TEMA SEM II AN II BALAN(MOGILDEA ) MIHAELA AN II, ID, GR.

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Tutor-Assessed Task 1
Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to
be grammatically correct.

1. Frank hasn't seen that new film about skiing and I haven't either.
2. After he finishes washing the dishes, Fred wants to go for a bike ride. So do I.
3. I can understand why he loves working with computers, and his mother can either.
4. Hilda enjoys being outside in her yard gardening, and Florence does too.
5. She was in good physical shape by jogging and to running. Her boyfriend does too.
6. When I was a little boy, every Christmas weekend my family and I used to visit my
grandparents on their farm.
7. We lived in the city, so it had been very special for us, especially me and my sister, to
be in the country and to help Grandpa with animals and Grandma with the baking.
8. By the time we got to the farm, Grandma had baked her world-famous homemade
cinnamon bred and Grandpa has chosen a turkey for dinner.
9. Saturday morning we always used to get up early, toast a few slices of cinnamon bread
for breakfast, and then go out to the garden to clean the best pumpkin for a pumpkin
pie.
10. We helped Grandpa with the cows and the chickens, but mostly we played with the
cats and dog, we children seldom used to do very much real work.
11. After we had played and worked so much, we were tired; my sister and I took a long
nap while Mom and Dad continued to help with work in the kitchen.
12. When it was finally time for dinner, it has always been a feast; there was a gigantic
roasted turkey with stuffing, plates of vegetables from the garden, bowls of
cranberries, slices of homemade bread with fresh butter, and pieces of pumpkin pie for
desert.
13. Now I'm married, I have my own family, and I still live in the city; grandparents died
many years ago, so we don't visit the farm anymore.
14. I weren't used to cook, but now that my Grandma's not here, she doesn't bake anymore
that wonderful cinnamon bread, so I've learned to make it myself.

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15. I don't like shopping, and Nancy doesn't either.
16. Bobby has a pair of skates, and Irene has too.
17. Kelly likes to go fishing, and so does Mike.
18. Robin loved the movie, and so did I.
19. Bart enjoys collecting antiques.
20. During class the teacher can have something to drink and the students can too.
21. Roy had a text (heart) attack last year. Before then, he never had thought about his
health. His doctor told him to change his lifestyle, and gave him a diet and exercise
plan.
22. -23. He started to eat more fruits and vegetables and less fat. Instead of eating a bar of
chocolate when he wanted something sweet, Roy learned to eat an apple or a dozen
of grapes.
24. He used to eat a lot of fast food and he seldom ate any fresh vegetables.
25. Before his heart attack, Roy used to eat a lot of salt and fries food.
26.-27. He still eats desert, but now he buys jars of frozen yogurt instead of ice cream.
28. Roy quit smoking and drinking hard liquor. After he had quit for about three month,
he started to feel a lot better.
29. After his doctor advised Roy to start an exercise program, he began to walk every
morning before work.
31. It's been one year since Roy's heart attack, and he feels great. He doesn't want a
cigarette anymore.
Tutor-Assessed Task 2

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to
be grammatically correct.

1. The Philippines are a group of islands in the South Pacific, north of Indonesia.
2. I sewed for my daughter a dress for her birthday. She loved it because the dress was
silk.
3. The Grand Canyon is one of the most popular of all the National Parks in North
America.
4. I carried for my teacher the books she needed for her class.
5. On Sundays, my mom always cooks a big dinner for the whole family.
6. The Great Lakes, which make up part of the border between Canada and the United
States, consist of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and Lake
Superior.
7. My job is to prepare for the party a toss salad. The salad must be fresh.
8. An astronaut explained the problems of space exploration to us.
9. At the southern tip of Vancouver Island is the city of Victoria.
10. I had problems with the homework. Did you understand the solution for the number 5?
11. Been tried to repair (for me) my car, but the car was too old. We had to sell it to the
junk yard and buy a new one.
12. I've got a flat tire on my car. Could you fix it for me?
13. Biology includes the study of plants and animals.
14. The place I would like to visit is Andes Mountains in the South America.
15. I can make sushi for you if you want to taste some typical food from Japan.

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16. My husband still buys me flowers.

17. I like fruit. I had a banana and an apple for lunch.
18. One of the most famous mountains in North America is Mt. St. Helens, a volcano
which exploded in 1980.
19. What did he buy you? He bought me necklace.
20. The highest building in the world is the Sears Tower, which is located in Chicago.
21. That is the silliest thing you have ever said. It never snows in Miami.
22. I like the theatre. I would like to see some more plays.
23. The Rio Grande makes up the border between Mexico and Texas.
24. The fiftieth state in the U.S. is Hawaii.
25. State University of New York or SUNY, is a large university system in New York.
26. Who did Angela prepare the income taxes for? Angela prepared them for Joseph.
27. Mars is the closet planet to the earth.
28. She saved the place for me on the bus.
29. Steve got a soda for mom because she was thirsty.
Tutor-Assessed Task 3

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. Tortillas, the bread of Mexico, are made with ground corm, water, and lime.
2. Many Mexicans buy tortillas at their local tortilleria, where they are produced by machine.
3. Others, who could buy them, prefer to make their own.
4. Many women are taken the dough, or masa, between their hands and flatten it into a thin,
round, pancake-like shape.
5. The tortilla has been eating in Mexico for centuries, since the days of the Aztecs.
6. A 28-year old woman has been chosen to become the next princess. The prince made his
decision after consulting his list of more than 100 candidates.
7. At first, she didn't want to be on the "princess list". People said that she was having a
boyfriend.
8. But the prince started calling her on the telephone every day. He must have been very
convincing, because she changed her mind.
9. The future princess, a very independent and well-educated woman, may change the very
conservative role of princess.
10. A former diplomat, she speaks five languages and was educated in four countries.

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grammatically correct.

11. Two tourists were robbed while they were checking into the Sandy Shores Hotel.
12. Police say the couple had left their bags unattended, and when they looked, the bags had
disappeared.
13. The police also say the bags have been stolen by the same criminals who have been
attacking foreign tourists in the area.
14. They think that it can be an employee of one of the hotels, or it might be someone who
was dressed like a tourist.
15. Every year, tourists around the world get robbed like this, because they become careless;
they shouldn't take their eyes off their luggage, or something like this can occur.
16. South Dakota is known for Mount Rushmore, where the enormous heads of four U.S.
presidents are caved in the side of a mountain.
17. Kirezak Ziolkovski, who died in 1982. helped carve Mt. Rushmore, and then he bought a
nearby mountain and began to carve a gigantic replica of the Sioux Chief Crazy Horse.
18. Ziolkowski's widow, Ruth, said that the sculpture was her husband's dream and that a
strange relationship had existed between him and Crazy Horse: he was born in the same day
that Crazy Horse died, but 31 years later.
19. Ruth said that now that her husband is died, his spirit can be with Crazy Horse's, and
they're probably watching the construction from heaven.
20. The Ziolkowski family has continued to work on the huge project, and they say that it will
be many years before the sculpture is finished - their great grandchildren might see completed
Crazy Horse.
Tutor-Assessed Task 4

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence:

1. Isn't that an aluminium can? Yes, it is.

2. Haven't you heard that can is recyclable? No I haven't.
3. What you need is some education about recycling.
4. Why do I need to know about recycling? Because it can make a difference.
5. Haven't you heard that the resources of this planet are limited?
6. What do you mean? I mean that recycling aluminium saves energy because it takes less
energy to recycle aluminium than to refine and produce new aluminium
7. Also, when people recycle, they reduce the amount of trash in landfills. If everyone
recycled, we wouldn't have such a big problem with waste.
8. There are other things besides aluminium that we can recycle, aren't there?
9. Sure, if you look in the phone book under recycling, you will find a list of things that
different companies recycle.
10. What are some of the things that can be recycled?
11. You can recycle newspapers, plastic bottles, cardboard, and glass, if you separate each of
them into different containers.
12. All you have to do is separate your recyclables? That's easy, isn't it?
13. Isn't recycling make sense?
14. I guess you're right. Recycling makes sense. I certainly will start recycling.
15. I'll get started right away. Where should I put this can?

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grammatically correct.

16. Have you ever heard the story of Cannibal Giant? No, I haven't.
17. If you had lived many years ago, you would have met him. Who was the Cannibal Giant?
What did he do?
18. The Cannibal Giant was a monster. If he saw a child away from his mother, the Cannibal
Giant would catch the child and would eat him.
19. He was terrible, wasn't he? Didn't anyone do anything about the Cannibal Giant?
20. Yes, what they did was to make the trap. What kind of trap did they make? The men of the
village dug a deep hole and covered it with branches.
21. Then they asked, "How can we catch the Cannibal Giant in the trap"?
22. One brave little boy said, "If I could get the Cannibal Giant to chase me, I would lead him
to the trap."
23. The boy really got the Cannibal Giant to chase him, and the Cannibal Giant was caught in
the trap.
24. However, the Cannibal Giant was terrible. He shouted at the people from the hole, "I will
not die. I will come to drink your blood."
25. The people of village wanted to make sure he would no longer be a problem; they wanted
no more trouble from the Cannibal Giant, so they threw burning logs into the hole.
26. The Cannibal Giant shouted, "You think this will finish me? If you don't let me go, I will
come to drink your blood."
27. The villagers let the fire burn for three days, until the Cannibal Giant was nothing but
ashes. When the ashes cooled, they stirred the ashes to see if the Cannibal Giant was still
there.
28. What happened then? Millions of mosquitoes came out of the ashes. The mosquitoes
buzzed around the villagers and said "Did you think you could destroy me? I come to drink
your blood."
29. If a mosquito was to talk to you today, you would have heard it saying the same thing.