Descriptive

Circle the coordinating conjunctions and identify the parallel

structure of the sentences below.
1. Mr. Brown likes to go home early, but his wife prefers to stay late.
(parallel structure between prepositional phrases)
2. Mary likes hiking and swimming, and riding a bicycle.
(parallel structure between verb phrases)
3. She put on a sweater, for it was cold outside.
(parallel structure between clauses)
4. They were not wearing jackets, nor were they carrying umbrellas.
(parallel structure between prepositional phrases)
5. He can buy the book, or he can borrow it from the library.
(parallel structure between verb phrases)
6. The students are thirsty, so they go to the resto to get some water.
(parallel structure between clauses)
7. They studied a lot, yet some of them didn’t pass the test.
(parallel structure between prepositional phrases)

Write the things in your surrounding by using the two formulas above.
1 My father is more impatient than my mother

comparative 2 My brother is less intelligent than me

3 John is taller than Catherine

1 My father is the least patient man I know

superlative 2 I am the most intelligent boy in my school

3 She is much older than her husband

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Activity 7: Grammar Practice

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.
1 in the gorgeous city of Venice is the architecture that everybody
loves to visit.
a. One bigger attractions
b. The biggest attraction
c. A bigger attractions
d. It is the biggest attraction

2.......are big shops located in the central park which provide whatever we
need for our experiment.
a. They
b. It
c. That
d. The

3. The weather is not good today. It's raining. I hope the weather will be
... next week.
a. good
b. better
c. best
d. the best

4. My friends say that Japanese is more difficult ... English

a. than to learn
b. to learn than
c. than learn to
d. learn to than

5. Being a ... salesman around Tokyo, my brother seldom saw my

sister although they are live in the same city.
a. traveler
b. travel
c. travelled
d. travelling

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6. While we joined the student mobility program in Tokyo, we ate

sushi, drank sake, and ... Japanese.
a. speaking
b. speak
c. spoken
d. spoke

7. Most of butterflies are beautiful and colorful,... some kinds

are poisonous.
a. so
b. nor
c. for
d. yet

8. While the old lady enjoy seeing butterflies at her beautiful garden,
her dog sleeps on the bed, and ...
a. her cat
b. her cat in the carpet
c. her cat snaps in the carpet
d. her cat snapping

9. For many people loving butterflies, these animals are ...

a. the most courageous little creatures
b. the most creatures courageous little
c. the most little creatures courageous
d. the most courageous creatures little

10. Butterflies are beautiful creatures that can make your gardens look
... and colorful.
a. health
b. healthier
c. healthy
d. more healthy

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Each of the following sentences has four words or phrases underlined.
The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C),
and (D). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that should be
corrected.

1. This romantic city of Venice on water has kept the same look for
A B
hundreds of years, which makes it one of more (most) attractive tourist
C D
destinations in the world.

2. When we think of Venice, the things which come to mind is (are)

A B C D
canals.
3. This ornament (ornamental) stone bridge on the Grand Canal is
A B
ne of the most famous bridges in Venice and is an icon of the city.
C D

4. The imperial Palace is in the center of the city of Tokyo, Japan but (delete but ) it
A B
was built on the grounds of a former shogun's
castle. C D
5. The The Imperial Family of Japan lives in this complex of the
A B
Imperial Palace, surrounded by the Eukiage beautiful
C D
(beautiful Eukiage) Gardens.

6. The news of the broken bridge are (is) the reason why he does not want to
A B C D
come here.

7. Some people said that a holiday by the sea was more better
(better)
A B C
 than a holiday in the mountains.
D
8. The parents were horrified for they saw blood stains on the floor or (and)
no
A B C
sign of their child.
D
9. The new lecturer in my department is a famous internet
Australian A B C
entrepreneur who teach (teaches) the entrepreneurship subject.
D
10. A computer, like any other machines, is used because they (it) does
A B C
certain jobs better than human beings.
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