Essential English Language Practice and Global Topics Review
The Bermuda Islands
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: Spanish fled.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: Mr. Allen’s glory.
Vocabulary Pairs
- trapped / snared
- hungry / starving
- loss or destruction / Shipwreck
- initiated / launched
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- Far From → Far from
- its since → its
- to visit had → had visited
- are inhabitted is culled → is inhabited
Rhinoceros Lake
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: A good artist.
- Statement 2: True.
- Phrase 2: Excitedly Beebe Lake.
Vocabulary Pairs
- wrong ideas / misconceptions
- example / instance
- cord / rope
- erudite / learned
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- with the → with
- can from → can
- who seeing → who saw
- the cleverest have ever meet → the cleverest I have ever met
Abuse of Antibiotics
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: True.
- Phrase 1: In poor treatment.
- Statement 2: True.
- Phrase 2: Developed usage.
Vocabulary Pairs
- a small cut / scratch
- survive / remain
- increased / soared
- leave / bequeath
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- some killing → some
- have one been eaily cured stronger to → have been easily cured
- should have lived for → should have lived
Burglars More Active on the Weekend
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: She had London.
- Statement 2: True.
- Phrase 2: Mrs. Cox 1984.
Vocabulary Pairs
- leaving / making off
- loot / haul
- closed / locked
- looked after / cared
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- that was told → that
- will visit about → will visit
- if would → if
- warned opened → warned
Pointing the Finger
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: people fingers.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: early months.
Vocabulary Pairs
- lines / creases
- the look / gaze
- relationship between two amounts / ratio
- standard / average
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- is fixed be governed → is fixed
- although to → although
- earlier easier → easier
- i coul never imagine that my fingers could say so many things → I could never imagine that my fingers could say so many things.
Beauty Over Youth
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: they picture.
- Statement 2: True.
- Phrase 2: all her.
Vocabulary Pairs
- numerous / countless
- above all / primarily
- consider / take into account
- leave / bequeath
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- about enough → about
- was done since → since
- who has been → who
- helping biggest → biggest
Elvis Lives!
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: Elvis Germany.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: even society.
Vocabulary Pairs
- fainted / swooned
- tomb / grave
- living / staying
- try yo find / tracking
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- their was → their
- was founded was cleaned out → was founded
- to could → could
- Elvis that she would marry him if he sent her his antograph → Elvis that she would marry him if he sent her his autograph.
Dragons
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: True.
- Phrase 1: to the luck.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: all shown.
Vocabulary Pairs
- clever / wise
- keeping / guarding
- look like / resemble
- hidden / submerged
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- have formed to know → have formed
- is seen because → because
- largest bigger → larger
- that dragons had played an important role in his life → that dragons had played an important role in his life.
A Relative Difference
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: this chimpanzees.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: have now.
Vocabulary Pairs
- connection / link
- part of the skeleto… / skull
- jump ahead / leap
- apparetly / seemingly
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- he won´t speak to you unless you ask him a questions → He won’t speak to you unless you ask him a question.
- ¨you must do it at once¨,she said → “You must do it at once,” she said.
- The exercise is so difficult we can´t do it → The exercise is so difficult we can’t do it.
- Some policemen are investigating the crime → Some police officers are investigating the crime.
Coetzee Wins Nobel Prize
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: the Nabokov.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: Coetzee novel.
Vocabulary Pairs
- without doubt / unquestionably
- completely / wholly
- ideas / assumptions
- quickly / swiftly
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- who last → who
- winning received → received
- wasn´t chosen → wasn’t chosen
- about his → his
What It Is Like to Be a Dog
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: common sense.
- Statement 2: True.
- Phrase 2: Today emotions.
Vocabulary Pairs
- truly / indeed
- besides / in addition
- growing / increasing
- too / as well
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- would understand → would understand
- that have been explored → that
- the most intelligent → the most intelligent
- that his experiment would prove the existence of emotional lives of animals → that his experiment would prove the existence of emotional lives of animals.
I’m Working From Home
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: for homeworking.
- Statement 2: True.
- Phrase 2: Overall so.
Vocabulary Pairs
- selecting / choosing
- study / survey
- chance / opportunity
- change / switch
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- worked per → worked
- for to → to
- accepted were taken → accepted
- for many firms and many workers homeworking would be a way to reduce costs → For many firms and many workers, homeworking would be a way to reduce costs.
Too Much Television
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: A.D.D. disorder.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: This seven.
Vocabulary Pairs
- quantity / amount
- symptoms / signs
- examined / tested
- previous / earlier
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- began between → between
- often a → often
- on are → are
- what she would do when she finished her homework → what she would do when she finished her homework.
Amphibian Decline: A Global Warning
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: True.
- Phrase 1: the report disaster.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: of 5, endangered.
Vocabulary Pairs
- complete / comprehensive
- because / since
- extreme / drastic
- exceptional / remarkable
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- continues will rise → continues
- has created protecting → protecting
- has caused most important → most important
- polluting to → to
Should the State Dictate Diet and Drink?
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: We else.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: A sociologist table.
Vocabulary Pairs
- research / enquiry
- nearly / almost
- whole / entire
- unpleasant / nasty
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- eating for → eating
- ate loaves → ate
- buy → buy
- I offered her something else to eat → I offered her something else to eat.
Skin Art: Tattoos and History
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: False.
- Phrase 1: Romans criminals.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: Cook Tahitian.
Vocabulary Pairs
- embalmed… / mummies
- almost / nearly
- profound / deep
- completely / fully
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- Becoming his → Becoming
- what a → what
- who it → who
- were linked is worn → is worn
South American Wild Cats: Hope in the Test Tube
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: True.
- Phrase 1: Since south.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: so far reproduction.
Vocabulary Pairs
- decreased / declined
- possible danger / threat
- agriculture / farming
- until now / so far
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- To be reproduced have to → have to
- cerelessly → ceaselessly
- very to make → to make
- when he began his new wild cat project → when he began his new wild cat project.
Where Does Dracula Come From?
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: True.
- Phrase 1: Stoker London.
- Statement 2: False.
- Phrase 2: When dog.
Vocabulary Pairs
- impressive / imposing
- involved / engaged
- seems / appears
- custom / habit
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- Though than → Though
- had been what → had been
- deals is explained → deals
- what else had she seen → what else had she seen.
Mobile Phones in Social Life
Facts and Context
- Statement 1: True.
- Phrase 1: Now phones.
- Statement 2: True.
- Phrase 2: if outset.
Vocabulary Pairs
- maybe / perhaps
- beginning / outset
- say sorry / apologize
- encounter / come across
Grammar and Usage Corrections
- using is applied → using
- have been than → have been
- who from → who
- If there was a mobile phone in her bag → If there was a mobile phone in her bag.