tailieunhanh - 501 grammar and writing questions learning express part 9

This book—which can be used alone, along with another writing-skills text of your choice, or in combination with the LeamiiigExpress publication. Writing Skills Success in 20 Minutes a Day—will give you practice dealing with capitalization, punctuation, basic grammar, sentence structure, organization, paragraph development, and essay writing. | For more material and information please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at Page 77 Section 5 Putting It All Together Now that you ve had lots of practice with the basics of grammar and sentence structure and you ve also had practice developing paragraphs it s time to put all of those skills together. The sets in this section will test your ability to recognize all types of writing errors. These sets consist of paragraphs with numbered parts followed by two three or four questions. The questions focus not only on grammar and structure but also on word choice tone style organization and effective transitions between sentences. These questions ask you to look at various types of writing and to make decisions about the most effective way to edit and revise. For more material and information please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at Page 78 SET 26 Answers begin on page 140. Answer questions 356 358 on the basis of the following passage. 1 Greyhound racing is the sixth most popular spectator sport in the United States. 2 Over the last decade a growing number of racers have been adopted to live out retirement as household pets once there racing career is over. 3 Many people hesitate to adopt a retired racing greyhound because they think only very old dogs are available. 4 People also worry that the greyhound will be more nervous and active than other breeds and will need a large space to run. 5 . 6 In fact racing greyhounds are put up for adoption at a young age even champion racers who have the longest careers only work until they are about three-and-a-half years old. 7 Since greyhounds usually live to be 12 15 years old their retirement is much longer than their racing careers. 8 Far from being nervous dogs greyhounds have naturally sweet mild dispositions and while they love to run they are sprinters rather than distance runners and are sufficiently exercised with a few laps around a fenced-in backyard everyday. 9 Greyhounds do not make good .