ANSWERS to Mr. Wachner's all classes First Interactive Test :

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1.) The President said yesterday that he would veto the bill before the U.S. Congress

1. President said (You need definite article "the")
2. A President said (Need definite and not indefinite article..a definite president)
3. The President say (Incorrect tense.."say" is present.."yesterday" means past
4. President Clinton say (Incorrect tense..same as above.

2.) The Prime Minister spoke yesterday and said he was going to the USA and Great Britain.

Analyis of wrong answers:

1. The Prime Minister spake (there is no such word as "spake")
2. A Prime Minister speak ("speak" is wrong tense amd "A" should be "The")
3. The Prime minister spoke ("Prime minister" should be capitalized)
4. The Prime Minister speak ("speak is wrong tense

1. Prime Ministers' plane (Requires "The" definite article)
2. The Prime Ministers' plain ("plain" refers to fields of corn or wheat not an airplane)
3. A Prime Ministers' plane ("A" as indefinite article incorrect..need "the")
4. The Prime ministers'Plane (Prime minister should be capitalized)

4.) She was the most beautiful girl that I ever saw.

1. She is a most beautiful (incorrect tense "is"...doesn't match "saw"
2. She was a most beautiful ("a" is incorrect because statement refers to definite girl)
3. She was most beautiful (Need the article "the")
4. She is most beautiful (need the article "the" and wrong tense)

5.) Sendai is a very cold city in northern Japan.

1. Sendai is (the indefinite article "a" is required)
2. The Sendai is a (Sendai is a city and doesn't need an article.)
3. sendai is a (sendai should be capitalized)
4. Sendai a (There is no verb...need "is")

6.) She slowly walked into the room where John was sleeping.

1. She slowly walked into a ("the room where John was sleeping" identifies a particular room)
2. She slowly walked into (need "the"...no article present)
3. She slowly walked (need preposition "into" and article "the")
4. She slowly walk into the ("walk" is present tense...incorrect..requires past tense)

7.) Koichi opened his birthday present and laughed with joy.

1. A Koichi opens (wrong tense..should be past "laughed" is past tense..need to match)
2. Koichi is opening (wrong tense..same as above)
3. Koichi will open (wrong tense..same as above...not a future action)
4. Koichi (no verb present)

8.) Before my father died I visited him with my mother.

1. will visit him with my mother. (future tense wrong..should be past)
2. visit him with my mother. (present tense wrong..should be past)
3. him with my mother. (no verb in second part of sentence)
4. was visit him with my mother. (incorrect use of "to visit" past tense is visited)

9.) Every day after he comes home from work John listens to the radio.

1. John listened to the radio. (John is listening to the radio now..not the past)
2. John will listening to the radio. (future tense is incorrect..listening now)
3. John has listened to the radio. (wrong tense...)
4. John to the radio. (no verb present)

10.) Princess Diana divorced Prince Charles of England in October, 1996.

1. Princess Diana divorces (present tense is incorrect..need past tense)
2. Princess Diana has divorcing ("has divorcing" incorrect form ..action already complete)
3. Princess Diana is divorced (incorrect form.."divorced" not "She is divorced" where "divorced is a noun)
4. Princess Diana will divorce (future tense incorrect)

11.) The largest city in Hokkaido is Sapporo.

1. has been Sapporo. (Sentence refers to present time)
2. was Sapporo. (Sentence refers to present time not past)
3. will be Sapporo. (Nobody knows the future...so either present tense of "could be" is ok)
4. Sapporo is. (veb structure is backwards...).

12.) Now, she walks to school everyday.

1. Now, he walked to school ("Now" refers to present time..not past)
2. Now, was walking she to school ("was walking she" is backwards...she was walking..but incorrect wrong tense)
3. Now, she to school walked ("walked" wrong tense and incorrectly written "she walked..")
4. Now, walks she to school ("walks she" is backwards.."she walks")

13.) Kiyoko gave her cheesecake to him.

1. Makoto gave his book to she. (incorrect use of "pronoun" she)
2. Makoto gave his violin to they. (incorrect use of "pronoun" they...them is ok)
3. Edwin gave him violin to him. (incorrect use of personal pronoun "him violin" should be "his violin")
4. Michael borrowed his car from his. ("from his" should be "from him")

14.) There is a book and a notebook and there are some pencils on the table.

1. book, pencils and notebook on the table. (need an article "a' for book and notebook..and verb "is" is singular but "pencils" are plural)
2. book and notebook and there are pencils on the table. (need article for "book and "notebook")
3. the book, the pencils and notebook on the table. (need indefinite article for "book"; "notebook" and no article for "pencils"..also "pencils" is plural..no match with "is")
4. a book, some pencils and a notebook on the table. (in spoken English this is often used, but actually incorrect because "some pencils" requires a plural verb "are")

15.) Who is going to the ballet tonight with us?

1. come to the concert with us? ("is come" incorrect use of English verb "is coming" would be ok)
2. will go to the Michael Jackson concert with us? ("is will" not a correct usage of verb in English "is going" ok "will go" is ok)
3. going to the concert with we? ("with we" is incorrect usage of pronoun...should be "us")
4. coming to the concert with they? ("with they" should be "with them"..incorrect use)

16.) The Aum Shinrikyo group committed a terrible crime in Tokyo last year.

1. The Aum Shinrikyo group commit (incorrect use of verb "commit"..)
2. The Aum Shinrikyo group will commit (Future tense incorrect..past event)
3. The Aum Shinrikyo group commits (present tense incorrect..past event referred to)
4. The Aum Shinrikyo group is committing (incorrect use of tense..past closed event)

17.) Masako and Crystal were in Europe this summer.

1. is in Europe this summer. (Present tense possible..but "Masako and Crystal" are plural..therefore requires the verb "are" and not "is")
2. have been going to Europe this summer. (Sentence refers to a completed act either in the past or present and not a progressive act)
3. is to Europe this summer. ("is" incorrect "to Europe" requires a verb such as "went to" )
4. were Europe this summer. (requires preposition "in" for "in Europe".)

18.) Many Americans think that the Japanese are very clever.

1. Many americans think that the japanese ("japanese" needs to be capitalized)
2. Many Americans think that a Japanese ("Japanese" refers to a specific group..require "the")
3. Many Americans think that the japanese ("japanese" requires capitalization)
4. Many Americans think that Japanese (Grammatically, "Japanese" requires the definite article..however, in some cases, in oral English, the article is dropped..so technically this could be correct in oral speech.)

19.) Did she leave the hospital yesterday with them? ,p>

1. they stay very long on Tokyo? (You stay "in" Tokyo..not "on" Tokyo)
2. he think her was coming home soon? ("her" should be "she")
3. Mr. Kato will believe everything she say? ("will believe" incorrect tense.."she say" should be "she said".."Did Mr. Kato believe everything she said" is correct)
4. the company really give he a large bonus this year? (give"he" should be "give him")

20.) Charles has loved Bach since he was a young child.

1. have talked about politics in Japan. ("have talked" is past tense but it refers to the first person as in "I have talked" and not the 3rd person)
2. has spoked to Mr. Salisbury about the APEC meeting. ("has spoked" is not an English verb.."has spoken" would be correct)
3. have sent the memorandum to the Home Office. ("have sent" refers to 1st person and not 3rd person..."Charles" is 3rd person..should be "has sent")
4. have played the Bach Cantata yesterday in London. ("have played" first person..not 3rd person)

The correct answers are shown. The incorrect answers are only listed. If you reread the short article, you should be able to understand why the "incorrect" answers are wrong.

• J.S. Bach was born in the town of Leipzig in the duchy of Saxony. Today, Leipzig is one of the major cities in the reunited Germany. However, during the second world war, Leipzig was destroyed by terrible Allied (American and British) air bombing. This was very tragic because Leipzig was such an exquisite historical city. Many of the homes, churches and concert halls where J.S. Bach lived, wrote music and performed were destroyed. Many thousands of people lost their lives through this senseless bombing. However, the one thing that remains and couldn't be destroyed by this bombing was the beautiful music of J.S. Bach which remains a glory to the entire world and not only Germany.

21.) Although J.S. Bach's home was destroyed his music lives on.

1. The author is glad he wasn't in Leipzig during the war
2. Leipzig is one of the main cities in Germany
3. J.S. Bach was bombed during World War II
4. J.S.Bach's house was rebuilt during the war.

22.) J.S.Bach lived in Leipzig Germany.

1. J.S.Bach lives in Leipzig Germany
2. Leipzig Germany is a small town in Germany
3. J.S. Bach's music is only listened to in Germany
4. Leipzig is a glorious place because of its architecture

Read this short section and then choose the correct answers

• Recently, the APEC group of nations met in the Philippines. During and after the APEC meeting, President Clinton of the United States met with Premier Hashimoto of Japan to discuss the problem over American troops in Okinawa. The stationing of troops in Okinawa has been a major stumbling block between the United States and Japan. Earlier this year, there was the terrible "rape" incident involving a young Japanese underage girl. That incident caused a lot of very bad feelings to erupt among the Okinawans. The Japanese government seemed to take a long time to come to a decision to demand the reduction of troops in Okinawa. However, this week both the Americans and the Japanese representatives agreed to a reduction in the number of troops in Okinawa. It was suggested that the American troops be moved to mainland Japan but Premier Hashimoto said this wasn't a good idea. This decision has helped to improve American-Japanese relations...at least for the short run.

23.) A major stumbling block to improved US-Japan relations has been solved.

1. President Clinton decided to keep troops in Okinawa.
2. The Okinawans have forgotten about the "rape" incident.
3. Reducing the American troops in Okinawa didn't improve relations
4. The American troops will be moved to mainland Japan.

24.) The "rape incident" created problems for Japan-US relations.

1. Okinawans want the American troops to stay if they behave.
2. The US want to increase the troops in Okinawa.
3. The Americans and Japanese met before the APEC meeting.
4. Okinawa wants to become independent from Japan and the U.S.

Read this short section and then choose the correct answers

• According to a survey among Gakushuin students, it seems that most students agree that pocketbells are a very useful tool; especially for college students. However, many of these Gakushuin students felt that the young junior high and high school students use pocketbells because they are lonely at school, especially those students who attend school far from their homes. Also, according to some of the Gakushuin students surveyed they seemed to think that pocketbells were just another "fad". However, a minority of the students surveyed thought that pocketbells were part of a future trend. This minority group thought that pocketbells were similar to telephones and much easier to use. Some of the students explained how the junior high school and high school students were mostly girls. One boy undertaking the survey stated that if he met a girl at a party and got her pocketbell number that he would send her a message. If the girl answered then it met she liked him. Unfortunately, according to this boy, nobody ever returned his messages. Poor boy!!! But, the same boy said that at least the girl didn't have to face him to turn him down. So the boy thought that although he was turned down by the girl(s), his feelings weren't hurt so much...he was just unlucky!

25.) According to the above survey, many students thought pocketbells were just another "fad".

1. pocketbells aren't very useful.
2. everyone in Japan uses pocketbells
3. a majority of students thought pocketbells were a future trend.
4. Jr. high students use pocketbells because they're not lonely.

26.) One boy had trouble getting any girl to answer his pocketbell message.

1. a problem pushing the buttons on the pocketbell.
2. many dates through the pocketbell after parties.
3. met his current girlfriend through the pocketbell.
4. never sent a message to any girl.

Read this short section and then choose the correct answers

• In the United States baseball has been called the "national past time". The New York Yankees have won the most World Series in the history of American baseball. During the early 1950's, the New York Yankees won the World Series 5 years in a row; from 1949 through 1953. They were called the "Bronx Bombers" because they had so much home run power. However, after winning the Series in the 1960's and 1970's the New York Yankees seemed to have lost their power. However, this year the New York Yankees again won the World Series from the Atlanta Braves but this years team wasn't renown for its home run hitting. Cecil Fielder, who played in Japan for the Hanshin Tiger baseball team was traded from the Detroit Tigers helped the Yankees win the world series. Cecil Fielder is the most successful baseball player ever to play in Japan. Speaking of Japan, the Yomiuri Giants have a similar history as the New York Yankees. For many years, the only strong team in Japan seemed to be the Tokyo Giants with Oh and Nagashima. This year Nagashima managed the Giants into the Japan Series but, unfortunately, unlike the New York Yankees, the Tokyo Giants lost to the Kobe Orix. One good thing about this series was the competition between two great young players: Ichiro of Kobe and Matsui of Tokyo. So it seems that only one of the old warrior teams was able to get to the top of the heap and that was the New York Yankees.

27.) The Yankees of today aren't like the former Bronx Bombers.

1. The New York Yankees lost the world series to a Atlanta.
2. Cecil Fielder plays for the Hanshin Tigers in Osaka.
3. The New York Yankees lost 5 world series from 1949-1953
4. The Braves play in Miami, Florida

28.)Only one old warrior team won their series.

1. Nagashima plays and manages the Tokyo Giants.
2. The Kobe Orix team has never won a Japan Series
3. Cecil Fielder wants to come back to Japan
4. The New York Yankees traded Fielder to Detroit.

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• Many economists are worried about the long-term effects of the recession on Japan. Many companies have been forced to downsize. This usually means that many older employees who expected lifetime employment have either lost their jobs or have had their salaries reduced by a large percentage-sometimes as much as half. The remaining workers are sometimes very worried about their jobs and find themselves working twice as hard because although some workers have lost their jobs the amount of work hasn't decreased. Therefore, the workers who remain often are under an enormous amount of stress from the increased pressure to do the same amount of work with fewer people. Even after having downsized, many companies are still having trouble coming out of the recession. Although companies are hiring students again, they are not hiring as many as they did before the collapse of the "bubble". Many young people are also questioning the future of the lifetime employment system in Japan and some college graduates from the not so famous universities can be found slinging hamburgers at MacDonalds. The outlook for future work at major corporations doesn't seem to be as bright as it used to be.

29.)Downsizing seem to be hardest on older employees.

1. Many companies are hiring more employees than before the bubble.
2. Employeesat companies are happy to have their jobs.
3. All young people are finding it easy to find jobs wherever they want.
4. After downsizing, most companies no longer have problems.

30.) Graduates from college cannot always get a good job.

1. Corporations can still guarantee everyone lifetime employment.
2. Employees who were not downsized feel no pressure.
3. After downsizing, the remaining employees receive a bonus.
4. Downsizing means the amount of work decreases