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Sunday, January 18, 2009

GRAMMAR QUESTION, Jan. 18th, 2010

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

Less people in Canada are planning travelling over this year because of the worse weather that happened in to many parts of the country recently and because it is expensive.

Note: you can still see previous Grammar Questions; they are posted in the archive in the side bar and listed a year previous to their date of posting.

PUZZLE, Jan. 18th, 2010

Previous Puzzle
Congratulations to Renata for providing a solution to the puzzle.
Possible answers:
1. a / at / art / tart / treat
2. a / as / sea / ales / false / flames
3. u / us / use / uses / users/ duress / undress

New Puzzle
Let’s try the same thing this week. Add one letter at a time to make a new word: example a to adios (a/as/sad/dais/adios)
1. u … super
2. e … hamper
3. o … erosion

ALL CHANGE! Jan. 18, 2010

Change the words in the sentence below as indicated. You can only change the exact word in the sequence given; after someone else has posted the next change, then you can post another change. For instance, student 1 writes #1 Subject Noun, and changes the subject noun; Student 2 writes #2 Direct Object Noun, and changes that noun. Each student only makes one change at a time and keeps to the order indicated.If you complete all 7 changes, then start making more changes again from 1 to 7. Each student should build on the changes that the previous students make.

Canadians often play winter sports in the cold weather.

1. change the subject noun 2. change the direct object noun
3. change the indirect object noun 4. change the adjective
5. change the adverb 6. change the verb name
7. change the verb tense

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE, Jan. 18, 2010

Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence; you can add the phrase or clause before or after (not both) to the clause below:

...it is a year since Barack Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States of America ...

1. Use a phrase
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause

Note:you can still see previous Sentence Completion questions; they are posted in the archive in the side bar.

VOCABULARY, Jan. 18th, 2010

Vocabulary building is important for both reading comprehension and writing. Use the following two words (note the part of speech) in one sentence.

subserviently (adverb) + malicious (adjective)

To further improve your vocabulary, check Word of the Day every day! There are also word games and puzzles on this site.

THE PASSIVE, Jan. 18, 2010

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

The children gave birthday gifts to each other.

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EXAM PRACTICE, Jan. 18, 2010

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.

Add an adverb clause of time to the following clause:

Barack Obama was inaugurated as president

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

Thursday, January 8, 2009

GRAMMAR QUESTION, Jan. 8th, 2010

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

As the matter of fact, she was a person who hard being convinced for instant, she certainly would likes to thinks that his opinion are the corrected then any one else view.

Note: you can still see previous Grammar Questions; they are posted in the archive in the side bar and listed a year previous to their date of posting.

ALL CHANGE! Jan. 8, 2010

Change the words in the sentence below as indicated. You can only change the exact word in the sequence given; after someone else has posted the next change, then you can post another change. For instance, student 1 writes #1 Subject Noun, and changes the subject noun; Student 2 writes #2 Direct Object Noun, and changes that noun. Each student only makes one change at a time and keeps to the order indicated.If you complete all 7 changes, then start making more changes again from 1 to 7. Each student should build on the changes that the previous students make.

The weather was very bad in Canada during the holidays.

1. change the subject noun 2. change the direct object noun
3. change the indirect object noun 4. change the adjective
5. change the adverb 6. change the verb name
7. change the verb tense

SENTENCE COMPLETION , Jan. 8, 2010

Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence; you can add the phrase or clause before or after (not both) the clause below:

... I wish you a happy New Year ...

1. Use a phrase
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause

Note:you can still see previous Sentence Completion questions; they are posted in the archive in the side bar.

VOCABULARY, Jan. 8th, 2010

Vocabulary building is important for both reading comprehension and writing. Use the following two words (note the part of speech) in one sentence.

exacerbate (verb) + miscreant (noun)

To further improve your vocabulary, check Word of the Day every day! There are also word games and puzzles on this site.

THE PASSIVE, Jan. 8, 2010

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

The New year was rung in by people at many different times around the world.

Postings will be saved in the archives (see sidebar).

EXAM PRACTICE, Jan. 8, 2010

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 an adverbial clause of time and an independent clause in the past perfect tense.

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