Help with an Application Task for a CELTA course

Hello all,

I am applying to take a CELTA course and they gave me an application task to do before I can enter the program. I am having some difficulty with some parts and was wondering if some one would be willing to help me. I use msn messanger under Email Removed">Email Removed feel free to add me and then we can go over the questions. I'm going to try posting some of the questions here.

1. Which is the ‘odd one out’ in each group, and why?

e.g.	a.	I had my hair cut last night.
	b.	I had seen the film before.
	c.	I had my car repaired at the garage.

Sentence b, because sentences a and c refer to actions that someone else did for the speaker. They are in the past tense. Sentence b refers to an action which the speaker did himself/herself and is in the past perfect tense.

A:	i.	The baby’s bottle.
	ii.	The nation’s struggle.
	iii.	The teacher’s ill.
	iv.	The nurse’s pay.
	v.	The government’s defeat.

Sentence ____

B:	i.	The woman was robbed by a stranger.
	ii.	The actor was interviewed by a journalist.
	iii.	The tree was hit by lightning.
	iv.	The trains passed by a river.

Sentence ____ .

C:	i.	She must have lost the address.
	ii.	Alan must have been here too.
	iii.	That must have been awful.
	iv.	The thieves must have gone in through the window.
	v.	I must have something to drink.

Sentence ____

D:	i.	I’m not used to the noise yet.
	ii.	They used to work in a circus.
	iii.	Didn’t there use to be a shop there?
	iv.	I never used to smoke.
	v.	It didn’t use to be so dirty.

Sentence ___

2. Can you think of any exceptions to the following ‘rules’?

	‘Rule’	Exception
e.g.	‘will’ is used to express predictions without evidence.	“That’ll be John at the door.” This isn’t a prediction without evidence. The statement is based on the fact that John always arrives at this time/he is expected.
A:	‘the’ is not used with the names of people.
B:	The past simple form of the verb is used to describe finished events or states.
C:	‘some’ is used in statements; ‘any’ in negatives and questions.
D:	‘can’ (modal verb) is used to express ability.

3. Identify any incorrect sentences in this list, supply the corrected version and explain the error.

	Sentence	Correction	Explanation
e.g.	What did you say was your name?	What did you say your name was?	The problem is one of word order. One question is embedded in another and the mistake is in giving them both the word order of a question. The second part “your name was” isn’t actually a direct question.
A:	I’ve been to China last year.
B:	He doesn’t work as hard as she does.
C:	I would of liked to have seen that.
D:	If you’ll wash up, I’ll do the ironing.
E:	I regret to have damaged your book.
F:	How long are you knowing Nathan?