Exercise 1
1. He got the worse score in this
class.
A
B C D
It should be
“worst”
Reason: because the
subject is compared to a group of objects (superlative adjectives).
2. The sheepdog is chasing after the sheeps which is heading over the hill.
A B C D
It should be “are”
Reason: because
the object (the sheeps) is plural.
3. Neither Tom or Jane is going to the beach today.
A B C D
It should be
“nor”
Reason: because
“neither” should be paired with “nor” (correlative conjunction).
4. When she retired in
1989, tennis champion Christine
Evert was the most
A B C
famous women
athlete in the United Stated.
D
It should be the
most famous woman athlete
Reason: because
the subject is singular so we have to use “woman” instead of “women”.
5. Please give me a few
coffee and some donuts if
you have any left.
A B C D
It should be
“some”
Reason: because
“a few” is for countable noun, meanwhile “coffee” is uncountable noun.
6. She won’t be going to the conference, and neither
won’t her colleagues.
A B
C D
It should be
“neither will”
Reason: because
neither is negative, so the modal after neither should be positive form.
7. He couldn’t gave me
a good reasons, for what he did.
A
B
C D
It should be
“give”
Reason: because after modal it should be followed by
base form of a verb.
8. Mary had to balanced
her account very carefully because she had only
A B C
little money.
D
It should be
“balance”
Reason: because
“had to” should be followed by base form of a verb.
9. The Egyptians first
discovered that dying fruits preserved it, made it sweeter and
A B C
improve its flavor.
D
It should be “improved”
Reason: because the sentence is in past tense so it should be parallel.
10. Our friends might stopped to see us on
their way to California.
A B C
D
It should be
“stop”
Reason: because after modal
it should be followed by base form of a verb.
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