A: What is the population of Texas?
B: _____ 30 million people live in Texas.
a. Approximately
b. Industry
c. Model
d. Average
Approximately
Choose the correct punctuation.
a. A harmful chemical spilled in the lab; Therefore, everyone had to evacuate.
b. A harmful chemical spilled in the lab. Therefore everyone had to evacuate.
c. A harmful chemical spilled in the lab; therefore, everyone had to evacuate.
d. A harmful chemical spilled in the lab, therefore, everyone had to evacuate.
A harmful chemical spilled in the lab; therefore, everyone had to evacuate.
Sami earned an ____ for being the top graduate in his class.
a. award
b. abundance
c. aid
d. abbreviation
award
I am learning a foreign language because it can be ____ for my career.
a. beneficial
b. beyond
c. no use
d. in contact
beneficial
The United States Armed Forces are made up of six _____: the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
a. heads
b. conducts
c. branches
d. veterans
branches
A: How well did Sonny do on the Book Quiz?
B: ____. He barely passed.
a. terribly well
b. well terribly
c. not terribly well
d. not well terribly
not terribly well

A gymnast must have good ___.
a. flexible
b. flexibly
c. flexing
d. flexibility
flexibility
We have to clean up this mess. Bring me a towel to ____ the water on the floor.
a. sink
b. bend
c. soak up
d. pick up
soak up

A: What do you do ___?
B: I'm an F-15 maintainer.
a. for your life
b. to live
c. for a living
d. to be alive
for a living

The child's favorite activity is ____ on the swing set.
a. to swing
b. swings
c. swung
d. swinging
swinging
People from Minnesota speak ____ than Texans.
a. most quickly
b. more quickly
c. quicklier
d. quickliest
more quickly
Jenna studied every day for one month. ____, she got an excellent score on the test.
a. As a result
b. As a result of
c. Result from
d. Result in
As a result
A: Why are you looking out the window?
B: I'm enjoying the beautiful ____.
a. portion
b. scenery
c. average
d. appetite
scenery
My grandmother is retired. She says it is wonderful not ___ anymore.
a. working
b. worked
c. works
d. work
working
The media lab is a good place ___.
a. for studied
b. to study
c. studying
d. study
to study
I don't like jogging with Travis because he is too fast and I can't ____ him.
a. pick up
b. call off
c. result from
d. keep up with
keep up with
Gerald had ____ a good time that he wants to attend the concert again tomorrow night.
a. so
b. such
c. that
d. too
such
When you are a parent, you have an ___ to look after your children.
a. extension
b. influence
c. abbreviation
d. obligation
obligation
My friend bought a car. He lives in Boston.
a. My friend who bought a car he lives in Boston.
b. My friend who lives in Boston bought a car.
c. My friend bought a car who lives in Boston.
d. My friend lives in Boston that bought a car.
My friend who lives in Boston bought a car.
The drill instructor's obligation is ___ the new cadets.
a. train
b. trains
c. to train
d. to training
to train
"What were you doing when the earthquake happened?"
She asked me ______ when the earthquake happened.
a. if I was doing
b. what you were doing
c. if you had been doing
d. what I had been doing
what I had been doing
Many changes ____ to the program since the new director arrived.
a. have been made
b. have being made
c. have made
d. have been making
have been made

Cell phones allow us to stay____ with our friends and family even when they are far away.
a. subject to
b. in touch
c. no use
d. as a result
in touch
There will _____ at the wedding.
a. dance
b. be danced
c. be dancing
d. danced
be dancing
I suggest that you ____ the new vocabulary in your notebook.
a. write
b. wrote
c. written
d. writing
write