Instructions:
Read and study each rule and do the exercises for the rule. If you fail
any of the exercises, you will fail the lesson. Simply restudy and
redo the lessons to pass to the next lesson. Rules 41-50 ..Rule 41:. Never use their to refer to an antecedent that is modified by, each, every, either, or neither. Use her, his, or its. • Each girl made her own hat. • Neither horse won its race. • Every man knows his place. Choose the correct answer: 54. Each girl made (their, her) own hat. 55. Neither horse won (its, their) race. 56. Every man knows (their, his) place. ..Rule 42:. Use this or that to modify kind or sort. Don’t use these kind, those kind, these sort, or those sort. • I like that kind of socks • That sort of behavior is considered bad. Choose the correct answer: 57. I like (that, those) kind of socks. 58. (Those, That) sort of behavior is considered bad. 59. I like (this, these) kind of vegetables. 60. (This, These) sort of vegetable is good for making a stew. ..Rule 43:. Do not use them as an adjective. • I want those slacks. • Pass me those scissors. Choose the correct answer: 61. I want (them, those) slacks. 62. Pass me (them, those) scissors. ..Rule 44:. Using an and a. Use an before words beginning with a vowel or a vowel sound. A word that begins with “x” has a vowel sound. (an x-ray) Examples: an apple, an egg, an icicle, an hour. Use a before words beginning with a consonant sound. Examples: a house, a man, a cat, a fire, a sprinkle. 63. We saw (a, an) man and (an, a) boy in the road. 64. He was eating (a, an) apple. 65. We saw (an, a) old tire in the yard. 65a. He went to the lab to pick up (a, an) x-ray. ..Rule 45:. Use comparative degrees in speaking of two or more things. • He is the tallest of the three brothers. Choose the correct answer: 66. He is the (taller, tallest) of the three brothers. Lesson 4 ..Rule 46:. Don’t use double comparison. • My work is harder now. • This is the safest place I know. Choose the correct answer: 67. My work is (harder, more harder) now. 68. This is the (safest, more safest) place I know. ..Rule 47:. When comparing persons or things in the same group, use the word other. • John can run faster than any other boy in his class. Choose the correct answer: 69. John can run faster than (any, any other) boy in his class. ..Rule 48:. tear and its forms Always use a helping verb with torn; never use one with tore. • Today I tear. Yesterday I tore. Often I have torn. Choose the correct answer: 70. I will (tear, tore) my shirt today. 71. Yesterday I (torn, tore) my pants. 72. Often I have (torn, tore) my clothes after school. ..Rule 49:. shake and its forms Always use a helping verb with shaken. Never use one with shook. • Today I shake. Yesterday I shook. Often I have shaken. Choose the correct answer: 73. Today I (shake, shook) hands with the president. 74. Yesterday I (shook, shake) hands with my congressman. 75. Often I have (shook, shaken) hands with the representatives. ..Rule 50:. shrink and its forms Never use a helping verb with shrank. • Today I shrink. Yesterday I shrank. Often I have shrunk. Choose the correct answer: 76. Today I will (shrink, shrank) by one pound. 77. Often I have (shrunk, shrank) two pounds in one week. |