Read the following sentences describing changes and decide if the verb or noun underlined is correct
or incorrect. If it is correct, put a tick () in the space provided. If it is incorrect, write the correction.
1 Domestic sales of toothpaste have raised by 4.5 per cent over last year.
2 Procter & Gamble increased its market share in the European personal care category with the acquisition of
the Blendax line of products.
3 The consolidation of product development operations in Asia brought about a reduce in the research and
development staff.
4 The candle part of the business saw a rapid decline after the electric light bulb was invented.
5 The successful nationwide marketing campaign rose shampoo sales dramatically.
6 With the introduction of refill packs for liquid laundry detergents, packaging was reduced by 85 per cent.
7 Consumption of traditional cotton nappies has dropped dramatically since the introduction of the
disposable nappy.
8 There was a 100 per cent raise in business in South Africa in 1994.
2. The girl wants to eat, she (has not eaten) anything.
3. The words of the poem (had been forgotten) by Pete at the last lesson.
4. By 2 o’clock tomorrow all the students (will have been asked) by the professor.
5. By the end of the term two English novels (had been read) by us.
1. The teacher let us go home.
2. My mother told me to buy some meat in the shop.
3. Alice said that her friend lived/lives in Moscow.
4. The teacher said to me that I had not done the work well.
5. I asked Nick where he was going.
6. I asked Boris if his friend lived/lives in Moscow.