Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

The clay burial vessels from the early Hopewell culture of North America are decorated with grooved and ____.

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

Alfalfa plants flourish in fertile, well-drained soil ____ neutral or slightly alkaline.

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With neither hat nor topcoat in the 22 degree fahrenheit chill, youthful John F. Kennedy ____ a stirring inaugural speech on January 20, 1961.

Directions: The given sentence has four underlined words or phrases, which are marked as (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

Common amphibians, Salamanders are (1) found worldwide (2) despite in Australia and in (3) the polar (4) regions.

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

He is ____ most brilliant boy in the class.

Directions: The given sentence has four underlined words or phrases, which are marked as (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

Some societies (1) express strong (2) feelings by means (3) for collective rhythmical (4) body movements.

Directions: The given sentence has four underlined words or phrases, which are marked as (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

(1) The goal of unemployment insurance is to support workers who have lost their (2) jobs until they are (3) reabsorption into (4) industry.

Directions: The given sentence has four underlined words or phrases, which are marked as (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

(1) Area is the linear (2) measurement of (3) a surface, (4) such a floor or a cornfield.

Directions: The given sentence has four underlined words or phrases, which are marked as (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

Who among us (1) has not wondered whether (2) is there intelligent life in galaxies (3) beyond our (4) own?

Directions: The given sentence has four underlined words or phrases, which are marked as (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word/phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

Gauze is a thin, open-weave (1) clothes (2) made of cotton, silk, rayon, (3) or synthetic (4) fibers.

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

Found in Central and South America, the capybara is a large rodent ____ as the water hog because of its swimming ability.

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

George Balanchine, ____, helped to found the School of American Ballet in 1934.

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

The International Herald Tribune, ____ is co-owned by the Washington Post and The New York Times, is headquartered in Paris.

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

____ of us is planning to volunteer to tutor at least four hours a week.

Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blank.

Ballpoint pens require ____ as compared to fountain pens.

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

From birth, nightjar chicks solicit food by walking to the front of an adult bird, reaching up and ____.

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

Costume jewellery is very popular because ____ allows for a great variety of styles.

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

The crowd surged forward to have a glimpse of ____ leader.

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Social reformer Jane Adams ____ a prominent role in the formation of the National Progressive Party in 1912.

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Pandit Ravi Shankar excels ____ playing the sitar.

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

____ Sachin and Rahul are from India.

Directions: The given sentence has four underlined words or phrases, which are marked as (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

The (1) remarkable plasticity (2) of clay (3) does it (4) an especially responsive medium for amateur potters.

Directions: The given sentence has four underlined words or phrases, which are marked as (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

Connecticut's (1) early settlements were built (2) beside rivers and streams (3) where waterfalls were utilized to (4) powerful the mills.

Directions: The given sentence has four underlined words or phrases, which are marked as (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

Soprano Minnie Hauk is often (1) credit with starting a trend in opera (2) away from the old Italian style towards (3) more realistic, dramatic (4) interpretations.

Directions: The given sentence has four underlined words or phrases, which are marked as (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

From a (1) youngest age, children begin a (2) continuous process of evaluating (3) themselves in the light of the opinions and comments of those (4) around them.