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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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It seems that if students (A)
become aware of the fact that they are (B) being
evaluated, their discussion behavior (C) tends to be
affecting (D) markedly. |
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Some teachers (A) have sought to
involve students only superficially in the teacher-pupil
planning, (B) telling students that they play an active
part (C) in the process and then proceeding to oppose
almost all suggestions (D) that offered. |
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The same individuals tend (A) to
make contributions, (B) introduce them to the group
(C) in a given manner, and (D) to voice either
positive or negative reactions. |
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The unusually dull student cannot
meet the standards of (A) the average student, and there
is no (B) sound reason (C) that (D) such
standards should be imposed on him. |
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Taxi drivers (A) who overcharges
or refuses to pick up passengers at the railway station, may
have to (B) contend with (C) stiffer penalties,
(D) if caught. |
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Fines and suspension of the
licenses of hardcore taxi drivers if they (A) persist on
being discourteous to (B) the disabled (C) were
among several deterrent measures (D) suggested. |
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Prince Sihanouk presented, in an
open letter to (A) the UN Conference participants, a (B)
three-points plan for his country. His plan included a
dispatch to Cambodia (C) of a (D) UN-sponsored
international peace-keeping force. |
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The spirit of teamwork (A) can
be fostered in schools through working and playing (B) in
a group. Teachers, too, can contribute towards building up
this spirit by (C) being examples themselves of good (D)
teamworker. |
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(A) On his first day as
prime minister, Mr. X wasted no time in (B) calling up to his
office 16 ministers, deputy ministers and parliamentary
secretaries, (C) to inform them their new (D)
portfolios. |
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Science is more than a collection
of (A) unrelated facts; (B) to be meaningful and
valuable, (C) it must be arranged to show (D)
generalized facts. |
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C
The context requires
that the infinitive be in the passive voice rather than active :
to be affected |
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D
A relative clause
that takes the form of "relative pronoun + be + verb" is often
reduced by deleting both the relative pronoun and the "be" :
offered. Of course, the relative clause may remain intact : that
are offered. |
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D
Parallel structure in
English requires that equivalent ideas be presented in similar
grammatical forms. A, B and D are three infinitive phrases.
to in B and D is understood. |
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C
Most relative clauses
are introduced by a relative pronoun. But if the antecedent of a
relative clause is a place, time, or reason, the relative adverb
where, when and why shoul dbe respectively used instead. Hence :
why |
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A relative clause is
to modify its antecedent. Thus the verb in the relative clause
should also agree with the antecedent in number. As the
antecedent "taxi drivers" is plural, the verb of the relative
clause should not have the inflectional suffix -s: who
overcharge or refuse |
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A
English nouns, verbs,
and adjectives are often followed by suitable prepositions to
form idiomatic expressions. It is therefore important to
remember the noun/verb/adjective and preposition partnership.
Hence, we should either say "insist on" or "persist in". |
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B
Compound adjectives
become more and more popular in modern English. A commonly seen
compound adjective is made up of a figure and a noun, but the
noun must be in the singular form : three-point |
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D
The context calls for
a plural noun so as to be compatible with the entire syntactic
structure : teamworkers |
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C
There are two common
patterns for the verb inform :
(a) inform + object +
of, e.g. I have informed the police of the accident.
(b) inform + object +
"that clause", e.g. I have informed the police that there has
been an accident.
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context, only (a) is applicable : to inform them of |
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C
The error here
involves the careless use of a pronoun reference. This is a very
common problem among foreign learners. the pronoun it in C can
only refer to a singular inanimate noun, which is obviously not
possible in this case. What is needed is a pronoun that stands
for the noun immediately preceding it. e.g. facts :
they. |
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