GRAMMAR & RULES & EXERCISES
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Unit One: articles and NounsII/answers key
Unit One: articles and Nouns
Unit Ten: “That Clauses”
1) “That clauses” as subjects of a verb
Clauses beginning with the word “that” can sometimes be used as subjects of verbs in English, as in the
following examples:
That you work hard is a good thing.
That women often make less money than men for doing the same work is not right.
That there is a lot of opportunity in New York City is true.
Note that instead of beginning a sentence with a that clause as in the above examples, we often begin with
the word It and move the that clause to the end, as in the following examples:
It is a good thing that you work hard.
It is not right that women often make less money than men for doing the same work.
It is true that there is a lot of opportunity in New York City.
Grammar Exercise One
Make up five sentences beginning with that clauses as subjects of the verb. You could complete the
sentences with words such as the following:
____________________ is good for me.
(Instead of the word good, you could use other words or phrases such as the following: bad for me, good for
my health, bad for my health, important, interesting, annoying, boring, exciting, harmful, dangerous, illegal,
wrong, necessary, required, advisable, a good idea, a bad idea, optional, useful, helpful)
2) “That clauses” as objects of a verb
Some English verbs or expressions with prepositions may be followed by that clauses, as in the following
examples:
I think that I will enjoy living in New York City.
I hope that my family will be able to visit me here.
I am certain that there is more opportunity in this city than in my native country.
Note that a few verbs or expressions with prepositions are sometimes followed by a that clause with a
subjunctive verb form (the infinitive without “to”), as in the following examples:
It is important that you be on time to work.
It was important that Jean do well on that test.
My parents demanded that I study every night.
Grammar Exercise Two
Make up ten sentences with verbs or expressions with prepositions followed by that clauses. You could use
the following verbs or expressions with prepositions which are used with that clauses:
ask demand imagine suggest
be certain doubt insist suppose
be convinced feel know tell s.o.
be sure find realize think
believe hope say wish
promise swear declare announce
Grammar Observation Exercise
Notice the use of that clauses in the following sentences (These are not errors, but examples of correct use of
that clauses by students):
1. I promised myself that I won’t be what I’m not.
2. You can see that the mother is afraid about her daughter’s future.
3. I think that putting too much pressure on your kid is going to cause problems.
4. The man thing you have to teach your kid is that he or she has to do their best.
5. Your child has to know that you are going to love and accept him or her no matter
what.
6. We have to be thankful that we are alive.
7. Some people believe that a good father must be very kind.
8. I am always working, but this doesn’t mean that I don’t love you.
9. My friends tell me that their parents don’t understand their difficulties with their
college studies.
10. I was happy that I was not alone.
11. When a loved one dies, you feel that something is missing.
12. After a while, people accept that this person is dead.
13. The writer made it clear that everyone must fact the reality of death.
14. This quote reveals that she understands that she must stop thinking about her
mother’s death.
15. I hear people say that the father is a very important part of a family.
16. It is true that jealousy between siblings always exists.
17. My father was worried that I would get lost.
18. I knew that I did the wrong thing.
19. I realized that my father loved me a lot.
20. The poet shows that it is sometimes difficult to make a decision.
Proofreading Exercise
Correct the errors in the use of articles, nouns, verb forms (including infinitives and gerunds), punctuation and
sentence structure, and word forms in the following essay (The types and numbers of errors are indicated at
the end of paragraphs):
The human life begins when one is conceived, and it culminates with the death. This reality makes
us try to live and enjoy every single day of our life the best that we can, because death is something that is
uncertain. Nobody knows when is going to be the moment to departure, to who know where. In the poem
“The Wake,” Rita Dove show us a view of how death affect us humans, when it takes away an important
member of our family.
Death is not expected, but when it comes and take someone close to you, it can’t be accepted right
away: “When I sat down in the armchair your warm breath fell over my shoulder.” This process of
acceptance varies among people. When this happen, you feel that inside you something is missing, is a
feeling of emptiness: “Friends and relatives kept coming, trying to fill up the house.” But after a while, this
feeling goes away, the people accepts the fact that this person is no longer there and is not coming back
ever again: “I slept because it was the only thing I could do. I even dreamed. I couldn’t stop myself.”
(a-3, v-6, p-2, ss-1, wf-1)
I know what it is like when you lose somebody that you love. In 1993, after three days of coma, my
father passed away, it was devastating when I got to hospital that Monday morning, and I found out that he
was dead. The personnel at the hospital told us that there were bacteria in his system which caused his
death. I really don’t think that humans are ready to receive the news like this. Even if the person who is ill is
at the hospital for a long time. It took me days, months, and years of crying and depressed to adapt myself
to a new life without him. The process was long, but I did have to accept it, early or late, that he was not
there and that he never will be there for me again.
In conclusion, Rita Dove describe how sad is the whole process of acceptance, but at the end, she
made it clear that every person sooner or later, faced the reality and finish by adapting to a new life without
that person: “I slept because it was the only thing I could do. I even dreamed. I couldn’t stop myself.”
(a-2, v-3, p-2, wf-1)
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