IV. ERROR CORRECTION Identify one underlined part in each sentence that needs correcting.

1. In one class we had to do a research on the language used in business.

A. one class B. a research C. the language D. Business

2. We take the bus to the university and meet Tom at the sports complex so we can play the tennis.

A. the bus B. the university C. the sports complex D. the tennis

3. People were slipping on the wet floor because no one had cleaned up that all of us were knowing had leaked from the coffee machine.

A. were slipping B. had cleaned C. were knowing D. had leaked

4. Of the two lectures, the first was by far the best, partly because the person who delivered it had such a dynamic style.
A. the first B. the best C. who D. such a

5. The children were playinglast night outdoors when it began to rain very hard.
A.were playing B. last night outdoors C. began D. very hard

Read the following passage, then choose the item (A, B, C or D)that best answer each of the question about it

   Every four years people all over the world watch the Olympic Games. It is a time for all kinds of people to unite in peace. Some of them join together to compete for gold medals. Millions of other people watch them on television.

   Why do we have the Olympic? How did they begin?

   The first Olympic Games were in Greece in 776 B.C. There was only one event. People ran a nice the length of the stadium. The Games lasted one day.

   Slowly people added more events. The Games were only for men, and women could not even watch them. Only Greeks competed. They came from all parts of the Greek world. The time of the Games way; a time of peace, and government let everyone travel safely. The winners became national heroes.

   The first modem Games were in 1896 in Athens. The Greeks built a new stadium for the competition. Athletes from several countries competed. Then there were Olympics every four years in different cities in Europe and the United States until 1952. After that they were in Melbourne, Tokyo, Mexico City, and Montreal besides in European cities. Each year there were athletes from more nations. The first Winter Olympics were in 1924. The athletes compete in skiing and other winter sports.

In what city were the 1952 Olympic Games held?

Read the following passage, then choose the item (A, B, C or D)that best answer each of the question about it

   Every four years people all over the world watch the Olympic Games. It is a time for all kinds of people to unite in peace. Some of them join together to compete for gold medals. Millions of other people watch them on television.

   Why do we have the Olympic? How did they begin?

   The first Olympic Games were in Greece in 776 B.C. There was only one event. People ran a nice the length of the stadium. The Games lasted one day.

   Slowly people added more events. The Games were only for men, and women could not even watch them. Only Greeks competed. They came from all parts of the Greek world. The time of the Games way; a time of peace, and government let everyone travel safely. The winners became national heroes.

   The first modem Games were in 1896 in Athens. The Greeks built a new stadium for the competition. Athletes from several countries competed. Then there were Olympics every four years in different cities in Europe and the United States until 1952. After that they were in Melbourne, Tokyo, Mexico City, and Montreal besides in European cities. Each year there were athletes from more nations. The first Winter Olympics were in 1924. The athletes compete in skiing and other winter sports.

How often do people all over the world watch the Olympic Games ?

Read the following passage, then choose the item (A, B, C or D)that best answer each of the question about it

   Every four years people all over the world watch the Olympic Games. It is a time for all kinds of people to unite in peace. Some of them join together to compete for gold medals. Millions of other people watch them on television.

   Why do we have the Olympic? How did they begin?

   The first Olympic Games were in Greece in 776 B.C. There was only one event. People ran a nice the length of the stadium. The Games lasted one day.

   Slowly people added more events. The Games were only for men, and women could not even watch them. Only Greeks competed. They came from all parts of the Greek world. The time of the Games way; a time of peace, and government let everyone travel safely. The winners became national heroes.

   The first modem Games were in 1896 in Athens. The Greeks built a new stadium for the competition. Athletes from several countries competed. Then there were Olympics every four years in different cities in Europe and the United States until 1952. After that they were in Melbourne, Tokyo, Mexico City, and Montreal besides in European cities. Each year there were athletes from more nations. The first Winter Olympics were in 1924. The athletes compete in skiing and other winter sports.

Where were the cities where the Olympics were held between 1896 and 1952?

Read the following passage, then choose the item (A, B, C or D)that best answer each of the question about it

   Every four years people all over the world watch the Olympic Games. It is a time for all kinds of people to unite in peace. Some of them join together to compete for gold medals. Millions of other people watch them on television.

   Why do we have the Olympic? How did they begin?

   The first Olympic Games were in Greece in 776 B.C. There was only one event. People ran a nice the length of the stadium. The Games lasted one day.

   Slowly people added more events. The Games were only for men, and women could not even watch them. Only Greeks competed. They came from all parts of the Greek world. The time of the Games way; a time of peace, and government let everyone travel safely. The winners became national heroes.

   The first modem Games were in 1896 in Athens. The Greeks built a new stadium for the competition. Athletes from several countries competed. Then there were Olympics every four years in different cities in Europe and the United States until 1952. After that they were in Melbourne, Tokyo, Mexico City, and Montreal besides in European cities. Each year there were athletes from more nations. The first Winter Olympics were in 1924. The athletes compete in skiing and other winter sports.

Which sport is competed in the Winter Olympic?

Read the following passage, then choose the item (A, B, C or D)that best answer each of the question about it

   Every four years people all over the world watch the Olympic Games. It is a time for all kinds of people to unite in peace. Some of them join together to compete for gold medals. Millions of other people watch them on television.

   Why do we have the Olympic? How did they begin?

   The first Olympic Games were in Greece in 776 B.C. There was only one event. People ran a nice the length of the stadium. The Games lasted one day.

   Slowly people added more events. The Games were only for men, and women could not even watch them. Only Greeks competed. They came from all parts of the Greek world. The time of the Games way; a time of peace, and government let everyone travel safely. The winners became national heroes.

   The first modem Games were in 1896 in Athens. The Greeks built a new stadium for the competition. Athletes from several countries competed. Then there were Olympics every four years in different cities in Europe and the United States until 1952. After that they were in Melbourne, Tokyo, Mexico City, and Montreal besides in European cities. Each year there were athletes from more nations. The first Winter Olympics were in 1924. The athletes compete in skiing and other winter sports.

How long after the founding of the modern Olympics were the Winter Olympics introduced?

VII: Choose the word or phrase in each of the following sentences that needs correction.

3. My sister has two children, who their names are Ali and Tally.

A B C D

4. I would like to write about several problems which I have faced them since I came to the United States. A B C D

5. If you need any information, see the librarian sits at the central desk on the second floor.

A B C D

6. On the wall, there is a colourful poster which consists of a group of young people who dancing.

A B C D

7. When we walked pass theatre, there were a lot of people waited in a long line outside the box office.

A B C D

8. It’s important to be polite to people who lives in the same building.

A B C D

1:_______that she was white and that one of the servants was black, she concluded that all who occupied a similar menial position were of the same hue.

A. when she told B. to be told C. on being told D. having told

2: Would there be a point at which she stopped ________ by his family?

A. to surprise B. being surprise C. to be surprise D. surprising

3: It was so ______ a victory that even Smith's fan could'nt believe it.

A. surprised B. surprising C. surprise D. surprisedly

4: We should participate in the movements ________ the natural environment.

A. organizing to coserve B. organized conserving

C. organized to coserve D. which organizing to coserve

5: The students ________ by the teacher yesterday were very rule.

A. punish B.punishing C. punished D. to punish

Rewrite these sentences using an if construction

1. I did't see the signal so Idid't stop

2.she did't know you were in hospital so she didn't visit you

3. I did't know your number so I didn't ring

4.We only came by bus because there were no taxis

5.She didn't speak to him possible because she was so shy

6. Landlord: She threatened to set fire to her flat ; that's the only reason I askeed her to leave

7' we đin't visit the musrum because we hadn't time

8.I only came up the stairs because the lift wasn't working

9.We didn't listen carefully; perhaps that's why we made this mistake

10'We got a lift so we reached the station in time

11 You washed it in boiling water that's why it shrank

12. We missted the train because we were using an out -of- date timetable

13His own men deserted him; that's the only reason why he failed

14 They were driving very quickly .That's why the accident was so terrible ư

15 it was raining .That the only reason I didn't take the children to the beach

16 When I bought this house I didn't realize that in summer planes skimmed the roof very five minutes

17 Tom's father was on the Board'That 's the only reason he got the job

18 He wasn't looking where he was going ,That's why he was run over

19 I don't like country life perhaps because I wasn't brought up in the country

20 I didn't know he was so quarrelsome '.I'm sorry now that I invited him