Articles: diagnostic quiz

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Quiz 2 – intermediate

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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

Beginning

Select the response from the list that best completes the sentence.
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is a flying insect.

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Unspecific-Specific

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

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Specific-Unspecific

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

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Earlier Mention

live in hives.

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

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All / The-class

My biology book says, " is a very social insect. It lives in a colony."

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

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All / The-class

It is true. are very social insects.

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All / The-class

A bee group consists of and her daughters.

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

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Class/Unspecific One

The mother is and her daughters are the workers.

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Earlier Mention

in this picture is a honey bee.

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All/ Specific One

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of the bee are covered with pollen.

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

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Included Parts

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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

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Most of / Most of the

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Nectar and pollen feed .

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

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Shared Knowledge

Quiz 2

Intermediate

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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

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Unspecific-Specific

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makes the pollen stick to the legs.

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Earlier Mention

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are more defensive than .

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

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Nationality All/ Class

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in ancient times believed that was the sacred.

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

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Nationality The-class/ A-unspec

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Mayan cultures in regarded honey as "the food of the gods ".

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

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Geography

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in Niuserre, Egypt has pictures of beekeepers blowing smoke into hives as they remove honey.

temple

temple (n.) – sacred building

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Landmarks

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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

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Nationality Geography

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was found in of a honey bee.

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All/ Specfic Later Mention

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where was sacred was at Delphi in ancient Greece.

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

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Another/ The other All / The-class

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is of heaven," wrote Virgil.

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

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All/ Specific Later Mention

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The queen's garden at in England has two bee hives.

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Article Expressions

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During , bees wax was used for candles, water-proofing products and tape.

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Article Expressions

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reminds us of spiders, and networking reminds us of bees.

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Shared Knowledge

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is that we could not survive without .

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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