ASSIGNMENT 1

Exercise 5.8
Fill in the blanks in the following sentences. Use the correct form of the verb in parenthesis.

1. The number of students at the university _has___ (have) increased this year.
2. A lot of the problems on the test ___are____ (be) impossible to solve.
3. Most of my friends __are_____ (be) went home for the holidays.
4. Neither of my parents __have_____ (have) studied at university.
5. A majority of the voters ___are____ (be) not going to vote for him.
6. None of them ___are____(be) coming to the party tonight.
7. Each of them ___has____ (have) their own ideas.
8. The price of the pencils ___are____(be) 1000 won.
9. Something __needs_(need) to be done about the problems.
10. None of the coffee __is_____ (be) left.

Exercise 5.10
Fill in the blanks in the following paragraph with before, after, as soon as, when, because,
but, or so. Some of the words are used more than once.

The children of Mrs. Peterson’s class went on a field trip to the city’s natural history
museum. ___Before_______ they could go however, they had to give the principle their
permission slips that their parents had signed. __After________ collecting all the slips, the
children got on the bus. Many of the children had never been to a museum __so__ they
were very excited about the outing. The drive to the museum took a long time
__but________ they had fun. Mrs. Peterson led the children in singing and playing games
_____when_____ time went by quickly. __As soon as________ they arrived at the
museum, the group went straight to the dinosaur section. They went to this section first
___because_______ they had been studying dinosaurs in class. _____When_______ the
children saw the display of dinosaur bones, they began asking the museum guide questions.
__After__ the outing was very informative all the children had a great time.

Exercise 5.11
Look at the sentence fragments below and rewrite them to form complete sentences. Be
sure to use correct punctuation and capitalization.

1. before I go to sleep I
_____Before I went to sleep, I had done my homework. ___________________________

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2. I like English class because

___I like English class because I want to improve my English skill and share, learn from their
learning. _____________
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3. after I take a test I

______After I had taken a test, I bought some food to eat with my friends. ______________

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4. when Elliot finally got his driver license

________When Elliot finally got his driver license, he rewarded himself with a new

motorbike.
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5. as soon as this class is over

____As soon as this class is over, I will go to bookstore to buy something for my study.

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