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From the marked areas A, B, C and D,
identify the one that is wrong, correct it, and explain why
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The (A) ROV asked a
handicapped person (B) in a wheelchair to (C) hail
taxis and, in less than five minutes, a taxi came and (D)
got out to help. |
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A job-seeker was rejected but (A)
the Personnel Manager who rang up (B) with the bad
news promised to help him (C) looked for a job (D)
elsewhere. |
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A rich man is looking into possible
(A) ventures (B) in Philippines to develop (C)
a choice piece of real estate in (D) the reclaimed area
of Manila. |
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The chronic hostility between the
police and young (A) blacks who spent their time in the
streets (B) were responsible for (C) most of the
riots (D) in Britain. |
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I am deeply disturbed by a common
(A) phenomena I observed (B) in major cities, (C)
which, (D) if unchecked, may flourish here. |
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If you believe you have (A) what
we are looking for and wish to (B) embark on a
satisfactory career in an organization that provides excellent
growth and opportunities, (C) submit your application
immediately, (D) give details of your personal
particulars, qualifications and experience. |
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The Indonesian Foreign Minister
said there should be conciliation, (A) not confrontation,
at the international conference (B) on Cambodia with
regard to (C) iron out differences between the ASEAN and
the Chinese views on (D) how to resolve the conflict. |
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The (A) guided group
discussion, (B) as with other teaching methods, (C) is
designed to assist students in solving (D) recognizing
difficulties. |
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In (A) today's age of space
exploration, traditional boundaries become less important, as
(B) man finds it necessary (C) relying more and
more on (D) all the peoples of the world. |
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(A) All too often, those
students who seem (B) highly motivated at the outset
continue to exhibit (C) such a behavior, while those who
(D) lack of this quality change their behavior very
dramatically. |
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Answers |
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D
Reason : The subject
of D is "a taxi", which cannot possibly get out to help. It must
be the ( taxi ) driver who got out to help : |
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C
The English verb help
takes several patterns, one of which is either "help + object +
to infinitive " or "help + object + infinitive " : to look
for/look for |
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B
Generally speaking,
proper nouns are not preceded by the definite article the.
But the is required for some names of countries,
including the one in question : in the Philippines. |
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B
The wrong concord
between the subject and the verb is a very common error in
English, especially when the subject and the verb are split by
some other elements between them. As the subject "chronic
hostility " is singular in number, the verb should be singular
too : was |
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There are
irregularities in the formation of plural number nouns in
English. As a rule, plurality of nouns is indicated by means of
the inflectional suffix -s. But many plural number nouns are not
formed in this way, e.g. crisis : crises; criterion : criteria.
Hence : phenomenon ( singular ) |
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D
When two or more
clauses appear one after another, it is necessary to use a
suitable conjunction to combine them : submit your
application immediately and give. Alternatively, the second
verb may be turned into a present participle : ... giving
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C
To is the
marker of the infinitive and goes with base-form verbs. However,
if to is part of an idiomatic expression, it is a
preposition to be followed by an object, noun or pronoun, or
gerund, e.g. I look forward to your visit/it/seeing you. Hence :
with regard to ironing out. |
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D
Both the present
participle and the past participle are widely used as noun
modifiers. The former is active in nature and indicates a
continuous condition; the latter is passive in force and denotes
completion of action : recognized. |
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C
An important verb
pattern involves the use of the "to infinitive" or an infinitive
phrase to serve as the objective case. It takes this formula :
"verb + it + necessary/possible etc. + to infinitive", which
applies to the pattern in question : to rely |
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D
Very often, a
transitive verb = intransitive verb + preposition ( e.g. await =
wait for ) . it is wrong if a preposition is added to the former
or taken away from the latter. As the verb lack is a transitive
verb, the use of of is unnecessary : lack. If lack is
used as a noun, it takes the preposition of. e.g. There is a
lack of manpower for this project. |
