Nama : Arya Zulfikar Tetuko
NPM : 11116125
Exercise 1.12
Some of the following sentences contain shifts in person. Identify each error by drawing a line under the pronoun; then write the correct form above the word. You may have to change the form of the verb.
Example : When a person goes for a job interview, you (he or she) should be well groomed.
1. I enjoy eating out instead of cooking at home. Living in Seattle, you have a choice of many different kinds of restaurants. My favorite restaurant is a Japanese one near my home. It is small and very popular, so you usually have to wait for a table.
Answer (Correction):
I enjoy eating out instead of cooking at home. Living in Seattle, i have a choice of many different kinds of restaurants. My favorite restaurant is a Japanese one near my home. It is small and very popular, so i usually have to wait for a table.
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2. If a person wants to learn to play a musical instrument well, he or she will have to develop self-discipline. The serious music student, for example, must be willing to give up watching two or three hours of television a day, and, instead, spend their time practicing.
Answer (Correction):
If a person wants to learn to play a musical instrument well, he or she will have to develop self-discipline. The serious music student, for example, must be willing to give up watching two or three hours of television a day, and, instead, spend their time practicing.
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3. During the past year or two, the price of food has risen sharply. Every time I go to the market, you can see increases in several items. Not so long ago, your twenty dollars bought quite a few bags of groceries, but now I can carry twenty dollars’ worth of food home in one bag.
Answer (Corrections):
During the past year or two, the price of food has risen sharply. Every time I go to the market, you can see increases in several items. Not so long ago, my twenty dollars bought quite a few bags of groceries, but now I can carry twenty dollars’ worth of food home in one bag.
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4. I received a camera for a graduation present last year. It worked fine at first, but after a few months, you could tell that something was wrong with it. The pictures were so blurry that you couldn’t recognize the people in them. The repairperson at the camera shop wanted too much money to repair it, so I stopped using it. You would be wasting your money to buy film for that lemon.
Answer (Corrections):
I received a camera for a graduation present last year. It worked fine at first, but after a few months, I could tell that something was wrong with it. The pictures were so blurry that i couldn’t recognize the people in them. The repairperson at the camera shop wanted too much money to repair it, so I stopped using it. I would be wasting my money to buy film for that lemon.
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5. My brother likes his job as a lifeguard at the beach. You don’t have to wear a coat and tie to work, and you are out in the fresh air all day. A lifeguard has an important job. You don’t just watch pretty girls; you are responsible for the lives of all those people who come to enjoy the ocean. Number indicates whether pronouns are singular or plural. Singular means one person or thing. Plural means more than one person or thing. Pronouns do not add s or es to form the plural.
Answer (Corrections):
My brother likes his job as a lifeguard at the beach. He doesn’t have to wear a coat and tie to work, and he is out in the fresh air all day. A lifeguard has an important job. He doesn’t just watch pretty girls; he is responsible for the lives of all those people who come to enjoy the ocean.
Number indicates whether pronouns are singular or plural. Singular means one person or thing. Plural means more than one person or thing. Pronouns do not add s or es to form the plural.
Exercise 2.16
Some of the following sentences contain shifts in tense. Identify each error by drawing a line under the incorrect verb. Write the correct form above the word.
1. Last Tuesday night I went to the library because I had a test in history onWednesday morning. It is too noisy at home to study. My brother is playing the stereo, my mother was vacuuming, and my little sister and her friend are chasing each other around the house. How am I supposed to concentrate with all that commotion?
Answer (Correction):
Last Tuesday night I went to the library because I had a test in history on Wednesday morning. It was too noisy at home to study. My brother was playing the stereo, my mother was vacuuming, and my little sister and her friend were chasing each other around the house. How am I supposed to concentrate with all that commotion?
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2. My friend Greg loves peanut butter. Every morning he spread peanut butter on his toast or waffles. He snacked on peanut butter cups at school, and, of course, he ate peanut butter sandwiches for lunch every day. Nowadays he bakes his own peanut butter cookies because his mother had refused to make them anymore. Greg was a hopeless case; he even covers a slice of chocolate cake with peanut butter.
Answer (Corrections):
My friend Greg loves peanut butter. Every morning he spread peanut butter on his toast or waffles. He snacking on peanut butter cups at school, and, of course, he eat peanut butter sandwiches for lunch every day. Nowadays he bakes his own peanut butter cookies because his mother was refusing to make them anymore. Greg is a hopeless case; he even covers a slice of chocolate cake with peanut butter.
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3. My wife and I bought a golden retriever puppy last year. We made the mistake on the first few nights of allowing the puppy to sleep on a rug by our bed because he misses his brothers and sisters. Later when we made a bed for him in the laundry room, he howls and scratches on the door for several hours every night. After a while the neighbors call on the telephone to complain about the noise. We thought that he will never give up. The puppy finally learned to sleep by himself, and the neighbors start speaking to us again.
Answer (Corrections):
My wife and I bought a golden retriever puppy last year. We made the mistake on the first few nights of allowing the puppy to sleep on a rug by our bed because he misses his brothers and sisters. Later when we made a bed for him in the laundry room, he howled and scratched on the door for several hours every night. After a while the neighbors called on the telephone to complain about the noise. We thought that he will never give up. The puppy finally learned to sleep by himself, and the neighbors start speaking to us again.
