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4SA01
Choose the INCORRECT answer, then give the CORRECTION and EXPLANATION !
1. Zoos in New Orleans, San Diego, Detroit, and the Bronx have become biological
A
park where animals roams free and people watch from across a moat.
B C D
The answer is C. roams free
C. roams free is incorrect because the subject is “animals” which is plural so it should be ‘Roam Free’, because the pattern of present tense allows the verb to be added –s or –es in the final only if the subject is singular (except pronoun: I)
2. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither
A B C D
The answer is D. hasn’t neither
D. hasn’t either is incorrect because if hasn’t neither is used, the sentence would mean Maria has completed the assignment (the concept: negative plus negative will make a positive), which is false. The correct ones would be has neither or neither has Maria.
3. Hanny enjoyed to be able to meet several Congress members during her vacation.
A B C D
The answer is A. to be
A. to be is incorrect, it should be being because after the word enjoy it should be followed by gerund which is verb 1 + -ing. Thus it should be being.
4. No one would have attended the lecture if you told the truth about the
A B C
guest speaker.
D
The answer is B. told
B. told is incorrect, it should be had told because the sentence is a conditional sentence type 3 which the pattern is IF + PAST PERFECT à PAST PERFECT (S + HAD + V3)
5. Marie has registered for both the afternoon anthropology class as well as the
A B C
evening sociology lecture.
D
The answer is B. as well as
B. as well as is incorrect, it should and because as well as means in addition to therefore the subject should not be compound (both).
6. Compact discs are affected neither by scratching and by dust.
A B C D
The answer is D. and
D. and is incorrect because neither must be followed by nor. Neither….nor.
7. Plastics used to make textiles can be drawn into fine threads, then woven or knit
A B C D
into fabrics.
The answer is D. Knit
D. knit is incorrect because it should be knitting ( in noun form)
8. Henry David Thoreau stressed the importance in individuality and of living
A B
in harmony with nature.
C D
The answer is A. the importance in
A. the importance in is incorrect. It should be the importance of.
9. The coach was depending for his team to win the game so that they would have a
A B C
chance to play in the Super Bowl.
D
The answer is A. depending for
A. depending for is incorrect because the verb “depend” should be followed by the preposition “on”. So, it should be depending on
10. According to Freud, mental life is characterized by internal conflicts who are
A B C
largely unconscious.
D
The answer is C. who
C. who is incorrect because the subject is inanimate noun. The more suitable is that or which.
