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SCL WORKSHEET 12

This is an individual activity for you to carry out. The activities should be completed and
submitted on EDMODO by the due date.

Exercise 1
The paragraphs below need proofreading for possible fragments. Identify and correct
them in the space given.

1. A president is an appointed leader. Someone who is a decision maker in the executive branch
of our government. This doesn't necessarily mean that the person the people elect is capable.
Just hopefully assumes. Assumes through his past record as a politician, over the years'
buildup of experience and handling situations.

- no main verb,no subject

A president is an appointed leader, someone who is a decision maker in the executive
branch of our government. This doesn't necessarily mean that the person the people elect is
capable. They just hopefully assume so based on his past record as a politician, over the
years' buildup of experience and handling situations.

2. For nearly 60 years Malaysians believed in better jobs, better homes and a better life for
one's children. This confidence no longer exists. Polls now indicate that fewer Malaysians
feel they are better off today than they were fifty years ago. A public-opinion analysis group
has found that large numbers of Malaysians, at some times and in some places, see
themselves as lower on the ladder. Adding worse living conditions and anticipation of
further decline over the next five years.

- dependent clause
For 60 years Malaysians believed in better jobs, better homes, a better life for one's
children. This confidence no longer exists. Polls now indicate that fewer Malaysians feel
they are better off today than they were five years ago. A public-opinion analysis group has
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found that large numbers of Malaysians , at some times and in some places, see themselves
as lower on the ladder with worse living conditions and anticipation of further decline over
the next five years.

3. For the past twenty years, the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan has
been measuring the level of Americans' trust and confidence in their politicians and quasi-
political trust and confidence in their political institutions and their leaders. "Political" being
all levels of government, and "quasi-political" churches, labor unions, large
professional/business associations, educational institutions, and the like. The result is that a
very sharp decline has taken place every year since 1964.

- No main verb

For the past twenty years, the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan has
been measuring the level of Americans' trust and confidence in their politicians and quasi-
political trust and confidence in their political institutions and their leaders.
"Political" refers to all levels of government, and "quasi-political" includes churches, labor
unions, large professional/business associations, educational institutions, and the like. The
result is that a very sharp decline has taken place every year since 1964.

Exercise 2
The sentences below need proofreading for faulty parallelism. Identify and correct them
in the space given.

1.Drunk drivers are thoughtless and take the lives of other people in their own hands,
risking their own lives, think about only their own pleasure and fun and never
considering the consequence of their action.

Drunk drivers are thoughtlessly taking the lives of other people in their own
hands, risking their own lives, thinking only about their own pleasure and fun, and
not considering the consequences of their actions.
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2. Police enforcement should be responsible for service in the community by safeguarding

the property of people who live in the community, in order to protect the innocent from
crimes, and to ensure that all people have their constitutional rights getting respect.

Police enforcement is responsible for serving the community, safeguarding the

property of people in that community, protecting the innocent from crimes, and ensuring
that all people's constitutional rights are respected.

3. In order to convey the information correctly to the crowd, the police officer was speaking
loudly, he told people where they should be standing, repeating information so they would
remember and gesturing.

In order to convey the information correctly, the police officer spoke loudly to the crowd,
told people where they should stand, repeated the information to help people remember,
and gestured.