Grammar Builder - Unit 5

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Watt spent much time and money in making experiments, but nothing he tried succeeded.

1. Although Watt spent much time and money in making experiments, nothing he tried succeeded.
2. Despite his failure after trial and trial, Watt spent much time and money in making experiments.
3. As Watt spent too much time and money in making experiments, nothing he tried succeeded.
4. If Watt hadn't spent much time and money in making experiments, anything he tried would have succeeded.

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Engineering is a process for developing solutions to problems. Inventing is a process for creating things that didn't exist before.

1. The difference between Engineering and Inventing lies in the process they are conducted.
2. Engineering finds solutions to problem, while inventing creates things not ever existing.
3. Engineering focuses on developing solutions to problems, but inventing centers on creating new things.
4. The result of engineering is the development of solutions to problems, but that of inventing is the creation of new things.

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Inventors' and engineers' initial ideas rarely solve a problem. Instead, they try different ideas, learn from mistakes, and try again.

1. Instead of trying to solve a problem, inventors' and engineers' initial ideas are to try different ideas, learn from mistakes, and try again.
2. Rarely do inventors' and engineers' initial ideas solve a problem rather than try different ideas, learn from mistakes, and try again.
3. Because inventors' and engineers' initial Ideas rarely solve a problem, they try different ideas, learn from mistakes, and try again.
4. Even though inventors' and engineers' initial ideas rarely solve a problem, they try different ideas, learn from mistakes, and try again.

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The story of each invention is interwoven with that of the life of its inventor. The lives of inventors furnish materials of the highest educative value.

1. The story of each invention is interwoven with that of the life of its inventor, whose lives furnish materials of the highest educative value
2. The story of each invention is interwoven with that of the life of its inventor, because his/her life furnishes materials of the highest educative value.
3. The story of each invention is interwoven with materials of the highest educative value furnished by the life of its inventor.
4. Materials of the highest educative value furnished by the life of the inventor are interwoven with the story of each invention.

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Dr. Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven. The invention happened by accident.

1. Dr. Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven as an accident.
2. The microwave oven was Dr. Percy Spencer's accidental invention.
3. The invention of the microwave oven by Dr. Percy Spencer was an accident.
4. Dr. Percy Spencer's invention of the microwave oven was made in an accident.

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Michael Faraday was employed by the Royal Institution. There, he investigated the connections between electricity, magnetism and motion.

1. Michael Faraday was employed by the Royal Institution, where he investigated the connections between electricity, magnetism and motion.
2. When Michael Faraday was employed by the Royal Institution, he investigated the connections between electricity, magnetism and motion.
3. The Royal Institution employed Michael Faraday to investigate the connections between electricity, magnetism and motion.
4. After he investigated the connections between electricity, magnetism and motion, Michael Faraday was employed by the Royal Institution.

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Scientists and inventors have made significant contributions to the lives of the common people.

1. Significant contributions have been made by scientists and inventors to the live of the common people.
2. Scientists and inventors had contributed significantly to the lives of the common people.
3. The lives of the common people have been significantly constructed by scientists and inventors.
4. The contributions which scientists and inventors made to the lives of the common people was significant.

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Shockley's book describes the research leading to the invention of the transistor.

1. Shockley's book is a means of describing the invention of the transistor.
2. It is the invention of the transistor that is described in Shockley's book.
3. The research leading to the invention of the transistor is described in Shockley's book.
4. A description of the research leading to the invention of the transistor makes Shockley's book.

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Apple MacBook is portable and versatile. I cannot afford it.

1. Although Apple MacBook is portable and versatile, 1 cannot afford it.
2. Because Apple MacBook is portable and versatile, I cannot afforsd it.
3. If Apple MacBook isn’t portable and versatile, I might afford it.
4. No matter how portable and versatile Apple MacBook is, I can afford it.

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They didn’t think Newton could do it. He was confident.

1. Because they didn’t think Newton could do it, he was confident.
2. They didn’t think Newton could do it because he was confident.
3. They didn’t think Newton could do it no matter how confident he was.
4. If they had thought Newton could do it, he would have been more confident.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (11) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (12) ____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (13) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in 1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (14) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (15) ____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.

Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty smoke and they soon (16) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (17) ____ the opportunity to make his new Savoy Theatre in London stand (18) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public building in the world (19) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (20) ____ himself - holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.

Question 11.

1. by
2. to
3. at
4. with

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (11) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (12) ____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (13) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in 1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (14) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (15) ____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.

Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty smoke and they soon (16) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (17) ____ the opportunity to make his new Savoy Theatre in London stand (18) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public building in the world (19) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (20) ____ himself - holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.

Question 12.

1. private
2. privately
3. privacy
4. privates

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (11) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (12) ____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (13) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in 1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (14) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (15) ____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.

Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty smoke and they soon (16) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (17) ____ the opportunity to make his new Savoy Theatre in London stand (18) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public building in the world (19) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (20) ____ himself - holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.

Question 13.

1. rights
2. ownership
3. patent
4. possession

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (11) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (12) ____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (13) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in 1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (14) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (15) ____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.

Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty smoke and they soon (16) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (17) ____ the opportunity to make his new Savoy Theatre in London stand (18) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public building in the world (19) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (20) ____ himself - holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.

Question 14.

1. special
2. specialty
3. specially
4. specialist

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (11) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (12) ____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (13) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in 1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (14) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (15) ____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.

Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty smoke and they soon (16) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (17) ____ the opportunity to make his new Savoy Theatre in London stand (18) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public building in the world (19) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (20) ____ himself - holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.

Question 15.

1. so
2. so that
3. than
4. rather than

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (11) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (12) ____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (13) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in 1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (14) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (15) ____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.

Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty smoke and they soon (16) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (17) ____ the opportunity to make his new Savoy Theatre in London stand (18) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public building in the world (19) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (20) ____ himself - holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.

Question 16.

1. took
2. came
3. carried
4. caught

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (11) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (12) ____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (13) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in 1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (14) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (15) ____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.

Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty smoke and they soon (16) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (17) ____ the opportunity to make his new Savoy Theatre in London stand (18) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public building in the world (19) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (20) ____ himself - holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.

Question 17.

1. provided
2. passed
3. offered
4. seized

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (11) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (12) ____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (13) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in 1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (14) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (15) ____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.

Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty smoke and they soon (16) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (17) ____ the opportunity to make his new Savoy Theatre in London stand (18) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public building in the world (19) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (20) ____ himself - holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.

Question 18.

1. away
2. by
3. out
4. up

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (11) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (12) ____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (13) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in 1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (14) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (15) ____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.

Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty smoke and they soon (16) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (17) ____ the opportunity to make his new Savoy Theatre in London stand (18) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public building in the world (19) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (20) ____ himself - holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.

Question 18.

1. away
2. by
3. out
4. up