Focus on Structure Practice Test Name___________________________________________________________ SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. Adjective Clauses: Each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C, and D. Circle the letter of the ONE part that is NOT CORRECT. 1) The lady wearing the red dress whom you met her at the party last weekend is 1) A B CD Jerry's aunt. 2) The person to whom I was talking to made me an offer I couldn't refuse. 2) A BC D 3) Charlotte and Jacksonville, both of whom are cities that are in the southern United 3) ABC States, are growing metropolitan areas. D 4) The Deer Hunter, starred Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, and Christopher Walken, is 4) A B a movie about the war that occurred in Vietnam. C D 5) The realtor with I've been working has found me a house that I can afford, which is 5) A BC D why I'd like to recommend her. 6) The European Union, consisting of several member countries, is a West European 6) A B organization establishing under the Treaty of Rome to compete with other economic C D powers. 7) It's possible that it will be very cold today, in that case you'd better wear clothes that 7) AB C D are warm. 8) The man whom we ran into him at the lake is a politician who is running for mayor. 8) A B C D Each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C, and D. Circle the letter of the ONE part that is NOT CORRECT. 9) Anyone whose concerned about the environment cannot ignore the facts to which 9) AB C the speaker was referring. D 1 Focus on Structure - Practice Test 10) Vivian is a team player enjoys working with others and who can also work 10) A B independently, which is why I think she is the person we should hire. C D 11) Several famous food critics, including Pierre Le Chef, have written reviews that are 11) A B favorable about The Brasserie and The Pickle Barrel, both of whom are popular C D restaurants. 12) Rain Man, starred Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, is a film produced in 1988 12) A B depicting the relationship that develops between an autistic savant and his brother C D as they travel across the country together. 13) The company with I've been negotiating has decided to buy my products, all of which 13) A BC have been very successful in markets that are not traditional. D 14) The parking lot surrounding the mall, which is especially busy right now, may be 14) A B full, in that case I would recommend taking the bus. C D Adjective Clauses: Circle the most appropriate forms to complete the biography. 15) Peter Sellers, who / which was born in London on September 8, 1925, was an 15) 1. actor had / who had many talents. His parents, whom / who performed 2. 3. onstage, probably influenced his career choice. However, he also created his own opportunities for success. He got a job working on radio by impersonating two BBC radio stars who / whom were popular at the time and recommending himself to a 4. BBC producer. Later, he admitted his deception to the producer, who / which was 5. impressed with his talents. It wasn't long before Sellers got bigger and better roles. He starred in a new BBC radio show, Crazy People, when / which made its debut on 6. May 28, 1951. The show was a collection of skits where / which allowed Sellers to 7. demonstrate his talents and gain popularity. Seller's first feature film was Penny Points to Paradise, which / who appeared in 8. 1951. After performing in several British movies, that / which included London 2 Focus on Structure - Practice Test 9. Entertains and The Ladykillers, Sellers played several characters in the movie The Mouse That Roared, that / which was popular in America as well as Britain. In 1963, 10. he played Inspector Clouseau in the film The Pink Panther, a role who / that made 11. him very famous in the four sequels when / that followed. In 1964, Sellers played 12. several characters in Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick's tale about a mad general whose / who launches a nuclear attack against Russia, which / that brought him his 13. 14. first Oscar nomination. The movie Being There earned Sellers his second Oscar nomination playing Chance, a gardener who / whom is mistaken for a financial 15. genius. Sellers was still acting in movies when he died on July 24, 1980. 16) Winona Horowitz's parents named her after the Minnesota town where / which 16) 1. she was born. Years later, Winona changed her last name to Ryder, that / which 2. came from a Mitch Ryder album who / that belonged to her father. Winona's parents, 3. whom / whose friends included Allen Ginsburg, who / whose was a Beat poet, and 4. 5. Timothy Leary, that / who was influential in the hippie movement, were 6. unconventional countercultural types. When she was seven, Winona's family moved to a commune in a small California town when / where they lived with seven other families. Winona's mother 7. operated a movie theater in an old barn, who / which may have influenced 8. Winona to want to become an actress. A few years later, Winona began to take acting classes in the American Conservatory Theater, that / which is a prestigious 9. school in San Francisco. Winona began to audition for and get small roles in films, that / which were 10. often not memorable. She got a big break in 1988 when / where she played Lydia in 11. the movie Beetlejuice. In the following few years, she played teenagers in several films, that / which included Heathers, Great Balls of Fire, and Edward Scissorhands. She got 12. her chance to portray an adult in Bram Stoker's Dracula, who / which costarred 3 Focus on Structure - Practice Test 13. Keanu Reeves. Although film critics didn't agree on the effectiveness of her performance in that film, they did like her portrayal of Mary Welland in The Age of Innocence, when / which brought her an Oscar nomination. 14. Winona's other films include Reality Bites, How to Make an American Quilt, Girl Interrupted, and Little Women. She dedicated the last film to Polly Klaas, a young girl from Ryder's hometown who / which was kidnapped and murdered. At the time of 15. the crime, Ryder offered a $200,000 reward for information that / who would lead to the 16. child's attacker. She continues to be a strong supporter of the Polly Klaas Foundation. Adjective Clauses: Circle the correct words to complete the sentences. 17) I loved the book who / that you gave me. 17) 18) It was the best biography when / that I've read in a long time. 18) 19) Eva Hoffman, whose / whom articles I always enjoy, is one of my favorite authors. 19) 20) I keep the book next to my bed, when / where I read it every night. 20) 21) Language is a subject where / that I'm very interested in. 21) 22) Eva Hoffman reminds me of my friend Karla, who / whose daughter Edna you met when 22) you were here last year. 23) We enjoy her stories about the time where / when she was living in Brazil. 23) 24) Rio, that / which she describes beautifully, sounds like a fascinating place. 24) 25) She has become very good friends with my son, whom / which she calls regularly. 25) 26) She's a student at the community college, when / where she's in her second year. 26) 27) When she's not in school, she's at Cathy's Catering Company, which / where she works as a 27) baker. 28) Cathy, whom / that Edna met at the gym, has become a good friend. 28) 29) Edna remembers fondly the day when / which she met Cathy. 29) 4 Focus on Structure - Practice Test 30) Cathy gave Edna a job what she loves / she loves. 30) 31) Marisol Perez, who / whose the school named Student of the Year, wants to study social 31) work. 32) The person from who / whom she has received the most support is her father. 32) 33) An accident that / when he had several years before had changed Mr. Perez's life. 33) 34) Mr. Perez had been a school-bus driver in a rural area which / where the roads are very 34) narrow. 35) One afternoon at 2:00, that / when he was starting his route, his bus had a flat tire. 35) 36) When he went to look at the tire, he was hit by a drunk driver, whose / whom he hadn't 36) seen coming. 37) The driver of the car, that / who everyone in town knew, wasn't a happy person. 37) 38) Loneliness was a feeling that / what he faced every day. 38) 39) After the accident, there was a time where / when the man lost his will to live. 39) 40) He went to jail for drunk driving, and it was in jail that / which the man made an 40) important decision. 41) He contacted the man whose / which life he had changed: Mr. Perez. 41) 42) Thanks to the man and his generosity, Mr. Perez went to college and became a guidance 42) counselor in the school district when / where Marisol was attending high school.