English Grammar Drills

296 Answer Key
Exercise 1.5
1. OK; fogs, fog 2. milks, milk 3. disappointments, disappointment; OK 4. OK; bloods,
blood 5. OK; powers, power 6. OK; papers, paper; glasses, glass 7. paints, paint; OK
8. OK; OK; syrups, syrup 9. fears, fear; OK 10. OK; yeasts, yeast
Exercise 1.6
1. dog’s, dogs, dogs’ 2. horse’s, horses, horses’ 3. tree’s, trees, trees’ 4. lady’s, ladies, ladies’
5. fox’s, foxes, foxes’ 6. tooth’s, teeth, teeth’s 7. play’s, plays, plays’ 8. worker’s, workers,
workers’ 9. shelf’s, shelves, shelves’ 10. man’s, men, men’s 11. studio’s, studios, studios’
12. place’s, places, places’ 13. fly’s, flies, flies’ 14. child’s, children, children’s 15. woman’s,
women, women’s
Exercise 1.7
1. faces’ /әz/ 2. bridges’ /әz/ 3. foxes’ /әz/ 4. chiefs’ /s/ 5. boys /z/ 6. navies /z/
7. daughters /z/ 8. carriages /әz/ 9. plays /z/ 10. colleges /әz/
Chapter 2
Exercise 2.1
1. truer, truest; X twoer, X twoest; X True two stories, Two true stories; The stories are true.
X The stories are two. (marginally grammatical); true adjective: true 2. X hiser, X hisest;
sweeter, sweetest; His sweet cupcakes; X Sweet his cupcakes; X The cupcakes were his. (grammatical
as pronoun, not adjective); The cupcakes were sweet. True adjective: sweet 3. faster, fastest;
X aller, X allest; X Fast all boats; All fast boats; The boats were fast. X The boats were all. (grammatical
only if all is an indefinite pronoun); True adjective: fast 4. X theser, X thesest; hungrier,
hungriest; These hungry cats; X Hungry these cats; The cats were these. (grammatical only as
pronoun); The cats were hungry. True adjective: hungry 5. brighter, brightest; X a-er, X a-est;
X Bright a moon; A bright moon; The moon was bright. X The moon was a. True adjective: bright
Exercise 2.2
1. sadder, saddest 2. more costly, most costly; costlier, costliest 3. sounder, soundest
4. more valuable, most valuable 5. more likely, most likely 6. sunnier, sunniest 7. more
patient, most patient 8. more improved, most improved 9. more normal, most normal
10. bluer, bluest 11. worse, worst 12. more tiring, most tiring 13. more physical, most
physical 14. stranger, strangest; more strange, most strange 15. more probable, most probable
16. more recent, most recent 17. more available, most available 18. more developed, most
developed 19. shadier, shadiest; more shady, most shady 20. more fulfilling, most fulfilling