2016-03-31 Pre TOEFL: adjectives practice

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: finish p. 26 and correct the errors, and do p. 78-79 exercises 1-10
p. 26
16 b (“quickly” modifies “responded”, “which...prescribed” modifies “antibiotics” - generally we don’t separate nouns from adjective clauses with adverbs)
17 d (“on the first day”) / c (“in the first days”)
18 c - “recently been” (many adverbs go after the first auxiliary verb, and before all the rest)
19 b - “was being prepared”
20 a - “were”

We can use “get” for some passives, but only if it’s an action which somehow changes the subject.
I will get paid tomorrow.
The garbage gets picked up on Mondays.
They are getting married today.
*The words got appreciated. (WRONG - If you appreciate words, the words don’t change, so we don’t use “get” for the passive.)

p. 78-79
1 d (we don’t use “enough as”)
2 d (“enough” comes after adjectives and adverbs)
3 d (opinion-size-age-...-compound)
4 c
5 b
6 b
7 c (“precocious” is an opinion, and “ten-year-old” is the correct compound adjective)
8 d
9 c
10 b

OSASCOM
Opinion
Size
Age
Shape
Color
Origin
Material

The TOEFL is a four-hour-long test.
- hyphen

She is so tall that she can touch the ceiling.
She is extremely tall.