While learning about the passive voice form, students learn about
use of 'by'
position of verbs
position of nouns
use of verb form
Students can leave the school premises at 12:30 pm.
Students ought to leave the school premises at 12:30 pm.
The two given statements can be differentiated by drawing students' attention to the
differences in the arrangement of words
meaning conveyed by the modals/verb modifiers
the roles of the subject and object in both sentences
absence of change in the verb form
The politician had been making promises long before election time. The statement is in the ____________tense.
past continuous
present perfect
present perfect continuous
past perfect continuous
Identify where the collective form is an error.
Host of angels
Congress of baboons
Clutch of ducks
Shoal of fish
C.
Clutch of ducks
In this example, there is a deviation from the apparently intended form of an utterance. Identify the error.
Target I must let the cat out of the house.
Error I must let the house out of the cat.
Lexical selection error
Word-exchange error
Omission
Substitution
Choose the correct prefix to build the word. The meaning of the word is given.
___ beat = positive and enthusiastic.
Up
Out
Down
Over
Choose the correct prefix to build the word. The meaning of the word is given.
____ hold = look at or see something or somebody.
With
Up
Over
Be