Michael Buckhoff's

ESL Web Site for Students and Teachers 

ABOUT THIS WEB SITE

BOOKS, ONLINE COURSES

FOR ESL STUDENTS

FOR TEACHERS

FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS 

HOME

LINKS

PHOTO GALLERY 

VIEW TODAY'S EXERCISES

 

 

Adjective and Adv. Self-study Quizzes

Quiz 1

Click the answer button to see the correct answer.

1.  Because the car accident was so severe, _________________closed down both sections of the freeway for investigation.
a. a authority
b. so the authorities
c. the authorities

 

2. Hideo Nomo,____________, is no longer playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
a. is a very talented baseball player from Japan
b. who is a very talented baseball player from Japan
c. that is a very talented baseball player from Japan

 

3.  Hiroshi decided to take the TOEFL___________________________ .
a. but he had not prepared for it
b. because he had not prepared for it
c. even though he had not prepared for it
d. and he had not prepared for it
e. he had not prepared for it

 

4.  In primary education, it is generally understood that students______________continue to experience literacy-related difficulties throughout their years of formalized learning.
a. cannot read midway through elementary school
b. they cannot read midway through elementary school
c. who cannot read midway through elementary school

 

5.  _________________________of bilingual education claim to represent the best interest of LEP students, their positions vary greatly.
a. Although both proponents and opponents
b. Both proponents and opponents
c. But both proponents and opponents
d. On the other hand, both proponents and opponents
e. Despite both proponents and opponents

 

6.  __________________, the purpose was to address the needs of students whose poor academic performance was a result of insufficient English instruction.
a. When bilingual education were first enacted in 1968
b. When bilingual education first enacting in 1968
c. When bilingual education first enacted in 1968
d. When bilingual education was first enacted in 1968

 

7.  People_____________the language are subject to severe socio-economic hardships.
a. are not able read, write, and speak
b. who are not able to read, write, and speak
c. who is not able read, write, and speak

 

8.  ________________discussed parental involvement as a variable, the impact on the child can not be determined with certainty.
a. Some studies
b. On the contrary, some studies
c. Though some studies

 

9.  Students who are not literate in English ______________________.
a. who may experience difficulties in traveling, housing, shopping and work.
b. experiencing difficulties in traveling, housing, shopping and work.
c. may experience difficulties in traveling, housing, shopping and work.

 

10.  Limited-English Proficiency (LEP) encompasses English language learners (ELL),_____________ level of English, reading, writing, speaking or comprehending, interferes with school performance.
a. who
b. whose
c. which

 

11.  Many people object to bilingual education simply ______________________.
a. because the facts are distortions, misinterpretations, or misleading statements
b. even though the facts are distortions, misinterpretations, or misleading statements
c. that the facts are distortions, misinterpretations, or misleading statements
d. because of the facts are distortions, misinterpretations, or misleading statements

 

12.  ______________________simply because 'Bi' means "2," while 'lingual' is representative of language.
a. Examine the word "bilingual" can disprove this
b. Examining the word "bilingual" can disprove this
c. Examination the word "bilingual" can disprove this

 

13.  It is in no way intended as a crutch for those who refuse to learn the English language, ___________________.
a. as many critics may argue
b. many critics may argue
c. many critics as may argue

 

14.  This process of bilingual education is mandatory because the English language is difficult to learn, __________________ for the level of education that most students hope to achieve.
a. fluency is a necessity
b. and is fluency a necessity
c. and is a necessity of fluency
d. and fluency is a necessity

 

15.  Though most polls may show ____________________________, the polls do not show that the questions are bias.
a. the public opinion of bilingual education tend to be negative
b. that the public opinion of bilingual education tend to be negative
c. that the public opinion of bilingual education tends to be negative
d. what the public opinion of bilingual education tends to be negative

 

16.  The same article states that the number of people___________to bilingual education as a whole may be significantly less.
a. who opposed
b. opposed
c. opposing

 

17.  Students __________________ can only partially be educated in English.
a. which understand the English language only partially
b. who understand the English language only partially
c. understand the English language only partially

 

18.  Many others who disagree do so _________________ that it is necessary, and that it is a roadblock in the progress of bilingual education students.
a. not think
b. they do not think
c. because they do not think

 

19.  Steven Speilberg _______________the elegance and romance of the period, while not undercutting the serious issues in the movie.
a. captured
b. who captured
c. capturing

 

20.  _____________________, Conque does a great justice to the slave ship scenes.
a. Cast mostly for his exotic looks and quiet strength
b. He was cast mostly for his exotic looks and quiet strength
c. Who was cast mostly for his exotic looks and quiet strength

Quiz 2

Click the answer button to see the correct answer.

     

  1. In a movie _________________, language becomes a critical role in itself.
    a. three languages are spoken
    b. which three languages are spoken
    c. in which three languages are spoken

     

  2. The acting did not falter _____________.
    a. when the languages were switched
    b. and the languages were switched
    c. the languages were switched

     

  3. _______the point of the story was to ignite a curiosity in its viewers to find out the whole truth on their own, the film did that.
    a. Were
    b. Had
    c. If
    d. nothing
    e. Although

     

  4. _________________not knowing anything about the pre-civil war activity or the Amistad itself, I would have thought that the story ended with the court battles.
    a. I went in to the theater
    b. Had I gone in to the theater
    c. If I in to the theater

     

  5. The movie was more of a polite approach to an indecent act, _____________.
    a. which merely mentioning historical significance
    b. merely mentioned historical significance
    c. who merely mentioned historical significance
    d. which merely mentioned historical significance
    e. which mentioned merely significance historical

     

  6. The movie also places a certain irony toward the _______________________to sing Bible songs to the Africans.
    a. who came to the courtyard 'white faces'
    b. 'white faces' came to the courtyard
    c. 'white faces' who came to the courtyard
    d. the courtyard who came to 'white faces'

     

  7. The movie does not tell the viewer that _____________, he became a slave trader.
    a. Conque after went back to Africa
    b. Conque went back to Africa
    c. after Conque went back to Africa

     

  8. He is also portrayed as a figure ________________for the sole purpose of re-election.
    a. who manipulate America's early judicial system
    b. who manipulates America's early judicial system
    c. manipulates America's early judicial system

     

  9. ___________________, it tells us that we should be aware of selfish and ignorant chief executives.
    a. Although we interpret the political lesson that Amistad teaches us into our daily lives as the movie implies
    b. If we interpret the political lesson that Amistad teaches us into our daily lives as the movie implies
    c. We interpret the political lesson that Amistad teaches us into our daily lives as the movie implies

     

  10. He does not, however, claim that it is the same ancestors _________________.
    a. which they now ask for knowledge
    b. who they now asks for knowledge
    c. they now ask for knowledge

     

  11. ______________________, I felt that the problem lies in the script itself.
    a. But the movie was extremely well put together and the actors did a fabulous job
    b. Though the movie was extremely well put together and the actors did a fabulous job
    c. The movie was extremely well put together and the actors did a fabulous job
    d. Although extremely well put together and the actors did a fabulous job

     

  12. I would like the Dean of Social Sciences and the Dean of Graduate Administrative Studies to consider waiving the required 550 TOEFL Score______________.
    a. while he allowing me to pursue a Master's Degree at CSUSB
    b. allows me to pursue a Master's Degree at CSUSB
    c. while allowing me to pursue a Master's Degree at CSUSB.

     

  13. I have attached my most current TOEFL Institutional Test Scores ____________________.
    a. show steady, strong improvements: 503, 517, and 540.
    b. which show steady, strong improvements: 503, 517, and 540.
    c. which showing steady, strong improvements: 503, 517, and 540.

     

  14. If you give me the chance to study in your program, __________ that I am a hard working student.
    a. you will found
    b. you find
    c. you will find
    d. will you find

     

  15. One of the most significant problems occurring in South East Asia, ______________________.
    a. the economic crisis has placed financial burdens on my family in Thailand
    b. my family in Thailand has been placed financial burdens
    c. Thailand's fianancial burdens have cause a financial crisis in my family.

     

  16. After I graduate from the Master of Arts in Social Sciences at CSUSB, ______________ to Thailand to teach in the Social Sciences.
    a. I will return
    b. I would return
    c. I return

     

  17. To the average youngster this tale is a delightful bedtime story about a miller's daughter, _______________ to the king to spine straw into gold, and a strange little man who appears from no where to help the fair maiden in her hour of need in return for her most prized possessions.
    a. which was promised
    b. she was promised
    c. who was promised

     

  18. ________________, everyone is left happy except the little man who is truly the often unseen hero of this tale.
    a. The name is revealed
    b. Once the name is revealed
    c. The name is once revealed

     

  19. The single outrageous claim by the miller set off a chain of reactions _______________.
    a. which, in the end, caused much anger and sadness on behalf of the little man and the maiden.
    b. who, in the end, causing much anger and sadness on behalf of the little man and the maiden.
    c. in the end, causing much anger and sadness on behalf of the little man and the maiden.
Copyright (C) By Michael Buckhoff