Study these sentences below and decide if they
are true ( T ) or false ( F ), according to structure and
use of grammar and lexical aspects of language use.
( ) The words in bold, them and their in text1,
are respectively an object pronoun and a possessive adjective.
( ) In the sentence: The issue here is not simply
whether people know how to read or write…
the underlined word whether can be
replaced by if without changing its meaning.
( ) The noun criteria in: According to census criteria, individuals with less than 4 years of schooling are considered functionally illiterate; is the
singular form of criterium.
( ) In the following sentence from text 1: … the
inability to effectively use reading and writing
skills in the various areas of social life after a certain number of years of schooling; the underlined words reading, writing and schooling
are examples of present participle.
Choose the alternative which presents the correct
sequence, from top to bottom.