EXERCISE 1: PLEASE FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH CORRECT FORM OF VERBS

      1-The guy said it ..... (be) a time machine.

2-      They're at PacBell, and  I ..... (try)to bring them over to us.

3-      I ......(leave) the door open a little bit.

4-      I ......(learn) to finish my work quickly.

 

ANSWERS

1-      was

2-      am trying

3-      will leave / am leaving

4-      learned

 

EXERCISE 2 :PLEASE CLASSIFY THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO DIFFERENT TYPES: SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX  or COMPOUND-COMPLEX

1- Just to look at and study so I can choose better.

2- When I was a kid, I could go through a math book in a week.

3- You should probably do your sales calls.

4- I got three of them before the damn office is even open.

5- Here is a dollar and I'll give you more money when I come back out.

 

ANSWERS

1-      Compound

2-      Complex

3-      Simple

4-      Complex

5-      Complex-compound

EXERCISE 3: PLEASE CLASSIFY THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO DIFFERENT SENTNCE TYPES; DECLERATIVE, INTERROGATIVE, IMPERATIVE OR EXCLAMATORY.

1-      Let me see if I can find you an application for our internship.

2-      We'd like to retire and maintain our lifestyle without paying a lot of taxes.

3-      Are you familiar with tax-free municipal?

4-      Stockbroker. Oh, goodness!

ANSWERS

1-Imperative

2-Declerative

3-Interrogative

4- Exclamatory