Grammar Power Points

1. Grammar Power Points

2. 1/19- Grammar 1B • 1. A number of trainees which A take this course every year find B that their C knowledge of mathematics is D inadequate. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

3. Explanation: • Correct answer: A- who • Who refers to people. That and which refer to groups of thingsor a thing.

4. Grammar 2B- 1/21 • 2. Either of the solutions you have A proposed are B acceptable to the union, whose C members are willing D to compromise. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

5. Correct Answer: B • Explanation: • Either requires a singular verb: change are to is. Also, remember, either is always paired with or and neither is always paired with nor. You cannot interchange them.

6. 1/26- Grammar 3B • 3. The last man on earth will A abandon his ruined house for B a cave and C his woven clothes for an animal's D skin. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

7. Explanation: • Correct answer: E- no error. The sentence is correct as is.

8. 1/28- Grammar 4B • 4. The station was a hive A of bustling activity, B the arrival of the train was the most important C event of the day in D that remote place. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

9. Correct Answer: B • Explanation: • Change the comma to a semicolon. (There are two complete sentences.) • This is a comma splice.

10. 2/2- Grammar 5B • 5. My grandmother's legacy is A substantial, especially B if the value of the rare stamps are C taken into D consideration. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

11. Correct Answer: C • Explanation: • The verb are should be changed to is to agree with the subject, value.

12. 2/4- Grammar 6B • 6. Neither Bradley, nor more A recent critics who have written B on Shakespeare's tragedies, has C been able to give a convincing explanation for the timing of D events in Othello. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

13. Correct Answer: C • Explanation: • With the “neither... nor” construction, the verb agrees with the noun after the “nor”. Therefore we should change has to have.

14. 2/18- Grammar 7B • 7. The bridal gown was most A unique: the B bridegroom designed it C and his D mother provided the lace fabric. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

15. Correct Answer: A • Explanation: • Never put most before unique. (Unique is already a superlative.)

16. 2/23- Grammar 8B • 8. For a successful career as A a beautician, one B must be prepared to dissemble C and you must not tell your client the unvarnished truth about his or her D appearance. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

17. Correct Answer: B • Explanation: • For pronoun continuity, change one to you.

18. 2/25- Grammar 9B • 9. When Russell Wallace and Darwin independently A proposed similar theories, Darwin had B already accumulated extensive evidence with which C to support his D ideas. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

19. Correct Answer: D • Explanation: • Ambiguous pronoun. Does the evidence support Darwin or Wallace, or both? One can add, his own to make the sentence specific.

20. 3/1- Grammar 10B • 10. Everyone who A visits Singapore is impressed B by its cleanliness, which C is mainly a result of rigorous implementation of their D strict laws. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

21. Correct Answer: D • Explanation: • You cannot use they or their when talking of a country or city. Change to its strict laws.

22. 3/3- Grammar 11B • 1. I agree that A a knowledge of Latin is helpful to build B a good English vocabulary, but C I do not think I have the capacity to D study the subject at the moment. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

23. Correct Answer: B • Explanation: • The correct idiom is “is helpful in building” [But we can also say, “helps to build”].

24. 3/8- Grammar 12B • 12. In such A areas as sports, ranking of individual performance isB relatively well accepted since C the parameters on which the rating are D based are generally objective. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

25. Correct Answer: D • Explanation: • Change are to is to agree with the subject ranking.

26. 3/10- Grammar 13B • 3.Determination of A the long-term effects of B aerosols on the upper atmosphere is C currently one of the more challenging D problems in climate research. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

27. Correct Answer: D • Explanation: • Change more to most. [More would be used if there were only two problems.]

28. 3/15- Grammar 14B • 4. The most A important skill I learned B in my two years of C senior high school was to D direct the course of my own studies. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

29. Correct Answer: E • Explanation:No error- no explanation required.

30. 3/22- Grammar 15B • 5. Scientific advances over the last fifty years have led A to revolutionary changes in health, agriculture and communication, and B generally enhancing C socio-economic development and the quality of our lives D. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

31. Correct Answer: C • Explanation: • To maintain parallel construction we will have to say have enhanced.

32. 3/22- Grammar 16B • 6. This detailed yet A readable biography is well researched and B provides valuable insight to C the facts that D motivated the famous philosopher. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

33. Correct Answer: C • Explanation: • The idiom (correct phrase/word) is “insight into.”

34. 3/24- Grammar 17B • 8. The series of letters that Margaret wrote to her father contain A a valuable commentary on B the prevailing social conditions and attitudes that lead to her C leaving home at such D a young age. No error E. • A. B. C. D. E.

35. Correct Answer: E • Explanation: • All parts are correct.

36. 4/5- Grammar 18B • The new law is too A stringent; it B will be C neither respected or D obeyed. No error E. • A. 
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37. Answer • Correct Answer: D • Explanation: • Change to nor- Remember, Either/or and Neither/nor always go together. You cannot interchange them.

38. Grammar 19B- 4/9 • I do not wish to makeA a formal complaint, but I would have been better pleasedB if you gaveC the award to the person whoD best deserved it. No errorE. • A. 
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39. Answer • Correct Answer: C • Explanation: • Change gave to had given because the verb in the previous clause is in the past conditional tense.

40. 4/19- Grammar 20 B • After you have writtenAa definition in your vocabulary notebook, add a fewB ways to use the word orC a sentence to illustrate it'sD meaning. No errorE. • A. 
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41. Answer • Correct Answer: D • Explanation: • No need for an apostrophe for a possessive pronoun.

42. Grammar 21 and beyond • We will be following the same format as 1st semester with making corrections for sentences and then comparing them for accuracy. • Make sure to write down the inaccurate sentence on the left-hand side and then write the corrected version across from it on the right-hand side

43. Grammar 21B- 4/16 • Looking at the way he crossed the road, the street was very busy. Think about what the sentence is saying. What is wrong with this sentence? Correct it and then compare it with another classmate or Mr. Sabbagh’s correction.

44. 4/26- Grammar 22 B • mount rushmore is a national monumint located in the United States of America. It is a man-made wonder; and beautiful. • What is wrong in this sentence? How can you make it sound better and more succinct (clear)?

45. Correction • The sentence has many misspellings and is completely void of proper syntax and grammar. It should read: Mount Rushmore is a beautiful and man-made wonder that is located in the United States of America.

46. Grammar 23B- 4/23 • I vote in the last election and know that I made a difference in how the democracy process is used. • How can you make this sentence clear? Can you replace any words?

47. Correction • In order to make this sentence better, you need to fix the tense and change some words to fit their usage and meaning. • I voted in the last election and I know that I made a difference in how the democratic process is used.