picture story books for persuasive writing
grammar-and-usage-for-better-writing
... neighbor. Plural Nouns Nouns have a singular form and a plural form. The singular is the form that means only one: boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc. The plural is the form that means more than one: boys, ... winning run. Alex could have scored the winning run. 9. A sensible diet is good for us. Exercise is good for us. 10. Notebooks are in the backpack. Pens are in the backpack. EXERCISE 3. Complete each ... www.waystoenglish.com You would probably say: It doesn’t matter. In informal conversation, we tend to use contractions. For example, we combine does with not, forming the contraction doesn’t. Note that not, the...
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PRINCIPLES FOR TEACHING WRITING
... 8. State a purpose for the assignment. Your writing assignment should answer the question, “why am I writing this?” Give your students a purpose so they know why they are writing: “These are ... are directions to your apartment for a new friend”. “This is a letter to your cousin.” “This is a thank-you note to your father”. “Imagine these are advertisements for the newspaper”. Also, if you ... advertisements for the newspaper”. Also, if you have your students write a letter to a friend or a story for their parents, encourage them to give it to the friend or parents. This is more natural...
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Using Picture Dictation Exercises for Practising All Four Skills
... Using Picture Dictation Exercises for Practising All Four Skills Sylvia Sao Leng Ieong This exercise focuses on choosing or preparing a text in clear visual terms so that it can be used for picture ... reading with care and purpose and writing with accuracy. Rationale Dictation has never been popular with learners of English as a foreign language. However, the picture dictation designed here, ... designed here, which sufficiently prepares learners for the activity, involves students in all four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. It has been extremely popular with pre-intermediate...
Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2013, 10:10
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Adverbs
... trackers on foot. Across the saddle, a long metal object gleams in the sun. It is a rifle. For the full story of Kino, Juana, and Coyotito, read The Pearl, a fasci- nating short novel by John Steinbeck. EXERCISE ... in its sentence. runsV. adverb clockN. adjective 88 PARTS OF SPEECH Forming Adverbs from Adjectives I. Most adverbs are formed by adding ly to an adjective. ADJECTIVE ADVERB skillful + ly = ... in II and III that follow, we must make a change in the adjective before adding ly. II. If an adjective ends in ic, add al before adding ly. basic + al + ly = basically terrific + al + ly = terrifically III....
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Basic Paragraph Composition
... first paragraph: the day of the accident. Suggestions for the Second Paragraph 1. Give further details (information). For example, if you are writing about the day you fell from a ladder, tell how ... students should prepare well for class. Preparing for class helps develop self-discipline. Self-discipline is valuable. It promotes focus and organization. Preparing for class teaches responsibility. ... 15 He is Jean-Valjean, an ex-convict. 16 The police have been looking for him for years. You may have recognized this story line—it describes part of the plot of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo....
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Compound Verbs
... troublesome? Answer: Most of these pronouns change in form, depending on the way they are used in a sentence. On the other hand, the nouns that these pronouns stand for do not change. For example, take the noun George. ... noun George does not change in form, whether used as a subject, a di- rect object, or an indirect object. But most pronouns change in form, depending on their use. For example, he can be used as ... complained. S. V. For a DIRECT OBJECT , we must use him: The noise bothered him. S. V. D.O. Also, for an INDIRECT OBJECT we must use him: The noise gave him a headache. S. V. I.O. D.O. The Different Forms...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Nouns
... neighbor. Plural Nouns Nouns have a singular form and a plural form. The singular is the form that means only one: boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc. The plural is the form that means more than one: boys, ... 5 or 6. Rule 5. If the letter before y is a vowel, add s to form the plural. SINGULAR PLURAL way + s =ways key + s =keys toy + s =toys Rule 6. If the letter before y is a consonant, change the ... winning run. Alex could have scored the winning run. 9. A sensible diet is good for us. Exercise is good for us. 10. Notebooks are in the backpack. Pens are in the backpack. EXERCISE 3. Complete each...
Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Prepositions
... will meet before lunch. V. PREP. N. (The preposition before relates the noun lunch to the verb will meet.) m iiiiij x 2. A letter for you came today. N. PREP. PRON. (The preposition for relates ... late.) Caution: Do not confuse a preposition with an adverb. Compare before in the following pair of sentences: m iij x 1. We met before. V. ADV. (Before is an adverb modifying the verb met.) 5. A conjunction ... preposition and the object of the preposition. Sample: PREP. OBJ. OF PREP. I bought a ticket for the first performance. 1. With your help we cannot fail. 2. The Jacksons live above us. 3. Take the...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization
... a word. In writing contractions, don’t add a letter and don’t change the letters around. Here is an exercise to reinforce your knowledge. EXERCISE 11. Write the correct contraction for each word ... Jeff cleaned up the messy kitchen cheerful_____y. ___________________ 3. Final E Before Vowel. Drop silent e before a suffix beginning with a vowel. admire / able, argue / ing, large / est, enclose / ing, ... to spell a great many words correctly. 1. Ei, Ie. Put i before e except after c, or when sounded like a as in neighbor and weigh. i before e: believe, chief, niece, field, shield except after...
Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Nouns
... The first is forming plurals. The second is forming possessives. When you have to form plural possessives, you are faced with both problems. This lesson provides some ex- tra practice for both. Plurals ... is, unfortunately, irregular. These are the present tense forms: First Person: I am we are Second Person: you are you are Third Person: he, she, it is they are These are the past tense forms: I ... it this morning, too. They have set it for every meal this week. Bring, Take To bring usually calls for motion toward the speaker. To take usually calls for motion away from the speaker. The following...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Pronouns
... and me, for example. I is the form used for the subject and me for the object. I watched the Bears game Monday night. (I is the subject of the verb watched.) Steve told me about the surprise party for ... the correct possessive pronoun form in parentheses. 1. The idea for improving the lunchroom is (theirs, their’s). 2. The Joneses own the Honda; (ours, our’s) is the Ford. 3. (Its, It’s) starting ... different forms when they are used as subjects and as objects. There is plenty of room for confusion. Because these pronouns can be so tricky, this lesson reviews some basic guidelines for getting...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Sentence Structure
... gear for the rafting adventure. SENTENCE : Jaleel packed his gear for the rafting adventure. SENTENCE : Packing his gear for the rafting adventure, Jaleel threw in a change of clothes. For how ... corner of a busy intersection. 10. To apply for a part-time job in a fast-food restaurant. Run-on Sentences Writing sentence fragments is a serious error. Writing run-on sentences is an equally serious ... be combined to form a compound sentence. SIMPLE SENTENCE : Dogs show affection for their owners. SIMPLE SENTENCE : Cats are more aloof. COMPOUND SENTENCE : Dogs show affection for their owners,...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Review of Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns
... can be tricky, too. They change form depending on how they are used—as sin- gular, plural, or possessive nouns. On the next page is a summary of the rules for forming plurals of nouns. must have ... watchful and suspicious. Answer: Eight. EXERCISE 3. For each singular noun below, write (a) the plural and (b) the letter of the rule for forming that plural. Take your rule letters from the ... forms. (1) (2) (3) (4) POSSESSIVE POSSESSIVE SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL student students student’s students’ On each line below, only one form of a noun is given. Write the other three forms...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Sentence Composition
... streamline writing. The following exam- ples show how. CLEAR, FORCEFUL SENTENCES 137 4. a. New York police and firefighters performed heroically on September 11, 2001. b. New York police performed ... the library, a new shipment of books arrived. (The books are not working; the library worker is.) CLEAR : While I was working in the library, a new shipment of books arrived. CONFUSING : At the ... revising every sentence before you send it out into the world. EXERCISE 5. Select ten of the fifteen sentences you wrote for Exercises 3 and 4 and revise them. Aim for conciseness and clarity...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - The supbject
... You would probably say: It doesn’t matter. In informal conversation, we tend to use contractions. For example, we combine does with not, forming the contraction doesn’t. Note that not, the ... use of un- necessary words. Aim for conciseness—brief, uncluttered expression. WORDY : If you do not run for president, she may run. CONCISE : If you do not run for president, she may. (The main ... positions. PREDICATE AFTER THE SUBJECT : The parking lot S. P. PREDICATE BEFORE THE SUBJECT : the parking lot. P. S. PREDICATE PARTLY BEFORE AND PARTLY AFTER THE SUBJECT : Is the parking lot P. S. P. EXERCISE...
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