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Sunday, August 24, 2008

EXAM PRACTICE, Aug. 24th, 2009

The following question is similar to the one in part 3 of the Engl 140 final exam. There are many possible answers. Write a sentence using the vocabulary and grammar indicated.

Write a sentence using a dependent clause in the future progressive tense and an independent clause in the simple future.

There are many possible correct answers. Correct answers will be available in the blog archive.

THE PASSIVE, Aug. 24th, 2009

Change an active voice sentence to the passive voice, or change a passive voice sentence to the active voice.

Many more valuables could have been taken from the house when it was broken into.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

PUZZLE, Aug. 12th, 2009

Congratulations to Iannou for being first to solve last week's puzzle.

What phrase is represented by this puzzle?
JG
UN
MI
PP
IM
NU
GJ
Good
New
New