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ENGLISH (2nd meeting)
Skill 3 :
Skill 3 :
Present Participle
A present participle is an adjective when it is not
accompanied by some form of the verb be

Example :

The train is arriving at the station now

In this sentence, arriving is part of the verb because it is accompanied by some

form of be.

The train arriving at the station now is an hour late

In this sentence, arriving is an adjective and not part of the verb because it is
not accompanied by some form of be.
Skill 3 :
Exercise
Indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I)

1. The ship is sailing to Mexico is leaving tonight.

2. For her birthday, the child is getting a talking doll
3. The waitress bringing the steaming soup to the waiting dinners
4. The boring class just ending a few minutes ago
5. The fast moving clouds are bringing freezing rain to the area
6. The clothes are lying on the floor should go into the washing
machine
Skill 4 :
Past Participle
A past participle is an adjective when it is not accompanied
by some form of be or has/have

Example :

The classes were taught by Professor Smith

In this sentence, taught is part of the verb because it is accompanied by some

form of were.

The classses taught by Professor Smith were very interesting

In this sentence, taught is an adjective and not part of the verb because it is
not accompanied by some form of be or have.
Skill 4 :
Exercise
Indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I)

1. The unexpected guests arrived just at dinnertime

2. The food is served in this restaurant is delicious
3. The locked drawer contained the unworn jewels
4. The tree was blown over in the storm was cut into logs
5. The courses are listed in the catalogue are required courses
6. The excited children trying to build a snowman in the falling
snow.
Skill (3 4) :
Exercise
1. Plutos moon Charon --------- in a slightly elliptical path around
the planet
a. Moving b. Is moving
c. it was moving d. In its movement
2. Simple sails were made from canvas ---- over a frame
a. A strech b. Stretched
c. was stretched d. It was stretched
3. The pituitary gland, ----- the brain, releases hormones to control
other glands
a. Found below b. It is found below
c. its foundation below d. Finds itself below
Skill 5 :
Agreement after prepositional phrases
- If the subject of a sentence is singular, then the verb must be singular
- If the subject of a sentence is plural, then the verb must be plural

Example :
Skill 5 :
Exercise
Indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I)
1. The subject of the lectures was quite interesting
2. The food for the guests at the party are on the long tables
3. The waiters and waitresses in this restaurant always serves the
food efficiently
4. The rugs in the front rooms of the house are going to be
washed today
5. The waiters and waitresses in this restaurant always serves the
food efficiently
Skill 6 :
Agreement after expressions of quantity
The subject can be singular or plural, depending on what follows the
preposition of

The subjects :
All, most, some, half, part, most, etc

Example :

Most of the meal was delicious

Most of the meals were delicious

Most of the food was delicious

Skill 6 :
Exercise

Indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I)

1. Some of the fruit are rotten
2. All of the details in the report needs to be checked
3. The first half of the class consists of lecture and note taking
4. Most of the people in the room is paying attention
5. Some of the questions on the test was impossible to answer
AGREEMENT AFTER
CERTAIN WORDS
Skill 7 :
Agreement after certain words
Certain words in English are always grammatically singullar, even though
they might have plural meanings

Example :

Everybody in the theater are* watching the film

attentively
Skill 7 :
Exercise
Indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I)
1. Someone have to clean up the house
2. You should understand that anything is possible
3. Nobody in this class have completed the assigment on time
4. Everybody know the rules, but somebody is not following
them
5. No one here is afraid of skydiving
6. Anybody are welcome at the party
Skill (5 7)
Exercise
Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that
is not correct
1. Nobody know (A) when the process (B) of glass-making was
(C) invented (D)
2. Sugars like (A) glucose is (B) made (C) up of (D) carbon,
hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.
3. Part of the electricity used (A) in the United State today (B)
come (C) from hydroelectric sources (D)
4. All of the east-west interstate highways in the United State has
(A) even numbers (B), while nort-south interstate highways
are (C) odd-numbered (D)
Skill (1 7)
Exercise
1. ---- the earliest system of writing.
a. The constitution of pictograms
b. Pictograms in the constitution
c. Constitute the pictograms
d. Pictogram constitute
2. At temperatures ----- absolute zero, substances possess
minimal energy.
a. Approach b. approaches
c. approaching d. They approach
Skill (1 7)
Exercise
3. The Earths one year revolution around the Sun changes how
--- on one hemisphere or the other.
a. Falling sunlight b. The fall of sunlight
c. sunlight in the fall d. Sunlight falls
4. Though sporadic interest in regional dialects ------- for centuries,
the first large-scale systematic studies did not take place until
the nineteenth century.
a. Has existed b. it existed
c. has it existed d. Existing with it
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