A. Directions: Underline the correct verb in these sentences.1. The cat or dog (is, are) in the yard.
2. Those (is, are) pretty shoes.
3. Mumps (is, are) very serious.
4. The committee (decide, decides) when to adjourn.
B. Choose gerund or infinitive form of the verbs.
1. Do you mind (help) …… me translate this letter
2. He asks (talk)…… to the store manager
3. You have never mentioned (live) ……. in Japan before. How long dod you live there?
4. If he keeps (come) …….to work late, he is going to get fired
5. Witnesses reported (see) ………. the bank robber as he was climbing out of the second-story
window
C. Make a complex sentence
1. Create a sentence in which a noun clause functions as Object.
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Create a sentence in which a noun clause functions as subject.
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
D. Combine the sentences, using the second sentence as an adjective clause. Use which, who, whom or
whose as connector
1. The man is standing over there. Ann brought him to the party. ………………….
2. The students are from China. They sit in the front row. ………………….
3. I am reading a book. It was written by Jane Austen. ………………………..
4. The people were nice. We visited their house…………………………………
5. I apologized to the woman. I spilled her coffee ………………………………
E. Adverbial Clauses
1. Using adverb clauses to show cause and effect. Combine the sentences using the word or phrase in
parentheses
1. Our TV set was broken. We listened to the news on the radio. (because)
2. Larry is finally caught up on his work. He can start his vacation tomorrow. (now that)
2. Adjective Clause to express contrast. Complete the sentences by using because or even though
1. A new born kangaroo can find its mother's pouch ……………. its eyes are not yet open.
2. Some people protest certain commercial fishing operations ………. dolphins, considered to
be highly intelligent mammals, are killed unnecessarily.
F. Parallel Structures. Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence
1) Running, walking, and ______ are my favourite forms of exercise.
a) to dance
b) to go dancing
c) dancing
d) dance
2) It takes one hour or more to drive to the city depending on weather and ______.
a) traffic
b) how much traffic there is
c) if traffic is heavy
d) Also get traffic
G. Parallel Structure with Paired Conjunction. Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best
completes the sentence.
1) Their European tour includes_______ Germany and Austria but also Switzerland
a) Not only
b) As well as
c) And
d) both
2) Her children have both American cousins and ____________
a) Spanish one
b) She is
c) Or Spanish
d) But also Spanish