M5 Grammar Challenge

(A)

1

A nurse who has the right _____ will have no trouble finding a job.

1) qualify

2) qualified

3) qualifications

3) qualifications

2

Ecotourism has gone beyond the _____ stage to become something that many people have put into practice. 

1. concept 

2. conceive 

3. conceptual

4. conceptually

3. conceptual

3

She suffered a minor _________ while playing soccer last weekend. 

1.  injury

2.  injure 

3.  injured 

4.  injurious

1.  injury

4

The event has been _____ on social media.  

1) publicity

2) publicize

3) publicized

4) publicly

3) publicized

5

_________, if we had wings, humans could fly like birds.

1) theory

2) theorize

3) theoretical

4) theoretically

4) theoretically

(B)

1

The machine worked ________, with many moving parts.   

1. complexity 

2. complex 

3. complexities 

4. complexly

4. complexly

2

They made the website’s design _____ for everyone. 

1) access

2) accessibility

3) accessed

4) accessible

4) accessible

3

A _____ position at a hospital will be filled quickly if the salary and benefits are attractive.

1) vacate

2) vacant

3) vacancy

4) vacantly

2) vacant

4

His _____ was severe, so he had to rest for two weeks.  

1) injure

2) injured

3) injurious

4) injury

4) injury

5

Rumors were ________ at school after the event.

1) rampancy

2) rampant

3) rampantant

4) rampantly

 

2) rampant

(C)

1

The _________ asked many questions to solve the case.

1) investigation

2) investigator

3) investigative

4) investigate

2) investigator

2

You should _____ driving in heavy rain unless it’s absolutely necessary. 

1.  avoidance 

2.  avoid

3.  avoidable 

4.  avoidably

2.  avoid

3

Most of the damage was _____ if precautions had been taken.  

1) avoid

2) avoided

3) avoidable

4) avoidance

3) avoidable

4

The body _____ some drugs very quickly.

1) absorbs

2) absorbing

3) absorbent

4) absorption

1) absorbs

5

The _____ was brave enough to climb the tallest mountain.  

1) adventure

2) adventurer

3) adventurous

4) adventurously 

2) adventurer

(D)

1

A job with good pay and benefits is often very _________ to job seekers. 

1. desire 

2. desired 

3. desirably 

4. desirable

4. desirable

2

Tom is an outstanding _____.

1) diagnose

2) diagnosis

3) diagnostic

4) diagnostician

4) diagnostician

3

The government has  _____ access to the area for safety reasons.  

1) restriction

2) restrict

3) restricted

4) restrictive 

3) restricted

4

A high fever can be an _________ of an infection.

1) indication

2) indicate

3) indicator

4) indicative

1) indication

5

The team found the site _____ in value after careful analysis. 

1) archeologist

2) archeology

3) archeological

4) archeologically 

3) archeological

(E)

1

If you are feeling _____, get some exercise.

1) mood

2) moody

3) moodily

4) moodiness

2) moody

2

The directions were _____ written to avoid confusion.  

1) precision 

2) precise

3) precisive

4) precisely

4) precisely

3

The situation was very _________, and everyone was worried. 

1. gravity 

2. grave

3. graved 

4. gravely

2. grave

4

She likes to _____ in a hot bath after a long day.  

1) luxury

2) luxuriate

3) luxurious

4) luxuriously 

2) luxuriate

5

A simple bed felt _____ after a weeklong trip. 

1. luxury 

2. luxuriate 

3. luxurious

4. luxuriously

3. luxurious