EXERCISE 49:

Each of the following sentences contains at least one adjective or adverb ending in -ly. Circle
the -ly words, and label them as either adjectives or adverbs. Draw arrows to the words they
describe. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I).

__C__ 1. Federal taxes are yearly taxes which must be paid every April.
ADJ N
__I__ 2. At the fashion show, new seasonally fashions will be shown. (seasonal + fashions)
ADV N ADJ N
__I__ 3. Do you want to go to the early movie or the lately movie? (late + movie)
ADJ N ADV N ADJ N
__I__ 4. She offered me some friendly advice about how to deal with the terribly problem.
ADJ N ADV N
(terrible + problem)
ADJ N
__C__ 5. The quarterly reports need to be turned in at the next weekly meeting.
ADJ N ADJ N
__I__ 6. He did not have a manly reaction to the negatively comments. (negative + comments)
ADJ N ADV N ADJ N
__C__ 7. The likely outcome of the purchase of the costly car is that he will not be able to pay
ADJ N ADJ N
his monthly bills.
ADJ N
__C__ 8. The days she spent at the beach house were lonely and solitary.
ADJ ADJ
__I__ 9. She takes her daily medication on a regularly schedule. (regular + schedule)
ADJ N ADV N ADJ N
__I__ 10. The kindly neighbor paid hourly visits to her unhealthily friend. (unhealthy + friend)
ADJ N ADJ N ADV N ADJ N

EXERCISE 50:
Each of the following sentences contains a predicate adjective or its related form. Circle the
predicate adjectives or related forms. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect
(I).

__C__ 1. The two brothers do not look at all alike.

__I__ 2. My friend brought the alive lobster to my house and expected me to cook it. (alive 
live)

__I__ 3. Are you going to be lone in the house tonight? (lone  alone)
__I__ 4. The afraid child cried for his mother. (afraid  frightened)
__C__ 5. Everyone else was asleep by the time I arrived home.
__C__ 6. We completed our two projects in a like manner.
__C__ 7. All of the crash victims were alive when they were found.
__I__ 8. She tried to walk quietly by the asleep dogs without waking them. (asleep  sleep)
__C__ 9. Were you feeling afraid when you heard the noise?
__I__ 10. According to the report, the president was shot by an alone gunman. (alone  lone)

EXERCISE 51:
Each of the following sentences contains either -ed and -ing verbal adjective. Circle the verbal
adjectives. Draw arrows to the words they describe. Then indicate if the sentences are correct
(C) or incorrect (I).

__I__ 1. The teacher gave a quiz on the just completing lesson. (completed + lesson, because
someone completes the lesson)

__C__ 2. There is a fascinating movie at theater tonight. (movie fascinates someone)

__I__ 3. They thought that it had been a very satisfied dinner. (satisfying + dinner, because
dinner satisfies someone)
__I__ 4. The empty bottles are to the left, and the filling bottles are to the right. (filled + bottles,
because someone fills the bottle)
__C__ 5. For lunch at the restaurant she ordered a mixed salad. (someone mixes the salad)
__C__ 6. The students thought that it was an interesting assignment. (assignment is interesting
for someone)
__I__ 7. The shoppers were impressed by the reducing prices. (reduced + prices, because
someone reduces the prices)
__I__ 8. He can’t afford to take long vacations to exotic places because he is a worked man.
(working + man, because the man works)
__C__ 9. I recently received several annoying phone calls from the insurance agent. (phone
annoys someone)
__I__ 10. Today the bookkeeper is working on the unpaying bills. (unpaid + bills, because
someone pays the bills)

EXERCISE (Skills 49-51):

Circle the adjectives in each of the following sentences. Draw arrows to the nouns or pronouns
they describe. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I).
__I__ 1. Her kindly words of thanks made me feel appreciating. (appreciating  appreciated,
because someone appreciates me)
__I__ 2. After the earthquake, assistance was sent to the damaging areas. (damaging 
damaged, because someone damages the area)
__I__ 3. Your view has some validity; however, we do not have alike opinions on the matter.
(alike  like, use form that is used in front of noun)
__I__ 4. It is likely that the early seminar will not be the most interested. (interested 
interesting, because seminar is interesting)
__C__ 5. I prefer a live theater show to a movie show.
__C__ 6. The thesis of your essay was not very well developed. (because someone develops
the essay)
__I__ 7. The asleep children were wakened by the loud sound of the crashing thunder. (asleep
 sleeping, use form that is used in front of noun)
__C__ 8. During the nightly news show there was a lively and fascinating debate. (because
debate fascinates the people)
__C__ 9. His car was struck by an uninsured motorist. (because the motorist uninsured his/her
self)
__I__ 10. The girl was all alone and feeling lonely in the darkened, frightened house.

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 49-51):

Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.
__C__ 1. As the only major American river that flowed in a west direction, the Ohio was the
A B C(western)
preferred route for settlers.
D
__A__ 2. During the annually salmon migration from the sea to fresh water, Alaska’s McNeil
A(annual) B
River becomes a gathering place for brown bears waiting eagerly to catch their fill.
C D
__C__ 3. Edelman stresses the mounting evidence showing that greatly variation on a
A B C(great)
microscopic scale is likely.
D
__D__ 4. Perhaps the most welcoming and friendly of the park’s wild places is the live oak
A B C
forest that surrounds the district’s alone visitors’ center in Gulf Breeze.
D (lone)
__A__ 5. Halley’s comet, viewing through a telescope, was quite impressive.
A(viewed)B C D
__B__ 6. The state of deep asleep is characterized by rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep.
A B(sleep) C D
__B__ 7. Among the disputing sections of the Monteverdi opera are the sinfonia, the prologue,
A B(disputed)C D
and the role of Ottone.
__C__ 8. Most probably because of the likable rapport between anchors, the night newscast
on
A B C(nightly)
the local ABC affiliate has recently moved well beyond its competitors in the ratings
D
battle.
__A__ 9. Signing at the outset of a business deal, a contract offers the participants a certain
A(signed) B C
degree of legal protection from costly mistakes.
D
__D__ 10. The story presented by Fischer is a headlong tale told so effectively that
A B
its momentum carries the reader right through the live endnotes.
C D(lively)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-51):

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
1. During the early nineteenth century, the 3. The daughters of Joseph LaFlesche were
Spanish missions in Alta, California _____ born into the generation of Omaha
to be an integral part of the economy and forced to abandon tribal traditions, _____
productive capacity of the region. on the reservation, and to adapt to the
a. Proved white man’s ways.
b. They proved a. They matured
c. They proved it b. To mature
d. Proved it c. Maturing
2. Still other hurdles remain before _____ d. To maturity
suitable for private cars. 4. Among the most revealing aspects of
a. Fuel cells mining towns _____ their paucity of
b. Become public open space.
c. Fuel cells become a. Was
d. That fuel cells become b. Were
c. It was
d. So
Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.
__D__ 5. Factor analysis is used to discover how many abilities are involve in intelligence test
 A B C D(involved)
performance.
__B__ 6. One of the early orders of marine mammals, manatees have evolved more than fifty
A B(evolved)
million years ago from land animals.
C D
__B__ 7. Dolphins and chimps are like in that they have been shown to have language skills.
A(alike)B C D
__D__ 8. In the appendix at the end of the chapter are the instructions to be used for the
A B C
completion correct of the form.
D(correct completion)
__B__ 9. Used sound that varies not only in time but in space, whales at close range may
A(using) B C
communicate with sonarlike “pictures”.
D
__C__ 10. The 1898 Trans-Mississippi International Exposition has the distinction of being the
A B
last major fair which held during the Victorian period.
(which was held)C D

EXERCISE 52:
The following sentences contain different types of nouns. Circle only the countable singular
nouns. Mark where articles (or determiners) have been omitted. Then indicate if the sentences
are correct (C) or incorrect (I).
__I__ 1. She is taking trip with friends. (a + trip, singular noun must use article whether
a/an/the)
__C__ 2. In my yard there are flowers, trees, and grass. (do not need any article, because
determinant “my” exists)
__I__ 3. The manager sent memo to his employees. (a + memo, singular noun must use article
whether a/an/the)
__C__ 4. There is a car in front of the building.
__C__ 5. The child and his friends are having milk and cookies.
__C__ 6. She is studying to be an actress in films.
__C__ 7. My neighbor was arrested for throwing rocks through windows.
(neighbor have determinant “my”  do not need any article)
(rocks and windows are countable plural nouns  do not need any article)
__C__ 8. We have machinery that prints ten pages each minute. (machinery is uncountable
noun, it doesn’t need any article)
__I__ 9. Teacher has many students during a semester. (the + teacher, singular noun must use
article whether a/an/the)
__C__ 10. Can you heat water for tea? (water is uncountable noun, it doesn’t need any article)