Exercise S-5

Objective: To identify the verb(s) in the sentence.

Directions: Every sentence has at least one subject and at least one verb. The subject in each sentence is already underlined. Find all the verbs and all parts of
each verb, and put V above them. Look at the examples before you begin.

1 The municipal auditorium is located on the shores of Town Lake.

2 That new book will interest football fans.
3 There are several new apartment complexes west of the university.
4 Near the auditorium stand the city Coliseum and the fair grounds.
5 Buses depart from the station every half hour.
6 Many career opportunities are available to a lawyer.
7 The cable television company has recently installed lines to the suburbs.
8 That new book has been checked out and read by a dozen people this week.
9 Through the branches of the tree shone the light of the full moon.
10 The new highway will have been completed by January of next year.
11 Here lies the grave of the first mayor of the city.
12 Rice is a popular food all over the world.
13 The children held on to their father's hands and walked quietly beside him.
14 The severe freeze damaged many crops and caused a rise in food prices.
15 Mathematics and his history were his favorite subjects.
16 The head of the English department instituted many changes.
17 There should have been more rainfall during the winter months.
18 Deep down in the earth lie deposits of uranium.
19 Both the tulips and the daffodils are already blooming.
20 Those students have obviously studied English for a number of years.
Exercise S-6
Objective: To identify the possible functions of a word.
Directions: Many words in English can function in more than one way while other words can have only one function.
(I) Put a check (/) beside words that are always verbs.
(II) Put an X beside words that are never verbs.
(III) Put two checks (//) beside words that can function both as a verb and as another part of speech (noun, adjective, etc.). Check your dictionary.
_____1 dream _____11 laugh
_____2 window _____12 advice
_____3 seem _____13 migrate
_____4 live _____14 passenger
_____5 cigarette _____ 15begin
_____6 house _____16 large
_____7 become _____17 continue
_____8 eat _____18 trip
_____ 9 can _____19 smoke
_____10 below _____20 warm
Phrasal verbs activity: Complete the sentences using these phrasal verbs + it/them/me:

fill in get out give back switch on take off wake up

1 They gave me a form and told me to fill it in.
2 I'm going to bed now. Can you ……………………………………………. at 6.30?
3 I've got something in my eye and I can't ...........................................................
4 I don't like it when people borrow things and don't ..........................................................
5 I want to use the hair dryer. How do I ................................................................ ?
6 My shoes are dirty. I'd better .......................................................... before going into the house.
ERROR CORRECTION EXERCISE 1. On each numbered line there is ONE error of grammar, word order, vocabulary or spelling. There are no punctuation mistakes. Find
the mistake on each numbered line, UNDERLINE it and WRITE the correction in the space provided to the right of the text.
1 My name is Rosaria Mangiagatti and she’s from Fondi, a small town of Lazio. ______________
2 I live in a flat in the centre of the town with my family. There are five persons in ______________
3 my family – my mother, my father, my two brothers and myself. My mother ______________
4 name is Laura and she’s a teacher. My father’s name is Pietro and he is also ______________
5 teacher. My brothers’ names are Luigi and Gian Franco. They are more young than ______________
6 me and they are both still at the school. ______________