Section C: Commonly Confused Words [5 marks]
Underline the correct word in brackets in each of the following sentences:
11. The new paint (complimented, complemented) The Mico’s new direction.
12. My lecturer is a good (role, roll) model.
13. The presence of my classmates never (effected, affected) my confidence.
14, I would (advice, advise) you to say nothing about that,
15. At the General Assembly, our group (lead, led) the devotional exercise.
16. Yesterday, Devaughn (lay, laid) on the couch in Mills Hall all day.
17. There were (less, fewer) students who registered late this year than last year.
18. Sometimes, a teaching strategy has other (effects, affects) besides the intended
one.
19. This English (course, coarse) is the best I have ever taken.
20. Lam sure that I have (passed, past) this test.Foundation English Grammar Quiz
Duration: 1 hour
Semester 1, 2016-2017
20 marks
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all questions
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Section A: Proofreading Exercise [10 marks]
Read the passage on the left and underline the errors in subject-verb agreement and verb tense.
Write the necessary corrections on the corresponding lines to the right. An example is provided.
Smoking is not just a moral issue. Non-smokers within the
immediate vicinity of a smoker is put at risk. A smoker's
act, therefore, directly injure people who inhale the emitted
fumes. However, there is many who scoffs at the
suggestion of legislative control.
People should be punish for smoking in public places
where there is a notice displayed. It is not being suggest
that persons should be lock up for smoking. However, once
smokers are inform of the sanction, they must desist. The
threat of sanctions are stronger than a polite request.
Many countries have realize that tobacco smoking, like the
use of illegal drugs, are dangerous. This is why the
advertising of tobacco products in countries such as
England and Denmark are restricted. However, whereas in
Denmark all commercial advertising are illegal, in England,
it only ban on television. In Jamaica, a smoking ban that
carry heavy penalties come into effect on July 17, 2013.
Carreras scoffed at the idea, though, claiming thatthe
regulations announced would really have no meaning if the
estimated two billion sticks of illegal cigarettes continues to
enter the island’s ports and market.
‘When the act of smoking do not affect the non-smoker,
there is no problem. However, when the indulging of a
person’s right disturb others, sanctions must existed. The
exercise of a right by one citizen cannot be at the expense
of those lessons that needs to be learnt by all citizens in a
democracy.
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Section B: Parts of Speech [5 marks]
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A. Circle the letter that represents the correct pronoun(s) for the blank in the following