Sentence correction

Question 0

T/F: in the sentence “7,919 is the one-thousandth prime number”, 7,919 & one-thousandth are both adjectives

Answer 0

FALSE

7,919 is a noun

One-thousandth is an adjective

Question 1

Firefighters should always secure one’s safery gear before rushing into a fire

Answer 1

Incorrect: The pronoun “one” does not match the plural “firefighters”. Correct pronoun is “their”

Question 2

How many adjectives?

I know that this is a banausic concern, but six is my lucky number, so I am disapointed that I was only able to purchase five tickets for the raffle

Answer 2

4

Banausic –> modify concern
Lucky –> modify number
Disappointed
Five–> modify tickets

see page 40 foundation of verbal

Question 3

Correct or incorrect

He has frequently defaced public property and went to jail

Answer 3

Incorrect

Correct: He has frequently defaced public property and gone to jail

Went should be gone
“has” applies to both defaced and gone. has went is never correct

Question 4

T/F: In the sentence “ In 2034 when she is finally realised from prison, she will have never ao much as touchd a cell phone” the main compounded verb is have touched

Answer 4

False

WIll have touched

Question 5

what are the gerunds and infinite in:

The executive has been accused of embezzling fund

To kill is to break the social contract

Answer 5

verb: has been
gerund: embezzling

verb: is
gerund: to kill, to break

Question 6

Is this sentence correct:

The Philippines are beautifull

Answer 6

INCORRECT

Country name, even if it sounds plural, are always in singular

Question 7

it is correct?

I am going to the store to get: sardines, tomato sauce, and olive oil

Answer 7

INCORRECT

Correct: I am going to the store to get sardines, tomato sauce and olive oil

I am going to the store to get can not stand alone as would should be in a correct sentence with colon (:)