QUIZ 4A

Part 1. ERROR IDENTIFICATION

If the sentence is grammatically correct, write Correct in the Answer section.

If it is incorrect, underline the error and then give correction to that error.

1. Few on the committee ever miss a meeting.

2. That is the drawer where I keep my jewelry in.

3. The food is excellent as the reviewer promised.

4. The music to that we listened last night was good.

5. There isn’t much can go wrong with this machine.

6. The producer and director of the movie were unknown to the public.

7. It is almost impossible to find two persons who their opinions are the same.

8. The team usually donate their old uniforms to a group of disadvantaged youth.

9. An elephant which is the earth's largest land mammal has few natural enemies other than human beings.

10. People who works in the hunger program they estimate that 3500 people in the world die from starvation

every day of the year.

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Name:........................................................

Date:..........................................................

Part 2. SENTENCE COMPLETION

Complete each of the following sentences with four appropriate adverbs, adverbial phrases and/ or adverbial

clauses.

1. He moved________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Eva danced_______________________________________________________________________________

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3. The waiter smiled__________________________________________________________________________

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Part 3. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION - Rewrite each of the following sentences, using the word in

brackets, so that it has a similar meaning to the original sentence.

1. I’m sorry I didn’t buy a bicycle earlier.

I wish___________________________________________________________________________________

2. House prices have risen dramatically this year.

There___________________________________________________________________________________

3. It is two years since my father last went to France.

My father________________________________________________________________________________

4. It is the first time I have seen that man here. (BEFORE)

I_______________________________________________________________________________________

5. Tom has not seen his sister since she left for Japan. (LAST)

Tom____________________________________________________________________________________

6. The room is full of flies because you left the door open. (IF)

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7. By his behaviour, I thought he owned the place. (AS THOUGH)

He______________________________________________________________________________________

8. Notwithstanding his innocence, they executed him. (ALTHOUGH)

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9. Owing to her poor computer skills, she was not considered for the job. (AS)

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10. If you want my opinion, it would be a good idea to stop eating so many sweets.

If I______________________________________________________________________________________

11. If you missed the programme, you couldn’t really understand their intention. (UNLESS)

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12. I turned off the TV in order to enable my roommate to study in peace and quiet. (SO THAT)

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GOOD LUCK!!!!!