Grammar Enhancement Training

(Paper 7)

I. IDENTIFYING ERROR: Each of the following sentences has a grammatical error. Identify the mistake by encircling
the letter representing such.

1. He stopped to see if he could picked up the trail.

A B C D

2. Although he jumped aside, but the stone hit him.

A B C D

3. He lead me to the rear of the shop where more goods were stacked.
A B C D

4. The dog wagged it's tail when it saw me approaching.

A B C D

5. One of the former student donated a large sum of money to the school.
A B C D

6. Can you write an article to be include in the next issue of the magazine?
A B C D

7. Successful applicants will be paid attracting salary, bonus and fringe benefits.
A B C D

8. To my opinion, advertisements are more harmful than beneficial.

A B C D

9. Mrs. Salmah bought a lot of furnitures at the sale for her new house.
A B C D

10. If you go, I'm sure you will find it enjoy.

A B C D

11. Would you mind go with me to the hospital?

A B C D

12. Have you wrote a reply to your grandmother to thank her for the present?
A B C D

13. We have to do it ourself as there are not enough workers to finish it on time.
A B C D

14. Amy sits besides me in class while Sita is behind me.

A B C D

15. Children should being considerate and kind to others, irrespective of race or status.
A B C D

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II. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the word, phrase or clause which correctly completes the sentence.
Encircle the letter which represents your answer.

16. A person ______ desire is to have open sexual or romantic relationships with more than one person at a
time is said to be polyamorous.
A. who B. that C. whom D. whose

17. The man with ______ I want to spend the rest of my life is in love with my best friend.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that

18. Angel can’t forget the movie theater _________ Luis held her hands for the first time.
A. when B. that C. where D. whom

19. I’ll never ever stop thinking about the day ___ my crush smiled at me.
A. that B. ------ C. both A and B D. only A is possible

20. Which is CORRECT?

A. The man who broke up with Maja, was also the same guy who dumped Kim.
B. The man who dumped Kim was also the same guy, who broke up with Maja.
C. The man with whom Maja broke up was also the same guy who dumped Kim.
D. He, who dumped Kim, was also the same guy who broke with Maja.

21. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

A. Shim Chung that likes eating ramyeon wants to get married to Heo Joon Jae.
B. The woman likes eating ramyeon wants to get married to Heo Joon Jae.
C. Shim Chung that wants to get married to Heo Joon Jae likes eating ramyeon.
D. Shim Chung, who likes eating ramyeon, wants to get married to Heo Joon Jae.

22. According to George Orwell, someone ______ controls the past controls the future.
A. that B. ,who C. which D. whom

23. Malo ________ wants to see Lee Min Ho in person.

A. ,that loves watching Korean dramas,
B. who loves watching Korean dramas
C. ,that loves watching Korean dramas
D. ,who loves watching Korean dramas,

24. Mikaela has a nanoleaf aurora, ______ I’ve never heard.

A. of whom B. of which C. of where D. ------

25. Romeo and Juliet got back together, _________ which is not yet known.
A. the reason of B. the reason for C. the reason why D. the reason that

26. Surprisingly, Drake was good company __________ helped the trip go by faster.
A. ,who B. who C. which D. ,which
27. He lied to me many times, __________ makes it hard to trust him again.
A. who B. what C. which D. whom
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28. The bridge __________ the cities of Dandong, China and Sinuiju, North Korea was constructed by the
Imperial Japanese Army between April 1937 and May 1943.
A. connect B. connects C. connected D. connecting

29. The woman __________ by a car was rushed to the hospital.

A. hit B. hits C. hitted D. hitting

30. The signs ___________ in the Main Hall say that we have to keep the door closed.
A. post B. posts C. posted D. posting

31. Who is that woman ___________ boisterously in the lobby?

A. laugh B. laughs C. laughed D. laughing

32. “I am not ___________. I don’t want to buy your high power portable vacuum cleaner. I am ___________
with my old one.”
A. interest; satisfy B. interested; satisfied
C. interesting; satisfied D. interested; satisfying

33. Most of us were____________ with Charlie Puth’s 2016 album but Courtney didn’t find it ____________
at all. She thought it was his best album.
A. disappointed; disappointing B. disappointing; disappointed
C. disappointed; disappointed D. disappointing; disappointing

34. Why do you always look so __________? Is your life really so ___________?
A. bored; bored B. boring; boring C. bored; boring D. boring; bored

35. People thought it was ____________ that they got married but I wasn’t ___________. I knew they would
end up together.
A. shocked; shocked B. shocking; shocking C. shocked; shocking D. shocking; shocked

III. IDENTIFICATION: Read the following sets of four sentences carefully. Identify the sentence, in each set, which is
appropriate – grammatically and semantically (with regard to meaning).
Encircle the letter representing your answer.

36. A. Because of copper's conductivity, it values for housing electrical cords and circuitry.
B. Because of copper's conductivity, it is being valuable for housing electrical cords and circuitry.
C. Because of copper's conductivity, it is valued for housing electrical cords and circuitry.
D. Because of copper's conductivity, it has valued for housing electrical cords and circuitry.

37. A. A three-foot octopus can crawl through a hole than one inch less in diameter.
B. A three-foot octopus can crawl through a hole less than one inch in diameter.
C. A three-foot octopus can crawl through a hole one less inch than in diameter.
D. A three-foot octopus can crawl through a hole than less one inch in diameter.

38. A. It is believed that life began billions of years ago in the water.
B. In the belief that life began billions of years ago in the water.
C. The belief that life began billions of years ago in the water.
D. Believing that life began billions of years ago in the water.
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39. A. The families were told to evacuate their houses immediately at the time when the water began to go up to.
B. The families were told to evacuate their houses immediately when the water began to rise.
C. The families were told to evacuate their houses immediately when up was going the water.
D. The families were told to evacuate their houses immediately in the time when the water raised.

40. A. The fact that money orders can usually be easily cashed has made them a popular form of payment.
B. The fact of money orders can usually be easily cashed has made them a popular form of payment.
C. The fact is that money orders can usually be easily cashed has made them a popular form of payment.
D. The fact which is money orders can usually be easily cashed has made them a popular form of payment.

IV. CORRECTING ERROR: Each of the following contains an error – a word or phrase. Underline such mistake
and write the correction directly above it. Such correction should not change the supposed
meaning of the sentence – if a word does not make the sentence wrong, do not change it.
Strictly follow directions.

41. I have been waiting for one and a half hour.

42. Alex has got beautiful tall legs.

43. Are the banks opened this afternoon?

44. I went swimming to the river.

45. Leaves get brown in autumn.

46. I’ll open the umbrella in case it rains.

47. I hate the thought to get old.

48. Then he made a very strange thing.

49. She has lost nearly each friend she had.

50. Can I give you a lift? ~ No thanks, I’d prefer walking. ~

“Some people grow old but never grow up. Others grow up long before they grow old.”
~Anonymous~

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