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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

____ took office as the first Superintendent of Public Instruction for the territory of New Mexico.

  1. J. Francisco Chaves, who

  2. If J. Francisco Chaves

  3. J. Francisco Chaves

  4. In that J. Francisco Chaves
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) J. Francisco Chaves. This is a simple sentence which permits only a single subject with a single verb (or predicate). The third option " J. Fransisco Chaves " alone fits in here, as the other choices containing words like, "who"," if" and " in that", would convert the sentence into a complex sentence where an additional subordinate clause will be created needing one more finite verb.  

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

From birth, nightjar chicks solicit food by walking to the front of an adult bird, reaching up and ____.

  1. they peck at its bill

  2. peck at its bill

  3. pecking at its bill

  4. at its bill they peck
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Option (3) is correct 'pecking at its bill'. Rule of maintenance of parallelism. All the activities are in gerund form so the last should be also in the same form.