English Grade 12 - Grammar Test 03

Questions
1. Experiments in the sonic imaging of moving objects ............... in both the United
States and Europe well before the Second World War.
A. were conducting

B. have been conducted

C. had been conducted

D. being conducted

2. .............. billions and billions of stars exist in the vast space beyond our Milky Way
galaxy.
A. That is estimated

B. An estimate that

C. That the estimate

D. It is estimated that

3. ............... gene-bearing bodies within the nuclei of living organisms.

A. Chromosomes

B. Chromosomes that are

C. Chromosomes are

D. Chromosomes while they are

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 4. Abner Doubleday, ..............., was credited with the invention of baseball in 1839.
A. who become a Union army general

B. which became a Union army general

C. who were a Union army general

D. a Union army general

5. ............... photosynthesis were to stop, life would disappear from the planet Earth
relatively quickly.
A. For

B. However

C. If

D. Although

6. Each fiber in the bundle …………….. only a tiny fraction of the total image.
A. transmit

B. transmitted

C. transmits

D. to transmit

7. Antonio Gaudi, architect of Barcelona's Holy Family Church, died before seeing
............... the structure.
A. on completion of

B. the completion of

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 C. completing of

D. their completing of

8. This is the factory ................................. at work.

A. they are

B. where they are

C. where are

D. in where they are

9. America's first globe maker was James Wilson, who ................... and blacksmith in
his earlier life.
A. a farmer had been

B. had been a farmer

C. farming

D. being a farmer

10. Napoleon ................... the West Indian island of Santo Domingo in 1801.
A. attacked

B. is attacking

C. has attracted

D. attacking

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