tailieunhanh - Peterson’s master toefl writing skills part 8

Writing is a process, like a recipe for a special meal. You have a good chance of succeeding as an essayist if you follow these directions. The first step in the writing process is to have a plan. | 38 PART III TOEFL Writing Review Skill Builder 7 Hyphenated or Compound Adjectives Directions Write a C on the line if the sentence is correct. Write an X on the line if there is an error with a hyphenated adjective. 1. We signed up for a three-hour lab. 2. The police suspected a thirty-years-old man. 3. My mother bought some five-dollars-a-pound cheese. 4. John got a ten-speed bicycle for his birthday. 5. I visited the five-thousand-years-old pyramids in Egypt last summer. 6. John and Sue brought me a two-ounces bottle of French perfume. 7. My parents are going on a four-week European tour next month. 8. Most ten-month-old babies cannot walk. 9. They are studying the five-hundred-pages manual. 10. The Smiths have just purchased a ten-rooms house. Answers C 1. X two-ounce bottle X - 2. thirty-jear-old man C _ 7. X _ 3. five-dollar-a-pound cheese C _ 8. C . 4. X _ 9. five-hundred-page manual X _ 5. five-thousand-jear-old X _ 10. ten-room house pyramids DEMONSTRATIVES The demonstratives this and that singular and these and those plural must agree in number with the nouns they modify. SING. SING. John does not like this kind of class. PL. PL. What do you think of these kinds of chairs Error Examples WRONG These type of potato is native to Peru. RIGHT This type of potato is native to Peru. WRONG That kinds of women are likely to succeed in business. RIGHT Those kinds of women are likely to succeed in business. WRONG Jane never buys these brand of canned goods. RIGHT Jane never buys this brand of canned goods. Chapter 3 Modifiers 39 Skill Builder 8 Demonstratives Directions Write a C on the line if the sentence is correct. Write an X on the line if there is an error with the demonstrative modifiers. 1. They did not like those kinds of imported cars. 2. The farmers could not find any buyers for these class of wheat. 3. This kind of story is not suitable for young children. 4. Those kinds of books are fascinating and helpful. 5. Do you think we should .

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