Act it Out!
Ill
sick
. In America, there was plenty of room for everybody for a hundred and fifty years. America could take all those who chose to come. According to this paragraph, ______.
a) America is 150 years old
b) America chose to take everyone
c) there was living space for all who came
d) people stopped coming to coming to America after 150 years
c) there was living space for all who came
The new bank building has several floors.
a) elevators
b) windows
c) businesses
d) stories
d) stories
Prices are the _______ I've ever seen.
a) high
b) higher
c) highest
d) as high
c) highest
My friend is neither at home _______ in the library.
a) nor
b) or
c) for
d) and
a) nor
Thermometer
check temperature
The diamond is a beautiful, brilliant gem. Although it is commonly used in engagement rings, its greatest use is in industry. Today, the automotive industry is the main buyer uses for this mineral in an automobile factory. According to this paragraph, ________
a) All diamonds are used in engagement rings
b) 15 minerals are used in automobile factories
c) industrial diamonds are used in automobile factories
d) all diamonds are used in industry
c) industrial diamonds are used in automobile factories
Camouflage is used in the air force to __________.
a) hide air planes.
b) fire at other planes.
c) talk to the tower.
d) repair the engines.
a) hide air planes.
Select the correct sentence.
a) Always on time he is.
b) He is always on time.
c) Always is he on time.
d) He on time always is.
b) He is always on time.
Portable electric hand drills are used for _____ holes in materials.
a) boring
b) to bore
c) bored
d) bore
a) boring
to wobble
unbalanced (unsteady movement from side to side)
In English, a word may have several different meanings; for example, the word "precipitation". Any form of water or ice which falls on the earth is precipitation. Rain is a common example of one form. Snow, sleet, and hail are examples of the frozen forms of precipitation.
According to this paragraph, _____.
a) rain and snow are the same form of precipitation
b) precipitation may fall in different forms
c) rain falls in many different places
d) precipitation has only one form
b) precipitation may fall in different forms
They told Ray to wind up the job.
a) start
b) plan
c) finish
d) describe
c) finish
The general is always ________to work by his wife.
a) drives
b) driving
c) driven
d) drive
c) driven
Can you tell me _______________?
a) where is the train station
b) the train station is where
c) is where the train station
d) where the train station is
d) where the train station is
Hazardous
dangerous
. Traffic on our streets is regulated by traffic lights. By the same token, vitamins might be called the stop-and-go lights of the human body. Vitamins are necessary in order for the body to properly use the food it receives. The body needs only a small amount of vitamins, but they are important for protection against diseases.
According to this paragraph, _____.
a) there is a lot of traffic on the streets
b) you must stop for a red light
c) vitamins help prevent diseases
d) the body needs a large amount of vitamins
c) vitamins help prevent diseases
He was tired of hearing gripes.
a) He was tired of hearing music.
b) He was tired of hearing complaints.
c) He was tired of hearing songs.
d) He was tired of hearing the noise.
b) He was tired of hearing complaints.
If I _________ you, I would finish the report by tonight.
a) was
b) were
c) am
d) be
b) were
He ought to go today.
a) He can go.
b) He will go.
c) He might go.
d) He should go.
d) He should go.
call up
telephone
The modern automobile is the result of hundreds of inventions. The wheel is probably the oldest invention used in a car. The internal combustion engine is a more complex invention used to power this type of vehicle. By using these and many other creative devices, man has steadily improved the automobile.
According to this paragraph, the development of the modern automobile is the result of _________ .
a. the internal combustion engine
b. man’s creation of the wheel
c. a combination of many inventions
d. the work of a small number of inventors
c. a combination of many inventions
Mary has decided to take up art.
a) collect
b) picture
c) teach
d) study
d) study
The students were ____________ with the lecture.
a) bore
b) boring
c) to bore
d) bored
d) bored
The sound level was measured at 80 ________.
a) decibels
b) acres
c) decimals
d) degrees
a) decibels