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Worksheet 1

The document contains 10 exercises with 10 multiple choice questions in each exercise testing grammar and language usage. The questions cover a variety of topics including parts of speech, verbs, pronouns, sentence structure and more.

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WORKSHEET 1

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correcting in each of
the following questions.
Exercise 1
1. Mary was determined to leave (A) the office by (B) 4:30 for catching (C) early train home
(D).
2. I often look into (A) new words in (B) the dictionary whenever (C) I don’t know their (D)
meanings.
3. Even (A) on the most careful (B) prepared trip (C), problems will sometimes (D) develop.
4. The existence (A) of many stars in the sky lead (B) us to suspect that there may be (C) life on
another (D) planet.
5. It is believed (A) that in the near future (B) robots will be used to doing (C) things such as (D)
cooking.
6. My father used to give (A) me a good advice (B) whenever (C) I had a problem (D).
7. The teacher asked him why (A) hadn’t he done (B) his homework, but (C) he said nothing
(D).
8. Although his family is (A) poor, but (B) he studies (C) very well (D).
9. The package (A) must be wrapped (B) carefully before (C) it is post (D).
10. I am (A) very interesting (B) in problems caused (C) by pollution (D).
Exercise 2
1. No one would have attended (A) the lecture if you told (B) the truth about (C) the guest
speaker (D).
2. Because (A) his sickness (B), he didn’t take (C) part in the English competition (D).
3. A galaxy, where (A) may include billions of (B) stars, is (C) held together (D) by gravitation
attraction.
4. The tongue is the principal (A) organ of taste (B), and is (C) crucial for chewing, swallowed
(D), and speaking.
5. Each of the members(A) of the group were (B) made to write (C) a report every week (D).
6. Why don’t (A) you congratulate our son about (B) passing (C) his final (D) exam?
7. Neither of the girls (A) have (B) turned in the term papers to the (C) instructor yet (D).
8. The secretary told (A) me that an important file had left (B) in the lunch room just (C) the
other (D) day.
9. The (A) little boy’s mother bought him (B) a five-speeds (C) racing bicycle for (D) his
birthday.
10. Since (A) fireworks are dangerous (B), many countries have laws to prevent (C) businesses
to sell (D) them.
Exercise 3
1. Dams are used to control flooding (A), provide water for irrigation (B) and generating (C)
electricity for the surrounding area (D).
2. The closer it gets to (A) December 21, the first day (B) of winter, the short (C) the days
become (D).
3. Either (A) Mr Anderson or (B) Ms Wiggins are (C) going to teach our class today (D).
4. My parents (A) often take careful (B) of me when (C) I am ill (D).
5. Have you (A) ever read (B) any (C) novels writing (D) by Jack London?
6. Publishing in the UK (A), the book has won (B) a number of awards in (C) recent regional
book fairs (D).
7. Perhaps the most (A) unique thing about (B) carbon atoms are (C) their ability to combine (D)
with themselves.
8. Her family had great difficulty (A) to get (B) her transferred (C) to another (D) hospital.
9. Hardly he had (A) entered the office (B) when he realized (C) that he had forgotten (D) his
wallet.
10. The economy is heavy (A) dependent on industry (B), and economic growth has always been
(C) of greater concern than (D) environmental preservation.
Exercise 4
1. Could you help (A) me do (B) this job? I don’t know how to get (C) it start (D).
2. The man was (A) unable discovering (B) who had thrown (C) stones at (D) him.
3. Many opinions have (A) been express (B) on the likely (C) effects of the computer (D).
4. Traditionally (A), Americans and (B) Asians have had very different (C) ideas about love and
married (D).
5. Many (A) teachers have devoted their (B) lives to (C) teaching therefore (D) teaching is not a
well-paid job.
6. Had it not (A) been for you help me (B), I wouldn’t (C) have succeeded (D).
7. There are (A) many different ways of comparing (B) the economy of one nation with those
(C) of another (D).
8. The number of (A) people who (B) survived the Titanic shipwreck (C) in 1912 were (D) quite
small.
9. If a person really wants (A) to succeed, they (B) must always work (C) hard (D).
10. The number of wild condors, and endangered species of (A) bird, have been (B) increasing
steadily (C) because of (D) the work of scientists and environmnetalists.

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