Exercise
21.Conditinal Sentences
Supply the correct form of the verb
in parentheses for each of the following sentences. Review the formulas if you
have trouble.
1.
Henry talks to his dog as if it Understood (understand) him.
2.
If they had left the house earliier, they
weren’t (be;negative) so late getting to the airport that could
not check their baggage
3.
If I finish the dress before Saturday, I Will (give) it to my sister for
her birthday
4.
If I had seen the movie, I Would have told (tell) you about it last
night.
5.
Had Bob not interfered in his sister’s marital problems, there Were (be)
peace between them.
6.
He would give you the money if he Were have (have) help.
7.
I wish they would stop (stop) making so much noise so that I could
concentrate.
8.She
would call you immediately if she Needed (need) help.
9.
Had they arrived at the sale early, they would have found (find) a
better selection.
10.
We hope thaat you had enjoyed (enjoy) the party last night.
11.If
you have enough time, please painted (paint) the chair before you leave.
12.
We could go for a drive if today were (be) Saturday.
13.
If she wish the prize, it will be because she write (write) very well.
14.
Mike wished the editors could have permit (permit) him to copy some of
their material.
15.
Joel wishes that the he could have spent (spend) his vacation on the
Gulf Coast next year.
16.
I will (accept) if they invite me to the party.
17.If
your mother buys (buy) that car for you, will you be happy?
18.If
he had decided (decide) earlier, he could have left on the afternoon
fight.
19.Had
we known you address, we would have written (write) you a letter.
20.
If the roofer doesn’t come soon , the rain would (leak) inside.
21.Because
Rose did so poorly on the exam, she
wishes that she had studied (study) harder last night.
22.My
dog always wakes me up if he hear (hear) strange noises.
23.IF
you see (see) Mary today, please
ask her to call me.
24.If
he get (get) the raise, it will be because he does a good job.
25.The
teacher will not accept our work if we turn
(turn) it in late.
26.Mrs.
Wood always talks to her tenth-grade students as though thay were (be)
adults.
27.If
he had left already, he would have called (call) us.
28.If
they had known him, they would have talked (talk) to him.
29.He
would understand explained (explain) it to him more slowly.
30.I
could understand the french teacher if she spoke (speak) more slowly.
Exercise
26. Adjectives and adverbs
Circle the correct form in prentheses.
1.Rita
plays the violin ( good / well ).
2.That
is an ( intens / intensely ) novel.
3.The
sun is shining ( bright / brightly ).
4.The
girls speak ( fluent / fluently )
French.
5.The
boys speak Spaanish ( fluent / fluently ).
6.The
table has a ( smooth / smoothly) surface.
7.We
must figure our income tax returns ( accurate / accurately ).
8.
We don’t like to drink ( bitter / bitterly ) tea.
9.The
plane will arrive ( soon / soonly ).
10.He
had an cciident because he was driving too ( fast / fastly )
Exercise
27.Linking (Copulative) Verbs
Circle the correct form in prentheses.
1.Your
could sounds ( terrible / terribly )
2.The
pianist plays very( good / well ).
3.The
food in the rrestaurant always tastes ( good / well ).
4.The
campers remained ( calm / calmly ) despite the thunderstorm.
5.They became ( sick / sickly) after eating the contaminated food.
6.Professor
Calandra lookked ( quick / quickly ) at the students’ sketches.
7.Paco
was working ( diligent / diligently ) on the project.
8.
Paul protested ( vehement / vehemently ) about the new proposals.
9.Our
neighbors appeared ( relaxed / relaxedly) after their vacation.
10.The
music sounded too ( noisy / noisily ) to be classical.
Execise
28.Coparisons
Supply the correct from of the
adjectives and adverbs in parentheses. Let as and that be your clues. Add any
other words that may be necessary.
1.John
and his friends left as soon as (soon) as the professor had finished his
lecture.
2.His
job is more important (important)
than his friend’s.
3.He
plays the guitar as well as
(well) as Andres Segovia.
4.A
new house is much expensive (expensive) than an older one.
5.Last
week was as hot (hot) as this week.
6.Martha
is more talented (talented) than her cousin.
7.Bill’s
descriptions are more colorful (colorful) than his wife’s.
8.Nobody
is happier (happy) than Maria Elena.
9.The
boys felt worse (bad) than the girls about losing the game.
10.A
greyhound runs faster ( fast) than a chihuahua
Exercise
29.Comparisons
Supply than, as, or from in each of the following sentences.
1.The
Empire State Building is taller than the Statue of Liberty.
2.California
is farther from New York than Pennsylvania.
3.His
assignmment is sifferent from mine.
4.Louie
readsmore quickly than his sisters.
5.No
animal is so big as King Kong.
6.That
report is less impressive than the government’s.
7.Sam
wears the same shirt as his teammates.
8.Dave
paints much more realistically than
his professor.
9.The
twins have less money at the end of the month than they have at the
beginning.
10.Her
sports car is different from
Nancy’s.
Exercise
30.Comparisons
Select the correct form in parentheses in the
following sentences.
1.
Of the four dresses, I like the red one ( better / best ).
2.Phil
is the ( happier / happiest ) person that we know.
3.Pat’s
car is ( faster / fastest ) than Dan’s.
4.This
is the ( creamier / creamiest ) ice cream I have hd in a long time.
5.This
poster is ( colorfuler / more colorful
) than the one in the hall.
6.Does
Fred feel( weller / better ) today than he did yesterday ?
7.This
vegetable soup tastes very ( good / well ).
8.
While trying to balance the baskets on her had, the woman walked
(awkwarder / more awkwardly )
than her daughter.
9.Jane
is the ( less /least ) athletic of all the women.
10.My
cat is the ( prettier / prettiest ) of the two .
