Perfective & Progressive Aspects
Relative Clauses
Conditionals
Articles and Plurals
Combining Clauses
100
Put the verb in the correct tense/aspect combo: I ________ (go) to Paris in 2005.
I went to Paris in 2005.
100
Identify the error and correct it: Annamarie, who hiccupped for seven hours afterward.
Laughter exploded from Annamarie, who hiccuped for seven hours afterward.
100
Correct the errors: If I save enough money, I go to Japan.
If I save enough money, I will go to Japan.
100
Fix the article errors: I am leaving US on Friday.
I am leaving the US on Friday.
100
Find the error and correct it. Grandma still rides her motorcycle her toy poodle balances in a basket between the handlebars.
Run - on sentence. Grandma still rides her motorcycle, and her toy poodle balances in a basket between the handlebars. OR Grandma still rides her motorcycle; her toy poodle balances in a basket between the handlebars.
200
Put the verb in the correct tense/aspect combo: I ____________ (not, leave) the US since 2008.
I have not left the US since 2008.
200
Identify the error and correct it: Broccoli that people often don't eat is very nutritious.
Broccoli, which people often don't eat, is very nutritious.
200
Put the verb in the correct tense: If you do the dishes, I _________ (take out) the trash.
If you do the dishes, I will take out the trash.
200
Fix the article and plural errors: Many researches have been done to discover the best way to lose weight.
Much research has been done to discover the best way to lose weight.
200
Find the error and correct it: Grandma still rides her motorcycle her toy poodle balances in a basket between the handlebars.
While Grandma rides her motorcycle, her toy poodle balances in a basket between the handlebars. OR Grandma rides her motorcycle, as her toy poodle balances in a basket between the handlebars.
300
Put the verb in the correct tense/aspect combo: By the time I got home, my favorite TV show _________ (start). I __________ (miss) the beginning.
By the time I got home, my favorite TV show had started. I missed the beginning.
300
Identify the error and correct it: Chewing with her mouth open is one reason how Fred cannot stand sitting across from his sister Melanie.
Chewing with her mouth open is one reason why Fred cannot stand sitting across from his sister Melanie.
300
Put the verb in the correct tense: If I ________ (save) enough money, I would have gone to Japan.
If I had saved enough money, I would have gone to Japan.
300
Fill in a(n), the, or 0 where necessary. ____ participants were first asked to take ____ piece of paper from _____ bag.
Participants were first asked to take a piece of paper from a bag.
300
Find the errors and correct them: Julie is a real hypochondriac when her stomach hurts, she is certain that she has a bleeding ulcer, and if she has a backache, she believes that she has cancer of the spine.
Fused sentence. Julie is a real hypochondriac. When her stomach hurts, she is certain that she has a bleeding ulcer, and if she has a backache, she believes that she has cancer of the spine.
400
Put the verb in the correct tense/aspect combo: I ___________ (wait) to book my flight to NYC for months, until I ____________ (find) out that tickets are on sale now.
I had been waiting to book my flight to NYC for months, until I found out that tickets are on sale now.
400
Identify the error and correct it: The car that purchased from a newspaper ad belches broke down yesterday.
The car that she purchased from a newspaper ad belches broke down yesterday.
400
If we had no winter, spring ________ (not be) so pleasant.
If we had no winter, spring would not be so pleasant.
400
Add articles and plurals where necessary. ____ number of study have confirmed that ____ climate change is happening.
A number of studies have confirmed that climate change is happening.
400
Find the error and correct it: Scooting the glass of iced tea closer to her plate. Brave Vanessa dipped the tortilla chip into Pedro's infamous hot sauce.
Fragment Scooting the glass of iced tea closer to her plate, brave Vanessa dipped the tortilla chip into Pedro's infamous hot sauce.
500
Put the verb in the correct tense/aspect combo: By this time tomorrow, we __________ (finish) our reading and vocab class.
By this time tomorrow, we will have finished our reading and vocab class.
500
Correct the error: I like the paintings which hanging in the Samson Student Center.
I like the paintings hanging in the Samson Student Center. or I like the paintings that hang in the Samson Student Center.
500
Write a conditional sentence for this situation: You are offering advice to a friend about how to tell their teacher that they need to make up a test.
If I were you, I would send your teacher an email and explain why you need to make up the test.
500
Add articles and plurals where needed. One of _____ idea presented at ___ TED is that ____ school should adapt to student's need. ____ high school in Carmel has used this idea to create _____ new curriculum.
One of the ideas presented at TED is that school should adapt to student's needs. The high school in Carmel has used this idea to create a new curriculum.
500
Find the error and correct it: When Kate saw the grayish worm on the dissection tray. She folded her arms and refused to pick up the scalpel even though she would earn a zero in lab.
When Kate saw the grayish worm on the dissection tray, she folded her arms and refused to pick up the scalpel even though she would earn a zero in lab.
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