UNLV Introduces a Minor in Teaching Mariachi as Demand for Instructors Grows

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Practice level

C2. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Fill in the blank (dropdown), Single choice

How to approach this practice

Read the complete sentence and notice the subject, verb form, time reference and word order before answering.

1. Question 1 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The programme was created ___ a shortage of qualified instructors.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. addressing
   2. to address
   3. addressed
   4. address
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   Blank 1

   to address

   “To address” expresses the programme’s intended purpose.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which sentence correctly uses a non-finite clause to express contrast?

   1. While preserving as a traditional style, mariachi is integrated into schools.
   2. While preserved as a traditional style, mariachi is integrated into schools.
   3. While preserve as a traditional style, mariachi is integrated into schools.
   4. While to preserve as a traditional style, mariachi is integrated into schools.
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   Answer

   While preserved as a traditional style, mariachi is integrated into schools.

   “While preserved” correctly contrasts preservation with contemporary integration.

3. Question 3 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The ensemble’s performance prompted a conversation, ___ the programme’s institutional development.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. thereby prompting
   2. thereby prompt
   3. thereby to prompt
   4. thereby prompted
   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   thereby prompting

   “Thereby prompting” correctly expresses a resulting consequence.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which sentence correctly uses an emphatic inversion?

   1. Not only mariachi is being preserved, but it is also being integrated.
   2. Not only is mariachi being preserved, but it is also being integrated.
   3. Not only being preserved mariachi, but it is also being integrated.
   4. Not only does mariachi being preserved, but it is also being integrated.
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   Not only is mariachi being preserved, but it is also being integrated.

   After “not only” at the beginning, auxiliary inversion is required.

5. Question 5 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The director argued that mariachi education ___ at university level.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. needed establish
   2. needed establishing
   3. needed to be established
   4. needed to establishing
   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   needed to be established

   The passive modal construction requires “needed to be established.”

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which sentence correctly uses a reduced relative clause?

   1. Ensembles forming in border states create demand for teachers.
   2. Ensembles formed in border states create demand for teachers.
   3. Ensembles to formed in border states create demand for teachers.
   4. Ensembles having form in border states create demand for teachers.
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   Answer

   Ensembles formed in border states create demand for teachers.

   “Formed in border states” correctly reduces a passive relative clause.

7. Question 7 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Mariachi programmes have become so widespread that universities ___ future instructors.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. must training
   2. must to train
   3. must train
   4. must trained
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   Blank 1

   must train

   The result clause requires the modal “must train.”

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which sentence correctly expresses a past unreal condition?

   1. If Blanco had not recognised the opportunity, the minor would not have emerged.
   2. If Blanco did not recognise the opportunity, the minor would not emerge.
   3. If Blanco has not recognised the opportunity, the minor would not have emerged.
   4. If Blanco had not recognised the opportunity, the minor would not emerged.
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   Answer

   If Blanco had not recognised the opportunity, the minor would not have emerged.

   The third conditional uses past perfect and “would have” plus a participle.

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