GRAMMAR REVIEW: VERBS AND VERBALS (4) BUILDING SUPPORTING SKILLS CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST

 

CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST BUILDING SUPPORTING SKILLS GRAMMAR REVIEW: VERBS AND VERBALS (4)

 

EXERCISES G15-G17 Use Exercises G15-G17 to practice your skills in using verbs and verbals EXERCISE G15 Checking verb tenses If the underlined verb is incorrect, write the correct verb form in the blank. 1 Aerial photography will recently and unexpectedly revealed many historical sites. 2 Electricity using superconductivity can travel farther with greater efficiency. 3 In the future, we may have been measuring movements on the Earth’s crust that are undetectable today. 4 It was not until the invention of the camera that artists correctly painted galloping horses.     EXERCISE G16 Checking subject-verb agreement Write C (correct) if the subject and verb agree. Write I (incorrect) if the subject and verb do not agree. 1 _______ The difference between the living conditions in the countryside and in towns has been eliminated. 2 _______ A reorganization and brain cells occurs during adolescence. 3 _______ The radiation levels from a computer display terminal is well below presently accepted standards of exposure.     EXERCISE G17 Choosing verb forms Choose the letter of the word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. 1 The English Heritage members attempt ________ castles and other ancient buildings in England. A to maintain B maintaining 2 In 1970, the Canadian scientist George Kell ________ that warm water freezes more quickly than cold water. A proved B proving 3 A great deal of thought has ________ into the designing of a concert hall. A to go B been gone 4 Only through diplomatic means can a formal agreement be ________. A reaching B reached

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