Friday, September 23, 2011

Ex: Correct Vs Incorrect


Exercise: Correct the words if the underlined word is used incorrectly.

1.     Intergalactic adventures are what many of today’s animation consists of.
2.     Little scientists doubt the existence of an ozone hole over the polar regions.
3.     Yachting attracts many of the world’s most famous and wealthy people.
4.     There are adult literacy classes for the workers, much of whom never graduated from high school.
5.     The rhinoceros has few natural enemies.
6.     The artist Vincent van Gogh received little recognition during his lifetime.
7.     Heavy fines and jail sentences have made few difference in preventing antelope poaching.
8.     Tropical fish and song birds give many pleasure to people who need to relax.
9.     Scientists have managed to clone that kind of protein genes, but only as an exercise in basic research.
10.                        The most renowned of America’s metalworker, Samuel Yellin, designed the ironwork for the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
11.                        The childrens were counting the toys they had collected during the festivities.
12.                        On the outskirts of the town, calf are frequently seen grazing in the meadows.
13.                        The police officer gave some advices on crime prevention at the community meeting.
14.                        One series of grammar book that was used in the experimental class was written by the students themselves.
15.                        Ultrasound bounces sound wave off the internal structure of the body.
16.                        A landslide at a mining site uncovered a brownish yellow stone which yielded 650 gram of gold.
17.                        For two century, Madrid’s Plaza Mayor has servedas the city’s chief forum.
18.                        Putting radio collars on bears helps scientists to gather important informations concerning the bears’ movements.
19.                        Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saints, was born about 1600 in Binondo to a Chinese father and a Tagala mother.
20.                        America was discovered and inhabited thousands of years before the Europeans arrived.
Answer Key:
1. much
2. Few
3. correct
4. many
5. correct
6. correct
7. little
8. much
9. researches
10. metalworkers
11. children
12. calves
13. advice
14. books
15. waves
16. grams
17. centuries
18. information
19. saint
20. correct

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