Exercise 7.20: For, Since, AgoDirections:Make answers using the following cues.. Answers to Exercise 7.20: For, Since, Ago Directions: Make answers using the following cues.. Answers to
Trang 111 The (waitresses’, waitress’s, waitress’) tips were not enough to satisfy
her requirement Waitress is singular; therefore, we simply add ’s.
12 We are tired of (each’s other, each others’, each other’s) bad
habits
13 The blouse is (her’s, hers’, hers).
Hers, yours, and ours never take an apostrophe or an
object.
14 This is (your’s, yours, yours’).
15 The (crisis’, crises’s, crisis’s) impact tore the land apart Crisis’s is
singular possessive One crisis, two crises = one crisis’s impact, two crises’ impact
16 The (teams’, team’s, teams’s) requests for all of those in that league
were boiled down to one item: they should be allowed to be free
agents Those and they indicate that teams’ is plural possessive.
17 He said he wanted (ten dollars’, ten dollar’s, ten dollars’s) worth of
gas The worth is equal to ten dollars; therefore, the possessive is plural
18 I went to (Bob and Jane’s, Bob’s and Jane’s, Bob’s and Jane)
wed-ding Both underlined answers are correct, yet Bob and Jane is one phrase, and attaching the ’s at the end is easier.
19 It is (mine’s, mines, mine, mines’) See number 1.
20 The boat is (our’s, ours’, ours).
NOTE:
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Directions:Make answers using the following cues
You may need to change the positioning of the cue phrase or rewrite
1 How long have you been here?
_one hour
2 When did you arrive?
_one hour
3 How long have you been exercising?
_8:00
4 When did he call you?
_one day
5 When did you hear about the test?
_two weeks ago
6 How long have you spoken Spanish?
_twenty years
7 How long will you stay here?
_a month
8 How long have you known Jill?
_one year
9 How long will you be studying?
_as long as it takes to learn
10 How long will you be at the store?
_a minute
11 When did you start coming to this lake?
_I was a child
12 How long have you been swimming without a vest?
_as long as I can remember
13 By next Tuesday, how long will you have been here?
_at least a week
14 When did you see your father?
_in May
15 How long were you in Europe?
_almost a month
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_a year
17 When were you watching the game?
_about half the morning
18 How long has it been since you smoked?
_over a year
19 How long will you be attending the meeting in London? _about a week
20 How long will your stopover be in Russia?
_at all
Answers to Exercise 7.20: For, Since, Ago Directions: Make answers using the following cues Answers may vary.
1 How long have you been here?
_I have been here for one hour
2 When did you arrive?
_I arrived one hour ago
3 How long have you been exercising?
_I have been exercising since 8:00
4 When did he call you?
_He called me one day ago
5 When did you hear about the test?
_I heard about the test two weeks ago
6 How long have you spoken Spanish?
_I have been speaking Spanish for twenty years
7 How long will you stay here?
_I will stay here for a month
8 How long have you known Jill?
_I have known Jill for one year
9 How long will you be studying?
_I will be studying for as long as it takes to learn
_I will study for as long as it takes to learn
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_I will be at the store for a minute
11 When did you start coming to this lake?
_I started coming to this lake when I was a child Do not use since.
12 How long have you been swimming without a vest?
_I have been swimming without a vest for as long as I can remember
13 By next Tuesday, how long will you have been here?
_By next Tuesday, I will have been here for at least a week
14 When did you see your father?
_I saw my father in May
15 How long were you in Europe?
_I was in Europe for almost a month
16 How long have you been smoking?
_I have not smoked in a year Must be a negative answer with
in a year.
Or, I have not smoked for a year (Negative or positive answer.)
17 When were you watching the game?
_I was watching the game about half the morning
18 How long has it been since you smoked?
_I have not smoked in/for over a year
19 How long will you be attending the meeting in London?
_I will be attending the meeting for about a week
20 How long will your stopover be in Russia?
_I will not stop in Russia at all Answer must be negative with
at all.
Trang 5Exercise 7.21: Conjunctions Directions:Choose the best answer: but, because, or, yet, for, and, neither/nor, so, either/or
1 She likes the light color, _I like the dark one
2 I wear the white one, _it is cooler than the black one
3 He is very irritating, _I would like to work with him, because
he is funny
4 She does not like tea, _ do I
5 _ you do it, _ I will
6 She did not want the bottle, _ I didn’t make her take it
7 I would not have chosen him, _ I do not trust him
8 _she lied, she was placed under arrest for perjury
9 Bob, Ted, _ Alice had cokes before dinner
10 Bob and Ted, _ not Alice, had cokes before dinner
11 The candidate _ denied the claim _ confirmed it; therefore, we have no information from him
12 The man will _ go home _ die trying, but he is
certain-ly not staying here
13 She gave him an ultimatum: _ come home now, _ stay away
Answers to Exercise 7.21: Conjunctions
Directions: Choose the best answer: but, because, or, yet, for, and, neither/nor, so, either/or.
1 She likes the light color, but I like the dark one
2 I wear the white one, because it is cooler than the black one
3 He is very irritating, but I would like to work with him, because he
is funny
4 She does not like tea, nor do I
5 Either you do it, or I will
6 She did not want the bottle, so I didn’t make her take it
7 I would not have chosen him, because I do not trust him
8 Because she lied, she was placed under arrest for perjury
9 Bob, Ted, and Alice had cokes before dinner
Trang 610 Bob and Ted, but not Alice, had cokes before dinner.
11 The candidate neither denied the claim nor confirmed it; therefore,
we have no information from him
12 The man will either go home or die trying, but he is certainly not staying here
13 She gave him an ultimatum: Either come home now, or stay away
Exercise 7.22: Parallelism Directions:Rewrite any part of the sentences below that may not
be parallel
1 We ate early, ran the course, and went shopping
2 I wished I had powers, he had the flu, and we all were having the ability to fly
3 I organized the meeting, was basting the roast, and cleaned the house
4 The men who were late were accused of misconduct, sent to jail, and were being fined for a huge sum
5 If the dog had had enough to eat, it would not have returned later to be begging
6 The most attractive elements of the film were its ability to enrap-ture the viewer, its overpowering ability to gladden those who could identify with the characters, and its ability to be enthralling,
as well
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8 The best, the worst, and the medium are all welcome here
9 I think only the hard-bitten could rely on, look forward to, and even insist that keeping the one thing the law had excluded
10 If we had seen, had prevented the events beforehand, or have even thought about it, we would have done something to avoid the whole situation
11 The worst snake of the bunch slithered its way into the under-brush, twisting its way around the back of the pole, and attacked
12 The deranged psychotic yelled his demands to the guard, who,
in turn, relayed them to the warden, who, in turn, was calling them into the police station
13 The fat, old cat purred loudly, rubbed up against my leg, and waddling down the sidewalk
14 The missile shot straight up, hovered at about 1,000 feet, and then had fallen
15 The secretary looked up the word, muttered quietly, and was beginning typing
Trang 8Answers to Exercise 7.22: Parallelism Directions: Rewrite any part of the sentences below that may not be parallel.
1 We ate early, ran the course, and shopped.
2 I wished I had powers, he had the flu, and we all had the ability to
fly
3 I organized the meeting, basted the roast, and cleaned the house.
4 The men who were late were accused of misconduct, sent to jail, and
fined for a huge sum.
5 If the dog had had enough to eat, it would not have returned later
to beg.
6 The most attractive elements of the film were its ability to enrapture the viewer, its overpowering ability to gladden those who could
identify with the characters, and its ability to enthrall, as well.
7 If you had gone to the store over there before, you would know how
slow they are
8 The best, the worst, and the mediocre are all welcome here.
9 I think only the hard-bitten could rely on, look forward to, and even
insist on keeping the one thing the law had excluded
10 If we had seen, had prevented the events beforehand, or had even
thought about it, we would have done something to avoid the whole situation
11 The worst snake of the bunch slithered its way into the underbrush,
twisted its way around the back of the pole, and attacked.
12 The deranged psychotic yelled his demands to the guard, who, in
turn, relayed them to the warden, who, in turn, called them into
the police station
13 The fat, old cat purred loudly, rubbed up against my leg, and wad-dled down the sidewalk.
14 The missile shot straight up, hovered at about 1,000 feet, and then
fell.
15 The secretary looked up the word, muttered quietly, and began
typing (or, and typed).
Trang 9Exercise 7.23: Faulty and Incomplete Comparisons Directions: Correct the sentences if there’s a problem, or write C
if correct
1 I hit the balls faster than John
2 The train is slower than the car
3 The trip to London is longer than New York
4 I would have bought the green one, because it is more shorter than the red one
5 They were all running fast, but Tom was the faster
6 Swimming in the lake is better than the marina
7 Running a long time is more detrimental to the shins than lifting weights
8 I saw and liked the simpler one the more than the other type
9 The outside was cold, but the inside was colder, also
10 I run better than Mary
11 She is the more fast of the entire school
12 The rebels claimed to have killed more of the government’s troops
13 The boys shot the slingshots better than the girls
14 The girls threw the ball better than the boys
15 The man was averser to the cold than he was to the heat
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17 I run better than swim
18 I read X, and I read Y, but I like X best
19 The ankle was more swole than the arm was
20 He will have to kick it faster at the end than he did the beginning
21 Knowing the truth now is better than finding out
22 Going up the front is much better than the back
23 He reacted in a civiler manner than she did
24 He will eat as fast as he could
25 I went there as quickly as her
Answers to Exercise 7.23:
Faulty and Incomplete Comparisons Directions: Correct the sentences if there’s a problem, or write
C if correct.
1 I hit the balls faster than John did.
2 The train is slower than the car is.
3 The trip to London is longer than the trip to New York We do not
want to compare the trip to the city of New York
4 I would have bought the green one, because it is shorter than the
red one is
5 They were all running fast, but Tom was the fastest.
6 Swimming in the lake is better than swimming in the marina The
comparison is to swimming in the marina and not to the marina itself