I've been doing some tests, so I'd appreciate if someone would help me and tell me if these sentences are right.
1. The duties of the secretary are to take (taking) the minutes, mailing the correspondence, and calling the members before meetings.
2. If biennials were planted this year, they will be (would be) likely to bloom next year and every two years thereafter.
3. The value of the dollar declines as the rate of inflation raises (rises).
4. Even if a member has drank (drunk) too mich the night before, the counselors of Alcoholic Anonymous will try to convince him or her to sober up and stop drinking again.
5. Anthropologists assert that many of the early American Plains Indians did not engage in planting crops but to hunt (in hunting), living primarily on buffalo meat.
6. The neutron bomb provides the capable (capability) of a limited nuclear war in which buildings would be preserved, but people would be destroyed.
7. The differential attractions of the sun and the moon have a direct effect in (on) the rising and falling of the tides.
8. Despite of (only Despite) the pills which are available, many people still have trouble sleeping.
9. Before TV, the common man seldom never had the opportunity to see and hear his leaders-express their views.
10. If it receives enough rain at the proper time, hay will grow (as) quickly as grass.
11. Psychology Today is interesting, informative, and it is (only is) easy to read.
12. Before she died, the daughter of Andrew Jackson who lives (lived) in the family mansion used to take tourists through her home.
13. It is essential that the temperature is not (not be) elevated to a point where the substance formed may become unstable and decompose into its constituent elements.
14. Two of the players from the Yankees has (had) been chosen to participate in the All Star game.
15. John Philip Sousa, who (whom) many people consider the greatest composer of marches, wrote his music during the era known as the Gay 9Os.
16. In order for one to achieve the desired results in this experiment, it is necessary that he work as fastly (fast) as possible.
17. Whoever inspected this radio should have put their identification number on the box.
18. The new model costs twice more than last year's model.
19. The purpose of the United Nations, broad (broadly) speaking, is to maintain peace and security and to encourage respect for human rights.
20. It is an accepted custom for one to say “excuse me” when he sneezed (sneezes).
21. Even though Miss Colombia lost the beauty contest, she was (is) still more prettier than the other girls in the pageant.
22. There have been little change in the patient's condition since he was (is) moved to the intensive care unit.
23. Although we are concerned with the problem of energy sources, we must not fail (in) recognizing the need for environmental protection.
24. Because of the movement of a glacier, the form (forming) of the Great Lakes was very slow.
25. Professor Baker recommended that we are (should be) present at the reception this afternoon in order to meet the representatives from the Fulbright Commission.
1. The duties of the secretary are to take (taking) the minutes, mailing the correspondence, and calling the members before meetings.
2. If biennials were planted this year, they will be (would be) likely to bloom next year and every two years thereafter.
3. The value of the dollar declines as the rate of inflation raises (rises).
4. Even if a member has drank (drunk) too mich the night before, the counselors of Alcoholic Anonymous will try to convince him or her to sober up and stop drinking again.
5. Anthropologists assert that many of the early American Plains Indians did not engage in planting crops but to hunt (in hunting), living primarily on buffalo meat.
6. The neutron bomb provides the capable (capability) of a limited nuclear war in which buildings would be preserved, but people would be destroyed.
7. The differential attractions of the sun and the moon have a direct effect in (on) the rising and falling of the tides.
8. Despite of (only Despite) the pills which are available, many people still have trouble sleeping.
9. Before TV, the common man seldom never had the opportunity to see and hear his leaders-express their views.
10. If it receives enough rain at the proper time, hay will grow (as) quickly as grass.
11. Psychology Today is interesting, informative, and it is (only is) easy to read.
12. Before she died, the daughter of Andrew Jackson who lives (lived) in the family mansion used to take tourists through her home.
13. It is essential that the temperature is not (not be) elevated to a point where the substance formed may become unstable and decompose into its constituent elements.
14. Two of the players from the Yankees has (had) been chosen to participate in the All Star game.
15. John Philip Sousa, who (whom) many people consider the greatest composer of marches, wrote his music during the era known as the Gay 9Os.
16. In order for one to achieve the desired results in this experiment, it is necessary that he work as fastly (fast) as possible.
17. Whoever inspected this radio should have put their identification number on the box.
18. The new model costs twice more than last year's model.
19. The purpose of the United Nations, broad (broadly) speaking, is to maintain peace and security and to encourage respect for human rights.
20. It is an accepted custom for one to say “excuse me” when he sneezed (sneezes).
21. Even though Miss Colombia lost the beauty contest, she was (is) still more prettier than the other girls in the pageant.
22. There have been little change in the patient's condition since he was (is) moved to the intensive care unit.
23. Although we are concerned with the problem of energy sources, we must not fail (in) recognizing the need for environmental protection.
24. Because of the movement of a glacier, the form (forming) of the Great Lakes was very slow.
25. Professor Baker recommended that we are (should be) present at the reception this afternoon in order to meet the representatives from the Fulbright Commission.
