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Pop Questions 2010

 

Solution - lightbulb12 Dec 2010  Unlike  —  Comparisons  | Like vs. As  | Parallel Phrasing  | Focus Topic 

Unlike the U.S. Congress, the fighting in my country is for unity.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb5 Dec /2010 — Among  —  Prepositions of Place

The striped body and dotted tail allows the lionfish to hide among the coral.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb28 Nov 2010 — Half a — Quantity expressons – a half / half a

The Capitol is half mile ahead.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb14 Nov 2010  Having turkey  — Quantifiers  | Have expressions

The towers of the Golden Gate Bridge are very impressing from below.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb07 Nov 2010   Impress -— Participle Modifiers 1 -ed / -ing | Emotional States

The towers of the Golden Gate Bridge are very impressing from below.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb31 Oct 2010   World Series — Irregular Agreement

The World Series are played in October every year. The Giants are playing the Rangers this year.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb 10/24/2010   Ask how—  Wh- Question Clauses  | Impersonal Pronouns 

You have to ask the question how does he do that?

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb17 Oct 2010   Get on — Phrasal Verbs (inseparable) |  Get on / off  |  Get on / Get it on

He paid the man five dollars and went over to the camel and got it on.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb10 Oct 2010 Such that — So / Such that | Cause / Effect

Our tree has so delicious apples so we eat them everyday.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb3 Oct 2010 Except for— But not / Except  |  Participle & Prep  | Food Quantifiers  | Accept / Except

Bill Clinton is committed to a plant-based diet except for eats an occasional fish.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb26 Sep 2010 Because-phrase — Because Phrases  | Pronoun Antecedents

Wearing so little, Elmo seems embarrassed by Katy's dress.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb19 Sep 2010 Next week— Adv for Time

Next week will be sunny and warm.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb12 Sep 2010 If only because— If only because  |   If only / Only If  | Because

I am confident if only because we are making progress.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb5 Sep/2010 And—  FANBOYS  | Fragments |  Parallel Phrasing

Keep bedrooms free of clutter where bedbugs can hide and seal wall cracks and crevices.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb28 Aug 2010 Died— Never Passive  | Same Time vs. Earlier Agr. |  Formal vs. Informal Agr.

We saw that the honey bees were died.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb8 Aug 2010 Ali and I's— Possessive Pronouns  |  Double pronouns  | Appositives

Ali and I's relationship is getting stronger.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb24 Jul 2010 A…one– Quantifier Unit –negative   | Quantity of –negative

Not a one is left. / I'd like a one.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb11 Jul 2010   For some reasons– Some / Any | Indefinite Pronouns

For some reasons, I didn't win a tournament for eleen months.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb27 Jn 2010 Am to— Pres-Future Real Conditionals

If I am to help, you need to listen to me.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb20 Jun /2010 In Case— If / In Case  |  Conditionals

Call me in case you need help.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb13 Jun 2010 Much— Much / Many |  Some / Any

Much oil has flowed into the water and nobody knows how to stop the flow.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb6 Jun 2010 Nationality— A – Nationality Names

My classmates included a Canadian, a Greek, a Chinese, a Swiss and an English.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb30 May 2010 Suggest— Gerund / Infinitive Switching in Progressive Sentences  |  Subjunctive verb

Doctors are suggesting teaching children to swim early.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb23 May 2010 Ask  —   Commands  |  Order + Pron + Infin

The EPA asks that BP finds a less toxic chemical ot use to break up the oil.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb3 May /2010 Hardly— Adverbs of Degree  |  Adverbs of Manner

The Arizona Governor signed a bill that would hardly deal with illegal immigration.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb25 Apr 2010 Strangely— Adverbs of Manner  |  Sentence Adverbs – the 'hopefully' debate

He strangely was unhappy even though he had everything.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb18 Apr 2010 Consists of— Stative Verbs – Measurement and Other States

The ash cloud is consisting of tiny its of rock, glass and steam.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb11 Apr 2010 Everyone— Gender Neutral Agreement   |   Indefinite Pronouns

Everyone took their horses and rode away.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb4 Apr 2010 Since —For - Since

We have been coming to Morro de Sao Paulo since fifteen years a go.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb28 Mar 2010 And too — And too Conjunctions – and so, and too, but |  Independent clause

My bother has a new toy and me too.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb7 Mar 2010  In fact— Clauses  | Semicolons   |  Connectors (conjunctive adverbs)

A large number of people have been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu. In fact, eighty million!

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb28 Feb 2010  Dream of— Two- and three-word verb expressions  | Placement of modifiers | Verbs and Adjectives followed by prepositions 

I've been able to make my dream come true of pursuing a higher education.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb21 Feb 2010  Say — Say vs. Tell

My daughter says me all her secrets.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb14 Feb 2010  Self— Reflexive Pronouns

If a man isn't comfortable with hisself then he can't be comfortable with anyone else.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb7 Feb /2010  In contrast to— Making comparisons  |  Identifying – Non-identifying clauses

Haiti was devastated in contrast to the Dominican Republic suffered little damage.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb31 Jan 2010  High — Modifiers to Adjectives  | Tall-High  | Nouns as Modifiers

The statue is eight-foot high and stands on a two-foot tall base.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb23 Jan 2010   Supplies— Noun Modifiers  plural exceptions |  Unusual Sing-Plural Nouns  |  Noncount Nouns

Supplies coordination are improving day by day in Haiti.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb17 Jan 2010 Haiti— Adv_degree  |  Past Perfect   |  Part Mod 2 -ed / -ing

She was so happy to see that the children escaped from the fallen building and were alive.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb10 Jan 2010 2010  pros & cons— Using hyphens  with numbers  | Associated Press comment on 2010

Is it two thousand ten or twenty-ten?

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb3 Jan 2010 Blue Moon– Article Use | Possessives  | Pronoun Placement  | Pronoun Agreement

Once in a blue moon there is one on New Years Eve.