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Learn to Write English Clearly and Correctly

 Set 1 - Lesson 1 Answer Key

Exercise A:

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

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Exercise B:

1. get to , to get

2. got

3. getting

4. gotten

5. got

6. get

7. get

8. get

9. got

10. get

Exercise C: 

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

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Exercise D:

11. catches, comes down with

12. is hit on, is bumped on

13. becoming, growing

14. figured out, calculated

15. catch, board

16. grab, pick up, put on

17. bought

18. preparing, fixing, cooking

19. receive

20. heard, listened to

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

1. will do

2. is doing

3. did

4. has done

5. does

6. will do

7. will get

8. has gotten

9. get

10. are getting

11. get

12. gets

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Examination:

1. did, had done 8. do
2. was doing 9. had done, did
3. do 10. done
4. was doing 11. get
5. will do 12. got
6. did,  was doing 13. get
7. did, had done 14. got
  15. get

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