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    Skill 1: Be Sure The Sentence Has A Subject and A Verb Skill 2: Object of Preposition Skill 3: Appositives

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    SKILL 1: BE SURE THE SENTENCE HAS A SUBJECT AND A VERB

    SKILL 2: OBJECT OF PREPOSITION

    SKILL 3: APPOSITIVES

    SKILL 4: PRESENT PARTICIPLE

    SKILL 5: PAST PARTICIPLE

    SKILL 6: COORDINATE CONNECTOR


    SKILL 7: ADVERB TIME AND CAUSE CONNECTOR

    SKILL 8: OTHER ADVERB CONNECTOR


    SKILL 9: NOUN CLAUSE CONNECTOR

    SKILL 10: NOUN CLAUSE CONNECTOR/SUBJECT

    SKILL 11: ADJECTIVE CLAUSE CONNECTOR


     The enthusiasm with which he greeted me made me feel welcome
     The men with whom we were having the discussion did not seem very friendly

    SKILL 12: ADJECTIVE CLAUSE CONNECTOR/SUBJECT

    SKILL 13: REDUCED ADJECTIVE CLAUSES


    SKILL 13: REDUCED ADVERB CLAUSES

    SKILL 15: INVERT WITH QUESTION WORD


    SKILL 16: INVERT WITH PLACE EXPRESSION

     In the cave was a vast treasure of gems and jewels


     Around the corner are the offices that you are trying to find
     At the Italian restaurant the food was too spicy for my taste
     Nowhere in the world can farmers grow such delicious food
     In the apartment next to mine were a man and a woman having a heated discusiion

    SKILL 17: INVERT WITH NEGATIVES


     Never did the boy wrote to his sisters
     Steve did not win the prize, nor did he expect to do so
     Only once I my life have I gone to New York City
     He went out of the house at no time
     Seldom has their secretary made such mistakes
     Barely had he finished the exam when the graduate assistant collected the papers

    SKILL 20: VERBS AGREE AFTER PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE


    SKILL 21: VERBS AGREE AFTER EXPRESSION OF QUANTITY

     Half of the food that we are serving to the guests is still in the refrigerator
     We believe that some of the time of the employees is going to be devoted to quality control
     The witnesses saw that most of the fire in the hills was extinguished

    SKILL 22: MAKE INVERTED VERBS AGREE

     John would be studying the chapter were he able to get hold of the book
     This chapter has many more exercise than does the next one
     Seldom in the history of television have two new comedies been so successful
     How many huge mistakes has the teacher actually found in the research?
     The new phone system is able to hold far more messages than was the phone system that had
    previously been used

    SKILL 23: VERBS AGREE AFTER CERTAIN WORDS

    SKILL 24: PARALLEL STRUCTURE WITH COORDINATE CONJUNCTION

    SKILL 25: PARALLEL STRUCTURE WITH PAIRED CONJUNCTION

     You can graduate at the end of the fall semester or at the end of the spring semester
     He could correct neither what you said nor what you wrote
     According to the syllabus, you can either write a paper or take an exam
     He not only called the police department but also called the fire department

    SKILL 26: PARALLEL STRUCTURE WITH COMPARISONS


     You have less homework than they do
     I want a new secretary who is as efficient as the previous one
     His research for the thesis was more useful than hers
     What you do today should be the same as what you did yesterday

    SKILL 27: FORM COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

     Fashions this year are shorter and more colorful than they were last year
     She always tries to do the best and most efficient job that she can do
     The workers on the day shift are more rested than the workers on the night shift
     Alaska is the coldest of all the states in the united states

    SKILL 28: USE COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES CORRECTLY

     The graduate assistant informed us that the first exam is more difficult than the second exam
     The food in this restaurant is better than the restaurant we visited last week
     The photocopies are the darkest that they have ever been

    SKILL 29: USE IRREGULAR -ER, -ER STRUCTURE CORRECTLY

     The hotter the food is, the harder it is to eat


     The more you say, the worse the situation will be
     The thicker the walls, the less the noise that comes through
     The more people there are at the party, the better time you’ll have
     The faster you run, the earlier you’ll arrive
     The more time they have to play, the happier the children are

    SKILL 30: AFTER HAVE, USE THE PAST PARTICIPLE

     Alice in wonderland, first published in 1865, has since been translated into thirty language
     Before she left, she had asked her mother for permission
     The secretary has broken her typewriter
     Having seen the film, he was quite disappointed
     You might have responded more effectively

    SKILL 31: AFTER BE, USE PRESENT PARTICIPLE OR PAST PARTICIPLE

     Being heard was extremely important for him


     The report should have been submitted by noon
     He could be taking four courses this semester
     The score information has been duplicated on the back-up disk
     At the start of the American revolution, lanterns were hung in the old north church as a signal
    that the British were coming

    SKILL 32: AFTER WILL, WOULD, OR OTHER MODALS, USE THA BASE FORM OF THE VERN

    Modals: will, would, can, could, may, might, must, shall, should

     The television movie will finish in ad few minutes


     The advisor told himself that a dozen other reporter would have already asked that question
     The machine may click off if it is overused
     Every morning the plants must be watered
     The houses with ocean views could sell for considerably more
     She will work on the project only if she can have a full-time secretary

    SKILL 33: USING THE PAST WITH PRESENT


     When he was a child, he always went to the circus
     Steve wakes up early every morning because he goes to work early
     He is telling the teacher why he did not have time to finish his homework

    SKILL 34: USE HAVE AND HAD CORRECTLY

     Because her proposal has been rejected, she is depressed


     She has enjoyed herself every time that she has gone to the zoo
     After the votes had been counted, it was determined that Steve was the winner
     Last night all the waiters and waitresses worked overtimed

    SKILL 35: USE CORRECT TENSE WITH TIME EXPRESSIONS


     All the votes were counted last week
     By the time the main course was served, all the guests had arrived and been seated
     The students have been writing many compositions lately

    SKILL 36: USE THE CORRECT TENSE WITH WILL AND WOULD

     Students will often study in the library before they go to classes or before they go home
     The police officer indicated that he would write a ticket if he had time

    SKILL 37: CORRECT FORM OF PASSIVE

    SKILL 38: RECOGNIZE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MEANING

     When the roads are icy, the buses are not driven
     The soccer game was won in the closing minutes
     Everything to organize the picnic has already been done

    SKILL 39: USE CORRECT SINGULAR & PLURAL NOUNS

    SKILL 40: DISTINGUISH COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS


     A few soldiers who had been in heavy combats were brought back for a little rest
     It is better to go shopping in the late evening because there are fewer people in the market and
    you can accomplish a number of tasks in a short period of time
     The less time you take on the assignment, the fewer pages you will complete
     You will have fewer problems with your income taxes if you get professional help

    SKILL 41: IRREGULAR PLURAL OF NOUNS

    SKILL 42: DISTINGUISH PERSON FROM THE THING

     Authorization vs authority
     Accounting vs accountant
     Criticism vs critics
     Engineering vs engineer
     Sculpture vs sculptor
     Statistic vs statistician
     Poem vs poetry

    SKILL 43: SUBJECT AND OBJECT PRONOUN


     I did not know that you and she were working together on the project
     You and she ought to return the books to the library because they are overdue
     Perhaps you would like to go to the seminar with them and their friends

    SKILL 44: POSSESIVE ADJECTIVE VS PRONOUN

     All her secretaries are working late tonight to finish her report
     Before the report is finalized, the information in their notes and ours must be proofed

    SKILL 45: CHECK PRONOUN REFERENCE FOR AGREEMENT


     If anyone stops by while I am at the meeting, please take a message from him/her
     In spite of their small size, these video recorders produce excellent tapes
     Although the destruction that they cause is often terrible, cyclones benefit a much wider belt
    than they devastate
     There was no indication from the Senate that it would agree with the decision made in the
    house

    SKILL 46: USE BASIC ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS CORRECTLY


     Points will be subtracted for each incorrectly answered question
     The production manager quietly requested a complete report of the terrible accident

    SKILL 48: USE ADJECTIVES AFTER LINKING VERBS

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