Grammar in EAP
1. Someone had reported the theft to the police.
2. The theft had been reported to the police
3. The charity has been given $1000.
4. The program will be demonstrated to the students
5. The procedure was explained to me.
6. The large areas of forest are being destroyed
every day.
7. The land next to the university has been bought
8. I hope all the marking will have been completed
by tomorrow.
9. The library has been finished by the time you
arrive
10. Results are expected better soon.
11. Their complaints should be sent to the head of
department.
12. The lecture had been had to postpone because of
illness.
13. The fire could have been caused by an electrical
fault
14. Next year’s conference is been going to hold in
Birmingham
15. This fact was known very well.
16. The new lecture theatre was opened only last
month
17. The answers must be written on the examination paper
in black ink.
18. This type of computer are now being manufactured
in Korea.
19. The problem should be investigated
Exercise 2: Passives
1.
Prices are stable
and they are maintained in this way over generations.
2.
Tropical
forests are defined here as 'evergreen
or partly evergreen forests'.
3.
Methane
is distinguished because it has a large number of significant sources.
4.
The
old dilator procedure was reformed in 1852.
5.
In 1916 the
Disease Regulations was passed.
6.
It was only in the 1930s,
in Oxford, that lysozyme was isolated and crystallised.
7.
these
findings are replicated by the recent local crime surveys
8.
The
date 753 BC was eventually generally accepted
9.
A
range of rival theories is considered next
10.
The
subject is required by
the rule to answer if the statement is true or false.
11.
the
examination should be conducted
in the greatest possible privacy.
12.
The
discussion will be confined
to general principles of treatment.
13.
Many
genes were transcribed and many proteins are synthesised.
14.
A further class of
solutions in which the main equation is separated in yet
another way has been given by Yurtse.
Exercise 3: Passives
1.
It was understood
that Mr Smith was willing to meet the British Prime Minister.
2.
It is considered
that this surgeon is a brilliant practitioner.
3.
When Chain came in on
Sunday morning and saw the result, it is said that he danced.
4.
It is claimed that the
drug produced no undesirable side effects.
5.
It is expected
that the electricity supply industry will be running into
surplus capacity by next year.
6.
It is now thought
that only a small fraction of the nitrous oxide emitted to the atmosphere
each year comes from fossil-fuel use, primarily coal.
7.
At the present time, It
is believed that the only problem with daytime sleep is that
it is too short.
8.
Although it is expected
that the patient to pay for his treatment, he will be reimbursed
via the state medical insurance scheme.
9.
If one person chooses to
cause serious injury to another, it should be presumed that he or she realises
that there is always a risk of death.
10.
It is also alleged
that he amassed wealth by exploiting his high credit with the
Palmyra court.
Exercise 4: Gap-fill
Your score is 80%.
Some of your answers are incorrect. Incorrect answers have been left in place for you to change.
Some of your answers are incorrect. Incorrect answers have been left in place for you to change.
A total of 48 native speakers of Chinese and 57 native speakers of
Japanese participated in the study. Of the 105 subjects, 72 were enrolled in pre-academic
intensive English programs, and 33 were enrolled in basic writing or freshman composition courses as fully
matriculated students. The subjects were drawn from four institutions: Georgia State University; Southern
Illinois University; the University of California, Los Angeles; and the
University of Washington.
All 105 subjects were high school graduates, and almost all from high school in their native countries. Of the 46 subjects with undergraduate degrees, only 1 that degree from a U.S. university. In addition, 10 subjects graduate degrees, three of which were obtained at a U.S. university. The average length of time that subjects had been in the U.S. was 11½ months, with a range of 1 month to 17 years.
Subjects’ language proficiency varied from low-intermediate to advanced. Subjects were assigned to one of three language proficiency levels on the basis of either information about their placement in intensive courses or the criteria required for admission into regular curricula. The low-intermediate group, which consisted of 8 subjects, was defined as the midrange of intensive programs, with TOEFL scores in the 420-480 range or Michigan Test scores between 42 and 60. The high-intermediate group, with 64 subjects, was defined as the highest level of intensive programs, with TOEFL scores in the 480-520 range or Michigan Test scores between 60 and 78. The advanced group, with 33 subjects, consisted of those subjects enrolled in regular curriculum classes with TOEFL scores above 525 or Michigan test scores above 80.
All 105 subjects were high school graduates, and almost all from high school in their native countries. Of the 46 subjects with undergraduate degrees, only 1 that degree from a U.S. university. In addition, 10 subjects graduate degrees, three of which were obtained at a U.S. university. The average length of time that subjects had been in the U.S. was 11½ months, with a range of 1 month to 17 years.
Subjects’ language proficiency varied from low-intermediate to advanced. Subjects were assigned to one of three language proficiency levels on the basis of either information about their placement in intensive courses or the criteria required for admission into regular curricula. The low-intermediate group, which consisted of 8 subjects, was defined as the midrange of intensive programs, with TOEFL scores in the 420-480 range or Michigan Test scores between 42 and 60. The high-intermediate group, with 64 subjects, was defined as the highest level of intensive programs, with TOEFL scores in the 480-520 range or Michigan Test scores between 60 and 78. The advanced group, with 33 subjects, consisted of those subjects enrolled in regular curriculum classes with TOEFL scores above 525 or Michigan test scores above 80.
