Grammar Review No. 4

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1. Martin Luther King was _____ committed to guaranteeing the rights of blacks.
   1) deep
   2) deeply
   3) hard
   4) hardly
   Answer 2
   hint What modifies "committed", an adjective or an adverb? Some adjectives and adverbs have entirely different meanings.
2. Many advertisements claim that now contact lenses made of soft plastic are _____, comfortable, and easy to use.
   1) safe
   2) safety
   3) safely
   4) unsafe
   Answer 1
   hint Pay attention to "comfortable" and "easy".
3. "Ansel Adams was really a great photographer."
   "Yes, I think he was the most _____ nature photographer the US has ever produced."
   1) skill
   2) skillfully
   3) skillful
   4) skilling
   Answer 3
   hint Which could modify "photographer"? Pay attention to "great".
4. I am thirsty. May I have something _____ to drink?
   1) cold
   2) coldness
   3) coldest
   4) coldly
   Answer 1
   hint What does this word modify?
5. You can stay here _____ you like.
   1) as long as
   2) as much as
   3) as far as
   4) so far as
   Answer 1
   hint The speaker is referring to durations of time.
6. High taxes placed on _____ goods by the British sparked the American Revolution.
   1) imported
   2) importation
   3) import
   4) importationed
   Answer 1
   hint This means that high tax was put on the goods sold to America by Britain. One of these words is not a real English word.
7. Baseball gloves made for _____ use are costly because of their fine workmanship.
   1) profession
   2) professionally
   3) professional
   4) professioned
   Answer 3
   hint Should this be a noun, a verb, or an adverb? One of these words is not a real English word.
8. That _____ film deals with workers in China.
   1) document
   2) documentary
   3) documental
   4) documentally
   Answer 2
   hint This refers to a non-fiction film. Some of these words are not real English words.
9. The US Constitution guarantees _____ under the law.
   1) equalness
   2) equally
   3) equal
   4) equality
   Answer 4
   hint An object of "guarantees" is missing. What could be an object?
10. The weather for tomorrow will be chilly, clear, and _____.
    1) wind
    2) windily
    3) hard wind
    4) windy
    Answer 4
    hint Pay attention to "chilly" and "clear".
11. It is important for children to feel acceptance, _____ and love from their parents.
    1) security
    2) securely
    3) secure
    4) securitiness
    Answer 1
    hint Pay attention to "acceptance" and "love". One of these words is not a real English word.
12. Hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico have caused considerable _____ to coastal cities in Texas.
    1) damages
    2) many damages
    3) damage
    4) much damage
    Answer 3
    hint Is "damage(s)" a countable or uncountable noun? Can you use "considerable" with "much" or "many?
13. Employers look for _____ when interviewing perspective employees.
    1) dependability
    2) dependableness
    3) dependence
    4) dependable
    Answer 1
    hint An object is missing. One of these words is not a real English word.
14. Managers agree that they are interested in potential workers who are responsible, hardworking and _____.
    1) confident
    2) confidently
    3) confidence
    4) confidentless
    Answer 1
    hint Pay attention to "responsible" and "hardworking". One of these words is not a real English word.
15. George Washington has been described as _____, persistent, and outspoken.
    1) courage
    2) courageously
    3) courageous
    4) courageousness
    Answer 3
    hint Pay attention to "persistent" and "outspoken".
16. "Do you think that your daughter will take the job she was offered?"
    "I don't know. She seemed _____ in it, but..."
    1) interest
    2) interesting
    3) interested
    4) interestingly
    Answer 3
    hint What form of the word should follow "seemed"?
17. "I was _____ that Mary couldn't come to the party with us last night."
    "Her boss made her work overtime."
    1) disappoint
    2) disappointed
    3) disappointing
    4) disappointedly
    Answer 2
    hint Which comes after "was", an adjective or adverb?
18. "What a terrible baseball game!"
    "I thought it was _____."
    1) delight
    2) delighting
    3) delightful
    4) delighted
    Answer 3
    hint Which comes after "was", an adjective or adverb?
19. "How _____ we are to hear that you received a prize."
    "Thank you. It was really a surprise."
    1) please
    2) pleasing
    3) pleasingly
    4) pleased
    Answer 4
    hint This means that the first speaker is happy that the second speaker received a prize.
20. "Professor Miller's class is the worst that I have ever taken."
    "Yes, I think it's _____."
    1) boring
    2) boringly
    3) bored
    4) boredly
    Answer 1
    hint Which comes after "is", an adjective or adverb?
21. "This handmade furniture is beautiful."
    "It's _____ to see such quality."
    1) pleasing
    2) please
    3) pleased
    4) pleasantly
    Answer 1
    hint Which comes after "is", an adjective or adverb?
22. "You look nervous."
    "This thunder makes me _____."
    1) scare
    2) scaring
    3) scary
    4) scared
    Answer 4
    hint This means that the thunder frightens the second speaker.
23. There are _____ statistics about the traffic accidents.
    1) frighten
    2) frightening
    3) frightened
    4) fright
    Answer 2
    hint Which of the above can modify "statistics"?
24. Charlie Chaplin was well known for the _____ characters he portrayed.
    1) amuse
    2) amused
    3) amusing
    4) amusingly
    Answer 3
    hint Which can modify "characters"?
25. Michael Jackson is described as an _____ young singer.
    1) excite
    2) exciting
    3) excited
    4) excitingly
    Answer 2
    hint Which can modify "young singer"?