ESL Grammar With Readings 3

Choose the appropriate options to complete the short passages.

ESL Mixed With Readings:

Mixed Grammar With Reading 1
Mixed Grammar With Reading 2
Mixed Grammar With Reading 3
Mixed Grammar With Reading 4
Mixed Grammar With Reading 5
Mixed Grammar With Reading 6
Mixed Grammar With Reading 7

Questions 1 through 5

In 1907, James Murray Spangler, a janitor in a Canton, Ohio department store, (1) ---- that the carpet sweeper he used was the source of his cough. He tinkered with an old fan motor and attached it to a soap box (2) ---- to a broom handle. Using a pillowcase (3) ---- a dust collector on the contraption, Spangler invented a portable electric vacuum cleaner. He then improved his first basic model to use (4) ---- a cloth filter bag and cleaning attachments. He received a patent in 1908 and (5) ---- the company Electric Suction Sweeper.

1.

found out
took after
came by
run out of
got away

had stapled
stapled
have stapled
was stapled
was stapling

too
such
as
so
very

all
much
both
either
neither

established
forsaken
acquitted
inflated
investiaged

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Questions 6 through 10

Mary Queen of Scots, had (6) ---- claim to the throne of England after the children of Henry VIII. Her candidacy made Mary a (7) ---- to Elizabeth I of England. This was one of the greatest rivalry in history. Elizabet finally had her (8) ----. (9) ----, Mary's son, James VI of Scotland, succeeded Elizabeth to the English throne as James I. Mary's beauty and charm and her undoubted courage (10) ---- her a particularly romantic figure in history. She is also the subject of Schiller's great drama Maria Stuart, an opera by Donizetti.

6.

strongest
much stronger
the strongest
the stronger
stronger

threat
execution
validity
requirement
reflection

execute
to execute
executing
executed
being executed

However
Much as
In spite of
Even though
Hence

10.

make
will make
was made
have made
had made