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FIRST GROUP STRUCTURE

1. The French Quarter is the most famous and the most old section of New Orleans. 

A B C D 

Answer : C (most old) 

The superlative form of a one-syllable adjective (old ) is formed with the suffix -

est : oldest . 

2. Liquids take the shape of any container which in they are placed. 

A B C D 

Answer : C (which) 

in The preposition must precede the relative pronoun: in which. 

3. The first recorded use of natural gas to light street lamps it was in the town

of Frederick, New York, in

A B C D 

1825. 

Answer : B (it was) 

The use of the pronoun subject it is unnecessary; it should be omitted. 

4. Physical therapists help patients relearn how to use their bodies after disease or injure. 

A B C D 

Answer : D (injure) 

A noun (injury), not a verb (injure), is required. 

5. Not only ____________________ places of  

 beauty, but they also serve scientific and 

educational purposes as well. 

(A) are botanical gardens 

(B) botanical gardens to be 

(C) botanical gardens are 

(D) to be botanical gardens 

Answer : A (are botanical gardens) 

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 A main verb, such as are, is required to complete the clause (to be is not a main verb),

and the subject and verb must be inverted because the clause begins with the negative

 phrase not only. 

6. Many communities are dependent on 

groundwater __________ from wells for  

their water supply. 

(A) that obtained 

(B) obtained 

(C) is obtained 

(D) obtain it 

Answer : B (obtained) 

The only correct way to complete this sentence is with a participle (obtained really

meanswhich is obtained ). 

7. Before starting on a sea voyage, prudent navigators learn the sea charts, __, and

memorize lighthouse locations to prepare themselves for any conditions they might

encounter. 

(A) Sailing directions are studied 

(B) Study the sailing directions 

(C) To direct sailing studies 

(D) Studies direct sailing 

Answer : (B) Study the sailing studies

Grammar : Gerund 

8. At the Seventh International Ballet Competitions, Fernando Bujones won the first gold

medal ever _________ to a United States male dancer. 

(A) To be awarded 

(B) To awards 

(C) That awards 

(D) Should be awarding 

Answer : (A) to be awarded

Grammar : infinitive 

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9. In the south-western part of the United States, most of the watercomes

A B

of the Colorado River and the manmade lakes created from it.C D

Answer : (C) comes of

Grammar : the correct answer is “comes from” because it’s explain prepositions of place

 positions 

10. Bill Clinton, that won the 1992 presidential election, was

A B C

formerlygovernor of the state of Arkansas.D

Answer : (A) that

Grammar : the correct answer is “who” because it’s explain adjective clause 

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