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Rewrite the sentences correctly

May 3, 2014 - pdf

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.

1. My father knows how to teach English .............................

Correct! Wrong!

2. We want a new house to ....................................

Correct! Wrong!

3. I ....................................... for you since 9 o’clock in the morning.

Correct! Wrong!

4. James ..................................... suffering from fever since yesterday.

Correct! Wrong!

5. Neither Ann nor Mary .................................... arrived.

Correct! Wrong!

6. I will call on you before I .....................................

Correct! Wrong!

7. I ..................................... all the books to the library yesterday.

Correct! Wrong!

8. Each man and each woman ...................................... the right to vote.

Correct! Wrong!

9. Walking along the road, the old man was .............................. by a bus.

Correct! Wrong!

10. He ...................................... hard for the last two weeks.

Correct! Wrong!

11. I am not used ...................................... in busy streets.

Correct! Wrong!

12. The poet and dramatist ....................................... dead.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. My father knows how to teach English well.

2. We want a new house to live in.

3. I have been waiting for you since 9 o’clock in the morning.

4. James has been suffering from fever since yesterday.

5. Neither Ann nor Mary has arrived.

6. I will call on you before I leave.

7. I returned all the books to the library yesterday.

8. Each man and each woman has the right to vote.

9. Walking along the road, the old man was run over by a bus.

10. He has been studying hard for the last two weeks.

11. I am not used to driving in busy streets.

12. The poet and dramatist is dead. (Here both nouns refer to the same person. Otherwise, you would have used an article or another determiner before the second noun.)

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