B INGGRIS 2

Exercise 31 : Nouns Functioning as Adjectives

1.      Sam’s new apartment is in a twelve-story building.

2.      We are language teachers.

3.      My parents saw a three-act play last night.

4.      The manager said that it would be a two-day sale.

5.      Hal bought a seventy nine tool set.

6.      Margie has a five-shelve bookcase.

7.      I need two sixties-ounce cans of tomatoes.

8.      I’m looking for a six-quart pressure cooker.

9.      He is a specialist at building brick houses.

10.  Mrs. Jansen just bought her daughter a ten speed bicycle.

Exercise 32 : Enough

1.      There were not enough people to have a meeting.

2.      Allen has learned French enough to study in France next year.

3.      Do you have enough time to talkshow?

4.      She drove fast enough to win the race.

5.      Mike will graduate from law school soon enough to join his father’s  firm.

6.      We arrived early enough to have some coffee before class began.

7.      It has rained hard enough to flood the low-lying areas.

8.      You should type slowly enough that you will not make an error.

9.      He has just enough flour to bake that loaf of bread.

10.  There are enough books for each student to have one.

Exercise 33 : Because / Because Of

1.      It was difficult to deliver the letter because the sender had written the wrong address on the envelope.

2.      We decided to leave early because the party was boring.

3.      Rescue attempts were temporarily halted because of the bad weather.

4.      They visited their friends often because they enjoyed their company.

5.      Paul cannot go to the football game because his grade.

6.      Marcella was awarded a scholarship because her superior scholastic ability.

7.      Nobody ventured outdoors because of the hurricane warnings.

8.      We plan to spend our vacation in the mountains because the air is purer there.

9.      We have to drive around the bay because the bridge was destroyed in the storm.

10.  The chickens have died because of the intense heat.

Exercise 34 : So / Such

1.      The sun shone so brightly that Maria had to put on her sunglasses

2.      Dean was such a powerful swimmer that he always won the race.

3.      There were so few students registered that the class was cancelled.

4.      We had such wonderful memories of that place that we decided to return.

5.      We had so good a time at the party that we hated to leave.

6.      The benefit was so great a success that the promoters decided to repeat it.

7.      It was such a nice day that we decided to go to the beach.

8.      Jane looked so sick that the nurse told her to go home.

9.      Those were such difficult assignments that we spent two weeks finishing them.

10.  Ray called at such an early hour that we weren’t awake yet.

11.  The book looked so interesting that he decided to read it.

12.  He worked so carefully that it took him a long time to complete the project.

13.  We stayed in the sun for such a long time that we became sunburned.

14.  There were so many people on the bus that we decided to walk.

15.  The program was so entertaining that nobody wanted to miss it.

Exercise 35 : Passive Voice

1.      The President is called by somebody every day.

2.       The other members are being called by John.

3.      The documents are being delivered by Martha to the department.

4.      The amendment has been repealed by the other members.

5.      The information had been received before the recess by the delegates.

6.      The supplies should be bought be the teacher for this class.

7.      Mr. Watson will be called by somebody tonight.

8.      Considerable damage has been caused by the fire.

9.      A new procedure was being developed by the company before the bankruptcy hearings began.

10.  The papers  will have been received by John tomorrow.

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