Sunday, June 8, 2014

Intermediate Vocabulary and Grammar Problems…Help?

What is the right answer for these:

1. The clear water ___ over the rocks in the meandering stream.
A. Spurted
B. Cascaded
C. Pranced
D. Whirled
2. In order to obtain a bank loan for her business, Linda had to ___ her house.
A. Pledge
B. Mortgage
C. Secure
D. Pawn

ERROR IDENTIFICATION:

3. Wison Bentley was a Vermont farmer who took over 6,000 close-up photographs of snowflakes during the lifetime.
A. Farmer
B. Took
C. Close-up
D. The lifetime

4. New York City surpassed the other Atlantic seaports in partly because it developed the best transportation links with the interior of the country.
A. Surpassed
B. Partly
C. Developed
D. With

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