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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

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#	YOUR RESPONSE	CHECK YOUR ANSWER
1.	is a flying insect.	Unspecific-Specific
2.	stung me yesterday! 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.	on my leg was very painful. sting (n.) – the place on the skin where an insect made a hole in the skin and put in poison	Earlier Mention
4.	live in hives. hive (n.) – a manmade structure for bees to make their home	All/ The-class
5.	My biology book says, " is a very social insect. It lives in a colony." colony (n.) – a term for a social group	All/ The-class
6.	It is true. are very social insects.	All/ The-class
7.	A group consists of and her daughters. consists of (v.) – is made up of, includes	Class/Unspecific One
8.	The mother is and her daughters are the workers.	Earlier Mention
9.	in the picture on the right is a honey bee.	All/ Specific One
10.	of the bee are covered with pollen. pollen (n.) – a fine, yellow powder produced by flowers	Included Parts
11.	is used as food for larvae. 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 and pollen feeds . nectar (n.) – the sweet liquid that bees collect from flowers	Shared Knowledge

Quiz 2

Intermediate-Advanced

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#	YOUR RESPONSE	CHECK YOUR ANSWER
13.	Most bees are fuzzy and carry . 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.	makes the pollen stick to the legs.	Earlier Mention
15.	are more defensive than . defensive (n.) – intending to protect themselves against attack	Nationality \| All/ Class
16.	in ancient times believed that was the sacred. ancient (adj.) – belonging to a time long ago sacred (adj.) – holy, relating to god or religion	Nationality \| The-class/ A-unspec
17.	Mayan cultures in regarded honey as "the food of the gods ". Mayan (adj.) – Meso American civilization (2,000 B. C. – present.) in Central America	Geography
18.	in Niuserre, Egypt has pictures of beekeepers blowing smoke into hives as they remove honey. temple (n.) – sacred building	Landmarks
19.	on of Crete made a honey wine called meade. 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.	was found in of a honey bee.	All/ Specfic \| Later Mention
21.	where was sacred was at Delphi in ancient Greece. sacred (adj.) – relating to god or religion ancient (adj.) – belonging to a time long ago	Another/ The other \| All/ The-class
22.	is of heaven," wrote Virgil. Virgil – (70 BC – 19 BC) was a classical Roman poet	All/ Specific \| Later Mention
23.	The queen's garden at in England has two bee hives.	Article Expressions
24.	During , bees wax was used for candles, water-proofing products and tape.	Article Expressions
25.	reminds us of spiders, and networking reminds us of bees.	Shared Knowledge
26.	is that we could not survive without .	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
"The Bee Goddess." Web. <http://www.thebeegoddess.com> 17 July 2010