Practice Test F – Structure

subject is helping to break new ground in

1. ______ 5. Cold temperatures; short growing
drug research. seasons, and heavy snows prevent
______
object at high elevations.
(A) Computers are being used more if
(B) The increasing use of the computer (A) grow trees
(C) If an increase in the use of the . the growth of trees
(B)
computer (C) trees are growing
(D) Computers are being used more (D) and growth of trees

Verb
2. An elephant ______ vigorously when it is 6. Usually, the more skilled an athlete
overheated. ______
Verb the more effortless the athlete's
movements
. appear to be.
(A) flapping its ears
the S V the t
comp
SV
(B) its ears flap +
comp ,

(C) flaps its ears (A) what is

(D) ears flap it (B) that is
(C) that it is
(D) is
3. Broadway musical comedy has been
called ______
noun of the United States to Appositive
←
modern theater. 7. Trilobites, a group of spineless animals,
↳
flourished in the oceans for several
(A) the major contribution that hundred million years ______ some 200
million years ago.
(B) what is the major contribution
(C) the major contribution C s v

(A) until they became extinct

(D) to the major contribution
(B) and their extinction
(C) that were extinct
S V
(D) because their extinction
4. ______ in 1968 as a nonprofit agency to
finance the growth of noncommercial
radio and television in the United States.
8. Recent engineering developments have
(A) The Corporation for Public made ______
obj C to recycle plastic soda
t

Broadcasting established bottles into polyester fabric.

(B) The Corporation for Public
Broadcasting was established (A) possible, and
make t
object t
Complement
(C) When the Corporation for Public (B) it is possible
Broadcasting was established (C) the possible
(D) Even though the Corporation for . it possible
(D)
Public Broadcasting was established
 Cs V
c s v
s v
s v

f
9. ______, bottle-nosed dolphins become
q
13. ______, the hummingbird gets its name
talented performers at many aquariums. from the sound that its wings make during
flight.
(A) When to train -

Noun Clause -

Ct to
infinitive
Verb

→
(B) Are training -

Verb (A) Has a brilliant color

(B) The brilliant color Subject

→→
(C) When trained -

Reduced Clause -
CVs
(D) To train them I (C) Which is brilliantly colored Adjective Clause
To "

infinitive
-

Csv (D) Brilliantly colored →

Reduced
Clause V3
10. The art of the 1970's was characterized
by diversity and by the independence of 14. Except for the Sun, all stars are too far
C
artists ______ main affinities were more from the Earth for their distances ______
a- often sociopolitical than stylistic. in miles or kilometers.
Noun Prep V, passive
4 too t Adj to inf
Adjective

Sv
t
(A) whose - a clause (A) to be conveniently measured

€0
to V
(B) that - D Noun Clause × (B) which conveniently measured ,

(C) they have →

0
of Prep (C) to measure conveniently -
D to t V, +
object
(D) of which → non
X (D) conveniently measured
-

person

Complement -17
superlative Adiectiv e clause
y of the ingredients
11. Flower oils are ______
used in making perfume.
15. Many technological innovations, such as
the telephone, ______ the result of yo
sudden bursts of inspiration in fact were
the preceded by many inconclusive efforts.
(A) among expensive →
missing
(B) among the most expensive
(A) whose appearance

C.
-

missing Verb
(C) being most expensive - D
missing the
. that appear to be
(B) -

Adjective clause
(D) expensive p
missing Noun
-

(C) and appear to be -

and t
Vi .

(D) are appearing Verb

clause
-

Adi
,pA¢j
.

12. A quilt that looks ordinary ______

Ving
may
become a work of abstract art when it is
hung on a white wall.

(A) lying on a bed

(B) lies on a bed
(C) to be lying on a bed → to int
(D) to lie on a bed →
to
inf } Noun t to
infinitive

Ordinary t
lying on a bed
Adjective t
Ving
 Many plural
16. Corporations, companies owned by much stockholders rather than by a single proprietor, began to
play an important economic role in the late nineteenth century.

- Tr

17. Diamonds have the unique ability to allow the passage of neither infrared and visible light.
both

18. Gilbert Newton Lewis, a chemist, helped to develop the modern electron theory of valence, a
theory what explains the forces holding atoms together in molecules.
← -
Adjective chase
Which

:
"

19. The first women governor in United States history was Nellie Tayloe Ross, who was elected
governor of Wyoming in 1925.
e
.

20. Because of a high birthrate and considerable immigration, the United States population in the late
nineteenth century increased tremendously into 31 million in 1860 to 76 million in 1900.
A
From
-
t Noun
21. In laboratory experiments, an investigator often beginsprep
by work out different conditions for two
groups of subjects. working

Singular
T
22. In Florida, when the temperature drops below freezing, citrus growers keep young tree warm by
constantly showering them with water. trees
!
Plural
# a
Parallel

Noun / Adjective
23. The pitch of a musical instrument is defined as the relative highness or low of the sound it
produces. lowness
Noun
Subject /
Noun

deliciousness
- a

24. The delicious of chocolate depends not only on the quality of the cacao but also on a complex
process of grinding, heating, and blending.
€
Adjective
 Modals th .

I
eat

25. Scientists have found that occasional exposure to bright light can be help a person get used to
working the night shift. Can help

Ving Ving
26. Rocks have forming, wearing away and re-forming ever since the Earth took shape.
have been £
forming
Parallel
its

27. For most of their history, especially since the 1860's, New York City has been undergoing major
ethnic population changes.
Singular

28. The dramatic first-floor gallery of the New Britain Museum of American Art is devoted to Thomas
Benton's series of five oversized mural.
I murals
Plural
Adjective
Singular noun

I
q
29. Although color is a minor factor in soil composition, it is excellent characteristic by which to
distinguish different soil layers. is an excellent

article

30. Eagles are predatory birds that have large, heavy, hooked bills and strong, sharp claws called as
"talons." Called ASX
I
Called

#
t
noun noun

singular
→
a

31. Cotton is one of the most popular fiber used to make clothes. One t
singular
± One
Fibers →
plural of t
plural
Quantity
32. Turreted mansions decorated with elaborate wooden ornamentation became a mark of wealthy → Adjective
and elegance in the United States in the late nineteenth century. wealth →
Noun
k
→
Parallel Noun

33. Most of our ideas of what ancient people looked and dressed come from the works of
Renaissance artists. ①1 A

←
how
w
Adjective Linking Verb t
Adjective
-
look nouri
-

taste
-

feel
-

Sound
become
-
 Quantity t Noun
coqmparzh.ve/
34. Plants require much less moist in cold weather than in warm weather.

A
/ moisture -
r Noun

Adjective
35. All nations may have to make fundamental changes in their economic, political, and the →
determiner
!
technological institutions if they are to preserve the environment. I
Parallel
!
technological institutions
determiner double
determiner
36. Massachusetts was first explored in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and the
I \
first permanent settlement at Plymouth in 1620. a s
- comma
Subject settlement was at connector
Everts
37. Sarah Vaughan had a voice like a perfect instrument, and it was an instrument that she knew how
N -
to use it with the utmost skill. Adit
Adjective
Is*
SXV
o

to that
Use
Clause
particle ✓
ordinal number
During the early p
38. During early nineteenth century, the building of canals and railroads strengthened the state of
Indiana's links with the eastern United States.
Adjective
→
loyal to Noun
39. Maryland, even though a southern state, remained loyalty to the Union during the Civil War.
IF

Linking Verb t
Adjective

40. A monsoon is an enormous cycle of air set in motion by differences temperature over land and
sea.
different
a
temperature
!
Adjective ,
Noun
-
Noun
Phrase
 Practice Test F – Answers

Number Answer
1 B
2 C
3 C
4 B
5 B
6 D
7 A
8 D
9 C
10 A
11 B
12 A
13 D
14 A
15 B
16 B
17 C
18 C
19 A
20 D
21 B
22 C
23 C
24 A
25 B
26 A
27 A
28 D
29 C
30 D
31 C
32 D
33 A
34 C
35 C
36 D
37 C
38 A
39 C
40 C