1 |
Middle Eastern restaurants often have a way of whisking you away to a far off land of belly dancers, exotic spices and ......... drink |
instigating
intimidating
incriminating
intoxicating
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2 |
Tom was arrested on Friday. Six months later, he received a sentence of ten years in prison for dealing ......... drugs |
illicit
elite
eliminate
elicit
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3 |
....... Get tired of answering the same questions every day? |
Do you ever
Had you ever
Are you ever
Have you ever
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4 |
"Whereas, no one could believe that she had married him." |
It is a comma splice.
It is a compound sentence.
It is a compound-complex sentence
It is a sentence fragment
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5 |
Airport x-ray devices _______ designed more carefully in order to detect the more sophisticated forms of explosive materials that are now produced. |
must have been being
must
must be
must have been
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6 |
The children are tired _____ happy after their trip to the zoo |
but
if
when
as
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7 |
Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest |
Compound-Complex Sentence
Complex Sentence
Simple Sentence
Compound Sentence
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8 |
Choose the best available substitute word for the following root/prefix:Annu- |
day
month
minute
year
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9 |
That car is too expensive for our budget |
inexpensive
costly
priced
small
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10 |
"According to scientists, the withdrawal symptoms for caffeine are not as severe as other drugs." |
Faulty comparison
Punctuation error
Pronoun reference error
Subject-verb agreement
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