Part 6: Identifying Grammar Errors

Practice Exercises 41 - 60

Read the question. Look at the four choices. Select the INCORRECT part of the sentence. Then, look at the answer box. This version is low tech. Please use a pencil and paper to record your right and wrong answers.

• 1. AlthoughSORRY most ofSORRY our companyısSORRY employees went to skiingwent skiing over the weekend, our department had to work.

• 2. I will not SORRY be able SORRY to go outSORRY this weekend, because I do not have manyany money.

• 3. LastSORRY night I saw in on TV aSORRY news report on Hong KongSORRY.

• 4. There SORRY was SORRY a special parade forSORRY the disabilitydisabled war veterans.

• 5. On Motherıs Day my daughter fixed SORRY breakfast herselfSORRY andSORRY on Fatherıs Day my son fixed breakfast hisselfhimself.

• 6. SinceSORRY you have studiedSORRY English for many yearyears, you should see SORRYsome improvement in your TOEIC score.

• 7. Star Trek, one the most one of the mostpopular TV shows of all time,SORRY can be SORRY seenSORRY in many countries.

• 8. WhileSORRY walkingSORRY in the woods, I met sawa bearSORRY.

• 9. The child was in bedSORRY, dressed inSORRY his flannelSORRY pajamapajamas.

• 10. As soon asSORRY the Captain sounded abandon shipSORRY, all hands went to manSORRY theretheir abandon ship stations.

• 11. The employees of our companySORRY, whatwho always came to workSORRY early, received a special bonusSORRY.

• 12. Hyper Text Mark-up Language, even often called HTML, isSORRY the code used SORRY to writeSORRY web-pages.

• 13. The soldier bumpedSORRY her headSORRY on the doorSORRY of the armorthe armored personnel carrier.

• 14. DuringWhiletrying the routine experimentSORRY, the chemist madeSORRY anSORRY unexpected discovery.

• 15. WhileSORRY the accountant was doingSORRY the end of the month closingSORRY, he found a large shortshortage.

• 16. The Fourth of JulySORRY picnicSORRY turned in to turned out tobeSORRY a real disaster.

• 17. To keepSORRY the children fromSORRY squabblingSORRY, the mother divided the candy equalequally.

• 18. The people, complainingSORRY of high taxesSORRY, lack ofSORRY government services and corruption, was given no reliefwere given no relief.

• 19. While the nurse was administeredadministered the IVSORRY, heSORRY talked pleasantly SORRYto the patient.

• 20. These formsSORRY must be SORRYcompleted by in triplicate and resubmitted as soon as possibleSORRY.

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CNerm6 41-60

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