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The Get ESL Grammar Diagnostic PRETEST

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1. His career_____________ from jazz to rock to dance and all genres between.

	(a) it spans nearly all types of popular music
	(b) spans nearly all types of popular music
	(c) spanning nearly all types of popular music
	(d) span nearly all types of popular music is

2. _____________, dense underbrush soon becomes so abundant that a simple spark can start a fire within minutes.

	(a) If fires are always suppressed
	(b) Fires are always suppressed if
	(c) If always suppressed
	(d) If fires always suppressed

3. She continues to produce a wide spectrum _____________.

	(a) some music and is truly a musical treasure
	(b) a music and is truly a musical treasure
	(c) of music and is truly a musical treasure
	(d) of music and musical treasure

4. Remote sensing,_____________, is prying out many of Earth's innermost secrets.

	(a) a stepchild of the space age
	(b) is a stepchild of the space age
	(c) who is a stepchild of the space age
	(d) which a stepchild of the space age

5. Her look of candor depicts a sense or realness to her characters, _____________ she is a talented actress.

	(a) the reason is why
	(b) that is why
	(c) why
	(d) which is why

6. One of his students found _____________ with class standing among undergraduates at Columbia University.

	(a) what scores on this tests did not correlate
	(b) that scores on these tests did not correlate
	(c) in that scores on these tests did not correlate
	(d) scores on these tests not correlate

7. Although the three currents discussed so far in 20^th century painting _____________, the parallelism should not be overstressed.

	(a) also found in sculpture
	(b) also finding in sculpture
	(c) may also be found in sculpture
	(d) may also found in sculpture

8. Extending outward fifty miles on both sides of the Mississippi River, _____________.

	(a) Mississippi and Louisiana have deltas which experience floods during the spring
	(b) Mississippi and Louisiana have deltas in which floods occur during the spring
	(c) the delta in Mississippi and Louisiana experiences floods during the spring
	(d) the springtime in Mississippi and Louisiana experience floods in the deltas during the spring

9. His concerts were a great success,_____________, later (1787) engaging him as court composer.

	(a) the emperor, Joseph II, and encouraged him
	(b) the emperor, Joseph II, encouraged him
	(c) and the emperor, Joseph II, encouraged him
	(d) and the emperor, Joseph II, he encouraged him

10. Not only _____________ of the survival of Greek novelistic themes but it is also evidence of the survival of forms and ideas of the Spanish novel of the second Renaissance.

	(a) is Los trabajos the best evidence
	(b) Los trabajos is the best evidence
	(c) Los trabajos' best evidence is
	(d) Los trabajos the best evidence

11. By the fireplace _____________ that was given to me by my grandfather.

	(a) ,an old lantern, is
	(b) an old lantern is
	(c) is an old lantern
	(d) on an old lantern

12. A family is the basic unit in society _____________ two or more adults living together and cooperating in the care and rearing of their own or adopted children.

	(a) has as its nucleus
	(b) it has as its nucleus
	(c) which having as its nucleus
	(d) having as its nucleus

13. Realizing that he could not wait on another Federal advance, Johnston began concentrating forces at Corinth, Mississippi, where he hoped to take the offensive and destroy General Grant's Army of the Tennessee before it could be joined by General Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

14. One should look for an entry-level job, gain experience through internships, and watching for opportunities of specialized training or advanced education.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

15. Type II diabetes which is adult onset diabetes, is reduced by regular exercise because it improves the regulate of blood glucose.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

16. In 1936, Einstein calculated that observer on Earth, given the correct line of sight, might see multiple images of a single, distant object---- a cosmic optical illusion, so to speak.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

17. As the boycott continued during 1956, King gains national prominence as a result of his exceptional oratorical skills and personal courage.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

18. His principal residence during the next several months was near Paris, France, just around the corner from the Luxembourg Gardens, where did he spend much of his time.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

19. Authors Jones and Dewey are respectively tout as prominent west coast and east coast psychics.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

20. In 1569 he went to Italy as part of Cardenal Acquaviva's retinue and after signing up as soldier in 1570 fought in the battle of Lepanto aboard the galley Marquesa.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

21. The long cylinders of ancient ice that they retrieve provide a dazzlingly detailed record what was happening in the world over the past several ice ages.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

22. Natural flooding of rivers revitalize the habitats of many plants and animals and enriches soils for planting.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

23. Intense heat changes the nature of clay so that it becomes stony and rigidly.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

24. To fully exterminate and kill an ant colony, the must be located and treated--and in some cases, walls must be ripped open.

	(a) Error in the first underlined portion
	(b) Error in the second underlined portion
	(c) Error in the third underlined portion
	(d) Error in the fourth underlined portion

25. Identify which sentence is correct.

	(a) The learning theory is based on the assumption that although human aggression may be influenced by physiological characteristics, the activation of those characteristics depends on learning and is subject to the person's control.
	(b) The learning theory is based on the assumption that human aggression may be influenced by physiological characteristics, the activation of those characteristics depends on learning and is subject to the person's control.
	(c) The learning theory is based on the assumption although human aggression may be influenced by physiological characteristics, the activation of those characteristics depends on learning and is subject to the person's control.
	(d) The learning theory is based on the assumption that although human aggression may be influenced by physiological characteristics; the activation of which depends on learning and is subject to the person's control.

26. Which sentence would represent the best way to rewrite these three sentences? "She finishes her shift today. I will see if she wants to go with us. I am not sure what time she actually gets off.

	(a) When she finishes her shift today, I will see if she wants to go with us, and I am not sure what time she actually gets off.
	(b) When she finishes her shift today, I will see if she wants to go with us although I am not sure what time she actually gets off.
	(c) She will finish her shift today. Then I will see if she wants to go with us. However, I am not sure what time she actually gets off.
	(d) She finishes her shift today, I will see if she wants to go with us, but I am not sure what time she actually gets off.

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