Wednesday, December 7 ~ Grammar Review

*Don't forget that class starts at 8:10 tomorrow due to the PA Chapel.

Finals Review: Grammar

Create at least five test questions to contribute to our game on Monday (tomorrow for first period).

Subject Verb Agreement here and here and practice

Rules for Quoting

Run-on Sentences

Practice: Bedford Exercise 20 – 1 Run-On Sentences (Write these in your journal or notability.)

Directions: Revise any run-on sentences using the method of revision suggested in brackets.

Example: Orville had been obsessed with his weight as a teenager, he rarely ate anything sweet. (Restructure the sentence)

New: Because Orville had been obsessed with his weight as a teenager, he rarely ate anything sweet.

1. The city had one public swimming pool, it stayed packed with children all summer long. (Restructure the sentence)
2.  The building is being renovated, therefore at times we have no heat, water, or electricity. (Use a comma and coordinating conjunction)
3. The view was not what the travel agent had described, where were the rolling hills and the shimmering rivers? (Make two sentences)
4. All those gnarled equations looked like toxic insects, maybe I was going to have to rethink my major. (Use a semicolon)
5. The city government had good reason to fear the major earth quake, most of the business district was built on landfill. (use a colon)
6. The car was hardly worth trading, the frame was twisted and the block was warped. (Restructure the sentence)
7.  The next time an event is canceled because of the bad weather, don’t blame the meteorologist, blame nature. (Make two sentences)
8. Ray was fluent in American Sign Language he could sign as easily as he could speak. (Restructure the sentence)