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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 2, 2009 11:32:34 GMT -8
10. Past Perfect tence - had begun ( Nor error) 11. we have to include the conjuction btween the sentence C) we don't have to write a "as a result" at the back 12. Although born in the Midwest is not a dangling. other writer is not singular had wrote.
Dangling : (Describe) , S-V you have to put comma D.P. is rule where you have... which is thing in which of which by wich for which
busire acier more complant 20. the actor has to imitate. (do not said having to imitate.) Rule. Canada, and the UN, (are) - subject are Canada and UN Canada, along with the UN, (is)- along .... is perp prhase so only Canada is subject Canada, as well as the UN,(is) - subject is Canada. Only
22. taught them is parallism -Parallism Example. I like to study,to swim, and sking - is not a ski.. It's infinitive so and to ski. - infinitive is to+V - Gerund 24. Not 'Far away from' is 'Far from + something' 26. It's possible dangling issue. inconsistent with not 'inconsistent to' (memorise it practice test anything) 28. it's not you and i it is only subject. in this setence you change you and me. 29.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 9, 2009 11:25:18 GMT -8
1. b) were enthusiastic and supportive of(X) 2. e) you have to comma at the and 4. d) the laws allow studendts to vote wherever - It's better e) the law allow students to vote in the place where - It can be Rule S-V _____ S-V(stence) ,and , or ; , but . , yet , so ; however 8.
b)scientists whoseek better ways to predice damage from earthquakes, they - It's wrong d) Scientists (seeking better ways to predict damage from earthquakes), scientists who - Participle phrase Soua[, who is running for office,] is going to went - if you erase the 'who is' then it will be participle phrase - if they put in wrong position it gonna be wrong setnece 17. Tried to look at the tense and subject before looking aht the verb. 23. No error - alike it's okay experssion. 24. in this system under this system of the system system in which under Rule The hous in which I - in the house live - not
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 30, 2009 11:37:52 GMT -8
wInstructions 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 Redundency
a means of survival No Error a number of A talented and versatile artist, dangling abide with with change to by about me getting the seats gerund about who who - whom; objective(after a presposition) After seeing the movie, dangling agreement among two people among - between Along the curve of the island lies¡ get rid of curve and island as expensive than than-as At the heart of this program.... V-S barely double neagtive because of being¡ before best workers are those which¡ which can be descrieb the people. between Between the sales manager and I i- me between you and I you and I - person and He or Her Burdened with luggage¡ dangling clever designed birdfeeder clever-cleverly concerned ____ about confident about with department singular different than than - from each of the women women-she either singular everybody singular everyone singular family singular Far away from being a conservative,¡ get rid of the away fieldwork where they can study ¡ get rid of the where for Joe and I futher for we students for who foundation awarded Carlos and I carlos and me had swam swam-swum had taken not dangling Hailed as one of the best poets of all time, has taken he had wrote wrote- written he has cast his vote cast is same prsent, past past participle he is regarded to be to be - as her ability for supervising him talking his talking I am as smart as she I am better than her she I am taller than she I feel badly feel=linking verb, so badly is bad I prefer that ¡ (she do) if he could, he would choose to do it if he had thought, he would have chosen to do it. If he ¡ were
had done If I was any faster If I were any faster if she had accepted, she¡ If she had accepted, she would have gotten good personality. imminent eminet In the foothills of the mountain range is¡ In the year of 1977 redaundant incredulous incredible indebted with Inside the box is ¡ v-s intently and with compassionly parallelism invaluable very value is different from¡ It is important that ¡ It was them it is I itself I kind myself
=myself jury singular
ex) jury is ~ kind of a car a kind of car largely due to last year lay lay laid laid less fewer : countable
less: money less fat fewer calories less paper fewer paper less than three women fewer look at the prices close me gaining weight my more 2 most 3+ Mother told my brother and I Mother told me. neither nor neither neither A nor B is/are
ex) girls nor the teacher. none none of none of us none of is
does not only not only A but(also) B
pallelism now that something has happened one likes to believe¡ one - he/she not you one of the kids singular ought people which were attending prosecnted people who wish to be a model persecuted plus being prefer to A to B A, B should be pallelism preoccupation preoccupi with~ principle principle/principal Rule prohibit prohibit someone from doing memorizes it prohibit to own prohibit to from protested over the decision protest the decision
do not use over rarely rarely/barely/screly
ex) I can't barely hear you
That mean I can hear you. rock and roll use the singular verb scarcely one of the negative word sensitive to be critized snesitive to criticism
she could of done she could've done
Don't forget
since 1985 if your ver since or for you use
' have done or had done'
staff collective noun, singular
stationery /staionary- stay
stationery - ƒ0Û1ƒ0ó2‚7ó9
supply and demand singular
surely nothing wrong on this.
ten pages or less ten pages or fewer
than more
less
bigger
'different than' is wrong.
the announcement where ¡ the announcement in which
the author about whom I wrote¡ correct
the boys and their teacher A OR B use are prural
the council announced their decision council is collective noun so their is its
the latter latter is like the second metion.
the most perfect you can't use perfect with most and more, because it is 100%. Also unique too.
the number of the number of - singular
a number of - plural
when you use the amount of you do not use number. ex) the amount of sugar
the number of people have increased the number of people has increased
the period of time
the principal was aggravated aggravated - irritated
the principle doctrines the principal doctrines
the rapid spreading notion the rapidly spreading notion
the reason is because the reason is that not because
the scene when a scene is not a time
the story where story is not a place
the use of plastic is greater than¡
there is usually two German shepherds there are usually two German shepherds
there were two causes:
this being that this being
this group of people
To pass English this year, ¡
Until it can Until it can be changed, ~
was more widely read than make a pellelism
we had rented more past than we know
you
you are taller than I correct
off of
discrete different comparing thing
discreet judgement
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Post by Joshua Yoo on Aug 13, 2009 16:38:07 GMT -8
Section 2 3. Because of the ____ effects of the hot springs, tourists suffering from various ailments flocked to the village's thermal pools. In this question we have to focus on the 'suffering from various aliments'. This phrase mean somehitng related with sickness. So in this question we have to choos the answer about the sickness. So anwer is E therapeutic. 4. More valuable and comprehensive than any previously proposed theory of the phenomenon, Salazar's research has _____ the basis for all sub sequent ____ in her field. First we have to focus on the 'More valuable and comprehensive than nay previously proposed theory of the phnomenon' In this phrase we can figure out what is the best answer for this question. Answer A is both of them are wrong answer. That is why the B, E are wrong answer. Then C is best answer for this question. 7. By the end of the long, arduous hike, Chris was walking with a ____ gait, limping slowly back to the campsite.
Answer B is about the health, but in this question is not a good answer. Answer A is the best answer for this question, because that mean is endanger. So that answer is the best answer for this question. 8. Actors in melodramas often emphasized tense moments by being ___ , for example , rasing their voices and pretending to swoon. In this question the actors in melodramas is intentional so the best answer of this question is D histrionic. That mean you are critical of it because it is very dramatic, exaggerated and insincere. 9. Lines 2-8 refer the how much dolphins has a skill look like humans. So the answer is E, have a skills usually associated with humans. 10. first the passage 1 is talke about the dolphin's knowledge. But in passage 2 is about the dolphins are 14. In line 12, "charged" most neraly means In the passage (b) indicated - necessary
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Sept 17, 2009 11:28:16 GMT -8
Section 2 3. Because of the ____ effects of the hot springs, tourists suffering from various ailments flocked to the village's thermal pools. In this question we have to focus on the 'suffering from various aliments'. This phrase mean somehitng related with sickness. So in this question we have to choos the answer about the sickness. So anwer is E therapeutic. 4. More valuable and comprehensive than any previously proposed theory of the phenomenon, Salazar's research has _____ the basis for all sub sequent ____ in her field. First we have to focus on the 'More valuable and comprehensive than nay previously proposed theory of the phnomenon' In this phrase we can figure out what is the best answer for this question. Answer A is both of them are wrong answer. That is why the B, E are wrong answer. Then C is best answer for this question. 7. By the end of the long, arduous hike, Chris was walking with a ____ gait, limping slowly back to the campsite.
Answer B is about the health, but in this question is not a good answer. Answer A is the best answer for this question, because that mean is endanger. So that answer is the best answer for this question. 8. Actors in melodramas often emphasized tense moments by being ___ , for example , rasing their voices and pretending to swoon. In this question the actors in melodramas is intentional so the best answer of this question is D histrionic. That mean you are critical of it because it is very dramatic, exaggerated and insincere. 9. Lines 2-8 refer the how much dolphins has a skill look like humans. So the answer is E, have a skills usually associated with humans. 10. first the passage 1 is talke about the dolphin's knowledge. But in passage 2 is about the dolphins are 14. In line 12, "charged" most neraly means In the passage (b) indicated - necessary
19. The 21. This eduated guess is about the document verses oral. So the question is the B Section 2 8/13/09 1. To avoid being ____, composer Stephen Sondheim strives for an element of surprise in his songs. D) predictable 2. really bad consequences for this question, so answer is (C) B) regresseive - gressive=step def- going back ward 3. in economic advantage. A) devoid 4. Maggie is a procrastinator(doing later), naturally inclined to ___ and to ___ discussions. B) temporize(sysnomys of the procrastinator)-prolong(make it longer) 5. Focus on the light and insulation. Light is through the window and insulation mean defend the heat. So (C) admit-contain is the answer. 6. Prasied for her style, ridiculed for vacuity First blank is about the style and second blank is about the content. B) Infelicyity(not good fourtune) conviction (very strong belife) 7. The actor was noted for his ____ behavior: he quickly became irriated(annoying) if his every whim was not immediately satisfied. A) fastidious(difficult to please) B) sedulous(=assiduous working hard) C) vindictive D) petulant E) mercenary Answer want to more irritaed so answer is the (D) petulant. 8. Hayley Mills's films have been called ___, although most of them are not so semtimental as to deserve that desciption. A) Treacly(very sweet; very motional)-cloying O B) Cusory(casual)X C) prosaic D) Meticulous(very detail person)X E) Consecrated (made a holly) 9. The example in lines 4-8 primarily suggests that Section 5 1. Predictably, detail-oriented worker are ____ keeping track of the myraid particulars of a situation. A) remiss in (miss) E) contemptuous of (strongly hate) 2. The controversial tax fueled a sustained ____ that could that could not be ____ by the Prime Minister's impassioned speeches. fortified (make some stronger) 3. Inbreeding(having children ; about the animal) can promote the expression of ____ genes, those that make an animal subject to disease or impair reproductive efficiency. Something bad A) ineffable not exspress B) articulated shows up C) consummate finish or complete(if you use a verb) D) presumptive E) deleterious 4. The doctor ____ so frequently on disease-prevention techniques that his colleagues accused (need negative word) him of ____. A) vacillated .. inconsistency B) sermonized .. fidelity C) wavered .. steadfasiness D) experimented .. inflexibility E) relied .. negligenc 5. A judicious biography must be ___ representation that depicts both the strengths and the weaknesses of the subject, avoiding the two extremes of ____ and indictment. A) a polarized .. vindication B) an imaginative .. discernment C) a holistic .. censure D) a complimentary .. animosity E) and equitable .. eulogy 20. Section 8 1. Though Luis eagerly sought her ____, he subsequently chose not to heed that advice. E) concord (harmony) 2. A) passion for .. contagious 3. 8/20 4. Brachiopods, clamlike bivalves of prehistoric times, were one of the most ____ forms of life on the Earth more than 30,000 have been ____ from fossil records. anachornistic - not time 5. Some intreactive computer games are so elaborately comtrived and require such ____ strategies that only the most ___++___ player cna master them A) byzantine- complex B) nefarious-villain ..... conscientious-editor C) devious -deeptive..... lackadaisical - careful D) onerous .... slipshod - construction E) predicatble ... complusive - accsevie about thing; following pattern on time Section 7 3. In rock climbing, survival depends as much on ____, the ablitiy to percieve without conscious reasoning, as on physical strength. A) autonomy B) incoherence C) intuition D) Sopho sopho = wise spohists E) receptivity 4. Using computre labs to ______ classroom instruction is most effective when the curriculum ____ lab exercises and classroom teaching in coordinated inanner. A) supplement .. intergrates B) substantiate .. undermines C) remedy .. compromises - weaken D) disparage par = equal .. reinforces E) foster .. curtails - cut of 5. Many ____ of the style of painting exemplified by Marcel Duchamp's work focused on Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase as the _____ of what they destested about modern art. A) critics .. eptiome - essence B) proponents (+) .. realiziation C) advcates .. embodiment D) debunkers - refute .. rejection E) belittlers .. reversal - champion 6. Colonial American playwright Mercy Otis Warren was known for her political ____: her keen judgement and insight were widely acknowledged. A) partisanship B) intemeperance C) Acumen D) irrverence - no respect E) interest 7. Johnson's writing is considered ____ and ____ because it is filled with obscure references and baffling digressions A) deceiving .. ingenuous B) arcane .. abstruse C) spare .. didactic - instructional D) lucid .. difeinitive - E) concise - short .. esoteric - not common knowledge 8. Because the congresswoman has been so openhanded(stingy) with many of her constituents, it is difficult to reconcile(put in together) this _____ with her private ____. A) selfishness .. inattention B) insolence .. virtue C) magnanimity .. pettiness D) opportunism .. ambition E) solicitousness - solicit(donation).. generosity Section 9 1. As sea urchins are becoming scarcer, divers are ____ to more dangerous depths to retrieve them, ___ the potential for diving injuries. B! 2. Anne mentioned John's habitual bosating about his wardrobe as an example of his ____ ways. inconspicious - not consider 3. His peers repected him because he was both ___ and ____ : steadfast in his beliefs and tactful in his negotiations. D teanacious - not give up his case (ten - hold two word is same order 6. By portraying a wide specturm of characters in his one-man show, John Leguizamo provides a ___ to the theater's tendency to offer a limited range of roles to Lantino actors. A) corrective B) tribute C) corollary - related statment D) stimulus - anykind of ÀÚ±Ø E) precurosr - cur=run / something go before 8/27/09 Section
4. Not only was sience of Hildegard of Bingen ____ her theology(theo-god), but her religious vision helped give her scientific works ___ by winning her the support of medieval church authorities. A) inseparable from .. legitimacy B) unconcerned with .. prestige C) derived from .. profundity D) related to .. accuracy E) diminished by .. detachment 5. Opponents of the researh institute abel it ____(-) anachronism; its scholars, they allege, have ____ rivaling those of pre-Revolutionary French nobility A) an elitist .. perquisties -privilieges anachornism - out of time B) a monarhical .. tirbulations C) an irreproahalbe X (ºñ³ÇÒ°ÍÀÌ ¾ø´Â) .. luxuries D) a reprehensible .. afflictions E) a commendable X .. privileges X 16. The first two sentences are characterized repectively, by A) disclamier and assertion B) invocation and definition C) apology and confession D) authority and hypothesis E) rebuttal(answer to an argument) and analysis Section 7 1. D) phobic - fear A) agonstic - atheist C) empric - base on the evidence you can see E) quiztoic - 2. allege - accuse someone ascertain - find out the ture 3. Guests at the party found the eneral merriment infectious and were won over by party's ___ A) presumption - assume thing B) gaiety C) conspicuousness- easliy notice D) unexpectedness E) brevity pedagogue - leader of the children ex) teahcer 4. Demagogue( leader who mislead / gogue- leagind)s do not deserve full blame for last summer's publc hysteria ; although they turned the mood to their political advantage, they did not actually ____ it. A) oppose B) subdue C) create D) postpone E) confirm 5. Orangutans are ___ apes; they typically conduct most of their lives up in the trees of tropical rain forests. C) recessive - minor D) pliant - pliable E)arbor - tree 6. Since establishing the Children's Defense Fund in 1973, Marian Wright Edelman has been an ____ advocate, (steadfast(unchanging) and constant) A) unwitting - no wit D) elusiv - can't catch idea, can't understand E) antagonistic - acting in opposition 7. The author ____ the last act of her play to appease those critics who ____(-) the work for its brevity. A) eliminated .. extolled B) condensed .. censured - censor C) expanded .. disparaged - put it down D) intensified .. glorified E) rearraged .. endoresed 4. Ms. Rivers gave a performance of noteworthy ___ ; her pian repertoire ranged from classical music to jazz SCOPE 5. The skepticism of some ancient philosophers ____ and helps to elucidate varieties of nihilism that appeared in the early ninteenth century. E) foreshadows suppresses - you don't want to know 6. Some critics of congressional precedings contend that important debates on issues are marred by ____ (+)of denunciations and accusations that precludes(something good) ___ discourse. A) repertory .. expendable B) paucity .. meaningful C) barrage ... libelous - printing something false + D) rehash .. repetitive E) canophy .. orderly + caco- ugly phone - sound calli - beautiful 9/3/09 Section 2 2. motely crew callous - thick skin ; insensitive languid - losing animation 3. excised - cut out (ex-cut, cise - out) voluminous - more volume; more bigger embellished - make pretty meager - little copious - a lot 5. concreat is mixture about every rocks. conflagration is fire so is not a fire concordance maen making a reference aberration is away from error amalgamation is mean mixture of so it can be answer for the number 5 6. A) in getting their work published mean selling for the goverement (X) B) we do not celebrate on the achievements (X) C) demonstrate the expressiveness mean she can expressive well but answer want how difficult (X) D) Americnas writers, new artistic approaches we didn't talk about the both of them.(X) E) 12. It's about the women political claims they aruged for their properity rights. It's about the women privillage. A) it's not about loyal things. It about the Loyalist. B) it is right about the political activies. C) it's hard to tell D) hard part of the anwser E) we didn't socially influential 10. A) is out of place but they don't have voting power. 16. Male rule patirarchy women tired to get thier privillage for the voted and poltical. so we are gonna found the word threat and ridicule. A) miliant , Founding Fathers mean fighthing so it can not be answer B) they not sure about the political assumptions C) disapproval, effort - women rights movements. it seems really out rage D) ridiculed mean ridicule and feared mean threat. 20. Play as a babies that helps develope the skills A) sibling is not for adult B) is not answer too same reason C) is difference the explanation D) is right explnations. 21. They learn how to control them. A) is not about the control C) is not a social skills on a skate. D) skills for the hunting E) is about the skills B is best answer for this question. 23. A) is not a corrobortaing B) not explanations C) no E is the best answer for this question. Section 5 5. empathetic mean inside feel , when you disarming is mean about charming, insightful see and understanding 6. faction is a sub group. dearth is a good teacher coaltions is sevral groups are working togehter concuured work together pertaitned to is related to something encompassed is covre it. 7. she is mild and comfortalbe. So we have to put opposite word on the blank. euqantimity is mena being come, resilience is not affected turculence is negative idea so answer is E on this question.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Oct 1, 2009 14:47:58 GMT -8
A. Antonyms 1. drench ans. (d) dry out Drench means soaked, having too much water, and dry out means having no water. OK
2. stimulate ans. (b) suppress Stimulate means to cheer up, impulse, and suppress means to resist. OK
3. civil ans. (a) rude Civil means polite, nice, and gentle, rude means not polite, do whatever what you want.OK 4. rupture ans. (e) union Rupture means tear apart, and union means to unite.OK 5. groundless ans. (d) well founded Groundless means saying something without reason, and well founded means having good reason.OK 6. bungle ans. (e) Bungle means mess up, and the antonym would be handle competently.OK 7. ostentatious ans. (c) modest Ostentatious means show up, and modest means humble and simple.ok 8. vigilant ans. (e) Vigilant means careful, and inattentive means not attentive and dangerous. ok
9. capitulation ans. resistance Capitulation means to surrender, and the antonym would be resistance.ok 10. mutability ans. (c) constancy Mutability means easy to change, and constancy means not changing.ok B. Sentence completion 1. The answer is (d) keen, which means very accurate. The sentence says sense of smell is very accurate, enough to distinguish thousands of chemical odors. 2. The answer is (b) few-unsound. The two words should have similar connotation, and these two have similar connotation. 3. The answer is (c) superfluous
Ch.2 A. Antonym Durable : strong - easily destroyed Slump : going down - upsurge Dispute : argue - affirm Profane : violate holyness - holy Retrograde : going backward - moving forward Debilitate : weakened - invigorate Balm : warm and soothing - irritant Deplore : Hate - celebrate Propensity : likely to - aversion Daunt : discourage - hearten B. Sentence completion 2. c. limited 3. e. didactic 4. clean and regimented : b. disappointing, seediness
5. speak very little : tacitum C. Analogies 1. cloth : = iron : rust 2. critic : 3. zoo : animal = museum : painting 4. fathom : depth = knot : speed 5. offhand : forethought = voluntary : coercion 6. opaque : light = watertight : dampness 7. amorphous : shape = nondescript : classification 8. sabarite : luxury = Hermit : seclusion 9. annex : building = addendum : book 10. boast : speak = swagger : walk D. Antonym 2. hidious : delightful 3. complex : elementary 4. abusive : cordiality 5. inopportune : convenient 6. embed : extract 7. corrugated : smooth 8. morbidity : wholesomeness 9. illustrious : infamous 10. voluminous : slight 11. equanimity : lack of composer 12. inconsequential pivotal 13. 14. verbose : terse 15. burgeon : wither E. Sentence Completion 1. 2. toxic 3. obsolete 4. e. decided informed 5. c. outspoken 6. a protected, halted 7. contrary, complement 8. e. expatriate 9. c absolute 10. c proscribed, augment F. Analogy 1. clock : minute = ruler : centimeter 2. lawyer : client = tutor : student 3. chill : cold = parch : dry 4. recuperate : health = revive : consciousness 5. legend : map = glossary : text 6. rifle : munitions = spatula : utensils 8. hiatus : activity = intermission : play 9. lionize : celebrity = ostracize : outcast 10. charismatic : loyalty = obdious : repugnance Test 3 A. Antonyms 1. protect : endanger 2. bizarre : ordinary 3. vibrant : lifeless 4. blunder : act wisely 5. bulge : indentation 6. angular : rotund 7. monotony : diversity 8. conviction : doubt 9. indefatigable :easily tired 10. beguile : enlighten 11. stymie : assist 12. confound : distinguish between 13. dessolution : integration 14. voluble : taciturn 15. noisome : wholesome
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