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WorksheetsTeaching Grammar
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
She wore a bicycle helmet on her head that was too large.
She who was too large on her head wore a bicycle helmet.
She wore a bicycle helmet on her head that was too large.
She wore on her head that was too large a bicycle helmet.
The patient was referred to the physician with stomach pains.
With stomach pains, the physician was referred to the patient.
The physician with stomach pains was referred to the patient.
Referred to the physician, the stomach pains was with the patient.
Tyler almost found fifty cents under the sofa cushions.
(a)
Riding in the sports car, the world whizzed by rapidly.
(a)
Walking home at night, the trees looked like spooky aliens.
As Jonas was walking home at night, the trees looked like spooky aliens.
As the trees was walking home at night, it looked like spooky aliens.
Walking home at night, the trees looked like spooky aliens.
The trees looked like spooky aliens walking home at night.
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The students have discovered that they can address issues more effectively through letterwriting campaigns and not through public demonstrations.
have discovered
they
through
and not
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After hours of futile debate, the committee has decided to postpone further discussion of the resolution until their next meeting.
after
to postpone
resolution
their
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At the music recital, Alexandra enjoyed listening to her friend Mohammed's insightful interpretation, which she thought was more sophisticated than the other performers.
(a)
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Originally a protest on conventional painting, the Pre-Raphaelite movement exerted great influence on the art of its time.
a protest on
conventional
exerted
of its
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The board reviewing the courses offered by the college found that the quality of academic programs were generally good but somewhat uneven.
reviewing
found
were
somewhat
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Maude Adams, after her spectacular triumph as the original Peter Pan, went about heavy veiled and was accessible to only a handful of intimate friends.
triumph
went about
heavy veiled
only a handful
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All states impose severe penalties on drivers who do not stop when he or she is involved in accidents.
impose
penalties on
he or she
involved in
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Because of the Internet, working at jobs at home have become much more common.
because of
working at
at home
have become
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“Pull it out by its plug, not by the cord,” said dad.
by
its
cord
dad
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Symptoms of this illness that warrant a doctor visit includes fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, as well as the loss of appetite.
that warrant
includes
vomiting, and
loss
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Either Lisa or Karen will always volunteer their valuable time to serve on our board.
either
will always volunteer
their
time
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The conversation with her mother had a more profound affect on her than she expected.
mother
affect
than
she expected
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The President and the Speaker of the House found the Congressional Republicans’ filibusters to be all together specious.
President
Speaker of the House
Congressional Republicans
all together
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Professor Lane, our Computer Science teacher, was excited when he had the opportunity to meet Bill Gates, the president of Microsoft, Inc.
Professor Lane
Computer Science
president
no error
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The strangely distorted, colorful pictures by Picasso has received much attention not only from the critics, but also from the general public.
strangely distorted
has received
not only
but also from
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The Student Government came to verbal blows in disagreement over the choice of theme for the Christmas dance that would be held the next month.
came
in disagreement
of theme
no error
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Everyone who plans to attend the senior retreat need to pack appropriate camping supplies.
Everyone
who
to attend
need
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A classic such as Cinderella, or other similar fairy tales, becomes distorted from its original, and sometimes less than positive, story when Disney rewrites the tale for public consumption.
such as
or other similar
becomes
positive
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Before I went to the Mall of America, I had laid down to take a nap, knowing that I would need a lot of energy to cover all the stores I wanted to, shopping for a prom dress.
had laid
knowing that
a lot of
shopping for
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When you are training a new puppy, one of the first commands that you want her to learn is to lay down when you give the command, "down!"
when you are
commands that
lay down
command
