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1. The sentences below form a single paragraph but they are all jumbled up. Unscramble the order
of the sentences relying on your favorite principles. Start with the most general sentence. You
DON’T have to explain anything, just order the sentences correctly.
a) The birth of stars, however, cannot be followed by an optical telescope, since it takes
place in regions of space from which light cannot escape.
b) To study this process, therefore, astronomers have to make use of telescopes operating
at other wavelengths.
c) Developments in radio, millimeter-wave and infra-red astronomy have turned the
study of star-formation into one of the most exciting areas of astronomy.
d) The majority of stars, including the Earth’s sun, are clouds of gas which are maintained
at a high temperature by the energy liberated by thermonuclear reactions in their centers.
e) Most of our knowledge of stars and how they evolve comes from the study of the
visible light they emit.
f) It is currently thought that most of the matter of the universe is in the form of stars.
2. The following sentences form a story in the order given below (from a to j). Each sentence
features the use of an information-structural device that makes the sentence sound weird. Correct
the sentences, you DON’T have to explain what is wrong with them.
a) It was the weather that was inclement that day.
b) So Cuthbert thought “Mary I will visit” and so he went to the car.
c) There stood the car on the street near Cuthbert’s home.
d) Before getting into the car, what he went into was the gift shop.
e) Some nice cheap plastic flowers were bought by him.
f) He said to the shop owner “Haha, much respect dude. Mary will like very much these.”
g) As for thoughts, he had happy ones all the way to Mary’s house.
h) When at Mary’s door there was him, it was the bell he rang.
i) Triumphantly dribbling, the floral pièce de resistance he had just procured he gave to her.
j) What she threw straight into the rubbish tin was the flowers.
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3. Correct the story and IDENTIFY the mistakes related to your all-time favorite 3 principles.
When you correct the sentences, decide which principle/s is/are violated in the original.
The micrometer
1. An instrument which is used for measuring small distances precisely is called a micrometer.
2. It can measure with a precision of 0.01 mm.
3. A steel frame in the shape of a semi-circle is a part of a micrometer.
4. Attached to one end of this semi-circular frame is a small anvil.
5. Outwards extends the other end of the frame.
6. A piece of metal in the shape of a cylinder fits on this extension.
7. The barrel or sleeve is called the cylindrical part is called.
8. Inside the barrel is a screw-thread.
4. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Use the word in
parentheses.
a) Nobody from this school has ever written a better composition. (anyone)
Never ………………………………………………………………………… written a better composition.
b) It was only when I asked a passer-by that I realized where I was. (did)
Not until ………………………………………………………………………………….... where I was.
b) Such was the demand for tickets that people queued day and night. (great)
The demand for .……………………………………………..…… tickets that people queued day and night.
c) The money is not to be paid under any circumstances. (no)
Under …………………………………………………………………………………………….... to be paid.
d) Three days passed before we arrived at the first oasis. (had)
Not until …………………………………………………………………………………… at the first oasis.
e) It was only when I stopped that I realized something was wrong. (did)
Only …………………………………………………………………………… that something was wrong.
f) The accused never expressed regret for what he had done. (time)
At ……………………………………………………………………………… regret for what he had done.
g) The minister was interrupted just after starting his speech. (when)
Hardly …………………………………………………………………………..…… he was interrupted.
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5) The underlined fragments are clumsy. Please DIAGNOSE (what is violated, mixed or
used incorrectly etc.) the source of clumsiness and improve the fragments.
The Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope was put into orbit by the American space shuttle Discovery in
April 1990. (a) The earth is orbited by it at an altitude of 610 kilometers. (b) The light from
space is not affected by interference from the earth’s atmosphere at this height. As a result the
Hubble telescope is at least ten time more accurate than telescopes on the ground and has much
greater range. (c) In our search for distant stars and planets this makes it the most useful tool.
The telescope is named after the most influential astronomer of the twentieth century,
Edwin Hubble. Working at the Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, (d) his close
observation of the Andromeda Galaxy was used by the American astronomer to develop the
theory that the universe is expanding. (e) Directly based on his ideas is the Big Bang theory,
now accepted as the most likely explanation of the creation of the universe.
The Hubble Space Telescope has not had a smooth history. (f) Scientists a NASA
discovered that the main mirror had become distorted and could not be used with any accuracy
only two months after it went into orbit. Rather than abandon the project, NASA decided to
find a way to resolve this problem. (g) COSTAR (corrective optics space telescope axial
replacement) was the name of the solution. This was a device which contained ten smaller
mirrors designed to compensate for the distortion in the telescope’s main mirror. It cost $360
million to develop the technology and more than 30 hours of spacewalks by astronauts to fix
the device. (h) The Hubble Space Telescope is now working correctly and sending its
astonishing data back to earth, the repairs were completed in January 1994.
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