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« on: February 25, 2020, 07:21:20 AM »
« edited: February 25, 2020, 07:33:46 AM by v0031 »

I read a passage and  find it interesting. So I design some questions for my students, but I'm not sure if they are proper.


Boston is called a "college town" because there are 68 colleges and universities in the city, the most famous are Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Because there are thousands of college students in Boston, there are lots of things for young people to do.
In the fall, students can watch Boston's baseball team, the Red Sox, play at Fenway Park,America's oldest ballpark, which was built in 1912. People in Boston love the Red Sox. The team won the World Series for many times.
The lovely Charles River is in Boston. Students can bike, rollerblade, or run on the beautiful winding path next to the river. Many college and university rowing teams also practices and all the city's students watch the world's biggest boat race, Head of the Charles Regatta every year in October.
Students also play Frisbee in the city's largest park, the Boston Commons. The Commons has a large pond. In the winter, lots of young people go ice skating.
Students also eat the city's famous seafood restaurants or go shopping. Boston also has wonderful art museums and the Boston public library.
At night, students can dance at the popular clubs and bars of Lansdowne Street.
Most importantly, Boston is a walking city, so people can go everywhere on foot or on the subway. Just be careful during a snowstorm!
1.According to the passage, Head of the Charles Regatta is the name of __________.
A. a boat competition
B. an old park
C. a walking street
D. a baseball team
2.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Student Life in Boston
B. Universities in Boston         
C. Libraries in Boston         
D. Museums in Boston
3.Which two seasons are mentioned in the passage?
A. spring and summer
B. summer and autumn      
C. autumn and winter      
D. spring and winter
4.Students in Boston can do the following things except__________.
A. playing Frisbee in the Commons
B. running beside the river.
C. going to swim
D. dancing at the bars of Lansdowne Street
5.You can most probably find the passage in a magazine about__________.
A. invention
B. education
C. population
D. pollution
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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2020, 11:15:40 PM »

Not bad. A couple of minor errors, but that is pretty much fine.

America's oldest ballpark, which was built in 1912.

Does not need a comma. Just need to say it was built in 1912.

The team won the World Series for many times.

We don't use 'for' in that context.

Many college and university rowing teams also practices and all the city's students watch the world's biggest boat race, Head of the Charles Regatta every year in October.

Just 'practice'

Students also eat the city's famous seafood restaurants or go shopping.

Students don't eat restaurants.

Everything else looks fine.
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« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2020, 12:16:56 PM »

Not bad. A couple of minor errors, but that is pretty much fine.

America's oldest ballpark, which was built in 1912.

Does not need a comma. Just need to say it was built in 1912.

Not true, "which" must always be preceded by a comma. This sentence is accurate as written and would be wrong without a comma.

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The team won the World Series for many times.

We don't use 'for' in that context.

Agreed. I would also say that this sentence would be more natural with "has", i.e., "The team has won the World Series many times."

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Many college and university rowing teams also practices and all the city's students watch the world's biggest boat race, Head of the Charles Regatta every year in October.

Just 'practice'

I think this needs a little bit more reworking. I know the Charles River is mentioned in the previous sentence, but in English we need to call back to that mention somehow to say where the teams practice or else it sounds like something is missing, and there are also some missing commas here, and there should be a definite article ("the") for the Head of the Charles Regatta. It would be natural as, "Many college and university rowing teams also practice on the river, and all of the city's students come to the river to watch the world's biggest race, the Head of the Charles Regatta, every year in October."

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Students also eat the city's famous seafood restaurants or go shopping.

Students don't eat restaurants.

Yes, this needs an "at" after "eat".



A few more comments:

>Boston is called a "college town" because there are 68 colleges and universities in the city, the most famous are Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

This sentence consists of two independent clauses (clauses that could stand on their own as proper sentences). To combine two independent clauses in English, you have to use either a conjunction word plus a comma or a semi-colon or colon; you can't use just a comma on its own. I would, however, write the second clause as a dependent clause, i.e., "Boston is called a "college town" because there are 68 colleges and universities in the city, with the most famous colleges being Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." Note that I also added a definite article ("the") before "Massachusetts Institute of Technology", which is necessary when writing out the full name (but it would be more proper to just say MIT without a definite article if you were abbreviating).

>At night, students can dance at the popular clubs and bars of Lansdowne Street.

This isn't wrong, but I think it is more natural to say "on Lansdowne Street" instead of "of Lansdowne Street" in English.

>Students also play Frisbee in the city's largest park, the Boston Commons. The Commons has a large pond. In the winter, lots of young people go ice skating.

Not an English grammar point, but it's "Boston Common" (not "Boston Commons") Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2020, 10:04:37 PM »
« Edited: February 29, 2020, 03:27:15 AM by Meclazine »


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America's oldest ballpark, which was built in 1912.

Does not need a comma. Just need to say it was built in 1912.
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Not true, "which" must always be preceded by a comma. This sentence is accurate as written and would be wrong without a comma.

I disagree.

That does not form a logical sentence.

Example.

"Australia's oldest car, which was made in 1956."

I am not talking about the 'which' part.

I am talking about the lack of logic in the sentence. It lacks a subject.

As Australia's oldest car, the Ford Falcon was made in 1956.

That has the subject reference to make sense.

But on it's own:

"America's oldest ballpark, which was built in 1912."

does not make sense.
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