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Educational => English Language Lab => Topic started by: fatema_diu on October 06, 2010, 01:31:18 PM
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Can you answer the following questions
Jobs: Subject- verb agreement
Example: Neither Rahim nor his friend's smoke.
Neither Rahim's friend nor Rahim smokes.
1. Either Rahim's friends or Rahim himself ___ going there.(is/are)
2. Rahim or his friends________ going there.(is/are)
3. Rahim's friends and Rahim _____ not smoke.(do/does)
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Answer of the 1st question is "IS"
2nd "ARE'
2rd "DO"
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YOU KNOW THE ANSWERS VERY WELL!
The rules are:
1. If the subjects are singular and connected by an are connected by the words OR, NOR, NIETHER/NOR, EITHER/OR, NOT ONLY BUT ALSO the verb is singular.
BUT
2. If one subject is plural and one is singular ,you use the verb form of the subject nearest the verb.
Question:Do /Does your sisters or girlfriends want/ wants any pizza?
There is a good website for learning grammer named:
http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramtoc.html
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Do your sisters or girlfriends want any pizza?
Thank you madam. Please continue this section. Specially, you added some rules. We are benefited for this section. I asked two of my friends to solve it. They answered me wrong. Specially, they will get the benefit from this post.
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Yeahh!!!....Obviously it's a good process to know grammatical rules. Most of the people are so weak in English grammar. If you'll continue your process, I think we all are benefited through this system.
Carry on....
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Thanks a lot for your interest! Here is another rule for you.
*The pronouns each, everyone, every one, one, no one, everybody, anyone, anybody, someone, and somebody,each,nobody, nothing, are singular and require singular verbs. Do not be misled by what follows of.
Quiz time:
Each of the girls sings/sing well.
Every one of all the groups are/is gone.
Everybody on duty tonight need/needs to be on high alert.
Each of the hunters wear/wears a red jacket
Fatema Begum Laboni
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sings
is
needs
wears
i hope my answers r right..
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Thank you Mr. Psycho saint. Thank you Mam. Please carry on this post.
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Dear All:
Cheque will be Check.
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Answers are all correct!
Now try these: get 15 out of 15!
1. All of the students who took Dave's ESL Class __________ passed.
has
have
2. There __________ my friend !
go
goes
3. Here __________ some new students.
are
is
4. Dave always __________ nice shoes.
wear
wears
5. There __________ one child in Dave's family.
is
are
6 Which of these sentences is correct?
The vase of flowers look beautiful.
The vase of flowers looks beautiful.
7: Which of these sentences is correct?
My sister and I was going swimming.
My sister and I were going swimming.
8: Which of these sentences is correct?
The manager and the assistant manager were made redundant yesterday.
The manager and the assistant manager was made redundant yesterday
9: Which of these sentences is correct?
The crowd was singing and cheering loudly.
The crowd were singing and cheering loudly.
10: Which of these sentences is correct?
Our team are playing really well tonight.
Our team is playing really well tonight.
11: Which of these sentences is correct?
The advertisement, which has been placed in local newspapers, has attracted a lot of interest.
The advertisement, which has been placed in local newspapers, have attracted a lot of interest.
12: Which of these sentences is correct?
Only one of the kittens have survived.
Only one of the kittens has survived.
13: Which of these sentences is correct?
No one do the job as well as you do.
No one does the job as well as you do.
14: Which of these sentences is correct?
Take care because the scissors are very sharp.
Take care because the scissors is very sharp.
15. Our population ____ growing fast.
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Dear Mr. Ansary
Thanks! you are the one to point the silly mistake!!
Laboni
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thanks a lot for starting " Check your Crammer "
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1. have
2. go
3.Are
4. wears
5. is
6. The vase of flowers looks beautiful.
7. My sister and I were going swimming.
8. The manager and the assistant manager were made redundant yesterday.
9. The crowd was singing and cheering loudly.
10. Our team is playing really well tonight
11. The advertisement, which has been placed in local newspapers, has attracted a lot of interest.
12. Only one of the kittens has survived.
13. No one does the job as well as you do.
14. Take care because the scissors is very sharp.
15. Our population is growing fast.
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make a translation ,
Amra 4 bai bon.
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Ashiq
Bravo!
you have scored 14 out of 15.
You said: Take care because the scissors is very sharp.
Sorry, that's wrong. 'Take care because the scissors are very sharp.' is the right answer. Although scissors is the subject of the sentence and it is only one item, it is an odd word that is only ever used with the plural form of the verb.
Fatema Begum Laboni
Lecturer
DIU
Follow the next quiz
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check the attach file.
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Can anybody tell me how many mistakes are there?
Norwich is a fine city according to the signs which welcomes you as you arrives in the city outskirts.
There is interesting city walks through the old narrow streets and by the river, and there is many medieval buildings.
Boat trips regularly leaves the city to join the river Yare.
These are man made waterways which covers much of the west side.
Fatema Begum Laboni
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Since nobody is interested answering such easy question, I am giving the answer:
SIX mistakes
1. Welcome
2. Arrive
3. There are city walks
4.There are ...buildings
5. Leave
6. Cover
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Dear Fatema miss... you are doing a great job! Certainly your posts will help the students to improve their grammar skill. So please keep it up!
Best of Luck!
Nusrat Jahan
Sr. Lecturer
Dept. of English
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hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mam how are you?
Miss you and Poppy miss here in Uttara.
Thanks for the comment.Soon I will post new topic.
Fatema Begum Laboni
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:) Many many thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LABONI mam for posting such kind of quizzes........................
Please give more as per period.
shajib
BBA,SEC:B
101-11-1375
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Madam, please give us another quiz. We are eagerly waiting for quiz.
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Thanks for your interest!
After this quiz I will start with quiz on voice change.
Is the sentences correct or incorrect?
1.The last questions on the test were very difficult.
Correct
Incorrect
1. John, as well as his younger brothers, is going to study at that school.
Correct
Incorrect
2. People from the South is very friendly.
Correct
Incorrect
3. Everyone need to be loved.
Correct
Incorrect
4. Part of the money goes to charity.
Correct
Incorrect
5. Statistics hasn't been revised as a course approach far too long.
Correct
Incorrect
6. You and I am supposed to clean the room before Mom gets home.
Correct
Incorrect
7. Either the President or the Vice has signed the document.
Correct
Incorrect
8. No news are good news.
Correct
Incorrect
9. Be careful. Grandma's scissors are very sharp.
Correct
Incorrect
10. Neither of the statements is false.
Correct
Incorrect
11. The police hasn't made any arrests lately.
Correct
Incorrect
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1.The last questions on the test were very difficult. Incorrect
Ans: The last question on the test was very difficult
1.John, as well as his younger brothers, is going to study at that school.Incorrect
Correct: John, as well as his younger brothers, are going to study at that school.
2. People from the South is very friendly.Incorrect
Correct:People from the South are very friendly.
3. Everyone need to be loved. Incorrect
Correct: Everyone needs to be loved.
4. Part of the money goes to charity. Correct
5. Statistics hasn't been revised as a course approach far too long. Correct.
6. You and I am supposed to clean the room before Mom gets home.Incorrect
Correct: You and I are supposed to clean the room before Mom gets home.
7. Either the President or the Vice has signed the document. Correct.
8. No news are good news. Incorrect;
Correct: No news is good news.
9. Be careful. Grandma's scissors are very sharp. Incorrect.
Correct: Be careful. Grandma's scissors is very sharp.
10. Neither of the statements is false. Correct.
11. The police hasn't made any arrests lately. Incorrect
Correct: The police man hasn't made any arrest lately.
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(Scissors are not Scissors is.)
Voice Change. ???
1.In spite of my sickness, I got 14 out 15 in the quiz.
2.He puts trust on his friends.
3.Finally the ministry finds no one to lead the project.
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:) :)Fatema Mam..........
With honor I wanna say that You are doing a much praiseworthy work by making us learning different forms of grammar & its various uses..................
I would like to say...............".What a job!!!"
Your sincerely,
Shajib
BBA,25TH Batch
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Why Do we Need 'Voice Change'
Read the following two sentences:
Aslam plays football.
Football is played by Aslam.
There is no difference between the two sentences but in the first sentence the subject acts or complete the job and in the second sentence the subject is acted upon or the object becomes the subject.
Another example
This year 500 core taka is allocated for road construction.
Who allocated this money, ...... off course the government but in this sentence
the government (the subject) is hidden because it is a passive voice.
Here the action is more important than the subject.
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Grammar mistake is a very big problem. How can we reduce thsi problem?
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I strongly believe that,voice change has strong role at English language. If you have enough time, please say something more about voice change.
thank you Madam.
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1.In spite of the unpreparedness, The 1st group got 14 out 15 in the quiz.
__________ ___ _______
Sub Verb Object(what the 1st group got?)
14 Out of 15 was got by the 1st group
___________ ________ ______________
Object becomes Verb Subject becomes complement
subject
Now try these two.Find the subject ,verb and object.
2.He puts trust on his friends.
3.Finally the ministry finds no one to lead the project.
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1. He-sub, Puts-verb, Trust- object
2. The ministry-sub, Finds-verb, No one-object
Guess m right ???
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2.He puts trust on his friends.here,He-sub.,puts- verb,trust on his friend-object.
3.Finally the ministry finds no one to lead the project.here,the ministry-sub, finds-verb & no one to lead the project-object
Guess I'm right?????
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good boy thank..i dint write the object section totally.. ;)
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'on his friend' is not the object only 'trust' is the object here
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can u make the passive voice?
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His friends are put trust on him..
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2. His friends are trusted by him.(probably)
3. no one was found by the ministry.
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Answer: 'Trust is put by him on his friends'
and the other one you have answered- is right.
See this:
The door was opened. → [Someone] opened the door. ( passive)
The door was open. → The door was in the open state. (Active)
Sometime we are confused identifying passive voice,like:
I am surprised by his wierd gift.
I am totally surprised to see you.
Which one is passive and why?