ESL 188

Grammar Final

A. VERB TENSES

1. Immigrated 5. Are giving 9. Told

2. Have known 6. Avoiding 10 I have learned
3. Are preparing 7. To have 11. I was reading
4. Have been working 8. Did you take 12. graduate
on

B. ADVERB CLAUSE SENTENCE COMPLETIONS

1. I have never done well in math; in fact, I was about to be dropped out of the class.
2. I didn’t go to the party last night despite the fact that I wasn’t feeling well.
3. Ken stayed home last night since he was feeling tired; besides, he was COVID positive.
4. Brian went on a diet so that he could lose weight.
5. Marianne lost her job due to her oversleeping.
6. I don’t like hip-hop music; on the contrary, I like jazz.
7. The party should be good provided that the DJ is very famous.

C. INCORRECT ITEM SELECTION

1. A 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. C

D. SENTENCE CORRECTIONS

1. CORRECT
2. Fred is the guy whom I told you about.
3. CORRECT
4. CORRECT
5. It surprised me that my colleague had never been to an amusement park.
6. CORRECT
7. CORRECT
8. CORRECT
9. CORRECT
10. CORRECT

E. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

1. (Real Present)

2. (Real Future)
If she doesn’t take a car, she won’t come to the party on time.

3. Unreal Present/Future)
If Karen isn’t going to a party, she won’t meet Bob there.

4. (Unreal Past/Present Result)

5. (Unreal Past/Past Result)

If Karen hadn’t had too much to drink, she would have decided to drive home.

6. (A Conditional omitting “if”)

Weren’t Bob married, he would take care of his children with Karen together.

F. ERROR CORRECTIONS

1. If I go to Europe next summer, we will meet in Paris.

2. The people we went to their wedding are getting divorced.

3. I will never forget the day when I met you.

4. Reading the newspaper is what I do every morning before work.

 5. After the accident, the injured woman was put into an ambulance and taken to a hospi-
tal.
6. I won’t go to work unless I am not sick.

7. CORRECT

8. As soon as I finish my work tomorrow, let’s go to the beach.

9. So that I can afford to go on vacation, I am working a second job and saving money.

10. Because I am tired, I made a pot of coffee to help wake me up.

G. NECESSARY (RESTRICTIVE)/ UNNECESSARY (NON-RESTRICTIVE) ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

1. NR 2. R 3. R 4. R 5. R

H. CREATING COMPLEX SENTENCES WITH ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

1. The city that I grew up in was overcrowded.

2. The man you were talking to last night is a murderer.

3. It makes me very sad that my friends are very sick.

4. Jim’s wife whom I know very little about is supposed to be a great singer.

5. Most of my students that I know work very hard.

6. The woman whose car had been broken into talked with the police.

7. The people whom we met yesterday were very friendly.

8. I liked none of the shoes that I tried on.

9. The Cancer that a cure must be found for is a major disease.

 I. RESTRICTIVE/NON-RESTRICTIVE MEANING OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

1. A 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. A

J. REDUCING ADJECTIVE CLAUSES TO ADJECTIVE PHRASES

1. NP

2. The books needed for my classes are extremely expensive.

3. The students answering all the questions correctly will win $100.

4. NP

5. The new airport began construction 5 years ago and will be completed in 2013.

6. The laws permitting smoking in public are changing.

7. NP