Your
glasses (was/were) on the bureau last night.
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It
is about subject-verb agreement. This sentence contains/consist of 4
units. The first your glasses as a subject,the second were as a
predicate,the third on the bureau as a complement and the last,last
night as modifier of time. The world class of your glasses are non
phrase which ‘your’ possesive,were are statistive verb,on the bureau
is complement and last night is adverb of time. The correct answer is were
because the subject glasses is plural.
2.
Exercise
12
I
hurt (my/mine/the) leg.
ð
It
is about pronouns. This sentence contains/consist of 3 units. The first I
as a subject,the second hurt as a predicate and the last my leg
as an object. The world class of I is pronoun,hurt is transitive
verb and my leg is non phrase which “my” possesive. The correct answer
is my because my is possesive and position before noun.
3.
Exercise
13
You
would be better off (to buy/buying) this car.
ð
It
is about verb as complement. This sentence contains/consist of 3 units. The
first you as a subject,the second would be better off buying as a
predicate and the last this car as an object. The world class off you
are pronoun,would be is auxiliary,better off as a complement,buying
is transitive verb + ing and this car is noun. The correct answer is buying
because preposition is following the gerund.4.
Exercise
14
We
are expecting (Henry/Henry’s) to call us.
ð
It
is about pronouns with verb as complements. This sentence
contains/consist of 4 units. The first we as a subject,the second are
expecting as a predicate,the third Henry as an object dependen and
the last to call us as an object independen. The world class of we are
pronoun,are are statistive verb,expecting is transitive verb,Henry
is pronoun,to call is infinitive and us is pronoun as an object.
The correct answer is Henry because Henry is object pronouns and after
the gerund.
5.
Exercise
15
The house needs to be ......................
(paint) soon.
ð
It
is about needs. This sentence contains/consist of 4 units. The first the
house as a subject,needs as a modal,to be as an auxiliary,painted
as a predicate and the last soon as modifier of time. The world class of
the house is noun,needs to is transitive verb + s, be painted
is transitive verb,soon is adverb of time. The correct answer is painted
because the verb needs is followed by the infinitive.
