PBT STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION GRAMMAR REVIEW: SIMPLE SENTENCES-"SIMPLE SENTENCE: VERB"

1. With the passing of time and the encroachment of people, the habitat of gorillas __________ to decrease.

continuing
which continue
continues
that it has continued

2. Sugar intake, particularly that of refined sugar, ________ curtailed by most overweight people wishing to lessen their corpulence.

must being
which must
must be
must

3. In recent months, the final mapping of the human genome ________ the range of medical treatments and cures available to those suffering from various diseases .

has extended
extends
will extend
will have extended

4. Intelligent life on other planets, while remaining an intriguing possibility, ________ yet to be discovered .

has
has been
has not
have

5. Despite being basically arboreal in nature, koalas ________ to inhabit a specific territory and range of some 30 square miles.

knowing
which know
are knowing
are known



6. Initially elected as a labor leader, Jimmy Hoffa _________ mysteriously.

vanishing
who vanished
vanished
vanishes

7. Broccoli _________ best in gardens having loose, well-composted soil, and full sunlight.

had grown
grows
growing
which grows

8. Many of the novels of Kurt Vonnegut __________ a remarkable skepticism about the ultimate value of technological advances.

display
will have displayed
they display
had displayed

9. Because of copper's conductivity, it __________ for housing electrical cords and circuitry.

values
is valued
is being valuable
has valued

10. Numerous performances of Mozart's operas __________ in Austria long before the beginning of the 19th century.

perform
had been performed
had performed
were performing

11. The memory of Juarez ___________ in Mexico more than that of any other man.

has venerated
venerates
will venerate
is venerated

12. At the railway station, the gray morning light __________ to filter in between the heavy stone pillars upon throng of straw-hatted peasants, Indian women carrying their burdens on their backs, and sleepy, tired soldiers.

is begun
begun
was beginning
begin

13. Like sentinels on guard, the slender spikes of monkshood __________ straight and tall among the grasses and herbs of moist mountain meadows.

stand
are stood
will be stood
was standing

14. ___________ immense chasms filled with realistic rock forms resembling Oriental cities and castles of the Middle Ages.

Bryce Canyon have
In Bryce Canyon are
Bryce Canyon are having
This Bryce Canyon was had

15. Now a new way in tooth cleaning, different in formula and effect, __________ in the special film-removing dentifrice.

embodies
is embodied
had embodied
will be embodying

Answers: C , C, A , A, D , C, B , A, B , B, D, C, A, B, B

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