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Basis No 35
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
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Exercise 1
1. Aymara _____ an Indian language spoken by approximately one million people in
Bolivia and Peru.
a. which is b. being c. is d. it is
2. Many North American universities_____ by private donations.
a. supported b. are supported c. which are supported d. support
3. _______ direct link exists between seat belt use and fever traffic fatalities.
a. There is a b. A c. That there is a d. Because
4. ______ many people learn to make their own repairs and home improvements.
a. When having instruction manuals b. There are instruction manuals
c. From instruction manuals d. It is instruction manuals
5. Lake Superior______, borders on the United States and Canada.
a. in the world is the largest lake
b. is largest lake in the world
c. it is the largest lake in the world
d. which is the largest lake in the world
6. Taj Mahl, _____ by Shah Janhan for his wife, is thought to be one of the great
architectural wonders of the world.
a. being built b. was built c. built d. been built
7. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier_____ to unidentified soldiers killed in battle, is
located in Arlington, Virginia.
a. which a monument b. a monument
c. is a monument d. a monument being
8. _____ volcanos can destroy large areas of vergetation.
a. They erupt b. When they erupt
c. When eruption d. Their eruption
a. There are several b. If there are several c. Several d. It has several
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20. A silo is a large cylindrical structure______
a. the storage of crops b. in which crops are stored
c. where crops are stored there d. they store crops there
Exercise 2
1. Barns______ to store crops and house animals.
a. built b. that are built c. being buit d. are built
2. Large block of ice were usually used for refrigeration until the 1990s___
a. When the electric refrigerator was invented
b. The electric refrigerator was invented
c. They invented the electric refrigerator
d. The electric refrigerator being invented then
3. ______, leaves from certain trees such as the maple and sassafras turn bright colors.
a. During the fall b. While the fall c. The fall comes d. When comes fall
4. _____ in 1963, John F. Kennedy was perhaps the most popular post World War II
president.
a. He was short by Lee Harvey Oswald b. His being shot by Lee Harvey Oswald
c. Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald d. Lee Harvey Oswald shot him
5. _________ watercress is found along streams or in low, wet areas.
a. Often there is b. Often c. Where often d. It is often when
6. _______ built as a private home for Elvis Presley, Graceland is now open to the public.
a. Although b. It was c. Being d. When
7. _______ runned of all times is Jesse Owens, who broke six world records in one day.
a. There was the greatest b. He was the greatest
c. The greatest d. That he was the greatest
8. ______ of leather, horse saddles are sometimes elaboratory tooled.
a. They are made b. What are made c. They make them d. Made
9. Mount Vernon, ______, has recently been restored to its original colors.
19. ______ her father's adivce, Sarah Dade chose medicine as her course of studies.
a. Although b. Against c. It was contrary to d. Opposite
20. _______ important mining area, Kentucky is located in the east central section of the
United States.
a. An b. There is an c. Being d. It is an
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Exercise 3
1. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a Colombian writer whose book One Hundred Years of
Solitude is among his most famous, _____ the Nobel prize in 1982.
a. who won b. won c. which won d. having won
2. ______, Eva Peron, the wife of Argentinean president Juan Peron, died of cancer.
a. She was age thirty- one b. At the age of thirty-one
c. Age thirty- one years d. At the age of thirty-one years old
3. _______ families in the United States today have more than two to three children.
a. There are few b. They are few c. Few d. Although few
4. ______ in large quantities in the Middle East, oil became known as black gold because
of the large profits it brought.
a. Discovering b. Which was discovered
c. Discovered d. That when discovered
5. Custard is an egg dessert______ primarily of eggs, sugar, and milk.
a. consisting b. consists c. which consisting d. which is consisted
6. ______ main types of book covers: hardbound and softbound.
a. Exist two b. Two c. There are two d. Have two
7. A higher crime rate exists in cities____ a large percentage of unemployed.
a. that having b. where have c. which they have d. that have
8. ________, musicians, and athletes who have reached a certain level of success are
among the highest paid professionals in the world.
a. Actors b. There are actors c. It is actors d. That actors
9. The fact______ doctors recommed that children with hypertension drink coffee is
20. Not many U.S hospitals exist ____ treat severe burns.
a. that b. whom c. who d. where
Exercise 1
1c 2b 3b 4c 5d 6c 7b 8b 9c 10a
11a 12b 13b 14a 15b 16b 17a 18b 19c 20b
Exercise 2
1d 2a 3a 4c 5b 6a 7c 8d 9c 10c
11a 12b 13a 14a 15d 16d 17d 18d 19b 20a
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Exercise 3
1b 2b 3c 4c 5b 6a 7c 8d 9c 10c
11a 12b 13a 14a 15d 16d 17c 18d 19b 20a
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