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Tiểu Cầm Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Q1: Some of plants in this store require very little care, but this one needs much more sunlight than those
A. Some of plants    B.little care      C. much more sunlight    D.those
Q2: The teacher decided to fail the student with the grounds of his poor performance in test and too slow progress
A. to fail    B.with    C.in    D.too slow

In Q1, I choose D because I think after this one we use this or that. It look more balance. But the correction is A.
In Q2, I choose randomly ^^ The correction is B
Please explain it to me, I don't understand. Thanks very much!
  

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"Some of plants" is unidiomatic. It has to be "some plants" or "some of the plants". As for D, "this" and "that" would refer to the care, and "those" refers to the plants.

— Enoon

  • "Some of plants" is unidiomatic.
  • It has to be "some plants" or "some of the plants".
  • As for D, "this" and "that" would refer to the care, and "those" refers to the plants.
  • To use "this" or "that", the first part of the sentence would have to have mentioned the sunlight.
  • We do things "on" grounds.
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"Some of plants" is unidiomatic. It has to be "some plants" or "some of the plants". As for D, "this" and "that" would refer to the care, and "those" refers to the plants. To use "this" or "that", the first part of the sentence would have to have mentioned the sunlight.

We do things "on" grounds. "On" is idiomatic with "grounds", that's all.
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