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SK%LL 1: $e sure the sentences

has a su$&ect and a ver$ You know that a sentence in englishshould have a su$&ect and a ver$' "hemost common t!pes o( pro$lems that!ou will and counter in structure)uestion on the "*+#L test have to do

with su$&ects and ver$s: perhaps thesentence is missing either the su$&ectsor the ver$ or $oth, or perhaps the

sentence has an e-tra su$&ect or ver$'

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e-ample

1' ....' was $acked up (or miles onthe (reewa!'

/a0 Yesterda!

/$0 %n the morning

/c0 "ra2c

/d0 ars

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3' +ngineers ''' (or work o the new space pro&ect'

/A0 necessar!/40 are needed

/0 hope(ull!

/D0 ne-t month

5' "he $o! ''' going to the movies with a (riend'

/A0 he is

/40 he alwa!s was

/0 is rela-ing

/D0 will $e

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SK%LL 3 : *46+" *# A PR+P*S%"%*N

An o$&ect o( a preposition is a noun ora pronoun that comes a(ter a

preposition, such as in, at, o(, to, $!,$ehind, on, and so on, to (orm aprepositional phrase'

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1' 7ith his (riend .... (ound themovie theater'

/a0 has

/$0 he

/c0 letter

/d0 when

3'

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Skill 5 : 4+ AR+#8L*# APP*S%"%9+S

Appositives can cause con(usion in theStructure section o( the "*+#L, test

$ecause an appositive can $emistaken (or the su$&ect o( a sentence'An appositive is a noun that comes$e(ore or a(ter another noun and hasthe same meaning'

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1' ...' eorge, is attending the lecture'

/a0 Right now

/$0 ;appil!

/c0 4ecause o( the time

/d0 <! (riend

3' .....' Sarah rarel! misses her$asket$all shots'

/a0 An e-cellent $asket$all pla!er

/$0 An e-cellent $asket$all pla!er is/c0 Sarah is an e-cellent $asket$all pla!er

/d0 ;er e-cellent $asket$all pla!

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Skill 4 Be Careful ofPresent Participles

Present participle can cause con(usionin the structure section o( the "*+#L 

$ecause a present participle can $e amistaken (or a part o( the verb' Apresent participle is the =ing (orm o(the ver$' %t is a part o( the ver$ when itis accompanied $! some (orm o( thever$ $e'

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1' "he child ''' pla!ing in the !ard ism! son'

 /A0 now /40 is

 /0 he

 /D0 was

3'

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SK%LL >: $e care(ul o( pastparticiples

Past participles can cause con(usion instructure )uestion on the "*+#L test

$ecause a past participle can $e eitheran ad&ective or a part o( ver$' "he pasparticiple is the (orm o( the ver$ that

appears with have or $e' %t o(ten endsin =ed, $ut there are also man!irregular past participle in english

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1' "he packages .....'' mailed at thepost o2ce will arrive <onda!'

/a0 have/$0 were

/c0 them

/d0 &ust

3' % (orgot m! coat, ???? % got ver! cold'

/A0 then

/40 so

/0 later

/D0 as a result

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5' "he mone! was o@ered $! the client

was not accepta$le

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SK%LL : use coordinate connectorscorrectl!

7hen !ou have two clauses in anenglish sentences, !ou have connect

the two clauses correctl!' *ne wa! toconnect two clauses is to use and, but,or, so, or yet  $etween the clauses'

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1' A power (ailure occurred,

 ???????????? the lamps went out'

/A0 then

/40 so

/0 later

/D0 ne-t

3'

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SK%LL B: use adver$ time and clause connectors correctl!

Sentences with adver$ clauses have to

$asic pattern in english' Stud! theclauses and connectors in the (ollowingsentences'

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1' ?????was late, % missed the appointment'

/A0 %

/40 4ecause

/0 "he train

/D0 Since he

3' ????? arrived at the li$rar!, he started to workimmediatel!'

/A0 "he student/40 7hen/0 ;e/D0 A(ter the student

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SK%LL C: use other adver$connectors correctl!

Adver$ clauses can e-press the ideaso( time and clause, as !ou so in skill Badver$ clauses can also e-press anum$er o( other ideas, such asconttrast, condition, manner, and

place' 4ecause this clauses are adver$clauses, the! have the same structureas the time and cause clauses in skill

B'

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