
- B.
Adverb prep phrase
- C.
Appositive phrase
- 21.After the quiz, I found several of the words in the newspaper.
- A.
Adjective Prep Phrase
- B.
Adverb Prep Phrase
- C.
Appositive Phrase
- 22.Mr. Ziegler, our English teacher, has a link on his website for grammar practice as well.
- A.
Adjective Prep Phrase
- B.
Adverb Prep Phrase
- C.
Appositive Phrase
- 23.Unfortunately, the list of words for next week look harder.
- A.
Adjective Prep Phrase
- B.
Adverb Prep Phrase
- C.
Appositive Phrase
- 24.An activity some people find absorbing is trading antique toys.
- A.
Participial Phrase
- B.
Gerund Phrase
- C.
Infinitive Phrase
- D.
Appositive Phrase
- 25.Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the riverbank.
- A.
Participial Phrase
- B.
Gerund Phrase
- C.
Infinitive Phrase
- D.
Appositive Phrase
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