Learn to Write English Clearly and Correctly

 Lesson 1 Answer Key

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Exercise A:

1. had to set .....had to do 3. performed ....did 5. bring about ...do 7. was feeling ... was doing 9. finished ... did
2. working .....doing 4. to satisfy .... to do 6.  paid .... did 8. to barbecue .. to do 10. to prepare ... to do

Exercise B:

1. I'm done for.  =  I'm finished.  I'm dying.

2. doing  =  preparing, figuring out

3. done  =  cooked, finished, ready

4. do  =  drive, accomplish, achieve, reach

5. do (it) =  suffice

6. does  =  prepares, polishes, files, cleans

7. did  =  worked on, finished, completed

8. does  =  performs, plays

9. does  =  washes, cleans

10. did  =  treated, behaved wrongly

Exercise C: These are the verb forms that should remain in the sentences after you cross the other ones out.

1. does 2. is doing 3. did
4. has done 5. does 6. will do

 

 

 

Examination:

1. did, had done 2. was doing 3. do 4. was doing 5. will do
6. did, has done, had done, was doing 7. did, had done 8. do 9. had done, did 10. done

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