Grammar
Which is a run-on sentence?
a. This macaroni dish tastes rather bland pass the salt, please.
b. Isabel replaced the broken fuse in the fuse box.
a. This macaroni dish tastes rather bland pass the salt, please.
Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.
In the large field just north of the ranch house, they (sew, sow, so) corn.
sow
What is the purpose when an author writes for someone to enjoy it?
To entertain
Fact or opinion?
Parkour is a physical discipline that involved getting from one point to another while navigating obstacles along the way.
Fact
What is my first name?
Jemimah
Find the error.
Ducks bills have a hard piece of tissue at the tip that allows them to dig seeds out of soil and mud.
Ducks
It should be Ducks'.
Which word is an antonym of insufficient?
a. enough
b. necessary
a. enough
It is the problem faced by the character in a story.
conflict
Correct the one error.
PLEASE DRIVE SAFETY.
safely
What is my nationality?
Filipino
It's important for the members of any committee or team to communicate well as a group so you can work together effectively.
you, they
Complete the analogy.
front is to back as grumpy is to
happy
Which figure of speech is used in this text?
The metal platter landed with a great clang, spraying bits of food across the kitchen floor and cabinets.
onomatopoeia
Complete the sentence so that it uses personification.
In the distance, the thunder ________ loudly.
grumbled, moaned, groaned
What is my complete birth date?
May 26, 1993
Complete the sentence with the best verb.
In the summer, either the apple tree by the back wall or the one next to the garage (produce) the most fruit.
produces
What does season mean here?
"The flavor of the spaghetti sauce is sensational!" Mrs. Hanson told her husband. "What did you use to season it?"
Season (verb) to add salt, pepper, or spices to a food.
What does the metaphor in this text suggest?
All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree. —Albert Einstein
all religions, arts, and sciences are related.
Complete the text with the correct word.
If you're done reading my copy of The New Yorker, could you please ___ it with you when you come over for dinner tonight?
bring
In what year did I move to Thailand to teach?
2018
Complete the sentence with the best relative pronoun.
In 1733, English theologian and chemist Joseph Priestley invented soda water, ______ bubbles and carbonation he mistakenly thought could cure scurvy, a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C.
whose (possession)
Which word is a synonym of immaterial?
unimportant, uninteresting
unimportant
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Charlie picked up his pace on the trail as his spidey sense began to tingle.
a sense of danger coming
Complete the text with the better conjunctive adverb.
On the Hubble Space Telescope, two new cameras-the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Wide Field Camera 3-can now capture ultraviolet light. _______, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image of 2014 shows far more galaxies than were visible in the 2009 image.
As a result, Therefore, Thus
For how many years have I been teaching English?
over 10 years now