_    great was the destruction that the south took decades to recover.

The latest ratings have aroused claims that reality television shows are on their last ............

Rainwater taking unused chemicals from fields into streams or lakes, where various compounds promote the rate growing of weeds.

At first the children enjoyed the game, but quite soon the novelty_______ .

Identify the error in each sentence: 

Today the number (A) of people whom (B) enjoy winter sports is (C) almost double that (D) of twenty years ago.

The sister Grimm intended their fairy tales to be studied by scholars of German literature and not to enjoy as simple stories by children

Muscles are essentially made up by elastic fibers that lend flexibility to the body.

The modern Indian dictionary is typically a single compact volume published with a modest price.

In the afternoon ______ heavy snow began to fall. Soon ______ streets were covered with ____ snow. The poor little girl walked in _____ snow, cold and hungry. 

Identify the error in each sentence: 

Sandara has not rarely missed a play or concert since she was seventeen years old.

One of the greatest of mountains climbers, Carl Blaurock was the first to climb all of the mountains higher than 14,000 feet in the United States.

He prefers reading comics _________ playing football.

If I were like you, I’d spend a bit more and buy the hardback version of the book.

Identify the error in each sentence: Unfortunately, the species has gotten extinct due to human activity.

I read something about Taranrino’s new film on that magazine.

More than 10,000 years ago, glaciers moved across the Minnesota region four time, leveling most of the land.

Because there was no evidence against himself, Slade was releasing.

The officials of the Board of Elections told that each voter present their registration card and a valid Texas driver’s license after receiving a ballot.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

The collapse of the stock market in 1929 signaled the beginning of the Depression.

Let's go and watch those students play ____ cards. 

After a while, the track we have been following became thick undergrowth.