English Grammar Demystified - A Self Teaching Guide

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

(^312) Answer Key
Written Practice 1-5



  1. checks 2. appear 3. knows
    Written Practice 1-6

  2. prices change 2. family goes 3. men take 4. interferences keep 5. friend takes

  3. development gives 7. fi ber rates 8. some include 9. fabric pays 10. plants give
    Written Practice 1-7

  4. expect/present tense 2. received/past tense 3. have expected/present perfect
    tense 4. will come/future tense 5. have read/present perfect 6. slid/past tense

  5. will know/future 8. wrote/past 9. will implement/future 10. avoided/past
    Written Practice 1-8

  6. will lie 2. woke 3. swam 4. laid 5. had run
    Written Practice 1-9

  7. lain 2. swum 3. raised 4. paid 5. forbidden 6. swung 7. chosen 8. drunk 9. threw

  8. seen
    Written Practice 1-10

  9. change went to go 2. change existed to exist
    Quiz
    Sample answers are provided.

  10. Fragment. If you decide on which route to take, call me. 2. Fragment. He was
    looking back at his childhood. 3. Run-on. You’re ready. Don’t hesitate.

  11. Agreement of subject and verb in number. Mark and Amy run a very organized
    household. 5. Fragment. I love buying a new piece of clothing. 6. Irregular verb
    form. If you had ridden to work with us, you would have been on time.

  12. Fragment. When my time on the meter ran out, I raced back to my car. 8. Run-
    on/comma fault. I’ll be there. The children will arrive later, and we’ll all have
    lunch. 9. Agreement of subject and verb. He complained, “These cars park in the
    wrong spaces every day.” 10. Fragment. Because I had written, word-processed,
    corrected, and approved the report, my job was done.


CHAPTER 2
Written Practice 2-1


  1. He and I... 2. Tim and he... 3.... for Betsy and me. 4.... between Marcus
    and me. 5. Tim and I...

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