Question

1. After studying all the new materials, the student was able to rise his test score by twenty-five points.

2. In order to survive, trees rely to the amount of annual rainfall they receive, as well as the seasonal distribution of the rain.
3. None of the two girls has turned in the term papers on air pollution to the instructor yet.
4. The book that you see laying on the table belongs to my mathematics teacher.
5. I think she will be suitable for the work because she has been working like a teacher for a long time.
Find the mistakes of these sentences.

Answer 1

The errors in the sentences provided include incorrect verb usage such as "rise" instead of "raise," inappropriate prepositions like "to" instead of "on," and incorrect expressions such as "None of the two." Proper grammatical forms should be used such as "raising his test score," "rely on the amount of annual rainfall," and "Neither of the two girls." option 3. is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's identify the mistakes in these sentences and provide the correct options in the 'final' answer:

1. The correct form is "raise" instead of "rise" because "raise" is a transitive verb that needs an object, which in this case is "his test score".
2. The preposition "to" is incorrect here. It should be "on" to properly convey dependence, hence the sentence should say "trees rely on the amount of annual rainfall."
3. In this sentence, "None of the two" is incorrect. It should either be "Neither of the two" or "None of the girls" as the word "none" implies more than two options.
4. "Laying" should be "lying," since "lying" refers to something that is in a horizontal position. The correct sentence should be "The book that you see lying on the table..."
5. Instead of "like a teacher," it should be "as a teacher," to denote she has been working in the capacity of a teacher. The sentence should read "she has been working as a teacher for a long time."