WG6 Daily Warm-Up

1. Real Examples of Subjunctive Mood on the TOEFL

a) Choose which underlined segment makes the sentence ungrammatical:

If James were your father, he might change his mind about disciplining you.
A B C D

b) Choose the correct answer:

It is imperative that the president __________________________________.

(a) knows what the general public wants.
(b) know what the general public wants.
(c) know what the general public want.
(d) knows what the general public want.

2. Proofreading and Editing

Please fix the following paragraph. In this exercise, look for grammatical errors, not content errors.

College Life
As a term begins, students are busy to choose the right classes for themselves. Right classes are which
they can get a good grade from by the end of the term. The most concern issue of a college student is that
he is able to do well on examinations and receive a good grade on transcript.

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3. Source Selection 101

When looking for prospective sources on the Internet, how much does a website’s domain name tell us
about the site? For example, here are two domain names:

https://www.edge.org

https://www.edge.com

What is implied by these URLs alone? Do you think that one has a better chance of being a viable source
than the other?
 the term
busy choosing
he/she be able
a good grade by the end of the term
a transcript with good grades
the right classes are those in which
perhaps the greatest concern of a college student