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2. Everybody brings his/their lunch.

3. Whose/who’s on first?

4. I wish my son looked less like I/me and more like she/her.

5. My father worked hard to give we/us a good education.

Exercise 4.5 (Agreement of Participle and Subordinate Clauses)

Correct mistakes:

Example:

Painting the windows black, they became opaque. => PaintED black the windows became opaque.

1. At the age of three my parents took me to Buffalo.

2. By heating the water, the pot begins to boil.

3. Renowned for his humor, everyone reads Mark Twain.

4. Running down the street, his house could be seen.

Writing

(Paragraph: Consistency of Sentences)

Consistency of sentences in a paragraph can be achieved by:

1. Consistency of tense:

We strolled down the street as the jazz band started to play

We stroll down the street as the jazz band start to play

2. Consistency of the number and the person:

The jogger chooses his or her running shoes with care

The joggers choose their running shoes with care

3. Discourse consistency:

In one paragraph apply either direct or indirect speech.

Exercise 4.6

Correct mistakes:

Example:

Two seconds before the buzzer sounded, Larry Bird sank a basket from midcourt, and the crowd goes wild. => Two seconds before the buzzer sounded, Larry Bird sank a basket from midcourt, and the crowd WENT wild.

1. I told you this will happen.

2. Dreams fascinate me; it is like another world.

3. A good job is not as easy to come by as they were ten years ago.

4. John asked me do you know who won the Saturday’s game.

5. John asked me I knew who won the game.

Exercise 4.7

Write a paragraph describing your yesterday’s conversation with a friend about a match which took place the day before yesterday. Apply indirect speech and pay attention to the consistency of tense.

Unit 5

Warm up!

(Objectivity)

Exercise 5.1

Find at least three arguments that contradict the following prejudices:

1. I will never marry a foreigner.

2. All fans are crazy.

3. Airplanes are the most dangerous things in the world.

Exercise 5.2

Do you have any prejudices? Choose one or imagine it and write three arguments that contradict it.

Language Practice

(Spelling and Punctuation)

Exercise 5.3 (Writing Numbers)

Mind:

October, 20 (dates)

362 Adams street (addresses)