Page 239, Exercise 7
Possible Answers
1. The city I come from is big
1. The city I come from is very popular.
1. The city I come from has tropical weather. (non-count noun)
The city I come from has a tropical climate.
(“a/an” is used only with a singular count noun.)
2. The school I graduated from was very far away from where I lived.
2. The school I graduated from was very small.
2. The school I graduated from is located in San Francisco.
3. The house/apartment I used to live in looked like paradise.
(Don’t use “was” with active simple past tense.)
3. The apartment I used to live in was destroyed by an earthquake.
(In this was, we have “was” because it is passive voice.)
4. The elementary school I went to is in my native city.
4. The elementary school I went to is big.
4. The elementary school I went to was very popular.
5. The teacher I studied beginning grammar with was very passionate
about teaching.
5. The teacher I studied beginning grammar with was a beautiful lady.
5. The teacher I studied beginning grammar with gave us candy for a
correct answer.
6. Most of the people I went to elementary school with didn’t go
to college.
6. Most of the people I went to elementary school with are
married now.
6. Most of the people I went to elementary school with never left
my home town.
7. Grammar is a subject I’m very interested in.
7. Math is a subject I’m very interested in.
7. English is a subject I’m very interested in.
7. The history of languge is a subject I’m very interested in.
8. Politics is a topic I don’t like to talk about.
(“Politics” is a singular noun, even though it has an “s.” English can be
crazy.)
8. Religion is a topic I don’t like to talk about.
8. Racism is a topic (that) I don’t like to talk about.
8. What I did yesterday is a topic (that) I don’t like to talk about.(Later in the class, we will study
noun clauses. “What I did yesterday” is a noun clause. It
means “the the thing(s) that I did yesterday.)