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Diagnostic (beginning)

My Sister

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#	FEEDBACK	YOUR RESPONSE
ex.	My sister and I are twins. We are in some ways. twins (n.) two children born at the same time to the same mother	same the same comarisons (study link)
1.	My sister is nineteen, and so I.	have am and so \| stative verb (have/be)
2.	She is to go to college .	smart enough enough smart too / enough
3.	She loves .	to shop to shopping infinitive objects
4.	She that she doesn't buy anything. She just looks.	tells me says me say / tell
5.	I her.	don't believe am not believing stative verbs
6.	She can shop for several hours .	without stop without stopping preps + gerunds
7.	I doubt that she can save .	some money any money some / any
8.	She plans to get a guy who is a doctor . guy (n.) – man (informal use)	married to married with passive preps
9.	She met him .	a year ago the last year adverbs
10.	He is a man .	which is very kind who is very kind adj clauses
11.	But he is short for my sister.	too much much too much /more
12.	She says she doesn't his height.	care for care about verb + prep phrase
13.	Every an opinion.	people have person has quantity phrases
14.	She never listens .	me to me indirect objects
15.	On Saturday, she friends to a tea shop .	goes with goes out with phrasal verbs
16.	One is a high-school friend.	of her friend of her friends quantity phrases
17.	is her cousin.	Another The other another / the other
18.	Neither of them married.	is are quantity phrases
19.	My sister will marry than the others.	earliest earlier comparison
20.	She is looking for a condominium?	three-bedroom three-bedrooms adjectives
21.	Then she would like to buy .	furniture furnitures count / nouncount
22.	Her fiancé has interest in the such things .	little few little / few
23.	One of them do the preparation.	has to have to quantity phrases
24.	He will be happy when she the planning.	finishes will finish sequence of tenses
25.	I hope they have a life together .	long, happy, healthy healthy, long, happy adjective order