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Jane talks on the phone.
Bob has been talking on the phone for an
hour.
Mary is talking on the phone.

Who is not necessarily on the phone now?

Jane
I'm going to make dinner for Frank.
I'm making dinner for Judy.
I'll make dinner for Mary.
I make dinner for Ted.
I will be making dinner for Tony.

Who are you offering to make dinner for?

Mary
Jane left when Tim arrived.
Bob left when Tim had arrived.
Tim arrived when Mary was leaving.
John had left when Tim arrived.
After Tim arrived, Frank left.

Who did not run into Tim?

John
Jane is talking in class.
Bob always talks in class.
Mary is always talking in class.

Whose action bothers you?

Mary
Jane never left Jamestown.
Bob has never left Jamestown.

Who is still alive?

Bob
GUESS WHAT IS COMMON AMONG
THE WORDS BELOW

EUTHANASIA
EUPHEMISM
EULOGY
EUSTRESS
 EU WORDS
EUTHANASIA – Good death
EUPHEMISM – a mild or indirect word or expression
substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when
referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
EULOGY – a speech or piece of writing that praises
someone or something highly, especially a tribute to someone
who has just died
EUSTRESS – beneficial stress
Sentence Completion
1. Did you hear that Ben was fired last month?
He (work)__________ for that import
company for more than ten years and he
(work)_________ in almost every department.
Nobody knew the company like he did.

had been working / had worked

Sentence Completion
2. I (work)___________ for this company for
more than thirty years, and I intend to stay
here until I retire!

have been working

Sentence Completion
3. Sharon (love)____________ to travel. She
(go)___________ abroad almost every
summer. Next year, she plans to go to Peru.

loves / goes
Sentence Completion
4. I (see)________ many pictures of the
pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of
the monuments are very misleading. The
pyramids are actually quite small.

had seen
Sentence Completion
5. It is already 9:30 PM and I
(wait)_________ here for over an hour.
If John does not get here in the next five
minutes, I am going to leave.

have been waiting

Sentence Completion
6. I was really angry at John yesterday.
By the time he finally arrived, I
(wait)______ for over an hour. I almost
left without him.

Had been waiting

Error Spotting
1. After studying the work (a) of the new
recruit (b) the manager told him that (c)
he is very unhappy with his performance
(d). No error (e).

he WAS very unhappy with his performance (d)

Error Spotting
2. In spite of the spirited performance (a)
by the defence lawyer (b) the accused
was convicted (c) and ordered to be hung
(d). No error (e).

and ordered to be HANGED (d)

Error Spotting
3. My watch showed the time as 5.30 (a) but I
knew that (b) it was wrong (c) as I heard the 5
o’clock siren only a few minutes earlier (d).
No error (e)

as I HAD heard the 5 o’clock siren only a few

minutes earlier (d).
Error Spotting
4. Mr. Reddy has come back from office in the
evening (a) and then went out (b) to meet a
friend (c) who is leaving for Tokyo tomorrow
(d). No error (e).

Mr. Reddy CAME back from office in the evening (a)

Error Spotting
5. When John heard that (a) his father has had
a heart attack (b), he decided to cancel his
holiday (c) and return home (d). No error (e).

his father HAD had a heart attack (b)

Sentence Correction
1. If she was to decide to go to college, I, for one,
would recommend that she plan to go to Yale.
a. If she was to decide to go to college,
b. if she were to decide to go to college,
c. Had she decided to go to college,
d. In the event that she decides to go to college,
e. Supposing she was to decide to go to college,

b. if she were to decide to go to college,

Sentence Correction
2. I might have provided a happier ending if I
was the author of that novel.
a. ending if I was the author of that novel
b. ending, if I were the author of that novel
c. ending. If I were the author of that novel
d. ending if I had been the author of that novel
e. ending, if I had to be the author of that novel
d. ending if I had been the author of that novel
Sentence Correction
3. Common knowledge tells us that sensible
exercise and eating properly will result in
better health.
a. eating properly will result
b. proper diet results
c. dieting will result
d. proper diet result
e. eating properly results
d. proper diet result
Sentence Correction
4) In the past few years and to this day, many
teachers of math and science had chosen to return
to the private sector.
a. had chosen to return to the private sector.
b. having chosen to return to the private sector.
c. chose to return to the private sector.
d. have chosen to return to the private sector.
e. had chosen returning to the private sector
d. have chosen to return to the private sector.
Sentence Correction
5) If they would have taken greater care in the
disposal of the nuclear waste, the disaster would
not have occurred.
a. If they would have taken greater care
b. Unless they took greater care
c. Had they not taken greater care
d. If they had taken greater care
e. If they took greater care
d. If they had taken greater care
Sentence Correction
6 ) After the author completed the novel, he is
murdered by the distributor.
a. he would be murdered by the distributor.
b. he was murdered by the distributor
c. he would have been murdered by the distributor
d. he is murdered by the distributor
b. he was murdered by the distributor
 Spoonerism William Archibald Spooner - Reverend
Dr William Archibald Spooner (1844–
a verbal error in which a 1930), Warden of New College,
Oxford, who was particularly prone to
speaker accidentally transposes the initial making this sort of error (and indeed,
may have suffered from a mild
sounds or letters of two or more words, often developmental language disorder).
Sometimes made intentionally to
to humorous effect, as in the sentence produce comic effect.

you have hissed the mystery lectures.

Decoding spoonerisms allows students to develop a
familiarity with sounds and sound blends in words.
Decoding words by their use in a sentence or in a phrase
helps students develop comprehension skills and
confidence in understanding how language is written
and used.
know your blows blow your nose
go and shake a tower go and take a shower
you have very mad banners you have very bad manners
lack of pies pack of lies
it's roaring with pain it's pouring with rain
go help me sod so help me God
I'm a damp stealer I'm a stamp dealer
wave the sails save the whales
mad bunny bad money
I hit my bunny phone I hit my funny bone
I must mend the sail I must send the mail
it crawls through the fax it falls through the cracks
would you like a nasal hut? would you like a hazel nut?
belly jeans jelly beans
fight in your race right in your face
no tails toe nails
hiss and lear listen here
soul of ballad bowl of salad