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He tasted quickly; they were in a hurry.
Tells
how.
He appeared suddenly from behind the car.
How.
He remained at home.
Where.
He looked furtively.
How.
He sounded the bell.
Sounded is an action done to the bell.
He acted slowly, so the boat left him.
How.
8. Subject-Verb Agreement
Because this is self-explanatory, we will deal with the sentences as we
encounter them. Simply be aware of trick questions that insert a word or
phrase between the subject and the verb, which must agree.
Correct: The boy, along with his parents, was excited about the trip.
Note: The singular verb
was agrees with the subject boy, not parents,
because
parents is offset by a comma and is not an integral part of the
structure.
The cats, accompanied by the dog, were begging for food.
The subject is plural, so the verb must be plural.
9. Subjunctive
The subjunctive deals with verbs such as insist, order, want, demand, force,
and other verbs of persuasion. If a person imposes his will on another, the
grammatical aspect is called the subjunctive. The sentence structure usu-

ally looks like the following examples.
This category is a major source of trick questions.
I insist you write the check now.
Person influences person + v1 (write = v1).
We ordered all remnants of the tyrant’s memory destroyed.
Person caused thing destroyed (destroyed = v3[past perfect form])
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I want you to respond as soon as possible.
Person influences person + to + v1 (respond = v1).
He forced the rebels to retreat.
Person influences person + to + v1.
I demand you withdraw your troops immediately.
Person influences person + v1.
Note that all of these follow a definite pattern.
Note: V1 =
eat, walk, fall
V2 = ate, walked, fell
V3 = eaten, walked (regular verbs use had, has, or have for help if need-
ed, but not here),
fallen
Exercise 8.1: Sentence Corrections
1. The boy wanted to know on the roof if it was hot
.
a. on the roof if it was hot.
b. if it was hot on the roof.
c. when on the roof it was hot.
d. if it was hot when we were on the roof.
e. if the roof were hot.

2. The team laughed all the way home, sang until midnight, and
went swimming until dawn.
a. and went swimming until dawn.
b. and went to swim until it was dawn.
c. and swum until dawn.
d. and swam until dawn.
e. and was swimming until dawn.
EXERCISE 8.1
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3. The man, after he won the championship, returned to his
normal life.
a. after he won the championship
b. after winning the championship
c. after having winning the championship
d. after he had won the championship
e. after he had been winning the championship
4. The man not only faked a heart attack, but collected money on
a settlement.
a. but collected money on the settlement.
b. but also collected money on the settlement.
c. but as well collected money on the settlement.
d. but then collected money on a settlement.
e. but collected money on a settlement, also.
5. Having escaped death by inches, the ship carried the men home
.
a. the ship carried the men home.
b. the men were carried home by ship.

c. the men carried home the ship.
d. the men took the ship home.
e. the men were carried home on ship.
6. I liked hiking as a child, sleeping under the stars, and to get up
early the next day.
a. and to get up early the next day.
b. and to be getting up early the next day.
c. and getting up early the next day.
d. and get up the next morning early.
e. and to be got up early the next day.
7. He said that we would have to send a letter
, mail it before dark,
and pay extra, so we did.
a. He said that we would have to send a letter,
b. He said that we would have to have sent a letter,
c. He said that we would have had to send a letter,
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d. He said that we had to send a letter,
e. He said that we had to be sending a letter,
8. W
e didn’t think we should send more than a dozen roses, since
we barely knew the deceased.
a. We didn’t think we should send more than a dozen roses
b. We didn’t think we should have sent more than a dozen roses
c. We didn’t think we should be sending more than a dozen
roses
d. We didn’t think that we should send more than a dozen roses
e. We weren’t thinking that we should send more than a dozen

roses
9. Located at the end of the street, tourists always visit the
mansion in the summer.
a. tourists always visit the mansion in the summer.
b. the mansion is visited by tourists in the summer.
c. the tourists in the summer visit the mansion.
d. the tourists’ mansion is visited.
e. the tourist’s mansion receives visitors.
10. Upset about his test scores, the test was ripped up by the
student.
a. the test was ripped up by the student.
b. the test was torn by the student.
c. the student ripped up the test.
d. the student was ripping up the test.
e. the student ripped at the test.
11. Poised to win, the ref
eree followed the boxers into the ring.
a. the referee followed the boxers into the ring.
b. the referee guided the boxers into the ring.
c. the referee was guiding the boxers into the ring.
d. the boxers followed the referee into the ring.
e. the boxers had followed the referee into the ring.
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12. I had logged about fifteen hundred hours when the system was
breaking down.
a. when the system was breaking down.

b. when the system had broken down.
c. when the system broke down.
d. when the system begun to break down.
e. when the system was broken down.
13. Maybe he had not done it correctly
, but he tried.
a. Maybe he had not done it correctly
b. Maybe he was not doing it correctly
c. Maybe he did not do it correctly
d. Maybe he had not been doing it correctly
e. Maybe he would not have done it correctly
14. Had I returned sooner
, I would have found the perpetrator.
a. Had I returned sooner
b. If I would have returned sooner
c. If had I returned sooner
d. If I could of returned sooner
e. If I would of
15. If I was ric
h, I would invest in the stock market, but I am not.
a. If I was rich
b. If I would be rich
c. If I would have been rich
d. If I were rich
e. If I had been rich
16. With too much time on his hands, the dog was walked by the
man.
a. the dog was walked by the man.
b. The dog was being walked by the man.
c. The dog had been walked by the man.

d. The man walked the dog.
e. The man had been walking the dog.
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