Simple sentence: prepositional phrase

Test Review: grammar, vocabulary and associations

1. With the passing of time and the encroachment of people, the habitat of gorillas __________ to decrease.

continuing
which continue
continues
that it has continued

2. Sugar intake, particularly that of refined sugar, ________ curtailed by most overweight people wishing to lessen their corpulence.

must being
which must
must be
must

3. In recent months, the final mapping of the human genome ________ the range of medical treatments and cures available to thosesuffering from various diseases.

has extended
extends
will extend
will have extended

4. Intelligent life on other planets, while remaining an intriguing possibility, ________ yet to be discovered.

has
has been
has not
have

5. Despite being basically arboreal in nature, koalas ________ to inhabit a specific territory and range of some 30 square miles.

knowing
which know
are knowing
are known

6. Initially elected as a labor leader, Jimmy Hoffa _________ mysteriously.

vanishing
who vanished
vanished
vanishes

7. Broccoli _________ best in gardens having loose, well-composted soil, and full sunlight.

had grown
grows
growing
which grows

8. Many of the novels of Kurt Vonnegut __________ a remarkable skepticism about the ultimate value of technological advances.

display
will have displayed
they display
had displayed

9. Because of copper's conductivity, it __________ for housing electrical cords and circuitry.

values
is valued
is being valuable
has valued

10. Numerous performances of Mozart's operas __________ in Austria long before the beginning of the 19th century.

perform
had been performed
had performed
were performing

11. The memory of Juarez ___________ in Mexico more than that of any other man.

has venerated
venerates
will venerate
is venerated

12. At the railway station, the gray morning light __________ to filter in between the heavy stone pillars upon throng of straw-hatted peasants, Indian women carrying their burdens on their backs, and sleepy, tired soldiers.

is begun
begun
was beginning
begin

13. Like sentinels on guard, the slender spikes of monkshood __________ straight and tall among the grasses and herbs of moist mountain meadows.

stand
are stood
will be stood
was standing

14. ___________ immense chasms filled with realistic rock forms resembling Oriental cities and castles of the Middle Ages.

Bryce Canyon have
In Bryce Canyon are
Bryce Canyon are having
This Bryce Canyon was had

15. Now a new way in tooth cleaning, different in formula and effect, __________ in the special film-removing dentifrice.

embodies
is embodied
had embodied
will be embodying

Answers: C, C, A, A, D, C, B, A, B, B, D, C, A, B, B

SIMPLE SENTENCE: PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

1. In __________, the crime rate has begun to drop due to neighborhood watch programs.

the past few years
a few years ago
few years
a few years since

2. Three responsibilities ________ are to search out, identify, and assess patentable inventions and technologies.

to a patent manager
with a patent manager
on a patent manager
of a patent manager

3. Disappointingly, many software companies have discovered a limited audience for ________ from the couch.

Web surfing
Web to surf
to Web surf
Web surfs

4. Shooting stars, otherwise known as meteorites, often fall to Earth in a pattern dictated ________ and Earth rotation.

to solar winds
by solar winds
on solar winds
which solar winds

5. Ink stains, commonly regarded __________ difficult stains to remove, will not succumb to the usual array of detergents andcleaners found in supermarkets.

as the most
to the most
in the most
through the most

6. Examples of selective use __________ are found in commercial leaf removal prior to harvest in the cotton and sugar beet industries.

of defoliants
by defoliants
in defoliants
through defoliants

7. Ethyl cyanoacetate is derived __________ of an alkali cyanide and chloroacetic ethyl ester.

at the reaction
from the reaction
to the reaction
above the reaction

8. On the second level of mammalian evolution, that __________ mammals or marsupials, the eggs are practially yolkless.

to the pouching
of the pouched
in the pouches
by the pouchable

9. Foraging ants make a network __________ around the nest.

inside roads
by roads
of roads
to roading

10. __________ its richness and varied coloring, Schubert 's Symphony in C has enjoyed a deserved reputation among classicalmusic lovers.

Renowning by
Renownable to
Renowned for
Renowning with

11. The calyx and the corona buttercups were the first to know their own mind and to __________ their composition.

settle in
settle with
settle to
settle upon

12. To further the important study of solar radiation ___________ long range weather forecasting, the organization appropriated over ten percent of its budget.

as relation with
for relation on
by relation of
in relation to

13. Each part of the Hamilton watch is fashioned __________ the minutest precision and perfection of finish.

at
around
to
as

14. Once in China, the tourist may shop in quaint bazaars ___________ silks, laces, and jade.

in
for
on
at

15. The first convent was established __________ 1529, only eight years after the Spanish conquest of the region.

in Oaxaca in
at Oaxaca on
on Oaxaca by
to Oaxaca since

Answers: A, D, A, B, A, A, B, B, C, C, D, D, B, A

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