Homework 7 - error identification
Study the sentences below. Each sentence has four parts underlined. Choose which of the underlined parts is WRONG. Read the underlined parts left to right as a), b) c, and d). |
1) The history students being taught in the classroom next to mine is very noisy. 2) He was unable to decide exactly where all the members of the team was from. 3) Rarely in the history of this school has three pupils been able to enter Oxford University in the same year. 4) Everbody who manage to climb to the top of Mount Fuji is rewarded with a view that will be remembered for the rest of their life. 5) If what the syllabus says is correct, a student can either take an oral exam and write an end-of-term paper. 6) The exam given to the third-year students was much more difficult as that given to the second-years. 7) Plants that are regularly watered and allowed exposure to sunlight are always far healthy than those that aren't. 8) Leis, supposedly given to the Hawaiian people by a goddess, are give to guests and people attending special events as a sign of honor. 9) An important sign of a political party's matureness is whether or not it can successfully groom reliable successors.. 10) The scale of the labor unions' demands in both Britain and France are matched by the disruption that they are able to cause to the economy. 11) Public sector workers do not have far to look to find inspiration for its demand for higher wages. 12) The Geneva Protocol of 1925, and the Biological Weapons Convention of fifty years later, banned the production and use of biological weapons, and some countries are thought to have maintained a capability in that area. 13) As a result of the tireless efforts of the principal and his staff, examination scores for each class has risen by as factor of at least two. 14) The Industrial Revolution, that has occurred in Britain in the 18th century, provided a new model for any society seeking to maximise its wealth and power. 15) Original designed as a seaplane, the Supermarine S.6 was developed into a world-beating fighter aircraft that was able to attain speeds of up to 350 miles per hour. 16) The feeling of sleepiness that people often experience in the early afternoon is not, as most people belief, the result of eating too much at lunch time. 17) Off all the computers newly installed in the upstairs classroom, only three have been completely untouched by viruses. 18) One of the most famous songs of all time, 'Yesterday' written and was sung by Paul MacCartney without any help from any of his fellow Beatles. 19) The advantages of buying a small car is usually to be found in the areas of fuel economy and reliability. 20) If he decided to study a subject such as engineering instead of history of art, he would probably have found it easier to get a job. |