Grammar Exercise 1

What do you think of Grammar?

Is it important to study it?

      Yes, of course. It is very important, especially for those who want to study abroad in English speaking country. Here are some questions on Grammar that were given by my dear lecturer, Mr. Martono. He is a lecturer in UNS. Let's try to do them :)

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1.       Though sporadic interest in regional dialects _____ for centuries, the first large-scale systematic studies did not take place until the nineteenth century.

(A) has existed                              

(B) it existed

(C) has it existed                          

(D) existing with it

2.        __________irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been largely discontinued.

(A) Its                                         

(B) Because of its   

(C) Since its                                 

(D) Where its

3.        Since _____ commercial risk, it has to appeal to a large audience to justify its cost.

(A) the face of the movie               

(B) moving faces

(C) a movie faces                          

(D) to face a movie

4.   Because of the Aleuts’ constant exposure to cold weather, they have long recognized __________ .

(A) and body needs to be fat         

(B) body needs the fat

(C) how fat the body needs            

(D) the body’s need for fat

5.        Pressure differences make the eardrum vibrate _____ the ear.

(A) enters the sound waves            

(B) as sound waves

(C) sound waves enter                   

(D) as sound waves enter

6.        When ____ people who irritated him, the columnist was bitter and even splenetic.

(A) in discussion                           

(B) his discussing   

(C) he discussed                           

(D) being discussed

7.        With _________________ of sophisticated oil lamps, elaborate tools were made to cut the wicks.

(A) appeared                                

(B) the appearance 

(C) the appearance was                 

(D) it appeared

8.        Because a family of birds set up housekeeping in Joel Chandler Harris’s mailbox when the birds were in need of a place to stay, ___________ the Wren’s Nest.

(A) the home is named                  

(B) so the home is named

(C) naming the home                    

(D) the home’s name

9.    ______ they rely on external sources of warmth, amphibians in cool regions hibernate through the winter

(A) Because                                  

(B) By reason of     

(C) Due to                                    

(D) Since that

10.     _____ were first used in electrical power production, it was necessary to add super-heaters, because turbines work best with high-pressure steam.

(A) Steam turbines                        

(B) When steam turbines

(C) For steam turbines                   

(D) The steam turbines which

11.   A majority of people in the United States can get all the calcium their bodies __________ from the food they eat.

(A) requiring                                

(B) requires           

(C) require                                   

(D) to require

12.     _________________, they pick up fragments of rock which become frozen into the base of the ice.

(A) Glaciers move                         

(B) Glaciers moving

(C) They were glaciers                  

(D) As glaciers move

13.   During adolescence many young people begin to question ­__________ held by their families.

(A) values                                    

(B) of the values

(C) the values are                         

(D) are the values

14.     Vaporization in connection with general ___________ has a marked effect on long – term climate.

(A) atmospheric conditions that     

(B) atmospheric conditions

(C) are atmospheric conditions       

(D) conditions are atmospheric

15.     Scientists think ___________ helps some tree to conserve water in the winter.

(A) when losing leaves                  

(B) leaves are lost

(C) that losing leaves                    

(D) the leaves losing

16.     _______________ to inanimate objects, such as machines, is a form of animism.

(A) When attributing emotion        

(B) If emotion is attributed

(C) Emotion is attributed               

(D) Attributing emotion

17.   The human skin forms _________ against the action of physical, chemical, and bacterial agents on the deeper tissues.

(A) how protective a barrier is        

(B) and which a barrier protects

(C) a barrier protects                    

(D) a protective barrier

18.     Medical research at the cellular level, _________ research on the immune system, has been made possible through twentieth-century advances in techniques of genetic research.

(A) which                                     

(B) whereas           

(C) such as                                   

(D) is also

19.     _____________ a lonely and rugged life, far from home and family.

(A) Wherever the early prospector lived    

(B) The early prospector lived

(C) Not only did the early prospector live  

(D) The early prospector living

20.     _________, particularly the oxides of sulfur, greatly increases the rate at which rust forms.

(A) The presence of air pollutants             

(B) Air pollutants are present

(C) Because the presence of air pollutants 

(D) Air pollutants whose presence

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Taken from Advanced Grammar by Mr. Martono.