Non- finite forms

[happys82]

Hi, please help me with these tests:
1.We watched the coastline... slowly.
a) recede b) to recede c) recedes d) receded

2. I heard my name... during the conversation.
a) mentioning b) being mentioned c) to be mentioned d) mentioned

3. I take...in a river better than in the sea.
a) bathing b) bathes c) bathe d) bathed

4. Florida, ... the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year.
a) known as b) is known c) is known as
( and what is the difference between known and is known?)

5. We watched the... up until it became quite a small spot right up in the sky.
a) plane went b) plane goes c) plane to go d) plane going

[Clark]

The right options are in bold type.

Originally Posted by happys82

Hi, please help me with these tests:
1.We watched the coastline... slowly.
a) recede b) to recede c) recedes d) receded

2. I heard my name... during the conversation.
a) mentioning b) being mentioned c) to be mentioned d) mentioned

3. I take...in a river better than in the sea.
a) bathing b) bathes c) bathe d) bathed

4. Florida, ... the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year.
a) known as b) is known c) is known as
( and what is the difference between known and is known?)

5. We watched the... up until it became quite a small spot right up in the sky.
a) plane went b) plane goes c) plane to go d) plane going

[happys82]

Thanks a lot. What about these tests?

1. ... many books on history helps schoolchildren to get knowledge about the past of different countries.
a) Read b) Reading

2.... for better future many Negroes leave their native countries ... to Europe.
a) Hoped/moving b) Hoping/moving

3.James Watt decided ... an engine... on steam.
a) to construct/to run b) to construct/ run c) to construct/running

[Soup]

1. Reading many books on history helps school children gain knowledge about the past of different countries.
=> awkward sentence.

2. a) Hoped/moving b) Hoping/moving


3. James Watt decided to construct an engine that runs on steam.

[Soup]

Which dialect of English is take bathing? Teach me, please.


Phrase
Florida, known as the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year.

Clause
Florida is known as the Sunshine State, and it attracts many tourists every year.

[bhaisahab]

Originally Posted by Soup

1. Reading many books on history helps school children gain knowledge about the past of different countries.
=> awkward sentence.

2. a) Hoped/moving b) Hoping/moving


3. James Watt decided to construct an engine that runs on steam.

Hi soup,
I think that in 3. you could have, James Watt decided to constuct an engine (designed) to run on steam. It works ok with or without 'designed'.

[Soup]

Originally Posted by bhaisahab

Hi soup,
I think that in 3. you could have, James Watt decided to constuct an engine (designed) to run on steam. It works ok with or without 'designed'.

Doesn't work for me though. Could be our dialects.

Ex: ... decided to construct an engine that would run on steam.

[BobK]

Originally Posted by Soup

Which dialect of English is take bathing? Teach me, please.


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It's not just that one option but the whole sentence that seems to be in a non-standard dialect:

3. I take...in a river better than in the sea.
a) bathing b) bathes c) bathe d) bathed

Even if the speaker was at a school where she gave a bathing lesson sometimes in a river and sometimes in the sea, the sentence would have to be something like "I prefer to take Bathing [deliver my swimming lessons] in the river rather than in the sea". But c and d are certainly wrong, and the noun 'a bathe' is so nearly obsolete as to be not worth using.

Where does this test come from, I wonder

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[happys82]

Thanks your replies, but you know I took these tests from our test books. I mean in our country we have such kind of books with which students can prepare for the entrance exams.

[BobK]

Poor students! (I mean "poor" in the sense of "to be pitied' rather than "not good".)

Note: ignore this unless you're a fairly advanced student; it's a flight of fancy of mine, and could possibly be confusing if you take it seriously:

I've thought of an even less likely interpretation of 'take bathing': the speaker is a nurse in a maternity ward, and is referring to lessons she gives in bathing a new-born baby. (Poor baby - sounds rather chilly! )

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