Incorrect Words

INCORRECT WORDS
1. When mining for gold, you must first obtain the gold ore and then
apart the gold from the ore.
D
(A) When mining
(B) must first
(C) and then
(D) apart
2. The amount of women earning Master's Degrees has risen sharply in
recent years.
A
(A) The amount of
(B) Master's
(C) has risen
(D) recent years
3. It was her, Elizabeth I, not her father, King Henry, who led England into
the Age of Empire.
A
(A) her
(B) her father
(C) who
(D) led
4. Mary and her sister just bought two new winters coats at the clearance
sale.
D
(A) her sister
(B) just bought
(C) two new
(D) winters
5. By the turn of the century, most of the inventions that were to bring in
all the comforts of modern living have already been thought of.

D
(A) By the turn of
(B) that
(C) were to
(D) have already been
6. Mercury and alcohol are widely used in thermometers because their
volume increases uniform with temperature.
D
(A) are
(B) widely
(C) their volume
(D) uniform with
7. The freshman failed to follow the advice of her senior that he studied
hard and not go out too much.
C
(A) freshman
(B) her
(C) studied
(D) go out
8. Parks which are found in downtown areas where office workers and store
employees can enjoy their lunch hours sitting on the green grass in clean,
fresh air.
D
(A) which
(B) employees
(C) lunch hours sitting
(D) fresh air
9. The guide told the tourists that it was a good restaurant specializing in
seafood just round the corner from the museum.
B

(A) The
(B) it was a
(C) specializing
(D) just round
10. Doctors believe there is better in this modern world of ours to try to
prevent illnesses than to rely on medicines to cure them.
B
(A) Doctors
(B) there is
(C) of ours
(D) to
11. The 1890's in America were known as a Gay Nineties.
D
(A) The
(B) in
(C) as
(D) a
12. Venomous snakes with modified teeth connected to poison glands in
which the venom is secreted and stored.
A
(A) with
(B) poison glands
(C) in which
(D) is secreted
13. The Indians of the southwestern United States are famous for their
beautiful art work, especially handmade jewelry cast from silver, carved
from stones, or decorations with beads and feathers.
D
(A) are
(B) art work

(C) especially
(D) decorations
14. In 1961 America's first manned spacecraft launched.
D
(A) In
(B) America's
(C) manned
(D) launched
15. I don't care you do just so long as you do it immediately.
B
(A) don't care
(B) you do
(C) so
(D) do
16. The master of ceremonies announced in a loud and clear voice and told
that the dinner would be late due to unforseen circumstances.
B
(A) of ceremonies
(B) and told
(C) would be
(D) due to
17. Oil whale lamps were replaced by kerosene lamps in 1860's and the
multi-million dollars whale industry came to an end.
A
(A) Oil whale
(B) were replaced
(C) multi-million
(D) came
18. When the ball struck him in the face, the player was collapsed but his
teammates carried on playing.

B
(A) in the face
(B) was collapsed
(C) but
(D) carried on
19. A few tiles on Skylab were the only equipments that failed to
perform well in outer space.
C
(A) A few
(B) were
(C) equipments
(D) to perform
20. With its strong claws and its many protruding tooth a gopher is
an excellent digger.
C
(A) With
(B) strong claws
(C) protruding tooth
(D) is
21. The decision to withdraw all support from the activities of the
athletes are causing an uproar among the athlete's fans.
C
(A) to withdraw
(B) all support
(C) are causing
(D) among
22. In experiments with large numbers of animals crowded in small
cages, some have not been affected, but the rest of have shown all
of the symptoms associated with stress and mental illness.
B

(A) large numbers
(B) the rest of
(C) have shown
(D) all of the symptoms
23. A number of novels submitted their manuscripts under
pseudonyms to conceal the fact that they were women.
B
(A) A number
(B) novels
(C) to conceal
(D) they were
24. Louis Braille designed a form of communication enabling people to
convey and preserve their thoughts to incorporate a series of dots
which were read by the finger tips.
C
(A) enabling
(B) to convey
(C) to incorporate
(D) were read
25. In the last 10 years, Mexican government has reduced the
number of its state-owned companies to about half.
A
(A) Mexican
(B) has reduced
(C) its
(D) to