ENGLISH PREPARATION TEST FOR ENTRANCE UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION - GRAMMAR

WORD FORMS
I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
1. Sinclair Lewis’ novel Babbitt is set in the __________ town of Zenith.
A. fictional B. fiction
C. fictionally D. fictional way
2. By-products from chicken eggs are used by industry in manufacturing such __________ as soap and
paint.
A. produces B. products
C. productive D. productivity
3. Pipelines __________ huge quantities of natural gas and liquid petroleum products.
A. transportation B. transport
C. transports D. transportable
4. Harry Blackstone was a famous __________.
A. magic B. magical
C. magician D. magically
5. Glass sponges are found in oceans at a __________ of 300 feet or more.
A. deep B. deepen
C. deeper D. depth
6. The President’s choices for the Members of the Cabinet must be __________ by the Congress.
A. approved B. approving
C. approval D. approver
7. Rose Han Lee wrote a number of __________ accounts about the effects of immigration on mining
towns in the western United States.
A. scholar B. scholarly
C. scholastic D. scholarship
8. Analgesics are used to relieve pain and __________ fever.
A. reduction B. reduce
C. reduced D. reductant
9. A member of the Paiute tribe of Nevada, Sarah Winnemuca worked as a guide and __________.
A. interpret B. interpretation
C. interpreter D. interpretable
10. The Nassau grouper is a __________ fish that is noted for its ability to change color.
A. tropics B. tropical
C. tropically D. tropicalize
11. The cherry is one of the only fruits that will not __________.
A. ripen B. riped
C. ripened D. ripening
12. The Earth’s __________ shell is divided into sections called plates, which are __________ in motion.
A. outer / constant B. out / constant
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C. outer / constantly D. out / constantly
13. Alpha rays __________ energy __________ as they pass through matter.
A. loss / rapid B. lose / rapid
C. lose / rapidly D. loss / rapidly
14. The process of __________ in plants involves a complex series of __________ reactions.
A. respiration / chemistry B. respire / chemical
C. respiration / chemical D. respiration / chemist
15. Spectrographs __________ possible for phoneticians to analyze the human voice and its speech
qualities.
A. make B. make it
C. makes it D. are made
16. Edward felt __________ after the big meal.
A. sleep B. sleepy
C. slept D. sleeping
17. An equation is a __________ statement that says that two expressions are equal.
A. mathematics B. mathematician
C. mathematical D. mathematically
18. The Supreme Court has ruled that __________ obtained from illegal searches cannot be used in court.
A. evidence B. evident
C. evidently D. evidential
19. Most snails venture out to look for food only after sunset or on __________ days.
A. rain B. rainy
C. rained D. raining
20. The theater got __________ when the movie began.
A. quiet B. quietness
C. quietly D. quite
21. Scientists differ in their opinions of how snow crystals __________.
A. origin B. original
C. originate D. originally
22. My son wants to study __________.
A. engineer B. engineering
C. engineers D. an engineer
23. The __________ department at this school is not very strong.
A. scientist B. scientific
C. science D. sciences
24. The company is very happy with the __________ who designed this building.
A. architecture B. architect
C. architectural D. architectonic
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25. In Franklin’s time, electricity was mainly used as a form of __________.
A. entertain B. entertainment
C. entertainer D. entertaining
26. In 1780, Italian scientist Luigi Galvani __________ concluded that frog’s legs contain electricity.
A. mistakenly B. mistaken
C. mistook D. mistake
27. When lightning strikes an unprotected building, the electric charge can cause __________ damage.
A. consider B. considering
C. considered D. considerable
28. Death Valley is 130 miles __________ and not more than 14 miles __________.
A. length / width B. long / width
C. long / wide D. wide / length
29. Like their ancestors, most sharks are streamline, __________ hunters living in the upper waters of
warm sea.
A. fastly-move B. fast-moved
C. fast-moving D. moving fast
30. __________ forms of life, the most varied are the insects.
A. All are B. All
C. They are all D. Of all
II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of
the following questions.
1. The (A) happily man spoke (B) cheerfully (C) about his family (D) and friends.
2. (A) Careful (B) consideration of the (C) alternatives led us to a (D) practice solution.
3. Her (A) creative (B) talent is not (C) easy captured in (D) simple words.
4. (A) Unfortunately, the (B) vigorously (C) daily exercise he has been engaging in has not helped his (D)
health.
5. The (A) plaintive cry of the (B) lonely lamb (C) failure to (D) reach its mother last night.
6. Water, an (A) important natural (B) resourceful, is being polluted by acid and other (C) harmful (D)
industrial waste.
7. The (A) loosely (B) woven rug of our kitchen floor is made of a (C) rarely grass found in (D) marshy
areas.
8. They (A) careful planned their vacation to include a (B) quick trip to the (C) secluded (D) tropical island
where they first met.
9. Last week, Lana and Lance (A) developers a (B) truly (C) unique method for finding plumbing (D) leaks.
10. Plants often (A) responsive to pressure cues such as (B) wind and (C) human touch.
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