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 61-70 Choose the correct answer: 100. Mom looked (better, best) of all the women. ..Rule 61:. Don’t use double comparison. • Can’t you walk faster? Choose the correct answer: 101. Can’t you walk (faster, more faster)? ..Rule 62:. Use the objective forms of pronouns as indirect objects even when the indirect object is a compound. • Henry gave Lou and me a free lunch. Choose the correct answer: Henry gave Lou and (I, me) a free lunch. ..Rule 63:. Keep the objective form us even when it is an indirect object in combination with a noun. • Mom gave us girls a present. • Mom gave us a present. Choose the correct answer: 103. Mom gave (we, us) girls a present. 104. Mom gave (us, we) a present. Learning the Rules of Grammar Rules 64-89 ..Rule 64: attack and its forms Use attacked for both past and past participle. • Today I attack. Yesterday I attacked. Often I have attacked. Choose the correct answer: 1. Today I will (attack, attacked) my final paper for the semester. 2. Yesterday I (attack, attacked) the final test. 3. Often I have (attacked, attack) the math problems. ..Rule 65:. burst and its forms Use burst for all three participles. Do not use busted. • Today the balloons burst. Yesterday they burst. Often they have burst. Choose the correct answer: 4. Today the balloons (burst, bursted) before noon. 5. Yesterday they (bursted, burst) after lunch. 6. Often they have (busted, burst) in the morning. ..Rule 66:. drown and its forms Use drowned for both past and past participle. • Today the noise will drown out the TV. • Yesterday it drowned out a special report. • Often it has drowned out the evening news. Choose the correct answer:
7. Today the noise will (drowned, drown) out the TV at ten o’clock. 8. Yesterday it (drown, drowned) out a special report during lunch. 9. Often it has (drowned, drown) out the evening news. ..Rule 67:. Do not use in for into. Into means motion from one place to another. In means motion within something. • My hat fell into the lake. • Joe was swimming in the pool. Choose the correct answer: 10. My hat fell (in, into) the lake. 11. Tom was swimming (into, in) the pool. ..Rule 68:. Use to when you mean a motion toward. Use at to mean being somewhere. • I went to the park. • I stayed at their house over night. Choose the correct answer: 12. I went (to, at) the park. 13. I stayed (at, to) their house over night. ..Rule 69:. Do not use off or off of to mean from. • I borrowed it from Jean. • I took it from the table. Choose the correct answer: 14. I borrowed it (off of, from) Jean. 15. I took it (off, from) the table. ..Rule 70:. Do not confuse by and at. • We went by your house. • We will visit at your house. Choose the correct answer: 16. We went (at, by) your house. 17. We will visit (by, at) your house. |