Grammar
Vocabulary
Skills
100

I avoid __________ in the street at night.

a) to walk

b) walking

c) walk

b) walking

100

If you generate ideas, you ___.

a) erase them

b) create or produce them

c) share them


b) create or produce them

100

Which sentence introduces a challenge that someone tried?

a) I believe the results show that I don't need my favorite app.

b) I was surprised that I could live without my favorite app.

c) I wanted to find out if I could live without my favorite app.


c) I wanted to find out if I could live without my favorite app.
200

Two uses of the -ing form are ___.

a) gerunds and infinitives

b) participial adjectives and gerunds

c) participial adjectives and subjects


b) participial adjectives and gerunds

200

A challenge is usually ___.

a) difficult and boring 

b) difficult, but interesting

c) impossible


b) difficult, but interesting

200

What does the abbreviation 12 hrs/wk stand for?

a) 12 hours of work

b) 12 hours per week

c) 12 hours or weeks


b) 12 hours per week

300

Trying something new can be scary. In this sentence, trying is part of ___.

a) the subject

b) the object of a verb

c) a participial adjective


 

a) the subject

300

I find it ___ that I spend so much time on my devices. I had no idea it was that much!

a) obvious

b) shocking

c) substantial


b) shocking

300

Did you try the new challenge?  Which two words in the sentence, when linked in connected speech, sound like /dʒ/ as in just?

a) did you

b) new challenge

c) try the


a) did you

400

I think it's exciting to participate in a scientific study! In this sentence, exciting is ___.

a) the object of a verb

b) the object of a preposition

c) a participial adjective


c) a participial adjective
400

Our ___ of electricity is very high these days. Let's try to reduce it.

a) generate

b) usage

c) shock


b) usage

400

What is not an example of how to question ideas presented in research?

a) think about opposing ideas 

b) consider your own experience

c) use a wh- question chart to take notes


c) use a wh- question chart to take notes