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24 Cards in this Set
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The SC process: 1- look at the first word of every option and observe the splits. 2- read looking for meaning 3- Find a starting point (split or error) |
time: 1 min and 20 seconds per SC question |
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Juggling is a favorite pastime for me, like for you |
Incorrect. Like can only be followed by a noun or a noun phrase. Juggling is a favorite pastime for me, as it is for you |
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Law students learn to think like a lawyer does. |
like X does. Like cannot be followed by an action. Corrections: Law students learn to think AS a lawyer does. Law students learn to think like a lawyer. |
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A leopard cannot run as fast as a cheetah. |
correct. you may be tempted to add a CAN in the end of the sentence, but there is no need. |
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A) The clothes looked more appealing inside the store than on the racks outside. B) The clothes inside the store looked more appealing than on the racks outside. |
A is correct. B seems to be comparing clothes (the clothes inside the store) to a location (on the racks outside). incorrect!!! you could correct like the following: the clothes inside the store looked more appealing than DID those on the racks outside. |
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taller / tallest |
when comparing only 2 things use taller instead ou tallest. |
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Pronouns! Singular or plural? A) it , its B) they, them, their |
singular A) it , its plural B) they, them, their |
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TERM Although the term "supercomputer" may sound fanciful or exaggerated, it is simply an extremely fast mainframe. |
Incorrect the term A ... it is whenever you see "the term" you have to have: "refers to" Although the term "supercomputer" may sound fanciful or exaggerated, it simply REFERS TO an extremely fast mainframe. |
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A) Whenever A STUDENT calls, take down THEIR information. B) Whenever A STUDENT calls, take down HIS OR HER information. C) Whenever STUDENTS calls, take down THEIR information. |
A is incorrect. B and C are correct. Students = their student = his or her |
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All students need his or her own copy of the textbook in order to take the class. |
incorrect. All studentS is plural so you need to use THEIR and not HIS OR HER. |
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They became the first reptiles CAPABLE OF SURVIVING on land. |
correct! CAPABLE OF SURVIVING |
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Our cat is cuter than those in the shelter. |
Incorrect. Those has to have an antecedent, and it cannot be CAT because it is singular and those is plural. Corrected: Our cat is cuter than the cats in the shelter. |
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Samantha took her laptop and her books with her on the airplane because she thought she could use THESE to get some work done. |
INCORRECT. Her laptop and her books is the antecedent of THEM. (The original THESE is incorrect because these is never used as a stand alone pronoun without a noun following.) these should be replaced by THEM. |
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PAST PERFECT = THE EARLIER ACTION The film HAD STARTED by the time we ARRIVED at the theater. Past perfect = HAD + Past Participle |
Earlier past moment = past perfect Later past moment = simple past or time marker. |
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A) By 1945, the United States HAD BEEN at war for several years. B) The teacher THOUGHT that Jimmy HAD CHEATED on the exam. |
both are correct. the second one is tricky because the later (most recent) moment occurred before the earlier (older) moment. |
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The band U2 WAS just one of many new groups on the rock music scene in the early 1980s, but less than ten years later, U2 HAD fully ECLIPSED its earlier rivals in the pantheon of popular music. |
CORRECT. The first independent clause used simple past. the second (after the word but) contains a time marker (ten years later) and then mentions another action (had eclipsed) that occurs before the time marker. Even though HAD ECLIPSED is not the earliest action in the entire sentence, it is the earliest in the second independent clause (time marker and eclipsed). |
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Present Perfect: it is used for actions that started in the past but continue into the present. Present Perfect = HAVE/ HAS + Past Participle A) the Millers HAVE LIVED in a hut for three days. |
A = this means they are still living there. if the action was over, it should be: The Millers LIVED in a hut for three days. |
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Present perfect examples A) This country HAS ENFORCED strict immigration laws for thirty years. B) They HAVE KNOWN each other since 1987. C) The child DREW a square in the sand, but the ocean HAS ERASED it. D) The child HAS DRAWN a square in the sand, but the ocean HAS ERASED it. |
D is incorrect. All the others are correct. |
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A) Since1986, no one BROKE / BREAKS that world record. B) Since1986, no one HAS BROKEN that world record. |
A is incorrect, both options. B is correct. |
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A) Veronica HAS TRAVELLED all over the world in 2007. B) Veronica TRAVELLED all over the world in 2007. |
A is incorrect. In 2007 indicates the action finished then. B is correct. |
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A) She WILL PAY you WHEN you ASK her. Correct - she will pay you at the same time as you ask her, or maybe just after. |
B) She WILL PAY you WHEN you HAVE TAKEN out the garbage. correct - she will pay you after you take the garbage. |
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Conditional tense = WOULD + Base form of Verb A) The scientist BELIEVED that the machine WOULD BE wonderfull. believed = present would be = conditional |
or you don't use conditional: B) The scientist BELIEVES that the machine WILL BE wonderfull. CORRECT! Incorrect = BelieveS x Would Be. or. BelieveD x Will Be |
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A) Last Monday, Mary realized that she WILL HAVE to spend all of that night rewriting her application because she DID NOT BACK UP her files. B) Last Monday, Mary realized that she WOULD HAVE to spend all of that night rewriting her application because she HAD NOT BACKED UP her files. |
A is incorrect. B is correct!! Backed up - not backen up |
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Countable Modifier: Many, Few, Fewer, Fewest, Number, Numerous |
Uncountable Modifiers: Much, Little, Less, Least, Amount, Great |
