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Exercise 1:

Nouns are tested on the TOEFL test. Complete these sentences with nouns.

1. The brain stores 100 trillion pieces of …”information”…….

2. Men’s brains are heavier than …”a woman’s”….brains.

3. The brain uses one-quarter, or …”one-fourth(25%)”….of the body’s program.

4. The left brain controls math, …”language”…., and …”logic”…….

5. The right brain controls color, …”art color”…., and …”music”….

6. The human brain weighs about 3.5…”pounds”….

7. The brain cannot feel..”pain”….

8. The brain receives more than 100……”trillion pieces of information ,in each second the
brain receives more than 100 million nerve”…….messages from the body

Exercise 2:

From the reading work out whether statements are true or false. Check T for True and F

for False.

1.The weight of the brain depends on intelligence. T F JAWAB : T

2. A jazz musician has a dominant right brain. T F JAWAB : T

3. A left handed person has a dominant left brain T F JAWAB : F

4. When you play a game of chess you use the left side of your brain T F JAWAB : T
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5. Your lost brain cells are always replaced T F JAWAB : F

6. The brain feels pain when you have a new headache T JAWAB : F

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with the name of the country or island.

1. Honshu is the biggest island in…”Japan”….

2. …”Greenland”….is the biggest island in the world.

3. According to the geographers, …”Australia”….is not an island, but a continent.

4. About 11,000 years ago…”Great Britain”…….was connected to Europe.

5. …”Surtsey”….was formed by a volcano millions of years ago.

6. .”Surtsey”….is a new island formed in 1963

Exercise 4: Complete the sentences below with information from the cart

1. Greenland is the largest island. It is in the …”Australia”….ocean.

2. …”Surtsey”….is the second largest island. It is in the …”Iceland”….ocean.

3. ………….is…………. ………….largest island. It is in…”Greenland”…. Ocean.

4. ………….is…………. ………….largest island. It is in ..”Greenland”….Ocean.

5. ………….is …………. ………….fifth largest island. It is in …”Baffin”…. Ocean.

6. ………….is…………. ………….largest island. It is in ..”Greenland”…. Ocean

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Exercise 3:

Correct the errors in noun forms in the following sentences.

1. Intelligence is the ability to use thought and …”knowledges”… to understand things and

solve problems.

2. Hormones help adjust the mixture of sugar, salt, and…” waters”… in your body.

3. Psychology, meaning the study of mind and how it works, comes from a Greek word

meaning ….”lifes”…. or soul.

4. Brain cells use up a lot of energy, so they need a constant supply of…” oxygens”….

5. Each hemisphere of the brain receives information about the opposite side of the

visual field.

6. Although millions of brain neurons are active at any one time, they do not use much

….”electricity power”…...

7. ….” Lights”…. entering the eye forms an image on 130 million tiny light cells.

8. Most…” animal”…. are able to rely on learning and memory

Exercise 4

Correct the errors in the following sentences.

1. People’s brains weigh more now than they did 100 year ago.

2. Nerves impulses can travel at speeds of up to 488 feet per second.

3. The brain contains between 10trillions and 100 trillions neurons.

4. Each neutron is linked by synapses to thousand of other neurons.

5. Nerves endings below the skin’s surface pick up sensation of cold, heat, and touch.

6. There are three to four millions pain receptors in the skin.

7. A three-year-old child’s brain is two-thirds the size it will finally be.

8. The brain uses 25 percents of the blood’s oxygen

Exercise 5: Circle a or an in the following sentences. Write “C” on the left if

the sentence is correct. Write “NC” if the sentence is not

correct. Correct the error.

…”C”….1. Indonesia is a country made of thousands of islands.

…”NC”….2. Greenland is an big with a permanent ice cap covering it.

…”C”….3. The Bahamas, which consist of 700 hundred islands, have a superb climate.

…”C”….4. Robinson Crusoe is a character in a book by Daniel Defoe.\

…”C”….5. Robinson Crusoe spent twenty years with his friend Man Friday on a

uninhabited island.

…”C”….6. New Guinea is a country where there are a 700 languages.

…”C”….7. Etna is an active volcano on the island of Sicily.

…”NC”….8. On the island of Borneo, there is a snake that can fly or leap up to 20 meters.

…”C”….9. The plants and an animals that live on an island may develop to be quite

Different

V. EXERCISES on NOUNS & ARTICLES

Directions: From the four underlined words or phrases A, B, C, or D, identify the one that

is not correct.

1. The potato was the staple of Ireland and when the crop failed in 1840, there was mass

ABC

starvations.
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“D” : starvations

2. Sharks can maneuver considerably faster than other fish because they have no bones.

“A” B C D : sharks

3. Although sugar cane and sugar beet look very different, the sugars that is refined

A B “C”

from them tastes almost the same.

D : the sugars

4. Textiles industries are as widespread as food industries because both supply basic

“A” B C
human needs.

D : textiles

5. Many animal species are totally colorsblind, but the condition is very rare in humans.

A” B” C D : totally colorsblind

6. Our skulls is made up of eight cranial and fourteen facial bones.

“A” B C D : our skulls

7. Diamonds, which is about 40 times as hard as talc, is made up of pure carbon.

“A” B C D : diamonds

8. The oceans contain about 97 percent the world’s water supply, and about another 2

ABC

percent of the world’s water supply is ices.

“D” : ices
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9. Brain waves patterns vary among different people and in different activities.
“A” B C D : brain waves patterns vary among different people

10. The ancestor of today’s horse was a little mammal called eohippus, which first

AB

appeared 54 millions years ago.

“C” D : 54 millions years ago

11. Lasers are of great value in areas such as communications, industry, medicine, and

AB

C scientific research.

“D” : scientific research

12. Dinosaurs are classified as reptiles, although some appear to have been warms-

ABC

blooded.

“D” : blooded

13. The watt is named after James Watt, the British engineer who developed the

AB

steam engine in 1760s.

CD

14. Methane is a odorless burning gas and is the main ingredient of natural gas.

ABCD

15. The alcohol acts as a narcotic on the nervous system and the brain.

ABCD
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16. Zachari Taylor was first president to be elected from a state west of Mississippi River.

ABCD

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17. Barnacles, which are related to lobsters, shrimp, and crabs, make strongest glue.

ABCD

18. In the 1860s Louis Pasteur discovered that bacteria in air caused the perishable food to

ABC

go bad.

19. Land covers almost third of the earth’s surface, of which two-thirds is too cold or

“A” B C D : land

too dry for farming.

20. “Old Faithful” in Yellowstone National Park is probably the world’s most famous

ABCD

21. Thermographs are special pictures that show the variation in heat emitted by different

ABC

areas of body.