SKILL 1 - 4

SKILL 1 : SUBJECT AND VERBS
EXERCISE 1 : Underline the subject once and bold the verbs twice of the following sentences. Then indicate if the sentences are correct ( C ) or incorrect ( I ).

I 1. My best friends always helpful with problems.
C 2. The bus schedule has change since last week.
C 3. Accidentally droppped the glass on the floor.
I 4. The customer paying the clerk for the clothes.
C 5. The professor handed the syllabus to the students.
I 6. Each day practiced the piano for hours.
C 7. The basketball players tossed the ball into the hoop.
I 8. The new student in the class very talkative and friendly.
I 9. Walking with the children to school.
C 10.The whales headed south for the winner.

SKILL 2 OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS
EXERCISE 2 : Each of the following sentences contains one or more prepositional phrases. Underline the subject once and bold the verb twice. Italic the prepositional phrases that come before the verb. Then indicate if the sentences are correct ( C ) or incorrect ( I).

C 1. The name of the baby in the crib is Jack.
I 2. By the next meeting of the class need to turn in the papers.
C 3. The direction to the exercise on page twenty unclear.
C 4. Because of the heavy rain throughout the night, the walkways are muddy.
I 5. During the week eat lunch in the school cafeteria.
C 6. In the morning after the concert was tired.
C 7. In the summer the trip to the mountains is our favorite trip.
I 8. In a box on the shelf of the cabine in the hallway of the house.
I 9. With her purse in her hand ran through the door.
I 10. At 1:00 in the morning the alarm clock on the table beside the bed rang.


EXERCISE (Skill 1-2) : Underline the subject once and bold the verbs twice.Italic the prepositional phrases that come before the verb. Then indicate if the sentences are correct ( C ) or incorrect ( I ).

C 1. During the meeting in the office discussed the schedule.
I 2. The doctor gave the patient a presciption.
I 3. The tall evergreen trees along the road.
C 4. The watch in the jewelry box needs a new baterry.
I 5. Pleasantly greets everyone in all the offices every morning.
C 6. In the office of the building across the street from the park on the corner.
C 7. The dishes in the sink really need to be washed as soon as posible.
I 8. In a moment of worry about the problem with the cash in the account.
C 9. The plane from New York circling the airport.
C 10. On a reguler basis the plants in the boxes under the window in the kitchen are watered and fed


TOEFL EXERCISE (Skill 1-2) : Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
1. Mark Twain called the years after the Civil War the “ Gilded Age.”
2. Early horses had toes instead of hooves on their feet.
3. Tundra plants are found grow close to the ground in the short Arctic summer.
4. In 1867, the United States’ purchase of Alaska from the Russians for $ 7,2 million.
5. Between 1725 and 1750, New England witnessed an increase in the specialization of occupations.
6. The large caroid artery carryng blood to the main parts of the brain.
7. The development by Marconi radio as the first practical system of wireles telegraphy.
8. In 1975, the first succesful space probe to Venus it was beginning to send information back to Earth.
9. The two biggest resort towns in Arkansas are Hot Springs and Eureka Springs.
10. NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center was the control center for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space flights.

SKILL 3 PRESENT PARTICIPLES
EXERCISE 3 : Each of the following sentences contains one or more present participles. Underline the subject once and bold the verb twice. Italic the present participles and label them as adjectives or verb. Then indicate if the sentences are correct ( C ) or incorrect ( I).
C 1. The crying (adj) baby needs to be picked up
I 2. The clothes are lying (verb) on the floor should go into the washing machine.
I 3. The waitress bringing (adj) the steaming (adj) soup to the waiting (adj) diners.
C 4. Most of the striking (adj) workers are walking (verb) the picked line.
C 5. For her birthday, the child is getting (verb) a talking (adj) doll.
I 6. The setting (adj) sun creating (adj) a rainbow of colors in the sky.
C 7. The ship is sailing(verb) to Mexico is leaving (verb) tonight.
C 8. The letters needing(adj) immediate answers are on the desk.
I 9. The borring (adj) class just ending (adj) a few minutes ago.
C 10. The fast-moving (adj) clouds are bringing (verb) freezing (adj) rain to the area.

SKILL 4 PAST PARTICIPLES
EXERCISE 4 : Each of the following sentences contains one or more present participles. Underline the subject once and bold the verb twice. Italic the present participles and label them as adjectives or verb. Then indicate if the sentences are correct ( C ) or incorrect ( I).
I 1. The food is served (verb) in this restaurant is delicious.
C 2. The plane landed on the deserted (adj) runway.
I 3. The unexpected (adj) guests arrived (verb) just at dinnertime.
C 4. The courses are listed (verb) in the catalague are required (verb) courses.
I 5. The teacher found the lost exam.
I 6. The small apartement very crowded (adj)and disorganized (adj).
I 7. The photographs developed (adj )yesterday showed (adj) sam and his friends.
I 8. The locked (adj) drawer contained (adj) the unworn jewels.
I 9. The tree was blown over in the storm was cut into logs.
C 10. The students registered (adj) in this course are listed (verb) on that sheet of paper.

EXERCISE (Skill 3-4) : Each of the following sentences contains one or more present participles. Underline the subject once and bold the verb twice. Italic the present participles and label them as adjectives or verb. Then indicate if the sentences are correct ( C ) or incorrect ( I).
C 1. Our hosts are serving (verb) drink on the tiled (adj) patio.
I 2. The tired (adj) woman taking (adj) a much needed (adj) nap.
C 3. The letters were sent (verb) on Monday arrived (adj) on Wednesday.
I 4. The winners deserved (adj) the big prize.
C 5. The palnts are growing (verb) in the garden need a lot of water.
I 6. The shining (adj) stars hit up the darkened (adj) sky.
I 7. The driver rapidly increased (adj) the speed of the racing (adj))car.
I 8. The excited (adj) children trying (adj) to build a snowman in the falling (adj) snow.
C 9. The students are completing (verb) the course will graduate in June.
C 10. The dissatisfied (adj) customer is returning(verb) the broken toaster to the store.
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skill 3-4) : Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
1. The first plants flowers appreared during the last period of the dinosaur’s reighn.
2. The earliest medicines were obtained from plants of various sorts.
3. Simple sails were made from canvas stretched over a frame.
4. Pluto’s moon Charon is moving in a slightly elliptical path around the planet.
5. Techniques of breath control form an essential part of any training program to improve the voice.
6. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to General Grant in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse.
7. The pituitary gland, it is found below the barin, releases hormones to control other glands.
8. At around two years of age, many children regularly produce sentences are containing three or four words
9. Multinational companies are finding it increasingly important to employ internationally acceptable brand names.

10. The cornea is located under the conjunctiva, on the exposed part of the eye.

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skill 1-4) : Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
1. The Polynesians first settled the Hawaiian Island between A.D.300 and 750.
2. In 1066, abright comet was appearing in the sky attracted much attention.
3. In some dagnerreotype cameras, viewed the object through a hole in the back of the box.
4. In the Stone Age, stone tools were polished with other rock materials.
5. The first steamship to cross the Atlantic was the Savannah, in 1819.
6. The Earth’s plates meet each other at cracks in the Earth called faults.
7. The first plants-like organisms probably lived in the sea, perhaps three billion years ago.
8. In male pattern baldness, heredity has strongly influences the degree of hair loss.
9. In Watch the Skies, Curtis Peebles fascination with making attempt to explain America’s belief in flying saucers.
10. The irregular coastline of Massachusetts is a succession of bays and inlets, with the book of the Cape Cod peninsula in the southeast.