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Post by vocabulitis5 on May 15, 2009 13:15:33 GMT -8
1. active>passive 2. Burdened(participle)+comma 6. ,but- new sent. comes out semicolon( includes and, not, or, but 7. fieldwork- not a place they antecedent 10 perfect sentence + ,and ,but,or ; . semicolon+ perfect sent. 11 chose BECAUSE 12. fable is a singular should be which had been 13. TENSE!!! 16. one should be kept as one 19 which- identify 20 rise -rose- risen have arisen 21 dnt pick 'surely' nineteen century-past will be-> would be 24 clever(adj) cleverly modifies designed as an adv. or clever, designed 28 i am preoccupied with my homework (-> busy) preoccupation with 29 by contrast to in contrast to active/passive Crying Jane tears out a paper in many pieces, which was her spoiled math test. A paper, which was her spoiled math test, is torn out in many pieces by Crying Jane. He hits his barking brown dog . His barking brwon dog is hit by him.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on May 28, 2009 17:17:15 GMT -8
Test 2 1.comparison
those(museum in canada
2.comma splite period or semicolon
3.sounds like hometown is world news does- matched
4.pronoun antecedent they-potatoes or barrels it- being blocked or highway passive is barely an answer.
6.reasons-are they-student reason is that (0) reason is because is wrong always! prepositional things do not give second thing, they are just describing the first one.
8.dangling participle dangling modifier (driving too fast,)car spun off the highway. participle was the car driving fast???NO!!
b)having -it no!!! c)has a Margo so it is clear!(no dangling) seems-seemed d) run-on sentence e)GOOD
9) b)humor d)no double and parallism BECAUSE is a good one!!!
11. 12.past tense 13.that is a contract not the hostpital 14 either or 15 invaluable means very valuable 16.one of a kind- unique the one of that(its) kind
18 was absent had done did do
19. no error
21.appositive- when you read a noun or subject, explain what it is. by him
22.comparison parallism to explain
24.complex/compound(but w/ a comma)
25. preoccupation with
27. clinics-s
28. tables-plural
29. changing constantly
dangling
sleeping well, his blanket kicked baby several times. sleeping well, baby kicked his blanket several times.
incorrect-writing an essay, a teacher's recommandation fixed a student's some errors correct- writing an essay,a student fixed some errors according to a teacher's recommandation.
correct-smocking a cigarette, a man stood next to the door. [which is the correct and incorrect? keep them in same order]
incorrect-smocking a cigarette, the door was there next to a man.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 4, 2009 11:30:21 GMT -8
TEST3 1 delegate-subject appositive no double used subject in one sentence the delegates, coming this far, they~~~ or comping this far,the delegates participle phrase coming this far- happening right now having come this far-its done having eaten breakfast and im full(o) eating breakfast and im full(x)
look at the sentence and judge the tense 2 dangling as if :ÀÌ·¨´ø°Íó·³ if +had done then +would have 3 subject-verb 4 the council debated- just describes issue so next sent. is a frag. whether it would happend 5 cross out the appositive and ull see that not a good sent. comma n description 6 semicolon ends sent. ,for=because 7 compound s 8 wordy being is usually unrequirement no being in SAT 9
i stole the money if i hadn't stolen the money, then i would not have gone to jail(already happend) I blamed my brother if i hadn't blamed my brother, my mom would not have gotten mad. I got D on my test if i had study for my test, i would not have had D.
He saw his girfriend was cheating with his frined if he had not been there, he would never have known the truth she realized she was wrong if she hadnt'
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 11, 2009 12:50:18 GMT -8
1.one-subject 2.parallelism 3. cant have more-er at the same time 4. mom loves the dog more than I/me i->I love the dog me->mom loves me
5 determine+something no about after determine!!!!!! I dont know if he come to class I dont know whether he come to class (they are different) 6. antecedent can be before the noun. 7 mr.k taught that students are lazy thattudents are lazy is well known to everyone 8. ,and s-v ; s-v ,adj/adv 10 dangling 14 different from comparison 15 issues-antecedent 16 fish-singular/plural 17 parallelism turning off 18 agency-singular she ,who is a top and famous model in America, is smaller than I My friend who always gets As without any preparation is smarter than I. His test score which was opened to the public yesterday is better than I My brother who is a very nerd likes chesmistry more than I. My sister abhors bugs more than I
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 18, 2009 12:39:24 GMT -8
1. compound not able to=unable to passive is barely an answer. antecedent(¼±Çà»ç) 4.s-v 7 shorter answer is better D) not a complete sentence. 8 comma splice-when uncompleted sentences are connected ->semicolon 11
after/before Before I ate my breakfast, Jane had called me. Before the famous and big building collasped, an arrogant supervisor had known the building would be collapsed.
Before I studied high level science, I had finished basic math skills. Before a thick book was torn out by her, she who got mad had thrown the book. Before a man picked up a wallet which has many bills, the wallet was dropped on the ground.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 25, 2009 11:28:14 GMT -8
past. I never attended preschool but if I had attended there, I would have known alphabet earlier. pres. I don't go to university high, but if I went to university, I would get smarter. future. I won't be going to the concert, but if I go to the concert, I had to cancel my meeting.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 16, 2009 11:59:03 GMT -8
Grammar Review Instructions for July 9th.
We will be reviewing our grammar today. You are to look through the questions that you missed on previous practice tests, starting from Test #1. Your incorrect answers should already be highlighted in your Gdoc answer sheet.
Find questions that you do not completely understand and would like for me to explain again. In this document, write the test number and question number that you want to go over.
You should also check the bulletin board for your past notes. If there are any concepts you don't understand, I will explain those as well. Write your questions in this document.
You will do this preparation for the first hour. I will check this document periodically to make sure that you are working through the questions.
You can take your break at 4:50. We will begin our lecture session at 5:00.
MR.K
2. Is Sarah a subject for burden? 11. when do we use With and Because?
24 what are we supposed to have after 'the most' only adj is okay?
He finished the test sthe most quickly.
25 26 do air pollutioncaused bt industrial fumes and recently ghappen at the same time? is the tense suppose to stay same? So + that must! i love you so much x i love you very much as adj, adv as
being-not a good choice
with-preposition With his pen, he wrote many novels. Because of-preposition Because of his pen, he wrote many novels. Because(clause) he had his pen,
i want you not to eat so much infinitive split
The rich-richest people the poor the smart two sentences connect with commam ; ;therefore ;however ,and ,but
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 30, 2009 11:45:54 GMT -8
Instructions for July 16th.
The following are problematic phrases taken from practice tests. Before we begin the lecture, take some time to go through the list and try to identify the grammar rule associated with the phrase. Write your guess in the right column. You are not expected to know all of them, but I will need to see your guesses to know how well you know your grammar topics. During lecture, you will need to replace your text with the correct answers.
You have until 4:30 PM to go through the list.
RED FLAG RULE 4:00 P.M. this afternoon
a means of survival a number of A talented and versatile artist, abide with abide by-follow about me getting the seats possesive before a gerund about who After seeing the movie, agreement among two people Along the curve of the island lies¡ as expensive than At the heart of this program.... barely because of being¡ before best workers are those which¡ between Between the sales manager and I between you and I Burdened with luggage¡ clever designed birdfeeder concerned ____ confident about department different than each of the women either everybody everyone family Far away from being a conservative,¡ fieldwork where they can study ¡ for Joe and I for we students for who foundation awarded Carlos and I had swam had taken Hailed as one of the best poets of all time, has taken he had wrote he has cast his vote he is regarded to be her ability for supervising him talking I am as smart as I am better than her I am taller than I feel badly I prefer that ¡ if could, he would choose to do it If he ¡ If I was any faster if she had accepted, she¡ imminent In the foothills of the mountain range is¡ In the year of 1977 incredulous indebted with Inside the box is ¡ intently and with compassion invaluable is different ¡ It is important that ¡ It was them itself jury kind of a car largely due to last year lay less less fat less paper less than three women look at the prices close me gaining weight more most Mother told my brother and I neither neither none none of us not only now that one likes to believe¡ one of the kids ought people which were attending people who wish to be a model persecuted plus being prefer preoccupation principle prohibit prohibit to own protested over the decision rarely rock and roll scarcely sensitive to be cricized she could of done since 1985 staff stationery supply and demand surely ten pages or less than the announcement where ¡ the author about whom I wrote¡ the boys and their teacher the council announced their decision the latter the most perfect the number of the number of people have increased the period of time the principal was aggravated the principle doctrines the rapid spreading notion the reason is because the scene when the story where the use of plastic is greater than¡ there is usually two German shepherds there were two causes: this being that this group of people To pass English this year, ¡ Until it can was more widely read than we had rented you you are taller than I off of discrete discreet
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Post by kaslyn jang on Aug 13, 2009 16:40:39 GMT -8
1. stage scenery relates to setting 2.affluence-being rich that() pointing to something and try to summerazie thing vex-irritate 3. therapeutic(adj for therapy)- helps ur problem succulent vegetable- ready to eat, juicy redolent smell cerebral brain 4. positive words subsequent-following misconceptions-misunderstanding 5. ()attempts delaying the launch thwarted- get in your way slow you down forfeited implemeted- to put in fact redoubled his effort- increase effort 6. commendable- praise conciliatory-trying to make up with someone after you fight indulge-make someone happy intemper-mild not temperate harangue- insult people erage- offend people accomodate- trying to make comfortable others 7. prompt-on time facile-easy 8. melodrama-think about korean drama imperious- like an empire/ act like an empire swoon- faint inscrutable-teacher scrutinized every detail convivial-gragarious histrionic-lawyer's histrionic lawyer is being too dramatic solicitous- asking your neighbor hi positive word 9.solving puzzles, etc., the things what people usually do 11.passage1- dolphins are smart passage2-dolphins are smart in their own ways 13 inspried by their vision 15 longevity- living long 16anthropology 17. undermined-weaken 34 just explanation 19 one group- european , another-native american 20overly narrow methology- they are looking for one document, not consider about oral thing 21 educated guess- based on oral tradition , mnemonic etc 22 underscore- underline, emphazie the point certain notion- certain idea 23 most studetns do not start from point zero, but from minus zero most students have wrong ideas, different ideas disillusionment- learning that you are mistaken about something 24 minus zero- start from an wrong idea preconception- befored idea
mixture of thing vary kinds of thing you can mix heterogeneity -mix of a lot of kind spontaneity happening without preparation apolgized profusely-> apologize a lot conciliatory palliative- sueding depreciatory-go down compendious- compendium of something->collection of summery uninitiated- new people machines are like poetry 24 monk biography- deeply middle class(very average) mystical- making sounds like a good figure reiterate- perpetuate- keep it going 15 painting was her boyfriend- metaphor divorce from the painting folly-divorce 1. nemesis- enemy 2. perishable- dying preshability- can be rotten spoiled can food is not perishable dearth- scarcity not enough 3. althogh- similar things are coming~! inevitalbe- unavoidable 4 concord-harmony opp. discord-no harmony 5 weeps openly- cry somber,wistful- sad demonstrative emotion
6 oil company is protecting themself negligible amount- something that is not significant momentous- memorable thing counterporoductive- something that is against you insignificant place- las vegas noone cares about your staying kinda freedom 13 he is changing himself jerry is always lying and didnt change his attitude
section2 i did everything since I was not able to take the test during the class time:) 1. stage scenery indicates that this sentence is relating to play. so D. setting is the answer. 2. People are getting more than they need-so they are overabundance something so that causes diseses. even thriving is better answer:B 3.Tourists are bing unhappy so that leads them to go to pools. Therapetic means making peoplel do something when they feel unhappy.E 4. Salzar's group is going better than other group. They are providing their opinion with more detail, their experiments,which is investigationsc 5. They delayed their plan, that means they are preparing something for their danger.A 6. Offend means kinda being rude to others. The guest speaker of that show is rude to audience at first meeting, which means accomodating and doing and he is refusing to be a indulgent person. E 7. gait is a particular way of walking. Constant gait makes sense to modify walking 8.actors do exaggerate to express their feeling vividly. actors tend to be histrionic. histrionic means exaggerate 9. A. The passage did not mention about their environment. B. Did not mention about thrive either. C. Unique type of intelligence is mentioned in passage2 D. They are intellligence, but not playful E. The answer. (understand sign language, solve puzzles,and use objects in their environment at tools)->things what humans do 10. A. that was tricky to me. The author says that dolphins's intelligence is measured in their ways, it is not impossible to measure. B. The answer. The author says that we can measure their intelligence with their own measurement. 11. A. Passage 2 does not contends that dolphin intelligence in roughly equal to human intelligence. B. Passage 2 says that animals have their own measurement. C. Same reason as B D. The answer. Since animals have their own measurement to be measured, we cannot fully understand their intelligence. Thus, saying dolphins' intelligence is same as human is the difference bewteen passage 1and passage 2 12. I DONT GET THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! QUESTION!!!!!!! A. none of them talked about self-awareness B. no emotional C. no rapid rate D.
13. The passage start with Native Americans origin. Pilgrim settlers show their past. E is the answer. Q: But why can't C be the answer??? 14. European or Euro-American thinkkers are inspired by Native Americans in a religious way. 15. The author start with this paragraph with 'This idea is certainly not new." and Rousseau is a eighteen-century philosopher. That proves he want to show how long the misconceptions had been. 16. A is the answer.Basically this passage is talking about misunderstanding about Native Americans and right next sentence is explaining what they had misunderstood. 17. D is the answer. This is explaining their appearances which is using logic. 18. The author is emphasizing how important the observation is. so the answer is C 19. A is the answer. 'from a european viewpoint' supports that 'they' refers to another group. 20. Western historians were so exclusive that did not want to accept other knowledge which is different from theirs. 21. Right before the author talks about Western historians, he talked about something such as oral histories and religious rituals. That indicates educated guess. because they are not exact souces but trustoworhty in some ways. 22. IDK question! 23. line 82-86 supports that students need to disregard their fantasies. 24. minus zero is a prejudice before they even get started. so A is the answer.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Sept 17, 2009 11:31:45 GMT -8
TEST2
section2
1. opposite of surprise
2. weaken them.
regressive- going backward
being like a child when you are having too much stresses! just like me!
3. economic aspect in this sentence.
devoid- not having anything.
disparaging the rival's effort
4. temporize-put things off. syn. procrastinate
5. insulation- got heat in the building and window keeps that heat from going out; contain heat
contain desease-isolate one disease to prevent from spreading out
dispense-release
6. vacuity-very bad. nothing there.
substance-contence
dalliance- fooling around.
felicity-happiness. good chance, opportunity.
conviction-strong belief
7. fastidious dresser- picky. hard to make please.
sedulous- sed:to sit. assiduous worker
vindictive- mean cruel
petulant-kinda picky
fastidious makes sense too. but does not match to irritated
8. something like being sentimental.
cursory review- brief
meticulous housekeeper- paying attention to every detail.
treacly- very sentimental
cloying sweet- everything is just sweet and perfect
prosaic- dull and boring.
consecrated- make it holy
1. myrid- many
adept at- good at it
remiss in- didnt do the thing what you should finished it
2.controversial tax-people get angry
police quelled the riot
fortify- make it stronger. in cereal boxes!
3. inbreeding- having relation within the same family group
finding negative word!
deleterious effects of drug- harmful
ineffable
consummate- goes along w/ inbreeding pretty much
summa- peak. complete the deal.
4. fidelity- being faithful
steadfasness- faithful and never betray tou
negligence-
vacillate-wavering, shaking,keep changing his mind
5 indicment- really negative
equitable- fair
waverly is mocking. his tone is mocking.
20. detract- pull away, going against
1. he needed advice.
2.excitement- passion for
contagious- sharing
3.momentous-memorable
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TEST 5
2. motley crew heterogeneous group-many kinds of group 9. forgo-do without example of how we interect with computer 6
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Oct 1, 2009 14:50:45 GMT -8
1. drench means soaked so the antonym is dry out OK 2.stimulate is encouraging something/someone so suppress is the antynom OK
3.civil means polie so the antonym is rude OK
4. rupture means some parts are opened, and union is being togetherOK 5. if you say something is groundless that means it is not based on evidence and so well-founded which means based on evidence is opposite for groundless.OK 6. bungle means have mistake frequently so handle competently is the opposite wordok 7. If you describe something is ostentatious, you mean it is expensive and is is intended to impress people. Modest means humble. OK 8. If you say someone is vigilant you mean that he gives careful attention to a particular thing. Inattentive which means careless is the apposite word of vigilant.OK 9. capitulation means give up something. resistance is the antonym for capitulationOK 10.mutability is easy to change which is opposite word for constancy OK
Sentence completion 1. People's sense of smell is developed;innate
2. If there is few evidence, it would be bad for conclusions, or vice versa. so the blanks should be negative-negative, or positive-positive unsound-not resonableOK 3. Narrative tells her story so effectively already that people do not need more. additional commentary would be superfluousOK 4. Detractors is a person who criticize something/someone so detractor's opposite word is champion who is supporting something.
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