Directions: Correct the following
sentences (if necessary) and give reasons for your corrections.
1. No head injury is too trivial
to ignore
2. He expressed the opinion that
the committee’s report, that the exhaustion of the mines, affecting the
well-being of the whole country, was too serious to be accepted without further
consideration.
3. A brilliant but outrageous
comedian, Lenny Bruce’s sketches both amused and unsettled his audience.
4. The region has a climate so
severe that plants growing there rarely had been more than twelve inches high.
5. Regretfully, your application
has been refused.
6. Between ten and twelve percent
of all students scoring high enough to qualify for merit.
7. Being that Colette’s first
novel was so wildly successful, her husband locked her in their Paris
8. You will never find a
policeman just walking here in the park.
9. On attempting to restore the
picture to its original condition, almost irreparable damage was discovered.
10.
After he had drank the warm milk, he began to feel sleepy
and decided to go to bed.
Practice set 1 Answers
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