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enSweet Tooth: Multiple Choice Grammar Test
Read the text below. For questions (1– 10) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
A wild prairie dog, usually found only in (1) _______ , has been discovered in a field in Lincolnshire.
The (2) _______ burrowing rodent, is not actually a dog but part of the squirrel family and (3) _______ eating sugar beet at a farm in Rippingale, near Grantham, last week.
A farmer spotted the animal before managing (4) _______ it in a box and (5) _______ the RSPCA for advice. An animal collection officer took the frightened prairie dog to the Ferret Rescue Centre near Bourne, (6) _______ is run by Julie Stoodley.
The animal, which has been named “Sugar-Poser” by staff, (7) _______ with rotting teeth and weighed just (8) _______ of his ideal body weight.
Only a handful of prairie dogs, which are native to the grassland of Canada, Mexico and the United States, live as pets in Britain and there are (9) _______ in wildlife centres. It is planned that the animal (10) _______ into a small colony at a wildlife park in Oxfordshire.
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | an North America | a North America | North America | the North America |
| 2 | eight-inches | eight-inch | eight-inch’s | eight-inches’ |
| 3 | finds | found | was found | was founded |
| 4 | catching | caught | to catch | catches |
| 5 | being called | calling | calls | was called |
| 6 | whose | that | what | which |
| 7 | suffering | has suffered | suffers | was suffering |
| 8 | a third | the third | third | thirdly |
| 9 | a few dozens | a few dozen | the few dozen | a few of dozen |
| 10 | will be introduced | introducing | introduced | is introducing |
1.C; 2.B; 3.C; 4.C; 5.B; 6.D; 7.D; 8.A; 9.B; 10.A
