Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library

150 Vocabulary 4000
Choice (A) is incorrect because the phrase using the Hubble
telescope does not have a noun to modify.
Choice (B) is incorrect because the phrase using the Hubble
telescope still does not have a noun to modify.
Choice (C) offers a noun, astronomers, but it is too far from the
phrase using the Hubble telescope.
In choice (E), the phrase with the aid of the Hubble telescope
does not have a noun to modify.
Choice (D) offers a noun, astronomers, and places it immediately
after the modifying phrase using the Hubble telescope. The
answer is (D).
3. The bitter cold the Midwest is experiencing is potentially life threatening to
stranded motorists unless well-insulated with protective clothing.
(A) stranded motorists unless insulated
(B) stranded motorists unless being insulated
(C) stranded motorists unless they are insulated
(D) stranded motorists unless there is insulation
(E) the stranded motorist unless insulated
Choice (A) is incorrect. As worded, the sentence implies that the
cold should be well insulated.
Choice (B) is awkward; besides, it still implies that the cold
should be well insulated.
Choice (D) does not indicate what should be insulated.
Choice (E), like choices (A) and (B), implies that the cold
should be well insulated.
Choice (C) is the answer since it correctly implies that the
stranded motorists should be well insulated with protective clothing.