WORD FORM

Exercise 1.

Direction: Each of these sentences contains an error in word form. Circle the error
and write the correct word form beside the sentence.

1. That student is majoring in agricultural.

2. The teacher finally separationed the two noisy students.
3. The hunters never realized they were in a danger situation.
4. The children ran rapid to the swings.
5. His wife is extreme nice.
6. That erasing detracts from the appearance of the paper.
7. Red roses smell very sweetly.
8. Those paintings are the expensivest in her entire collection.
9. He earned a great deal of money from his inventing.
10.On the eye of a hurricane, the sea remained calmly.

Exercise 2.

Direction: Read each sentence carefully. Then, select the appropriate adjective from
the list and write it in the blank.

1. The ________ cost of the insurance is $ 452.

2. Polyester is a ___________ material.
3. Saturday was certainly an __________ day.
4. The car was badly damaged on the _________ road.
5. Sheila made some ___________mistakes on her income tax.
6. She liked silver and other ____________ metallic colors.
7. The _____________ old man lived alone in his big house.
8. The piano is his favorite _____________ instrument.
9. That seven-year-old boy still behaves in a __________ manner.
10.The ___________ sky showed how near the hurricane was.

Exercise 3.

Direction: Read each sentence carefully. Circle the word that is a noun derived from
a verb. Write the verb from which the noun was derived in the blank

1. __________ The man was arrested because of his failure to pay income taxes.
2. __________ The removal of his car was illegal.
3. __________ His father is an art collector.
4. __________ The paper he wrote shows his mastery of the subject.
5. __________ We need your assistance before we can finish repairing this
bicycle.
6. __________ Eli Whitneys invention of the cotton gin brought about significant
changes in plantation life.
7. __________ The departure of the airplane was delayed by stormy weather.
8. __________ At the conclusion of the movie, please remain seated.
9. __________ A group of volunteers will put up the party decorations tonight.
10.__________ His proposal was approved by the head of the company.

Exercise 3.

Direction: Each sentence contains at least one gerund. If a gerund should be

replaced by a derived noun, put an (x) in the blank, underline the gerund and write
the derived noun at the end of the sentence. If the gerund cannot be replaced, write
a check (v) in the blank.
 1. ___ New restrictions have been placed on the developing of areas outside the
citys preferred growth corridor.
2. ___ Learning a new language is usually easier for children than for adults.
3. ___ The story of his upbringing is shocking to all who read it.
4. ___ The womans believing in God was a source of strength during her long
illness.
5. ___ The presidents recommending to the board of trustees as ignored.
6. ___ Before entering a mosque, Moslems remove their shoes.
7. ___ The arranging of chairs permits maximum seating.
8. ___ Repeating of a difficult lesson can help weaker students.
9. ___ Firm pressing on a wound can prevent severe bleeding.
10.___ Students may not leave class without the teachers permitting.

Exercise 4.

Direction: complete the following table by writing words fit each category. Do not
use any verbals (gerund, infinitive, present participles, or past participles). There
may be more than one possibility for some categories.

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

1. Energy
2. Quick
3. Basically
4. succeed
5. Electricity
6. Exclusive
7. economize
8. Sensation
9. categorically
10..repeat
Exercise 5.

Direction: some of these sentences are correct, while others contain an incorrect
adjective or adverb, put a check (v) beside correct sentences and an (x) beside
incorrect ones. Circle the incorrect forms.

1. ___ The carpet layers worked so hard they were absolutely exhausted.
2. ___ A late paper is more better the none at all.
3. ___ Since it is reusable, the space shuttle is least expensive than other
spacecraft.
4. ___ At the end of the performance, the crowd left quickly.
5. ___ The bride was real polite to her new in-laws.
6. ___ although the camera is costly, it is the best on the market today.
7. ___ The audience laughed throughout the extremely humorous movie.
8. ___ He went home because he felt extremely bad.
9. ___ Some mother of twins dress their children exactly the same.
10.___ During adolescence , girls are generally taller than boys of the same age.
11.___ It was difficult to choose a cologne because they all smelled sweetly.
12.___ The acrobats performed skillful dangerous leaps without a net.
13.___ After considerable long wait, teacher were granted a pay increase.
 14.___ Parents should keep their children out of school until they are completely
sure they are well.
15.___ Elephants will probable become extinct unless governments change
existing laws.

Exercise 6.

Direction: identify the one underlined word of phrase, (a), (b), (c), or (d), that
should be corrected or rewritten. Write your answer in the blank.

___ 1. The most famous skyscraper in the world is the Empire State Building, located
in the heart of New York City.

___2. Although neither animal can outrun the cheetah, both the gazelle or the
impala run faster than fifty miles per hour.

___ 3. Rogunsky Dam in Russia may be the tallest dam in the world, but it provides
the least reservoir capacity than the Daniel Johnson Dam in Canada.

___ 4. One decibel, which is a unit of relative loud, is the smallest amount of change
detectable by the human ear.

___ 5. Life on Earth originated about 2,000 million years ago, but the older good
fossil remains are merely 550 million years old.