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enMummification: Multiple Choice Grammar Test
Egyptian cemeteries were (1) _________ sited in the desert to (2) _________ of towns and cities. (3) _________ burials were made (4) _________into pits in the ground, where they (5)_________ by hot dry sand. A belief in life after death was current in (6) _________ Predynastic times when burials typically (7) _________ simple grave goods. (8) _________ the body the practice of mummification was developed.
After the removal of the internal organs (9) _________ in four containers (10) _________ as Canonical jars – the body was (11) _________ out using natron, a natural salt. Finally, it (12)_________ in linen bandages and placed in a coffin. As incarnate gods, the pharaohs (13)_________ especially elaborate mummification.
They were carefully bandaged with fine linen, their bodies covered with protective amulets and jewellery. A gold mask (14) _________ over the neck and head before the royal mummy was encased in a series (15) _________ coffins and placed in a huge stone sarcophagus in the burial chamber.
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | commonest | commonly | common | commoner |
| 2 | westwards | western | west | the west |
| 3 | The earliest | Earlier | Earliest | Early |
| 4 | directs | direction | directly | direct |
| 5 | preserved | preserve | are preserved | were preserved |
| 6 | — | the | a | an |
| 7 | include | was included | included | were included |
| 8 | Preserved | Preserving | To preserve | Being preserved |
| 9 | preserved | were preserved | preserving | to preserve |
| 10 | known | knowing | knows | knew |
| 11 | has dried | dries | dry | dried |
| 12 | was wrapped | wrapped | wrapping | is wrapped |
| 13 | undergo | underwent | has undergone | were undergone |
| 14 | were placed | was placed | is placed | will be placed |
| 15 | in | of | on | under |
1.B; 2.D; 3.A; 4.C; 5.D; 6.B; 7.C; 8.C; 9.A; 10.A; 11.D; 12.A; 13.B; 14.B; 15.B
