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Hela Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Grammar exercises

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00Would you please correct the following exercises ? 02br
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001) You’re late again! If you a) (be) = ARE late again tomorrow, your pay b) (stop) = WILL BE STOPPED. 02br
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002) The passengers at the front of the plane were all killed, but Alice, who was sitting at the back, survived. If she a) (sit) = HAD SAT / HAD BEEN SITTING nearer the front, she b) (kill) = WOULD’VE BEN KILLED. 02br
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003) If you (be able to) = ARE / WERE ABLE TO do this exercise, you (be) = WILL / WOULD BE very clever. 02br
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00II/ WISH : 02br
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001) The weather is horrible. = 02br
00a) I wish the weather were warmer. / b) I wish it were shiny. (?) 02br
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002) Last night we went to the Ritz restaurant, and I was ill all night. = 02br
00I wish we/I had not been/gone to the Ritz restaurant last night; I was ill all night. 02br
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003) a) I wanted to go to Spain. b) But the rest of my family persuaded me to come to Westby. = 02br
00a) I wished I had gone to Spain. b) And I whished the rest of my family hadn’t persuaded me to come to Westby. 02br
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00III/ SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION : 02br
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001) You’re going to end up in prison if you don’t change your ways. 02br
00= Unless you change your ways, you will end up in prison. 02br
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002) The policeman told us to fit new locks on the door. 02br
00= The policeman suggested that we fit / should fit new locks… 02br
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003) Thieves broke into our house while we were on holidays. 02br
00= Our house was broken into while we were… 02br
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004) Would you like me to call the police ? 02br
00= I shall call the police if you want me to. 02br
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005) You can borrow the car, but you’ve got to fill it up with petrol. 02br
00= Provided you fill the car up with petrol, you can borrow it. 02br
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00Many thanks, 02br
00Hela 0-
  

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0 Hela, 02br 02br 00This is from November, 2004. You mean to tell me that no one has helped you on this. 0-

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0 Hela, 02br
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00This is from November, 2004. You mean to tell me that no one has helped you on this. 0-
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0Actually, JTT, it was posted on 17 April. 05000 Hela quite often posts (?) homework exercises and receives a lot of help.010id1
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0 Dear Abbie, 02br
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00I just want to say that the exercises I post are not "homework" exercises, in the sense that we deal with them in class. They are exercises I do by myself and so I have no way of getting a correction 01del00or explanation02del00 if it were not for the help of all the moderators of this site. That's why I'm very grateful to
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0 Would you please correct the following exercises ? 02br
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001) You’re late again! If you a) (be) = ARE late again tomorrow, your pay b) (stop) = WILL BE STOPPED. OK 02br
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002) The passengers at the front of the plane were all killed, but Alice, who was sitting at the back, survived. If she a) (si
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0Well done, Hela - you certainly seem to do a lot of work. I had no intention of offending you, just pointing out to JTT that you hadn't been ignored for 6 months, as he first thought! 050010id1
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0That's ok, Abbie. I was not at all offended, but I just wanted to tell all the moderators that I was not seeking their help so as to do my class work.05002br
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00Dear JTT, 02br
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003) If you (be able to) = ARE / WERE ABLE TO do this exercise, you (be) = WILL / WOULD BE very clever. NO 'WILL'; ARE/WOULD BE12blockquote
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0 Thanks for that Hela. I had wondered on occasion! I think it's great you do so much work on your own.[Y] 0-
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0 Hello Hela 02br
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00Here are some alternatives: 02br
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003a. If you are able to do this exercise, you are very clever. 02br
003b. If you are able to do this exercise, you must be very clever. 02br
003c. If you were able to do this exercise, you would be very clever. 02br
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0 3c. If you were able to do this exercise, you would be very clever. 02br
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00(I don't myself see 'are/would be' as a possibility.) 02br
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00JTT: The question "why not" immediately comes to mind, Mr P. If you would be so kind? 0-
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0 3) If you (be able to) = ARE / WERE ABLE TO do this exercise, you (be) = WILL / WOULD BE very clever. NO 'WILL'; ARE/WOULD BE 02br
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00Hela: 02br
00Why should I combine ARE with WOULD BE ? Can I have ARE able to do... / you ARE very... ? 02br
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00JTT: We'll leave this one to Mr P for now. 02br
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002) Last night
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