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Sentence Structure
1. Read the paragraph below. Then, read the instructions that follow and combine
the given sentences into either simple, compound or complex sentences.
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For many working adults, online education has greatly enhanced the
opportunity to take classes. 2Online education has also allowed many working adults
to complete their studies. 3Research indicates that although most online students
successfully complete their degree program, about forty percent of them fail in their
studies (Bates, 2010). 4These days most working adults pursue their studies online.
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It can be a major issue if students do not put in sufficient effort and time in
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completing their studies. In most cases, students can access their course at
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anytime from anywhere. This means that parents, working students and
professionals on the move have the option of attending classes no matter how hectic
their work schedule is. 8Students only need a computer and Internet access to take
online classes. 9On the other hand, there can also be drawbacks for students
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pursuing online education. Students may not be able to experience a conducive
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learning environment. They have limited opportunities to learn from the
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experiences and backgrounds of peers in class. In normal classrooms, students
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can share ideas and listen to peers. They can also collaborate face-to-face on
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projects and assignments. Normal classrooms encourage peer participation.
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Online classrooms have virtual discussion forums with no face-to-face interaction.
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New ways of thinking and broader cultural diversity awareness is difficult to
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achieve. This is caused by the lack of students deeply engaging in conversations
with other students.
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a. Combine sentence 1 and sentence 2 to form a simple sentence with one subject
and two verbs.
Sentence 1: For many working adults, online education has greatly enhanced the
opportunity to take classes.
Sentence 2: Online education has also allowed many working adults to complete
their studies.
Online education has greatly enhanced the opportunity to take classes and
Sentence 4: These days most working adults pursue their studies online.
Sentence 5: It can be a major issue if students do not put in sufficient effort and
time in completing their studies.
These days most working adults pursue their studies online therefore it can be a
major issue if students do not put in sufficient effort and time in completing their
studies.
have limited opportunities to learn from the experiences and backgrounds of peers in
class.
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Sentence 12: In normal classrooms, students can share ideas and listen to peers.
Sentence 13: They can also collaborate face-to-face on projects and assignments.
In normal classrooms, students can share ideas, listen to peers and collaborate face-
Normal classrooms encourage peer participation while online classrooms has virtual
Sentence 16: New ways of thinking and broader cultural diversity awareness is
difficult to achieve.
Sentence 17: This is caused by the lack of students deeply engaging in
conversations with other students.
Because lack of students deeply engaging in conversations with other students, new
Sentence Errors
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2. Identify five errors on subject-verb agreement in the following text. Write the
sentence number which contains the error. Correct the sentences in the space
provided.
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Hardin and Hardin (2004) conducted several studies using male wheelchair
basketball players. 7In these studies, the researchers concluded that the majority of
the athletes are desensitized to the way that the media ignores athletes with
disabilities. 8According to these studies, all the athletes enjoys mainstream media
as well as disability media. 9They use the mainstream media to gain socialisation
with others, learn more about able-bodied sports and find able-bodied sports role
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models (Hardin & Hardin, 2003; Hardin & Hardin, 2004). They also like the
disability media such as Sports n' Spokes because it allow them to see other athletes
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with disabilities participating in a wide variety of sport. Many athletes with
disabilities would like to see media coverage focus on the influential elements of their
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sport, but they does not blame this entirely on the media. They just hope one day
their athletic accomplishments will be accepted as legitimate by the wider culture.
a. Sentence no: 2
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b. Sentence no: 3
c. Sentence no: 4
d. Sentence no: 8
e. Sentence no: 11
Many athletes with disabilities would like to see media coverage focus on the
influential elements of their sport, but they do not blame this entirely on the
media.
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i. run-on
ii. fragment
iii. comma splice
iv. non-parallel structure
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“I am feeling depressed today” is a phrase that is uttered by countless people
each day. 2These individuals tend to misuse the term „depression‟ to refer to the
normal ups and downs of daily life. 3In reality, depression is a serious illness. 4It has
caused 11 million individuals to spend $44 billion on the treatment of depression
each year (Greenberg, Stiglin, Finkelstein & Berndt, 1993). 5A clinically depressed
person in a constant state of sadness because of three main factors which are
genetics, substance abuse and social environment.
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Firstly, the most common cause of depression is genetics. 7People who are
born with low levels of serotonin and dopamine in their brains cannot experience
pleasure in the same way that people with both balanced chemicals can, these
people do not experience happiness from normal happy events. 8For example, a
clinically depressed student with chemical imbalances in the brain might derive less
satisfaction from earning an A for a subject than a student with balanced chemicals.
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Therefore, people with low levels of serotonin and dopamine require extreme
circumstances to experience the same level of happiness that people with balanced
chemicals would experience from a lesser event.
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A second cause of depression is substance abuse. Substance abuse is
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the use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco in amounts which are harmful. Excessive
amounts of these substances in the bloodstream can alter the brain‟s normal
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chemical balance. People who use these chemical substances may experience
short-term or long term depression due to the chemical changes in their brains for
example, alcoholics can develop depression because of the constant altering of the
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levels of dopamine in their brain. Hence, the more alcohol a person consumes, the
risk of getting depression is likely to increase (Joseph & David, 2011).
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Lastly, social environmental factors can trigger clinical depression. Failed
relationships and traumatic events are two common stimuli in depression (Mathews,
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Ridgeway & Williamson, 1996). Failed relationships such as a divorce or a falling
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out between family members can leave a person in a state of depression. In
addition, traumatic events such as the death of a family member or to witness a
murder are also social environmental factors that can send a person into depression.
Write the sentence numbers which contain the stated errors. Correct the sentences
in the space provided.
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Tenses
4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verb given in the brackets.
Firstly, advertising media has an impact on the way society (c) perceives
(perceive) gender role and behaviour. It brings about gender stereotyping on how
men and women are depicted. Men are portrayed to be stronger and aggressive,
while women are perceived as the weaker half of society and are expected to be
gentle. Courtis and Lockeretz (1971) indicated that over the years, women had been
portrayed as domestic providers who did not make significant decisions as they
(d) are (be) dependant on men. For example, car manufacturers use women in
skimpy clothing in their advertisements to advertise their cars instead of focusing on
the features of those cars. These are some of the roles that media has given to
women.
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Another area that the advertising media influences society is in its values. The
ability of the mass media to influence social ethics remains one of the most worrying
influences as some of the values are decadent (Warhol, 1990). The lifestyles that the
media (e) portrays (portray) are glamorised and beyond the reach of ordinary
people. This has become a cause for concern when normal individuals in society try
to adopt these values and imitate the lifestyles of the rich. Thus, careful
consideration should be given before something is advertised in the media as
millions of individuals would be influenced by it.
Word forms
5. Improve the paragraph below with the correct word form of the words in bold.
a. situation
b. sufferers
c. disorder
d. profuse
e. popularity