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Although Soonam enjoys to play the piano, she usually doesn't have the time.
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| | A) | Although Soonam enjoy playing the piano, she usually doesn't have the time.
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| | B) | Although Soonam enjoys playing the piano, she usually doesn't have the time. Good employees know that punctuality is an invaluable characteristic; it separates the successful from the unsuccessful.
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| | C) | Although Soonam enjoys play the piano, she usually doesn't have the time.Punctuality is an invaluable characteristic, good employees know that it separates the successful from the unsuccessful.
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| | D) | Although Soonam enjoys to play the piano, she usually doesn't have the time.
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Everyone on the team objected the coach's harsh criticisms.
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| | A) | Everyone on the team object to the coach's harsh criticisms.
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| | B) | Everyone on the team objecting the coach's harsh criticisms.
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| | C) | Everyone on the team objected to the coach's harsh criticisms.
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| | D) | Everyone on the team is objected to the coach's harsh criticisms.
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Victor working until 10 p.m. today.
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| | A) | Victor work until 10 p.m. today.
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| | B) | Victor is working until 10 p.m. today.
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| | C) | Victor has working until 10 p.m. today.
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Marisa is wants to become a pharmacist.
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| | A) | Marisa wants to become a pharmacist.
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| | B) | Marisa wanting to become a pharmacist.
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| | C) | Marisa is wanted to become a pharmacist.
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| | D) | Marisa is want to become a pharmacist.
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After Phong finished to eat her dinner, she decided washing the dishes.
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| | A) | After Phong finish eat her dinner, she decide wash the dishes.
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| | B) | After Phong finishing to eat her dinner, she decided to wash the dishes.
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| | C) | After Phong finished eating her dinner, she decided to wash the dishes.
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| | D) | After Phong finished eating her dinner, she decided to washing the dishes.
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Phillippe like to swims every morning.
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| | A) | Phillippe likes to swimming every morning.
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| | B) | Phillippe like swim every morning.
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| | C) | Phillippe liking swimming every morning.
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| | D) | Phillippe likes to swim every morning.
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Boris was accused cheating on the exam.
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| | A) | Boris was accuse cheating on the exam.
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| | B) | Boris was accused of cheating on the exam.
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| | C) | Boris accused of cheating on the exam.
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| | D) | Boris was accuse of cheating on the exam.
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Jose is liking to eat scrambled eggs.
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| | A) | Jose liking to eat scrambled eggs.
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| | B) | Jose liking eat scrambled eggs.
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| | C) | Jose likes to eat scrambled eggs.
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| | D) | Jose like eating scrambled eggs.
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Dr. Nguyen encouraged to major in economics.
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| | A) | Dr. Nguyen encouraged me to major in economics.
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| | B) | Dr. Nguyen to encourage him to major in economics.
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| | C) | Dr. Nguyen encouraged to major in economics.
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| | D) | Dr. Nguyen encourage to major in economics.
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Mrs. Johnson a very tall person.
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| | A) | Mrs. Johnson is being very tall person.
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| | B) | Mrs. Johnson is very tall person.
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| | C) | Mrs. Johnson was a very tall person.
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Matsue can juggles five tennis balls at once.
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| | A) | Matsue can juggle five tennis balls at once.
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| | B) | Matsue can juggled five tennis balls at once.
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Click to open the passage used in the following exercises. The following passage is from a student essay about education in Japan. Edit it to correct errors in verb usage by choosing the correct revision from the alternatives offered below each of the numbered exercises. The numbers in brackets [ ] identify each sentence.
Which one of the following editing choices corrects the verb errors in sentences [1] - [2]? |
| | A) | I started to go to a private supplementary school when I was nine years old. I go to this school for almost ten years. |
| | B) | I started to go to a private supplementary school when I was nine years old. I went this school for almost ten years. |
| | C) | I started to go to a private supplementary school when I was being nine years old. I going to this school for almost ten years. |
| | D) | I started to go to a private supplementary school when I was nine years old. I going to this school for almost ten years. |
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Which one of the following editing choices corrects the verb errors in sentences [3] - [4]? Show sentences again. |
| | A) | I studying hard every day, even on weekends, holidays, and summer and winter vacations. I sometimes studied over ten hours a day. |
| | B) | I studied hard every day, even on weekends, holidays, and summer and winter vacations. I sometimes studied over ten hours a day. |
| | C) | I study hard every day, even on weekends, holidays, and summer and winter vacations. I sometimes am studying over ten hours a day. |
| | D) | I studying hard every day, even on weekends, holidays, and summer and winter vacations. I sometimes study over ten hours a day. |
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Which of one of the following editing choices corrects the verb errors in sentences [5] - [7]? Show sentences again. |
| | A) | Later, I went to a girls' high school in Tokyo. This school was very strict and had many strange regulations. For example, students could not change their hair color, wear skirts less than two inches below the knee, pierce their ears, or wear makeup or nail polish. |
| | B) | Later, I went to a girls' high school in Tokyo. This school very strict and had many strange regulations. For example, students could not changed their hair color, wear skirts less than two inches below the knee, pierce their ears, or wear makeup or nail polish. |
| | C) | Later, I went to a girls' high school in Tokyo. This school was very strict and had many strange regulations. For example, students could not changing their hair color, wearing skirts less than two inches below the knee, piercing their ears, or wearing makeup or nail polish. |
| | D) | Later, I went to a girls' high school in Tokyo.[4] This school was very strict and had many strange regulations. For example, students could not changed their hair color, wear skirts less than two inches below the knee, pierced their ears, or wears makeup or nail polish. |
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Which of one of the following editing choices corrects the verb errors in sentences [8] - [9]? Show sentences again. |
| | A) | Every morning, our teachers are stood in front of the school, checking whether we obey these school regulations. If we hadn't, we were being in big trouble. |
| | B) | Every morning, our teachers standed in front of the school to check whether we obeying these school regulations. If we hadn't, we are in big trouble. |
| | C) | Every morning, our teachers are standing in front of the school, checking whether we obey these school regulations. If we hadn't, we be in big trouble. |
| | D) | Every morning, our teachers stood in front of the school to check whether we had obeyed these school regulations. If we hadn't, we would be in big trouble. |
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Which of one of the following editing choices corrects the verb errors in sentences [10] - [11]? Show sentences again. |
| | A) | I not agree about Japanese schools' regulations. However, I thinking Japanese schools establishing strict rules and regulations for many reasons. |
| | B) | I do not agree about Japanese schools' regulations. However, I think Japanese schools will establish strict rules and regulations for many reasons. |
| | C) | I do not agree with Japanese schools' regulations. However, I think Japanese schools establish strict rules and regulations for many reasons. |
| | D) | I do not agree with Japanese schools' regulations. However, I thinking that Japanese schools established strict rules and regulations for many reasons. |
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Which of one of the following editing choices corrects the verb errors in sentences [12] - [13]? Show sentences again. |
| | A) | The most important is that they want everyone to be treated in the same way. Because of the uniforms and lack of jewelry, nobody can tell what a student's economic background is. |
| | B) | The most important is that they want everyone treat in the same way. Because of the uniforms and lack of jewelry, nobody can tell what is a student's economic background. |
| | C) | The most important is that they want everyone treating in the same way. Because of the uniforms and lack of jewelry, nobody can tell what a student's economic background is. |
| | D) | The most important is that they wanting everyone treated the same way. Because of the uniforms and lack of jewelry, nobody can telled what is a student's economic background. |
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Which of one of the following editing choices corrects the verb errors in sentence [14]? Show sentences again. |
| | A) | Also, strict rules make students looking clean and neat and giving the school a good reputation. |
| | B) | Also, strict rules make students look clean and neat and give the school a good reputation. |
| | C) | Also, strict rules making students look clean and neat and giving the school a good reputation. |
| | D) | Also, strict rules made students looking clean and neat and gives the school a good reputation. |
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