Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2 Exercise 1.12 dan 2.16
Exercise
1.12
Some
of the following sentences contain shifts in person. Identify each error by
drawing a line under the pronoun; then write the correct form above the word.
You may have to change the form of the verb.
Example
: When a person goes for a job interview, you (he or
she) should be well groomed.
- I enjoy eating out instead of
cooking at home. Living in Seattle, you have a choice of many different
kinds of restaurants. My favorite restaurant is a Japanese one near my
home. It is small and very popular, so you usually have to wait for a
table.
- If a person wants to learn to
play a musical instrument well, you will have to develop self-discipline.
The serious music student, for example, must be willing to give up
watching two or three hours of television a day, and, instead, spend your
time practicing.
- During the past year or two,
the price of food has risen sharply. Every time I go to the market, you
can see increases in several items. Not so long ago, your twenty dollars
bought quite a few bags of groceries, but now I can carry twenty dollars’
worth of food home in one bag.
- I received a camera for a
graduation present last year. It worked fine at first, but after a few
months, you could tell that something was wrong with it. The pictures were
so blurry that you couldn’t recognize the people in them. The repairperson
at the camera shop wanted too much money to repair it, so I stopped using
it. You would be wasting your money to buy film for that lemon.
- My brother likes his job as a
lifeguard at the beach. You don’t have to wear a coat and tie to work, and
you are out in the fresh air all day. A lifeguard has an important job.
You don’t just watch pretty girls; you are responsible for the lives of all
those people who come to enjoy the ocean.
answer
1.
I
enjoy eating out instead of cooking at home. Living in Seattle, i have
a choice of many different kinds of restaurants. My favorite restaurant is a
Japanese one near my home. It is small and very popular, so i usually have to
wait for a table.
2.
If
a person wants to learn to play a musical instrument well, he or she will have
to develop self-discipline. The serious music student, for example, must be
willing to give up watching two or three hours of television a day, and,
instead, spend their time practicing
3.
During
the past year or two, the price of food has risen sharply. Every time I go to
the market, you can see increases in several items. Not so long ago, my twenty
dollars bought quite a few bags of groceries, but now I can carry twenty
dollars’ worth of food home in one bag.
4.
I
received a camera for a graduation present last year. It worked fine at first,
but after a few months, I could tell that something was wrong with it. The
pictures were so blurry that i couldn’t recognize the people in them. The
repairperson at the camera shop wanted too much money to repair it, so I
stopped using it. I would be wasting my money to buy film for that lemon.
5.
My
brother likes his job as a lifeguard at the beach. He doesn’t have to
wear a coat and tie to work, and he is out in the fresh air all day. A
lifeguard has an important job. He doesn’t just watch pretty girls; he is
responsible for the lives of all those people who come to enjoy the
ocean.
Exercise
2.16
Some
of the following sentences contain shifts in tense. Identify each error by
drawing a line under the incorrect verb. Write the correct form above the
word.
- Last Tuesday night I went to
the library because I had a test in history on Wednesday morning. It is
too noisy at home to study. My brother is playing the stereo, my mother
was vacuuming, and my little sister and her friend are chasing each other
around the house. How am I supposed to concentrate with all that
commotion?
- My friend Greg loves peanut
butter. Every morning he spread peanut butter on his toast or waffles. He
snacked on peanut butter cups at school, and, of course, he ate peanut
butter sandwiches for lunch every day. Nowadays he bakes his own peanut
butter cookies because his mother had refused to make them anymore. Greg
was a hopeless case; he even covers a slice of chocolate cake with peanut
butter.
- My wife and I bought a golden
retriever puppy last year. We made the mistake on the first few nights of
allowing the puppy to sleep on a rug by our bed because he misses his
brothers and sisters. Later when we made a bed for him in the laundry
room, he howls and scratches on the door for several hours every night.
After a while the neighbors call on the telephone to complain about the
noise. We thought that he will never give up. The puppy finally learned to
sleep by himself, and the neighbors start speaking to us again.
answer
:
1. Last Tuesday night I went to the
library because I had a test in history on Wednesday morning. It was too noisy
at home to study. My brother was playing the stereo, my mother was vacuuming,
and my little sister and her friend were chasing each other around the house.
How am I supposed to concentrate with all that commotion?
2. My friend Greg loves peanut butter.
Every morning he spread peanut butter on his toast or waffles. He snacking on
peanut butter cups at school, and, of course, he eat peanut butter sandwiches
for lunch every day. Nowadays he bakes his own peanut butter cookies because
his mother was refusing to make them anymore. Greg is a hopeless case; he even
covers a slice of chocolate cake with peanut butter.
3. My wife and I bought a golden
retriever puppy last year. We made the mistake on the first few nights of
allowing the puppy to sleep on a rug by our bed because he misses his brothers
and sisters. Later when we made a bed for him in the laundry room, he howled
and scratched on the door for several hours every night. After a while the
neighbors called on the telephone to complain about the noise. We thought that
he will never give up. The puppy finally learned to sleep by himself, and the
neighbors start speaking to us again.
