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Diagnostic Quiz

 

Identify specific English grammar points that need review. Use the study link to find out why a particular answer is correct or incorrect.

 

 

  

Quiz 1

A bee and a flower

Beginning – Intermediate

 

  1. Select your response from each menu. Then check your answer.
  2. If your response is incorrect, use the study link to guide you to the specific information you need.

 

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1.  

Unspecific-Specific 
2.  bee sting

 

sting (v.) stung (past) – the action of an insect making a hole in the skin and putting in a small amount of poison


Specific-Unspecific 
3.  

 

 sting (n.) – the place on the skin where an insect made a hole in the skin and put in poison


Earlier Mention 
4.  hive

 

  hive (n.) – a manmade structure for bees to make their home


All/ The-class  
5.

 

 colony (n.) – a term for a social group


All/ The-class   
6.
All/ The-class 
7.   

 

consists of (v.) – is made up of, includes


Class/Unspecific One 
8.

Earlier Mention  
9.  honeybee
All/ Specific One  
10.  pollen on legs

 

 pollen (n.) – a fine, yellow powder produced by flowers


Included Parts   
11.  

 

  larva (sing.)  larvae (pl.) – a young insect with a soft tube-shaped body, which will later become an insect with wings


Most of / Most of the 
12.  

 

nectar (n.) – the sweet liquid that bees collect from flowers


Shared Knowledge  
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Quiz 2

Intermediate-Advanced

 

  1. Select your response from each menu:  – (nothing), a , the
  2. Then check your answer.
  3. If your response is incorrect, use the study link to guide you to the specific information you need.

 

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13.

 

fuzzy (adj.) – having thick, little hairs
electrostatic charge (n.) – a force of attraction (positive + negatve) such as when rubbing two balloons together


Unspecific-Specific
14.  

 

Earlier Mention 
15.  

 

defensive (n.) – intending to protect themselves against attack


Nationality  |  All/ Class 
16.  

 

ancient (adj.) – belonging to a time long ago    
sacred (adj.) – holy, relating to god or religion    


Nationality  | The-class/ A-unspec

 
17. regarded honey as "the food of the gods ".

 

Mayan (adj.) – Meso American civilization (2,000 B. C. – present.) in Central America


Geography 
18.  Egyptian bee engravings in Niuserre, Egypt has pictures of beekeepers blowing smoke into hives as they remove honey.

 

templetemple (n.) – sacred building 

Landmarks 
19.  A Minoan Youth

 

Minoans (n.) – an ancient civilization (people) 27th century BC to the 15th century BC
Crete (n.) – an island in the Mediterranean to the south of Greece


Nationality  |  Geography 
20.  bee jewelry in
All/ Specfic  | Later Mention

 
21.  

 

sacred (adj.) – relating to god or religion
ancient (adj.) – belonging to a time long ago    


Another/ The other | All/ The-class
 
22.   is

 

Virgil – (70 BC – 19 BC) was a classical Roman poet


All/ Specific  | Later Mention 
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Article Expressions 
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Article Expressions   
25.  spider web

Shared Knowledge 
26.

Shared Knowledge  |  All/ The-class 
     

 

 

"Bees."Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 7 July 2010. Web <.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bees  > 17 July 2010 
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The Bee Goddess."  Web. <http://www.thebeegoddess.com> 17 July 2010