Some suggested corrections for the review exercises.
Build complex sentences with adjective clauses.
A I
saw the boy again.
B You
were supposed to fix his mother’s chain-saw.
I saw that boy
again –the one whose mother’s chain-saw you were supposed to fix!
A There’s
a man on the phone.
B There’s
a warning about him on the Internet.
On the phone, there’s a man about whom there has been a warning on the
Internet.
A Several
children had dreams about Dracula.
B Most
of their mothers forgot to disconnect their cable-vision.
Several children, most of whose mothers had forgotten to disconnect their
cable-vision, had dreams about Dracula!
A. These
are the same mothers!
B We
have been hearing about their past lives in the Motor-Manic Club!
These are the same mothers whose past lives in the Motor-Manic Club we
have been hearing about!
Silent
reading: Check the position of the accent in the following words.
similar |
similarly |
similarity |
coincide |
coincidence |
coincidental |
catalyst |
cataclysm |
cataclysmic |
specify |
specific |
specificity
(cf. specifically) |
humour |
humourous |
humouristic |
Gentile |
genteel |
ungently |
delicate |
delicacy |
delicately |
defecate |
defecation |
defecatory |
preface |
prefaced |
prefatory |
Listen to the teacher's pronunciation of the
tag-questions and circle the letter, "a" or "b",
corresponding to the appropriate meaning.
1.
You're
a Computer Science student, aren't you
a) = What does "hexadecimal" mean? Rising
b) = Listening to you bores me to tears! Falling
2.
There's
room in your car for a hitch-hiker, isn't there
a) = Would you mind taking me to Montreal with
you? Rising
b) = If you lend your car to your crazy sister,
remember that she'll probably pick up hitch-hikers! Falling
3.
That's
your baby in the back left row, isn't it
a)
= He
looks just like your brother, Jonathan -poor child! Falling
b)
= He's
the only one here with hair like yours. Hmm... Rising
4.
You
don't like migraine headaches, do you
a)
= I'm
warning you, that concert you're going to tonight will be awful! Rising
b)
=
Going to that concert tonight was a good idea. The party they're having at home
tonight is full of booze-guzzling, cigar-smoking, loud-mouthed clods. Falling
5.
Your
Mom is no fan of Maman Dion, is she
a)
= I
can't believe this! Is it true? Does she really video-tape all of those silly
shows? Rising
b)
= Every
time I come over here, you're cleaning the eggs and rotten tomatoes off of the
television set! Why doesn't your Mother just watch some other show she likes? Falling
Create
the compound adjectives with the appropriate nouns.
an old horse
with one eye is a...one-eyed old horse! |
a hammer
that weighs sixteen ounces is a... sixteen-ounce hammer! |
a house-plant
that eats meat is a... meat-eating house-plant! |
a letter
of resignation that has been written quickly is
a... quickly-written letter of resignation! |
a hole
that goes three inches into the wall is a... three-inch (deep) hole
in the wall! |
a kid
whose face has freckles is a... freckle-faced kid! |
a graduation
speech that has been carefully rehearsed is a... carefully-rehearsed
graduation speech! |
a wild
tiger that eats men is a... wild, man-eating
tiger! |
a cough
remedy that acts fast is a... fast-acting cough-remedy! |
a kind of
oil-paint that is slow to dry is... a slow-drying
oil-paint! |
Punctuate
the following text correctly, and insert pronouns (and prepositions) as
required.
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom that had no
king. There was, however, an infamous
Cannibal Queen, of whom all the citizens were terrified. The Cannibal Queen had a pack of trained
Daschunds, several of whose tails had been cut short. Every full moon, the Cannibal Queen would set her trained
Daschunds loose in the capital city, looking for little boys and girls whose
parents had forgotten to keep them carefully locked indoors. Then the Daschunds, with their tongues
hanging out and their stubby little tails wildly wagging, would go up to the
little boy or girl, who, of course, didn't suspect a thing, pretend to want to
play with them, and lead them back to the lair of the Cannibal Queen, all of which
took thirty or forty minutes at the most.
Most of the children I am talking about didn't actually have a mother or
father to whom they could run for help.
All they had waiting for them at home was a T.V. and a "T.V.
Dinner" with a note that said which shows not to watch and how to warm up
the food.
Complete the sentences, respecting grammar and
context. Example:
"Yesterday, Olga's poodle Polly ate some
wax fruit at the Dollarama, and the manager kicked them out of the store!"
* If Polly hadn't eaten that wax fruit, the manager wouldn't have kicked them out!
1.
"Yesterday, Ludmilla offered to keep Polly
while Olga went back to the Dollarama to apologize to the manager."
*
Olga would not have been able to go see the
manager if... Ludmilla hadn’t offered to keep Polly.
2.
"Some of the colouring was mildly toxic,
and Polly is having bad digestion today."
*
If Polly hadn't eaten the pretty fruit with the
toxic colouring, she...wouldn’t be having / wouldn’t have bad digestion
today.
3.
"Polly is the sort of animal that will try
to eat anything pretty, which is why Olga has to be so careful when she takes
her out."
*
Olga wouldn't have to be so careful when she
goes out with Polly if she... (she = Polly) weren’t the sort of animal that
will try to eat anything pretty; (she = Olga)…if she had disciplined that silly
animal in puppy-hood.
4.
"Leaving Polly with relatives is risky.
Something always gets eaten or soiled."
*
Whenever Polly stays with a baby-sitter, she...
invariably eats or soils something –like a priceless Persian carpet, or a
display of top-quality imported shrunken heads.
5.
"Leaving Polly with Ludmilla tonight is
not a good idea. There may be a big dry-cleaning bill!"
*
If Olga leaves Polly with Ludmilla tonight,
she... may get stuck with a whopping bill from the dry-cleaners!
6.
"Polly has unusual language skills, and
can recognise fifteen different colours. That's probably why Olga doesn't care
so much about Polly's little messes."
*
If Polly didn't have such remarkable gifts,
Olga... didn’t have such remarkable characteristics, Olga might not care so
little about Polly’s little messes.
7.
"It was thanks to Wladimir, Olga's parrot,
that Polly was able to develop her special talents. Wladimir taught Polly
everything she knows."
*
Without Wladimir, Polly... would never have
developed all of her special talents.
8.
"Unfortunately, parrots are very pretty,
and Wladimir was an especially pretty parrot. Polly must have thought so,
because she kept trying to eat him. Perhaps that's why he escaped from the
house and disappeared forever."
*
If Polly hadn't chased and tormented Wladimir,
he... might not have escaped and disappeared forever.
9.
"Polly cannot sit in the living room
today, because she hasn't finished digesting that wax fruit."
*
If Polly finished digesting that wax fruit,
she... she would be able to sit in the living room.
10.
"Polly is just too intelligent and curious
for a dog. That is a possible reason why she couldn't control herself yesterday
in the store."
* If Polly weren't such
a clever dog, she... might have been able to control herself in the store
yesterday.