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Find the errors in this sentence:
Clouds filter some rays, but not all, which is why you can still get burned on overcast day.
on AN overcast day
Identify the relative clause and correctly punctuate this sentence:
Even though she can no longer drive she has an old Volkswagen that still looks brand new.
Even though she can no longer drive, she has an old Volkswagen that still looks brand new.
Complete the conditional with the appropriate AFFIRMATIVE or NEGATIVE form of HAVE:
If Koji doesn't some to the party, we _______ a ride home.
If Koji doesn't come to the party, we won't have a ride home.
Rewrite the sentence and change the verb tense to the appropriate form:
You've read that book already.
I thought...
I thought you had read that book already.
Report this speech:
David, the security manager: "We will investigate the robbery. Please give us more time. The police are going to ask you for a statement."
David said the security team would investigate the robbery. He told us to give them more time, and the police were going to ask us for a statement.
Identify the italicized noun as GENERIC or SPECIFIC:
The cantaloupe is actually a muskmelon.
Generic
Bonus 200 points: How do you know the noun is generic?
Combine the two sentences using who, that or which:
The lady asked me to help her. She lives in the next apartment.
The lady that lives in the next apartment asked me for help.
The lady who lives in the next apartment asked me for help.
Complete this unreal conditional sentence:
If we _______ (have) a cell phone, we could call from anywhere.
If we had a cell phone, we could call from anywhere.
Correct the error:
Do you remember what time did we leave?
Do you remember what time we left?
Choose the appropriate beginning for the sentence:
_________ us that the teacher would be late for class.
a. She asked
b. She told
c. She said
b. She told
Decide why THE is used in this sentence:
I went to a musical performance last night. I didn't enjoy the recital very much.
a. Mentioned again - The item has already been mentioned
b. Visual Context - The listener can see the item.
c. General Knowledge - The listener can guess which item the speaker means.
General Knowledge - The listener can guess which item the speaker means
Combine the two sentences using nonrestrictive relative clauses:
My computer is on sale for $799. It cost me $1,500 a year ago.
My computer, which cost me $1,500 a year ago, is on sale for $799.
Rewrite the following question to ask for permission with an unreal conditional:
Does it bother you if I record the lectures?
Would it bother you if I record the lectures?
Embed this question into another question:
What is Einstein's theory of relativity?
Could you explain what Einstein's theory of relativity is?
Change the reported speech to DIRECT speech:
He asked if I would help him the next day.
"Will you help me tomorrow?" he asked.
Decide why THE is used in each instance:
When I came out of the supermarket this evening, my car didn't start because the battery had died. I called the towing service that I always use.
a. Familiar noun - The item is familiar to the speaker.
b. Unique noun - There is only one.
c. Noun modifiers - The noun is modified.
the supermarket - familiar noun
the battery - unique noun
the towing service - noun modified
Correct the error:
I bought a leather jacket, that is on sale.
I bought a leather jacket that was on sale.
Make a prediction/warning with if or unless:
woman/pay attention/purse/stolen
If the woman doesn't pay attention, her purse will be stolen.
Unless the woman pays attention, her purse will be stolen.
Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence:
We finally figured out there ____ a leak in the front tire.
a. is
b. was
c. had been
A, B and C are all correct
a. complained
b. assured
c. notified
Both B and C are possible
Provide the appropriate indefinite article or zero article to complete the sentences:
___ allergy is ____ immune response triggered by sensitivity to ___ substance. Contact with ___ substance can trigger ___ number of symptoms ranging from ____ skin rashes to asthma. ___ tendency toward ____ allergies often runs in ___ families.
An allergy
an immune response
a substance
a substance
a number
0 skin rashes
A tendency
0 allergies
0 families
Rewrite the group of sentences as ONE sentence, using restrictive and nonrestrictive relative clauses:
The mountaineering world was shocked to hear of the death of Babu Chhiri. He was a Sherpa. He climbed Mt. Everest in under seventeen hours.
The mountaineering world was shocked to hear of the death of Babu Chhiri, who was a Sherpa who climbed Mt. Everest in under 17 hours.
A truck crashed into a bridge and spilled chemicals into the river. The chemicals polluted the river. As a result, the children didn't have a place to swim.
If the truck hadn't spilled chemicals, the chemicals wouldn't have polluted the river.
If the truck hadn't crashed into the bridge, the children would have had a place to swim.
Reorder the words to form the correct question:
idea/?/daVinci's/do/any/hanging/you/in/Mona Lisa/is/or/painting/have/whether/not/Italy
Do you have any idea whether or not daVinci's Mona Lisa painting is hanging in Italy?
"The room is dirty, and there aren't any towels." (The hotel guest)
The hotel guest complained/pointed out/mentioned that the room was dirty and there weren't any towels.