Structure 1
The major cause ________ the pull of the Moon on the Earth.
A. the ocean tides are
B. of ocean tides is
C. of the tides in the ocean
D. the oceans' tides
B. The major cause of ocean tides is the pull of the Moon on the Earth.
More than 600 A) million individual B) bacteria C) lives on the skin of D) humans.
C) lives (bacteria is plural)
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I am a auniversity student and I am studying in the university for a number of reasons.
comma before "and"
According to the hypothesis in the study, the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of the ______ migrate by following magnetic fields.
A. target monarchs
B. target since monarchs
C. target since monarchs are
D. target
B. ...the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of the target since monarchs migrate by following magnetic fields.
Fire A) extinguishers B) can contain liquified gas, dry chemicals, C) or D) watery.
D. ...or WATER. (parallel structure)
_____ is on the table has four sections.
A. The notebook
B. The notebook which
C. Because the notebook
D. In the notebook
B. The notebook which is on the table has four sections.
The more A) directly overhead the Moon is, the B) great C) is the D) effect that it exhibits on the Earth.
B) the greater (the more...the greater)
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When something unexpected happens, different people reacted in a variety of ways.
"reacted" should be "react"
________ on several different television programs, the witness gave conflicting accounts of what had happened.
A. He appeared
B. Who appeared
C. Appearing
D. Appears
C. Appearing on several different television programs, ...
(A) Certain types of snakes (B) have been known to survive (C) fasts more (D) as a year long.
D...more THAN a year long (comparisons)
______ rises to the surface of the earth, a volcano is formed.
A. Liquid magma
B. Whenever liquid magma
C. Liquid magma, which
D. That liquid magma
B. Whenever liquid magma rises to the surface of the earth...(two clauses...clause as subject of verb "rises")
A) As the International Dateline at 180 degrees longitude is crossed B) westerly, it becomes C) necessary to change the date D) by moving it one day forward.
C) westerly
(...in a westerly direction)
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I will be rewarded not only in terms of money, and also in terms of enjoyment of my career.
"and also" should be "but also"
_________ charming shops and restaurants, Old Town is the most picturesque section of Albuquerque. A. With its
B. Its
C. Because its
D. For its
A. With its charming shops and restaurants (prep phrase)
In (A) making their calculations, Institute researchers assume that (B) the least costly form of energy (C) would be (D) used.
C. energy WILL be used. "Will" goes with present tense; "would" goes with past tense.
________ test positive for antibiotics when tanker trucks arrive at a milk processing plant, according to federal law, the entire truckload must be discarded.
A. Should milk
D. Milk should
B. If milk
C. If milk is
A. Should milk test positive for antibiotics...
Kilauea's A) numerous eruptions are generally composed B) in molten lavea, with C) little escaping gas and D) few explosions.
B) in (composed of)
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I always make an effort to get work done efficient and early so that I don't always have to feel tense about getting work done at the last minute.
"efficient" should be "efficiently"
_______ is a mystery. I wish that I could ask him. A.) How did it B.) What he did it C.) How he did it D.) When did it
C
(A) among the (B) disputing (C) sections of the Monteverdi opera (D) are the sinfonia, the prologue, and the role of Ottone.
B. disputed (passive adjective)
Amber is a hard, yellowish-brown _________ from the resin of pine trees that lived millions of years ago.
A. substance formed
B. to form a substance
C. substance has formed
D. forming a substance
A. ...a hard, yellowish-brown substance (which is) formed from the resin of pine trees...
A) Rival leaders B) during the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis C) both D) hailed Kentucky.
D) hailed (should be "hailed from")
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A large amount of students in my school spent many of their afternoons trying out for a team with fewer than forty positions.
"amount" should be "number"
Japan's latitudinal spread, ranging from subtropical in the south to sub-arctic in the north, makes that a wide diversity of flora and fauna. A.) latitudinal spread B.) subtropical C.) makes that D.) wide diversity
C
(A) The most asteroids (B) are beyond (C) the orbit of (D) the planet Mars.
A. Most (no article)