To help students improve their study habits in English Language, and thus improve their work in all of the subjects that they are studying in English, and to assess students' knowledge of understanding different usage of English grammar.
Instructions
- Late assignments will not be accepted.
- Plagiarism will never be tolerated. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses work done by someone else as if it were his or her own.
Q1. The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.
1. Scenes from the everyday lives of African Americans, which are realistically depicted in the paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner.
a. Scenes from the everyday lives of African Americans, which are realistically depicted in the paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner.
b. Scenes from the everyday lives of African Americans being realistically depicted in the paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner.
c. The paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner realistically depict scenes from the everyday lives of African Americans.
d. Henry Ossawa Tanner, in his realistic paintings, depicting scenes from the everyday lives of African Americans.
Henry Ossawa Tanner, whose paintings realistically depict scenes from the everyday lives of African Americans.
2. Looking up from the base of the mountain, the trail seemed more treacherous than it really was.
a. Looking up
b. While looking up
c. By looking up
d. Viewing
e. Viewed
3. One of the most common types of mistakes that inexperienced physicians make is misreading symptoms, another that occurs about as frequently is recommending inappropriate treatment.
a. symptoms, another that occurs
b. symptoms; another one that occurs
c. symptoms, the other, and it occurs
d. symptoms; another one which is occurring
e. symptoms and also occurring
4. Underestimating its value, breakfast is a meal many people skip.
a. Underestimating its value, breakfast is a meal many people skip.
b. Breakfast is skipped by many people because of their underestimating its value.
c. Many people, underestimating the value of breakfast, and skipping it.
d. Many people skip breakfast because they underestimate its value.
e. A meal skipped by many people underestimating its value is breakfast.
5. Certain shipwrecks have a particular fascination for those people which have a belief in finding the treasure in them.
a. which have a belief in finding the treasure in them
b. that belief there is treasure to be found in them
c. who believe they hold treasure and that they can find it
d. who believe that there is treasure to be found in them
e. who believe about treasure to be found in them
Q2. Fill in the given blanks with suitable pronouns or preposition
Larry and Frank are friends of ___.
William and Tracy love ___ dog.
We are glad that you could stay with ___.
That old woman is kind to ___.
In times of war, soldiers usually dream ___ their home.
That coat of ___ is very warm.
The old fellow sat down ___ the roulette table and placed a few chips ___ number 25, red.
We must ___ all costs help those who are ___ danger.