Characters and Actions

Find the Action

100

My suggestion is that we have a discussion soon. (2 actions)

Suggestion (suggest)

Discussion (discuss)

200

Growth in the market for electronic books is driven by the frequent preference among customers. (2 actions)

Growth (grow)

Preference (prefer)

300

There is a belief among some researchers that consumers' choices in fast food restaurants are healthier now. (2 actions)

Belief (believe)

Choices (choose)

400

There has been speculation by educators about the role of the family in improving educational achievement. (3 actions)

Speculation (speculate)

Improving (improve)

Achievement (achieve)

500

The store's price increases led to frustration among the customers. (2 actions)

Increases (increase)

Frustration (frustrate)

Find the Character

100

Resistance has been growing among the residents to the building of mental health facilities in the area on the part of the government. (2 characters)

Residents

Government

200

The appearance of new interpretations among historians has led to a reassessment of the facts. (1 character)

Historians

300

Having their research taken seriously by professionals in the field was hard work for the students. (2 characters)

Students

Professionals

400

The performance of the play was marked by enthusiasm on the part of the actors, but there was a lack of intelligent staging from the director. (2 characters)

Actors

Director

500

There is no need for our further study of the problem. (1 character)

We

Nominalizations

100

Industrialization

Industrialize

200

Definition

Define

300

Belief

Believe

400

Information

Inform

500

Contradiction

Contradict

Find the Subject

100

There was an affirmative decision for expansion. (1)

There

200

We reviewed a study of how the brain evolves. (2)

We

Brain

300

Researchers have identified the AIDS virus but have failed to develop a vaccine to immunize those at risk. (1)

Researchers

400

Attempts by economists at defining full employment have been met with failure. (1)

Attempts

500

Some people argue that atmospheric carbon dioxide does not elevate global temperature. (2)

People

Carbon dioxide

Find the Verb

100

When we write concisely, readers understand easily. (2)

Write

Understand

200

Many voters oppose nuclear power plants because they believe that such plants threaten human health. (3)

Oppose, Believe, Threaten

300

Shopping on the part of consumers is predictable, so the manufacture of goods from producers is done with different target groups in mind. (2)

Is, Is

400

Although known primarily as one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century, James Joyce, the son of a local political functionary, was also a gifted - and prizewinning - singer. (1)

Was

500

The acknowledgement of the fact is increasingly widespread that television is a replacement for reading in American culture. (2)

Is, Is