Idiomatic expression 9 pptx

CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS■ Sentences must have a subject and a predicate and express a complete thought.. ■ A predicate is the sentence part that describes what the subject is or what the subje

5 The city doesn’t need no more taxes; everyone pays too

much already

D

a A

b B

c C

d D

6 The distinct geology of Cape Cod began about

20,000 years ago

a formed

b form

c to form

d was forming

7 In contrast to its soft body and muscular feet, some

lusks have hard shells

D

a A

b B

c C

d D

8 Surprisingly, my younger sister dresses more conservative

than I do

D

a A

b B

c C

d D

9 Jackson Pollock, the twentieth-century American painter,

was concerned the connection between the unconscious and artistic creativity

a with

b in

c of

d for

10 After they vandalized the school, the teenagers

the scene

a flew

b flied

c fleed

d fled

11 In 1963, Betty Friedan’s expose of domesticity, The

Fem-A

inine Mystique, becamean immediate bestseller and

B C creating a national sensation

D

a A

b B

c C

d D

12 Homesteaders on the Great Plains brang few possessions

to their new home

D

a A

b B

c C

d D

13 Since his release from jail in 1990, Nelson Mandela has

emerged as the spokesman for South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement

a more prominent

b more prominently

c most prominent

d most prominently

14 Neither the actors nor the producer the

adver-tisement for the movie

a to like

b liking

c like

d likes

15 Less people stood in line for the concert, even though

there were more tickets available

D

a A

b B

c C

d D

16 Of the three girls that recently joined the basketball team,

Frieda is the tallest

D

a A

b B

c C

d D

CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS

■ Sentences must have a subject and a predicate and express a complete thought

■ A subject is the sentence part that tells who or what the sentence is about

■ A predicate is the sentence part that describes what the subject is or what the subject is doing

■ A clause is a group of words with a subject and a

predicate

■ An independent clause stands alone and expresses a complete thought

■ A dependent clause needs an independent clause to complete its meaning

■ The parts of speech are noun, verb, helping verb,

adjective, adverb, and preposition

■ For subject-verb agreement, the subject of a sentence must match the verb in number

■ Familiarize yourself with the common pitfalls involving subject-verb agreement

■ For pronoun agreement, a pronoun and its antecedent must match in number

■ Know how to identify common pronoun errors and troublesome pronouns

■ Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns

■ Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs

■ Review the common grammatical mistakes involving modifiers and problem modifiers

■ Avoid using two negative pronouns or modifiers in one sentence

■ Learn how to create the comparative and superlative forms of modifiers

■ The five basic verb forms are infinitive, present tense, present participle, past tense, and past participle

■ Study and memorize the forms of the most common irregular verbs

■ Review the common errors involving verb tense and problem verbs

■ Review and memorize common prepositional idioms

Practice Answers

1 I went for a walk downtown and mailed your letter.

2 If it is hot tomorrow, let’s go to the beach.

3 The 20-foot-tall, long-necked giraffe is the tallest living

animal on Earth

4 The log cabin quilt was probably designed as a way to

give a second life to unwieldy but warm fabrics salvaged from suits and coats

5 agree

6 sleep

7 was

8 her

9 his, he

10 your, you’re

11 which

12 It’s, your

13 strange

14 comfortable

15 politely