- •Problem 1 Point of view - verbs
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- •Problem 2 Point of view - reported speech
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- •Problem 3 Point of view - verbs and adverbs
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- •Iron _____ for weapons and tools in the Bronze Age following the Stone Age.
- •Point of view - activities of the dead
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- •Problem 5 Agreement - modified subject and verb
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- •Problem 6 Agreement - subject with accompaniment and verb
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- •Problem 7 Agreement - subject with appositive and verb
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- •Problem 8 Agreement -verb-subject order
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- •In a suspension bridge _____ that carry one or more flexible cables firmly attached at each end.
- •Problem 9 Agreement - an indefinite subject and verb
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- •Problem 10 Agreement - a collective subject and verb
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- •Problem 11 Agreement - noun and pronoun
- •Problem 12 Agreement - subject and possessive pronouns
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- •Problem 13 Agreement - indefinite subject pronoun and possessive pronouns
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- •Problem 14 Agreement - impersonal pronouns
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- •Problem 15
- •Verbal modifiers - -ing and -ed forms
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- •Problem 16
- •Verbal modifiers - infinitives of purpose
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- •Problem 17 Parallel structures - in a series
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- •In a hot, sunny climate, man acclimatizes by eating less, drinking more liquids, wearing lighter clothing, and _____.
- •Problem 18 Parallel structure - after correlative conjunctions
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- •Problem 19 Redundancy - unnecessary phrases
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- •Problem 20 Redundancy - repetition of words with the same meaning
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- •Problem 21 Redundancy - repetition of noun by pronoun
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- •Problem 22 Transitive and intransitive verbs - raise and rise
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- •Problem 23 Transitive and intransitive verbs - lay and lie
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- •Problem 24 Transitive and intransitive verbs - set and sit
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- •Problem 25 Similar verbs - tell and say
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- •In his inaugural speech, John Kennedy_____________ that we should not ask what our country could do for us but what we could do for out country.
- •Problem 26 Similar verbs - let and leave
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- •Similar verbs - borrow and lend
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- •Problem 28 Similar verbs - make and do
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- •Problem 29 Prepositional idioms
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- •Problem 30 Parts of speech
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- •Subject-Verb Inversion
- •Inversion of Subject and Verb
- •There are 18 cases when inverted order is needed:
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Incorrect:
Jayne said him that she would meet us here.
Correct:
Jayne told him that she would meet us here.
Incorrect:
I have said the truth.
Correct:
I have told the truth.
Exercises:
Part A: Choose the correct answer.
In his inaugural speech, John Kennedy_____________ that we should not ask what our country could do for us but what we could do for out country.
(A) said (B) told (C) did (D) got
Part B: Choose the incorrect word or phrase and correct it.
Before television became so popular, Americans used to entertain each other in the evening by playing games, saying stories, and singing songs.
Problem 26 Similar verbs - let and leave
To let and to leave have similar sounds, but not similar meanings. To let means to put, to allow or to permit. To leave means to depart or to go.
Verb word let
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