PBIBK - 4th Assignment

Choose the INCORRECT answer, then give the CORRECTION and EXPLANATION !

1.      Zoos in New Orleans, San Diego, Detroit, and the Bronx have become biological

A

parks where animals roams free and people watch from across a moat.

B                           C                                 D

= C. It should be “Roam” because the word “animals” is plural. So, the verb should be the plural verb as well. And it’s “Roam” (without S)

2.      George has not completed the assignment yet,  and Maria hasn’t neither

A                                 B             C                             D

= D. the answer is hasn’t either because not…either is used after a negative statement.

3.      Hanny enjoyed to be able to meet several Congress members during her vacation.

          A           B               C                                                        D

=A. is . it should be "be, without to " . explanation: because the pattern of able to is modal + be able to

4.      No one would have attended the lecture if you told the truth about

      A                                       B         C

the guest speaker.

                  D

= B. is . it should be "had told " . explanation: because this the form of perfect modal, with pattern would have + past participle. So we have to put ‘had’ before told.

5.      Marie has registered for both the afternoon anthropology class as well as

             A                                                                                      B

the evening sociology lecturer.

C               D

= B. It should be And. Because ‘both’ is paired with ‘and’.

6.      Compact discs are affected neither by scratching and by dust.

       A       B                   C                    D

= D. the answer has to be Or. Because or is a conjuction used to indicate that one or more of the cases connects may occur.

7.      Plastics used to make textiles can be drawn into fine threads, then woven or knit

    A                         B                     C          D

into fabrics.

= D. It should be knitted, because the sentence it should be parallel with V3.

8.      Henry David Thoreau stressed the importance in individuality and of living

       A                                                  B

in harmony with nature.

         C                  D

= A. because it has to be parallel with the answer B. it should be the importance of not the importance in.

9.      The coach was depending for his team to win the game so that they would have a

    A                             B                       C

chance to play in the Super Bowl.

          D

= A. it should be “defending for” because the answer and the context is not reliable. Depending is like not sure and defending is trying to protect.

10.  According to Freud, mental life is characterized by internal conflicts who are largely

            A                                                         B                                             C               D

unconscious.

= C. It should be “Which”. Because it refers to a thing not a person. So, we should use “which” rather than who.