s Exercise 4
1. After
John eaten dinner,
he wrote
several letters and went to
bed.
A B C D
It should be : ate
Reason : it should be
parallel with “wrote” and “went”.
2. Almost all books have a few error in them in
spite of the care taken to check its proof
A B C D
pages before the final printing.
It should be : taker
Reason : article “the” should be followed
by noun. Care taker is noun.
3. Water boil at 212 degrees F, and freezes at 32
degrees F.
A B C D
It should be : boils
Reason : it is general
truth, so it should be written in simple present.
4. The examination will test
your ability to understand spoken English, to read
A B
non-technical language, and writing correctly.
C
D
It should be : to write
Reason : it should be
parallel with “to understand” and “to read”
5. Not
only
her parents but also her brother and sister lives in New York.
A B C D
It should be : live
Reason : the subject in the sentence is plural. So, it should be
“live”.
6. My
Friend, Jim has not
completed
the assignment yet, and Mary hasn’t neither.
A B C D
It should be : hasn’t either
Reason : “hasn’t” is a
negative form and should be followed by “either”
7. If
a crisis occurs, those unfamiliar with the procedures wouldn’t know
how to handle
A B C
D
the situation.
It should be : occurred
Reason : the sentence above is
conditional sentence type 2 because the result clause uses the word “wouldn’t”
so, the verb in the If Clause should be written in simple past tense.
8. Mary
go to bed after she had drunk
the medicines.
A B C
D
It should be : went
Reason : the tense of the sentence is past
perfect tense, the clause before the word “after” should be written in simple
past tense.
9. Not
only
her parents but also her brother and sister lives in New York.
A B C D
It should be : live
Reason : the subject in
the sentence is plural.
10. A
new ring road round the city is being build by them.
A B
C D
It should be : built
Reason : the sentence above is passive
voice, the verb should be written in past participle.
