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Some Broken sentences

 
 
Reply Mon 25 Mar, 2013 05:56 pm
Could you correct these following sentences please? Something is wrong in ( ).

Having (went) on a picnic yesterday, we picked wild flowers in the park.

We heard that our friend(won)the dean's award for excellence in contributions to the educational program.

The players try to make as (few) contact as possible with the opposing team to avoid penalties.

Ellen's accustomed to interpreting for her foreign students when they have problems(understanding , with understanding, in understanding) the grammar and vocabulary.

Thank you so much.
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MontereyJack
 
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Reply Mon 25 Mar, 2013 06:01 pm
Having gone...
2 is okay.
make as little contact
any of the choices in 4 work, "in" is probably the least best/
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JTT
 
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Reply Mon 25 Mar, 2013 08:36 pm
@jangsunny1030,
Having (went) on a picnic yesterday, we picked wild flowers in the park.

gone. You will hear 'went' a lot in casual everyday speech. There is a strong tendency towards leveling some of the more common irregular verbs.

We heard that our friend (won) the dean's award for excellence in contributions to the educational program.

'won' is fine.

The players try to make as (few) contact as possible with the opposing team to avoid penalties.

little

Ellen's accustomed to interpreting for her foreign students when they have problems (understanding , with understanding, in understanding) the grammar and vocabulary.

Depending on the social register, I'd say that all could be used.
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