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 PRACTICE ON POINTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

• Review Summary
• Gen Review1
• Gen Review2
• Gen Review3
• Gen Review4
• Ch 6-8 Agreement
• Ch 12 Noun Clauses
• Ch 13 Adj Clauses
• Ch 16-19 Adv Phras
• Ch 19 Connectives
• Ch 20 Conditionals

Chapter Review – Adverbial Phrases & Other

Az Chapter Review 5, 16, 17, 18 & 19 

 

 

 

1. Select the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 
2. Compare your response to the answer by clicking the "check" button to the right. 

#	YOUR RESPONSE	ANSWER CHECK
1.	The driver was not only yelling at her kids but also – she talked she was talking on her mobile phone.	16-2 Parallel Phrasing
2.	Neither of her children - were wearing was wearing a seatbelt.	16-2 Neither
3.	She was yelling at her children - yet , yet she kept on talking on her cell phone.	16-3 Conjunctions
4.	When she looked up - , (comma) (no comma) she saw a truck in front of her.	17-1 Adverb Phrases
5.	A driver will continue to drive in a distracted manner until she - will have has an accident. "	5-2 Adverbs of Mixed Times
6.	- After Before I got a ticket,  I bought a phone headset.	5-2 Adverbs of Mixed Times
7.	Too many accidents were happening - even though because since people were mult-tasking while driving.	17-2 & 17-3 By the time
8.	- Now that As long as   people are paying attention to their driving, we hope to see fewer accidents.	17-2 Cause-Effect
9.	- Now that As long as people pay attention to their driving, we can hope to see fewer accidents.	17-2 Cause-Effect
10.	- Now that As long as   I can remember, people have been driving with multiple distractions: phones, radios, talking passengers and screaming kids.	17-2 Mixed Times
11.	Because of - he was drunk driving, drunk driving, , he was put in jail.	19-1 Because of / Because
12.	- By the time At the time a driver inputs a phone number, ten seconds or more will have passed.	5-2 By the time
13	Using a phone while driving is - so such a dangerous activity that it is banned. checking out = purchasing items from the cashier	19-4 So-Such That
14.	Can the first clause be shortened?  While she was talking, I was staring at her. - While she was talking, While talking, , I was staring at her.	18-1 Adverb phrases   (clause shortening)
15.	Can the first clause be shortened? While she was talking, she was trying to park. - While she was talking, While talking, , she was driving with one hand.	18-1 Adverb phrases   (clause shortening)

 

 

 

 

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