Tài liệu Ace the toefl essay part 26 ppt

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7. Running a long time is more detrimental to the shins than lifting
weights
is. Without any changes, the sentence indicates that running
is detrimental to lifting weights.
8. I saw and liked the simpler one more than the other type. (Delete
the)
9. The outside was cold, but the inside was
cold, also. (Delete -er)
10. I run better than Mary
does.
11. She is the fastest of the entire school.
12. The rebels claimed to have killed more of the government’s troops
than the rebels had lost to the government.
13. The boys shot the slingshots better than the girls
did. The boys
were not shooting the girls!
14. The girls threw the ball better than the boys
did. The girls did not
throw the boys!
15. The man was more averse to the cold than he was to the heat.
(Delete
-er)
16. Trying one’s patience is
worse than anything.
17. I run better than
I swim.
18. I read X, and I read Y, but I like X better. Use
better with the com-
parison of two things.

19. The ankle was more
swollen than the arm was. (V3 as adj.)
20. He will have to kick it faster
at the end than he did at the begin-
ning. Without the word
at, the sentence suggests that he actually
kicked
the beginning.
21. Knowing the truth now is better than finding out later.
22. Going up the front is much better than going up the back. Ensure
that your comparisons are complete.
23. He reacted in a
more civil manner than she did.
24. He will eat as fast as he
can.
25. I went there as quickly as she did. Use the subject case, because,
most often, the entire comparison will have a verb at the end.
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Grammar Exercises
Exercise 7.24: Dangling Modifiers
Directions:
Rewrite any constructions that modify the wrong word
or seem illogical.
1. Waking along the street, the bird flew over the houses.
2. Too young to be left alone, the parents took the child with them.
3. As he saw the sun rise, it made a yellow glow across the
horizon.
4. When protective, the babies are shadowed by their mothers.
5. The man ran over the bump with a flashy car.

6. Besides being an escapee, the police wanted the fugitive for tax
evasion, too.
7. In addition to hunger, the agency tackles many problems.
8. The man told the girl he loved her sitting on the fence.
9. We picked flowers up and down the street.
10. The candidate at the rear roared an answer in front to the
accusations.
11. By working cooperatively, the game was won by the team.
12. The man was informed that he was no longer employed by the
manager.
13. The dog that was damaged by the hurricane ran under the
bridge.
14. The plant, as well as the parking lot, sustained due to the storm
power loss.
15. The boy fell down the street.
16. Walking through the woods, the rabbits were jumping every-
where.
17. Down-and-out, the banker gave the homeless man some food.
18. Bewildered by his sudden wealth, the police investigated the
robber.
19. Itching due to the poison ivy, the doctor gave the patient some
ointment.
20. Laughing loudly, the clowns put on quite a show.
EXERCISE 7.24
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Answers to Exercise 7.24: Dangling Modifiers
Directions: Rewrite any constructions that modify the wrong
word or seem illogical.

1. As we were waking along the street, the bird flew over the houses.
2. The parents took the child who was too young to be left alone with
them.
3. The sun made a yellow glow across the horizon as the man saw it
rise.
4. When protective, mothers shadow their babies.
5. The man ran over the bump with
his flashy car.
6. The police wanted the fugitive for tax evasion besides his being an
escapee.
7. The agency tackles many problems
in addition to hunger.
8. The man told the girl sitting on the fence that he loved her.
9. We picked flowers up and down the street. (OK as is)
10. The candidate at the rear roared an answer to the accusations
in
front.
11. By working cooperatively, the team won the game. Keep your sen-
tences active, and you can eliminate most problems like the one here.
12. The man was informed
by the manager that he was no longer
employed. This sentence is passive, so we need
by + agent (by the
manager
) immediately after the clause it modifies. Therefore, the
modifier will describe the structure next to it and not dangle.
13. The dog ran under the bridge
that was damaged by the hurri-
cane.
14. The plant, as well as the parking lot, sustained power loss due to

the storm.
15. The boy down the street fell down. Which boy?
16.
As we were walking through the woods, the rabbits were jump-
ing everywhere. Make both clauses self-sufficient like these are. I
call them self-sufficient, because they both have a subject and a
verb that act independently of one another. Yet, if you write sen-
tences with participial phrases at the front, do it like this:
present part. phrase–S –V.
Running a good race, the man excelled toward the end.
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Grammar Exercises
The participial phrase describes the element directly in front of it, the
subject of the IC. The principle is true even with participles that immedi-
ately follow the unit they modify, such as
The man, beaten and tired, gave
in to the demands of the group.
Again, the principle is the same with exercise
17, although the modifier is an adverbial realized by a couple of preposi-
tions comprising a phrase.
17. The banker gave the
down-and-out, homeless man some food.
18. Bewildered by
the robber’s sudden wealth, the police investigat-
ed.
19. The doctor gave the patient,
itching due to the poison ivy, some
ointment.
20.

As we were laughing loudly, the clowns put on quite a show.
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