Verb Tenses
Complete the sentence:
Every semester, each student at HFC _______.
Use simple present. Be careful with subject / verb agreement.
Every semester, each student at HFC registers for new classes / starts fresh.
Complete the sentence with the correct word or words:
Henry Ford College is the campus
that / where / which / O / who
is on Evergreen Road next to UM-Dearborn.
restrictive subject relative clause
that / which - or reduced by using O and taking away "is"
Henry Ford College is the campus that / which is on Evergreen Road next to UM-Dearborn.
Henry Ford College is the campus on Evergreen Road next to UM-Dearborn.
Complete the sentence:
If I get help with my homework, ________.
Complete as a fact or future prediction:
If I get help with my homework, I understand the information.
If I get help with my homework, I will get a better grade.
Correct the sentence:
I think HFC English Language Institute gives the right amount of homeworks.
Possessive ('s) and noncount noun (cannot be plural):
I think HFC's English Language Institute gives the right amount of homework.
Change this sentence to passive, if possible:
Something exciting happened to me on the way to HFC today.
"Happen" is an intransitive verb; the sentence cannot be changed.
Correct the sentence:
When you start attending HFC?
Use the past tense and question word order:
When did you start attending HFC?
Correct the sentence:
I chose HFC because I wanted to go to a community college that have a good English language program.
Be careful with subject / verb agreement in adjective clauses
I chose HFC because I wanted to go to a community college that has a good English language program.
Complete the sentence:
After I finish the ELI Program at HFC, I ____ .
Complete in the future:
After I finish the ELI Program at HFC, I will start my degree program.
Correct the sentence:
There is a free preschool for child on HFC campus.
Spelling of irregular plurals, possessive form or use "the"
There is a free preschool for children on HFC's campus.
There is a free preschool for children on the HFC campus.
Why is this sentence in the passive?
The honking sounds of geese can be heard across HFC's campus.
To avoid using a general subject:
People can hear the honking sounds of geese across HFC's campus.
Correct the sentence:
Because there is fewer weeks in the summer semester, students are required to spend more hours in class each week.
Be careful with subject / verb agreement
Because there are fewer weeks in the summer semester, students are required to spend more hours in class each week.
Choose the word or words that complete the sentence:
Nursing and Radiology are the two programs
that / which / O / who / where / why
I want to apply to.
restrictive object relative clause:
Nursing and Radiology are the two programs that / which / O I want to apply to.
Complete the sentence with the correct word:
_____Henry Ford Community College added a Bachelor's degree program in 2013, it qualified as a four-year college and could remove "Community" from its name.
Because (or After) Henry Ford Community College added a Bachelor's degree program in 2013, it qualified as a four-year college and could remove "Community" from its name.
Choose the words that complete the sentence correctly. How does the meaning change with each word?
I don't know
if / when / where / what / how / that / whether
I'll transfer from HFC to another school.
I don't know if / when / what / how / that / whether I'll transfer from HFC to another school.
Each word works except for "where," which would work if we removed "another school" and moved "to."
I don't know where I'll transfer to from HFC. (awkward)
Change the sentence to passive. Why might the passive sentence be better?
Students must pay the full tuition by the due date.
The full tuition must be paid by the due date.
To focus on "tuition", "Students" is an obvious subject or not always the right subject (other people may pay the tuition for the students.)
Complete the sentence:
I ____ (attend) HFC since ____.
Use Present Perfect Progressive
I have been attending HFC since 2022.
Reduce the sentence:
The Henry Ford Estate, which is located along the Rouge River, was one of Henry Ford's homes, which was also known as Fair Lane.
To reduce, take off "which" or "that" plus the be verb in subject relative clauses:
The Henry Ford Estate, located along the Rouge River next to HFC, was one of Henry Ford's homes, also known as Fair Lane.
Complete the sentence with any correct word:
____ the bank along the Rouge River started to erode, Kingfisher Bluff was built to keep the bank in place.
When / After / Because the bank along the Rouge River started to erode, Kingfisher Bluff was built to keep the bank in place.
Complete the sentences with either the infinitive or the gerund form.
HFC avoids ____ (use) too much energy on the weekends by ____ (close) certain buildings. The campus also reminds students ____ (use) the manual doors.
Certain verbs take the gerund form (avoid) or the infinitive form (remind). Gerunds follow prepositions (by).
HFC avoids using too much energy on the weekends by closing certain buildings. The campus also reminds students to use the manual doors.
Complete the sentence with any modal that works. How does the meaning change with different modals? Can the sentence be made passive?
HFC staff ___ remove the geese from campus to a more suitable location.
HFC staff must / should / can / might remove the geese from campus to a more suitable location.
The geese must / should / can / might be removed to a more suitable location (by HFC staff).
Must = no choice, should = advisable, can = ability, might = possibility or suggestion
Complete the sentence:
By the time I graduate from HFC,_____.
Use the future perfect:
By the time I graduate from HFC, I will have completed 60 credits / I will have spent three years as a full-time student.
Correct the sentence:
The Rouge River, which meanders along the west side of HFC's campus, is considered an Area of Concern, means it has too much pollution.
This clause can be reduced by removing "which" and using the verb + ing:
The Rouge River, which meanders along the west side of HFC's campus, is considered an Area of Concern, which means it has too much pollution / meaning it has too much pollution.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb:
If HFC had not added the BA degree, it ____ (not, change) its name.
Unreal conditional in the past:
If HFC had not added the BA degree, it would not have changed its name.
Complete the sentence with the correct words:
Today we learned ____ HFC was founded, ____ it changed its name, and ____ BA degrees they have.
Noun clauses often use question words, but don't use question word order:
Today we learned when (or why) HFC was founded, why (or when) it changed its name, and what (or which) BA degrees they have.
Change the first sentence to passive. Why is this an improvement?
Someone has planted lovely trees in the median on the west side of HFC's campus. They are flowering now.
Lovely trees have been planted in the median on the west side of HFC's campus. They are flowering now.
To keep the focus on trees and remove the general subject. To keep the subjects consistent from one sentence to the next, improving cohesion in writing.