Battle of English Brains

1. Not only ____________________ places of beauty, but they also serve scientific and educational purposes as well.

• are botanical gardens

• botanical gardens to be

  
  

• botanical gardens are

• to be botanical gardens

  
  

1. __________ quicksand can be found all over the world, little was known about its composition until recently.

• Except

• Although

  
  

• Even

• Despite

  
  

1. ________________ are a form of carbon has been known since the late eighteenth century.

• 1. Diamonds

• 1. Because diamonds

• 1. That diamonds

• 1. Diamonds, which

Platinum is harder than copper and is almost as pliable _________

• 1. gold

• 1. than gold

• 1. as gold

• 1. gold is

1. Many communities are dependent on groundwater __________ from wells for their water supply.

• 1. that obtained

• 1. obtained

• 1. is obtained

• 1. obtain it

1. Tiger moths __________ wings marked with stripes or spots.

• have

• 1. with

• 1. Their

• 1. whose

The higher the temperature of a molecule, _______________

• 1. the more energy it has

• 1. than it has more energy

• 1. more energy has it

• 1. it has more energy

1. Rarely _________________ seen far from water.

• 1. spotted turtles

• 1. spotted turtles are

• 1. have spotted turtles

• 1. are spotted turtles

1.  _____________ young, chimpanzees are easily trained.

• 1. When are

• 1. When

• 1. They are

• 1. When are they

1. Frontier surgeon Ephraim MacDonald had to perform operations ___________ anesthesia.

• 1. no

• 1. not having

• 1. without

• 1. there wasn’t