Practice Test G – Structure

Appositive v object

s
1. In 1879, _____, Alice Freeman Palmer 5. Thomas Jefferson served as president of
v became head of the history department at the American Philosophical Society, an
Wellesley College. organization that encouraged of scientific
and intellectual research.
(A) twenty-four years
(B) at the age of twenty-four (A) ranging wide
1
(C) age twenty-four (B) a wide range
(D) of twenty-four years (C) which ranged widely
(D) a widely ranging
comparative

2. United States spends more money on

advertising _____ country in the world. s is
6. Part of the Great Plains, Kansas
v
famous for ____ fields of wheat.
(A) other p'reposition
noun
(B) other than (A) its seemingly endless
(C) than any other (B) it seems endless
(D) while other (C) it is seemingly endless
(D) it is endless it seems

s Appositive
v
3. Penicillin, probably _____, came into
widespread use after the Second World 7. Skimming along the surface of the ocean
War. or rising from its depths like delicate
s v to their aquatic habitat.
balloons, _____
(A) an antibiotic of known
(B) was known the antibiotic (A) the perfect adaptation of jellyfish
(C) the best-known antibiotic (B) jellyfish are perfectly adapted
(D) known best antibiotic (C) jellyfish are adapted to perfectly
(D) and the adaption is perfect for
jellyfish
c s v
4. Although Emily Dickinson is now a
s of time
well-known American poet, only seven
s is the period adj
v noun
v while she was alive.
her poems _____ 8. The sidereal day _____ the
clause
Earth completes one rotation on its axis.
(A) publishing s v o
(B) to publish (A) when does it
(C) have published active object (B) while it
(D) were published Passive (C) during which Adjective
(D) in that clause time
Adverb
clause
 s v sv
c rainfall in the desert is low, it is one v
9. _____ e s stem from the everyday life of
13. _____
of the most important climatic factors in common people, the most popular themes s
the formation of desert erosion features.
v are love, jealousy, revenge, disaster, and
adventure.
(A) Although AdverbClause
(B) Why Nounclause (A) Because folk ballads
(C) Despite preposition
(B) There are folk ballads
(D) Due to preposition
(C) With folk ballads
(D) Folk ballads to

s
10. A strong swimmer, _____.v v
s around us gives us vital
14. _____
(A) that fish and seal are eaten chiefly by information about our environment.
the polar bear
(B) the polar bear eats chiefly fish and (A) The sounds are heard
seal (B) That the hearing of sounds
(C) the polar bear eating chiefly fish and (C) Hearing the sounds
seal (D) Whatever the sounds are heard
(D) eating fish and seal chiefly by the
polar bear
Parallel s in the United
15. Located in Boston, _____
Adv States was founded in 1852.
s
11. Helicopters canvrise or descend
v vertically, v
hover, and move forward, backward,____. (A) the first public library was free
Adv Adv (B) the first free public library
(A) they move laterally Adv (C) was the first free public library
(B) and are lateral (D) where the first free public library was
(C) or lateral motion
(D) or laterally
N
Adv

s v plays
12. The Dallas Theater Center presents
in two buildings,_____ v designed by
c was
the internationally renowned architect,
Frank Lloyd Wright.

(A) which
adclause plural
(B) which one
cs
(C) that which
(D) one of which Adclause single
 single
a
16. A goose's neck is a little longer that than of a duck, and not so gracefully curved as a swan's.
thanthat thatof asingle
Pronoun single those plural
of
17. The introduction of new species of plants into the Hawaiian islands offers an opportunity to study
the responsively of a natural system to stress.
response
Article
noun
18. At 1939, television programs were being broadcast in the United States, and the World's Fair of
that year featured demonstrations of this advance in technology.

in in ayearandmonth at a clock plural

on dayanddate
19. Nathaniel Hawthorne often complained of how few material his life provided for his fiction.
little
uncountable
20. The United States capital in Washington, D.C., developed slow, assuming its present gracious
aspect, with wide avenues and many parks, only in the twentieth century.

verbPhrase is slowly
21. Soapberry trees and shrubs thrive in tropical regions, and being ornamental plants in California
and Florida.
e o
NP v connector theyare
long
22. Throughout her length career, Grace Paley has been known for her ability to capture the distinct
rhythms of New York speech in her short stories.

µ
Adv
23. Scientists usually character the disease leukemia as an overabundance of white blood cells in the
bloodstream. characterize
Parallel
VerbPhrase
n
24. Energy research, Adi
medicinal, n
tourism, n and molybdenum mining are important to the
and copper
economy of Butte, Montana.

medicine
25. The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's program to pull the United States out the
Great Depression in the 1930's.

Quantity easier Outopthe

26. Anyone rowing a boat in a strong wind knows it is much easy to go with the wind than against it.
muchbetter
Adverb comparative muchmorecomfortable
27. From the monitoring of earthquake waves it is evidence that the Earth's outer core is liquid,
whereas the inner core is solid.
evident Adjective that is
itis important that
28. Dictionaries frequently explain the origin of the defined word, state its part of speech, and
indication its correct use.H V
indicate Parallel
verbPhrase
29. The Caldecott Medal, awarded annual to the best illustrated children's book, is one award that
identifies excellent books. annually
nounphrase
30. In the spring the woodcock builds a simple nest of leaves and grass in a dry, quiet spots and lays
four multicolored eggs.
Adj Adj
single
31. For centuries the aromatic spices of the Far East has been in demand by the people of the East
and West. have
subjectplural

Adi N
32. Linseed oil is used as a drying oil in paints and varnishes and as making linoleum, oilcloth, and
certain inks. dried

33. Phoenix, Arizona, stands where the Hohokam Indians built a canal system and carried on irrigated
farming before long the time of Columbus.

longbefore

Adjective1 Preposition
34. Knowledge of the rate at which a ship is traveling through the water is important if the navigator
need to estimate the time of arrival.
c s
needs single

35. The wood of the tulip tree, sometimes referred to as American whitewood, is one of the most
valuable timber product in the United States.
Products one single
oneop plural
36. The foot is used primary for locomotion, but some primates, notably the apes, also use their feet
for grasping and picking up objects.

VerbPhrase isprimarily Passive object

37. Although best known for her prose works, Maya Angelou was also published several collections of
poetry. s
v rActive object

38. Founded by the Spanish as Yerba Buena in 1835, what is now San Francisco was taken over by
the United States in 1846 and later renamed it.
i
a a passive
Parallel
vzCpassive object be1lb object
39. Human hair grows at rate of about one-half to one inch a month.

at length
40. Composed of heavy-textured clay soil, adobe has great elasticity when moist, but when dry is able
of holding its shape.
tohold
able to infinitive