Structure
Most species of heliotropes are weeds, _______ of them are cultivated.
A. some
B. but some
C. for some species
D. some species
B. but some
"Most species of heiotropes are weeds, but some of them are cultivated."
(Conjunction: FUNBOYS)
Identify the Main Verb!
Institutional funding provided by the international organization must sustain the project.
must sustain
(modal verb followed by base verb is 100% the main verb)
The teddy bear is a child's toy, a nice, soft stuffed animal suitable for cuddling.
According to the passage, what is a "teddy bear"?
A. A ferocious animal
B. The president of the United States
C. A famous hunter
D. A plaything
A. A plaything
(structural clues: a child's toy)
The botanical society opended its historical greenhouse doors to the public for the first time since the winter restoration project concluded.
The pronoun "Its" refers to:
A. winter restoration project
B. greenhouse doors
C. public
D. botanical society
D. botanical society
What is the national currency of Malaysia?
Ringgit
The geographical setting of West Java _________ a significant role in its agricultural output.
A. plays
B. playing
C. it plays
D. to play
A. plays
"The geographical setting of West Java plays a significant role in its agricultural output."
(Subject-Verb Agreement)
Identify the true subject!
A massive influx of international tourists boosts the local economy every summer.
A massive influx
(isolate the preposition noise <of international tourists>)
...... the Supreme Court can still declare the law unconstitutional if it finds that the law is contradictory to the guidelines....
"contradictory to" is the closest in meaning to which of the following expression?
A. In agreement with
B. Opposite to
C. Supported by
D. Similar to
B. Opposite to
(Linguistic anatomy: contra)
Monarch butterflies track temperature shifts to plan migrations. They travel thousands of miles south before the frost arrives.
The pronoun "They" refers to:
A. temperature shifts
B. migrations
C. Monarch butterflies
D. miles
C. Monarch butterflies
(clue: travel)
What is the capital city of Republic of Singapore?
Singapore
________ range in color from pale yellow to bright orange.
A. Canaries which
B. Canaries
C. That canaries
D. Canaries that are
B. Canaries
"Canaries range in color from pale yellow to bright orange."
(Subject-Verb Agreement)
Successful language learners (A) frequently practice speaking, (B) read academic articles, and (C) watching unedited foreign films (D) to build stamina.
C. Watching -> practice, read, and watch
(Strict law of symmetry)
....... the winds at the center of the storm swirled around at considerably more than 200 miles per hours.
The word "swirled" is closest in meaning to
A. decreased
B. rose
C. settled
D. circled
D. circled
(Context clues: swirled around)
The solar panel converts clean sunlight directly into usable electricity. It has become increasingly popular in rural agricultural communities.
The pronoun "It" refers to:
A. solar panel
B. clean sunlight
C. usable electricity
D. rural agricultural communities
A. solar panel
Name all the colors in Australian national flag!
(Must answer all three correctly to get the point)
Blue, White, and Red
The Caldecott Medal, _______ for the best children's picture book, is awarded each January.
A. a prize
B. which prize
C. is a prize which
D. is a prize
A. a prize
"The Caldecott Medal, a prize for the best children's picture book, is awarded each January."
(Appositive)
The (A) more deeper marine biologists dive (B) into the ocean trenches, the more unusual the (C) biological adaptations the (D) discover.
A. more deeper -> deeper
(Comparative form error)
"while hiding from social situations might temporarily reduce a student's anxiety, psychologists consider it a Maladaptive coping mechanism in the long run."
Perform a surgery on the word "Maladaptive", then guess the meaning!
Badly adapted/not adapting well/unhelpful to an environment.
Mal = something bad, wrong, poorly
Adapt = to fit, to adjust, to change
Ive = adjective meaning having the quality of e.g. creative (create + ive)
Earlt architectural blueprints of ancient stone temples indicate that builders deliberately aligned them with seasonal solar solstices.
The pronoun "them" refers to:
A. architectural blueprints
B. ancient stone temples
C. builders
D. solar solstices
B. ancient stone temples
Name 5 countries which name starts with the letter "S"!
(Must answer at least four correct ones to get full point)
1. Singapore
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Somalia
4. South Africa
5. Spain
6. Sudan
7. Sri Lanka
8. Sweden
9. Switzerland
10. Syiria
In __________ several vertically aligned honeycombs with hexagonal wax cells stacked close together.
A. a honeybee hive is
B. a honeybee hive are
C. a honeybee hive of
D. a honeybee hive composed of
B. a honeybee hive are
"In a honeybee hive are several vertically aligned honeycombs with hexagonal wax cells stacked close together."
(Inverted Subject-Verb Agreement)
(A) The price of silver (B) rose to $50.05 per troy ounce in January 1980 (C) and then fell to $10.80 two (D) month later.
D. month -> two months later)
(singular vs plural noun details)
"Engineers chose the new titanium alloy specifically because of its remarkable indestructibility under extremen deep-sea atmospheric pressure."
Perform surgery on the word "indestructibility", then guess the meaning!
The state of being impossible to destroy/not being able to be broken down/unbreakable nature.
In = not
Destruct = to unbuild
Ability = the state of being able to
The auditory sensitivity of the African elephants is vastly superior to that of most other large land mammals, allowing the species to detect low-frequncy vibrations from miles away.
The pronoun "that" refers to:
A. African elephants
B. auditory sensitivity
C. other land mammals
D. low-frequency vibrations
B. auditory sensitivity
(demonstrative pronoun)
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