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READING QUIZ 1

WRITING QUIZ 2
Duration: 90 mins
A. Complete the sentences by adding any appropriate words or phrases. Note that the subjects and the verbs
must agree in both number and person. (3.0 pts.)
1. Either the manager or one of his coaches has the right to opt out of the current agreement.
2. Its hard to believe that nobody has ever discovered the truth about her ongoing affair.
3. Both of my cousins who were planning to go to college have enlisted in the military services.
4. Ians achievement as a chef, in addition to his palpable charisma on camera, makes him a popular
figure on television cooking show.
5. About a million and a half dollars have been raised and distributed over the years./ is a substantial
amount of money to be offered by one individual to the program.
6. The sale of computers in a market that has nearly a billion potential customers has created enormous
hope for the companys future.
B. Rewrite the following pairs of sentences as single sentences using adverbial clauses OR relative
clauses (3.0 pts.)
1. The roof does not leak yet. We had better call a roofer.

Although the roof does not leak yet, we had better call a roofer.
2. Anna had entered the room. Everyone started to applaud.

Hardly had Anna entered the room when everyone started to applaud.
3. Ive forgotten the name of that town. They hold the music festival there every year.

Ive forgotten the name of that town where they hold the music festival every year./ Ive forgotten
the name of that town which holds the music festival every year.
4. We had arrived in Barbados. I discovered his secrets.

No sooner had we arrived in Barbados than I discovered his secrets.

5. The problems faced by the company are being resolved. Ill look at these in detail in a moment.

The problems faced by the company, which Ill look at in detail in a moment, are being resolved.
6. The film was made in Botswana. Wildlife parks in Botswana are larger than those in Kenya.

The film was made in Botswana, whose wildlife parks are larger than those in Kenya.

7. Well have to cancel the show. We sell more tickets at the last minute.

Unless we sell more tickets at the last minute, well have to cancel the show.
8. The bank lent the company $100,000 pounds. They repaid the money within six months.

The bank lent the company $100,000 pounds on condition that they repaid the money within six
months.
9. I have heard her on the violin and clarinet. She plays both of them extremely well.

I have heard her on the violin and clarinet, both of which she plays extremely well.
10. She has been with Bruno. She has forgotten all her old friends.

Since she has been with Bruno, she has forgotten all her old friends.
B. Write a short paragraph (of about 10 sentences) describing one of your childhood memories. In your
paragraph, please use at least

2 single sentences

2 compound sentences

4 complex sentences

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