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ESL 970G Advanced Grammar Review and Editing

Spring 2005 Syllabus

Section 32959 Online

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Week 1 beginning Jan 31
Wed Feb 2, 4:00-7:00 pm Orientation Session 1, E2-401. Course description Course introduction, expectations and communication procedures. In-class writing sample. Diagnostic Test of English Sentence Skills.
UserID and password will be given in class.
Purchase textbook. Study (= read and complete the exercises) Applied English Grammar (AEG) Chapter 1 Analyzing Words and Sentences pp 24-53.
Introduction to the blackboard web learning environment. Login.Tools. Personal info. Password. Email. Telephone. Announcements. Course info. Assignments. Communication.

Mission College Online Orientation
This Orientation will help you find your way around the college, find out about support services, and learn about the college's programs and procedures. As you will discover, Mission is a very special college. It is located in the heart of one of the greatest technological centers in the world and is committed to responding to the needs of a fast growing and highly diverse community.

How to log into Blackboard.Students who pre-registered for ESL970G ONLINE can log in immediately. If you pre-registered for the on-campus section or if you added ESL970G after the semester began, you may not yet enter Blackboard as a registered student. However, you may PREVIEW the course and have access to a few of the areas. Click the link for details.

Week 2 beginning Feb 7
Tue Feb 8, 5:15-7:30 pm Orientation Session 2 Tech Center TC-1. Digital Drop Box. Discussion Boards. (Please read the descriptions in Resources.)
Post a message In the Discussion Board area () in the forum "Self-introductions." Post a paragraph introducing yourself to the class. Read the post a thoughtful reply of 15 or more words to five classmates.

AEG Chapter 1 Analyzing Words and Sentences. Complete the exercises in the book Topics: Parts of Speech. Sentence Parts (The basic English sentence; subject, verb, object complement, and modifier; phrases, clauses). Sentence types by purposes and grammatical structure. Spoken English compared to written English. Using simple sentences to make other sentences. Simple sentences. Compound sentences. Complex sentences. Compound-complex sentences. Check the answer key (AK) for the the textbook exercises in the cvc.blackboard.com Course Documents area. Do the Ch 1 Online exercises: 1-A Practice Parts of Speech and Vocabulary, 1-B Practice with Sentence Types. You may check the answer key (AK)

The Parts of Speech in English
Knowing the parts of speech can help you understand how words are used in English sentences.

References:Some Useful Definitions and Punctuation Patterns. Definitions of Independent Clause, Dependent Clause, Independent Marker, Dependent Marker, Coordinating Conjunction; Proper Punctuation Methods, Some Common Errors to Avoid (comma splice error, fused sentence error, run-on sentence error, sentence fragment error) -Brought to you by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Go to the Discussion Board (DB) and post any questions that you have about the topics in Week 1 & 2 in the AEG Chapter 1 forum. .Read each others' messages and post replies to them as you can.
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Week 3 beginning Feb 14
Study AEG Chapter 2 Past Time Frame. Complete the exercises in the book. Check the answer key (AK) in the blackboard Course Documents area. Ch 2 Online exercises:
2-A Practice with Simple Past Tense and Irregular Verbs, 2-B Practice with Past Perfect, 2-C Practice with Past Progressive, 2-D Practice with Past Time Expressions,  2-E Practice with the Present Perfect

References:Common Irregular Verbs | Another list of Irregular Verbs Practice quizzes Irregular verbs 1 Irregular Verbs 2 Irregular Verbs 3

Basic English sentence patterns. Part A. This lesson identifies and gives examples of four sentence patterns in a coherent piece of writing about one topic. It provides practice in analyzing the sentences for subjects, verbs, objects and other complements, and prepositional phrases. (I: S + active VI, II: S + active VT = O, III: S + passive V, Sentences with compound elements). After completing the exercise, click on the link to the answer keys.

Go to the Discussion Board (DB) and post any questions that you have about Chapter 2. Read each others' messages and post replies to them as you can. Make a habit of posting messages in each chapter forum.

Quizzes available 6 PM Feb 15 - 11PM Feb 18: Parts of Speech (20), Simple Sentence Recognition (10), Academic Words in Context (20). Note: links and passwords will always be accessible in the Assignments area in blackboard, not from this webpage.
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Week 4 beginning Feb 21
Analyze the simple sentences in the paragraph "Online English Homework" by marking the sentences parts as indicated in the examples. When you have finished the lesson, check the Answer Key.
Identifying Verbs in a News Article: Sea Lion Treks 65 Miles From California Coast. Print page out the page. Underline the verbs in each clause. After completing the exercise, click on the link to the answer key.
Supplementary material on Prof. Charles Darling's website: Parts of Speech | Identifying Basic Sentence Parts | Clauses: the Essential Building Blocks
Practice quizzes: Parts of Speech | Identifying Independent Clauses 1 | Identifying Independent Clauses 2 | Dependent Clauses and Types of Sentences

zes available 10AM Feb 21- 11PM Feb 25: Complete Sentence, Fragment, Comma Splice or Run-on? (10), Edit for Verbs in the Past Time Frame (10)

Writing Assignment: Post a message on the Paragraph in the past time frame. (100 pts) Due date: 11 pm Sat Feb 26..
Write a paragraph of 150-175 words using different action verbs in the past time frame Refer to AEG Chapter 2. Use at least one of each sentence type, in any order: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.Pay attention to verb tenses and verb forms.
Possible topics: what you (or somebody else) did in order to get a job, what you (sbdy else) did on a business trip or vacation, what happened in a recent job- or school-related activity (event, incident, task), what you (sbdy else) did in order to get your driver's license, what your son (wife, boyfriend, uncle, grandmother) did on a special occasion.
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Week 5 beginning Feb 28

Study AEG Chapter 3 General Truth Time Frame. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics: "General Truth" defined, Verb choices for general truth meaning, Simple present tense verbs, Present perfect: indefinite past time in general truth contexts, Time expressions with the present perfect, Subject-verb agreement. Check the answer key (AK) in the blackboard Course Documents area. Do the Ch 3 Online exercises.

Identifying Verbs in a News Article: Sea Lion Treks 65 Miles From California Coast. Print page out the page. Underline the verbs in each clause. After completing the exercise, click on the link to the answer key.

Singular subjects need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs. Learn and practice with these supplemental resources:
Subject-Verb Agreement, including PowerPoint presentation. 12 important points and 3 quizzes (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)

Subject-Verb Agreement, including subject following verb, expletive "it" , "each", "none", subjects are joined by "and", subjects are joined by "or", singular and plural subjects, linking verbs, collective nouns, relative pronouns (University of Madison).

Making Subjects and Verbs Agree (Purdue University)

Agreement: subject-verb, inc. self-test (Scott Foll, Big Dog Grammar)

Rules for Subject-Verb Agreement, inc. practice and drill (Arizona State University Writing Center)

Subject-Verb Agreement (Kellee Weinhold, Oregon University

Subject-Verb Agreement (Texas A&M Writing Center)

Google's links to Subject-Verb Agreement

zes available Feb 25-11PM Mar 4: Subject-Verb Agreement (20), Verbs in the General Truth Time Frame (20)

Extra Credit: Post a thoughtful 25-word reply to paragraphs in the past time frame written by three classmates on the . Edit your message to be as error-free as possible. Due date Mar 6.
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Week 6 beginning Mar 7

Study AEG Chapter 4 Present Time Frame. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics: Verb choices for present time meaning, The grammar of the present progressive, The meaning of the present progressive, The grammar of stative verbs, Stative verb groups, Time expressions for present time meanings, Present perfect: indefinite past time in present time contexts. Check the AK in the blackboard Course Documents area. Do the Ch 4 Online exercises..

Writing Assignment: Post a message on the Paragraph in the general truth time frame. (100 pts) Due date: 11PM Thu Mar 10. Write a paragraph of 150-175 words using different action verbs in the general truth time frame. Refer to AEG Chapter 3. Use third person subjects. Use at least one of each sentence type, in any order: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. Pay attention to subject-verb agreement (SVA) and subject-pronoun agreement (SPA). Possible topics: a basic scientific principle or a basic principle in your field of study of work; a regularly occurring procedure, activity, or event in your job, your workplace, your college, or your community.

zes available 7AM Mar 3 -11PM Mar 11: Verbs in the Present Time Frame (20 pts), Sentence Types (10)
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Week 7 beginning Mar 14

Writing Assignment: Post a reply on the . Revise your paragraph in the past time frame according to corrections and comments written by your professor and deposited in your Digital Drop box.With proper revision and editing, it is possible to raise your original score by as much as 10 points. Due date 11PM Mar 14.

Study AEG Chapter 5 Modals. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics: Modal Auxiliary Verb Defined, The Basic Grammar of the Modal Auxiliaries, Words with Similar Meanings, the Modal Auxiliary System, Using Modals to Give Advice, Using Modals to Communicate about Guesses, Modals for Future Time Meanings, Modals for Past Time Meanings, Negative Meanings of Have To and Must, Will and Can fo General Truth Meanings, Using Modals to Give Indirect Comands, Shall in American English, Modals in Passive Sentences. Check the AK in the blackboard Course Documents area. Do the online exercise (5-A. Using Modals to Give Advice:Giving Advice to a Friend, Having a Healthy Body, 5-D. Other Uses of Modal Auxiliaries: Two Different Meanings for Will,.Cultural Differences in the ESL Classroom, Seafood.)
Study Appendix D Traditional Definitions of the Modal Auxiliary Verbs

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Helping and Modal Auxiliary Verbs
shall, will, should; do, does, did; have, has, had; can, could; can, may; may, might; will, would; used to.

Print the article New life for S.F. lakes and use colored pens to identify the following verb forms:simple present, present progressive, present perfect, present modal
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/8136500.htm or SFlakespres.pdf

Extra Credit: Post a thoughtful 25-word reply to paragraphs in the general truth time frame written by three classmates on the . Edit your message to be as error-free as possible. Due date Mar 14.

Words! Words! Words! Everyone can benefit by improving vocabulary. The Compleat Lexical Tutor is an excellent site. Start by doing the tutorial to test your word level in English. Then click Compare words you know vs. use. Enter your paragraph in the box. The Web VP program will tell you how many word types the text contains from the following four frequency levels: (1) the list of the most frequent 1,000 word families, (2) the list of the second 1,000 word families, (3) the Academic Word List, and (4) the words that do not appear in any of the preceding lists. There are also links to these websites at the top of the Syllabus Page.
 
Writing Assignment: Post a message on the Paragraph in the present time frame (100 pts). Due date: 11PM Fri Mar 18. Observe your surroundings carefully. What can you hear, see, smell, taste, and/or feel? What are you and the people (and/or animals) around you doing at this moment? Write a paragraph of 150-175 words using different action verbs in the present progressive (action verbs), simple present (nonaction verbs) and modals. Refer to AEG Chapters 4 and 5. Use subjects in the first, second, and third person singular and plural. Use at least one of each sentence type, in any order: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. Pay attention to subject-verb agreement (SVA) and subject-pronoun agreement (SPA).

Practice quizzes on modal auxiliaries
Helping and Modal Auxiliary Verbs | Use of Modal Auxiliaries | Fill in the gaps with can, can't, must and mustn't.
Modal Quiz | Past Modal Quiz | Past Modal Auxiliaries

Modal Auxiliaries Due date: 11PM Mar 21
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Week 8 beginning Mar 21

Study AEG Chapter 6 Future Time Frame. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics: Future Time Choice, Basic Future Time Verb Choices, Verb Forms Used to Indicate Future Time, Future Time Adverbs and Adverbial Modifiers, Speaking about the Future, Writing about the Future. Check the AK in the blackboard Course Documents area. Do the Online Exercises.

Writing Assignment:
Post a reply on the . Revise your paragraph in the general truth time frame according to corrections and comments written by your professor and deposited in your Digital Drop box. With proper revision and editing, it is possible to raise your original score by as much as 10 points. Due date 11PM Mar 21

Editing Assignment: Post a message on the Error correction: Verbs in Past Time Frame.(30 pts) Due date: 11 pm Thu Mar 24.
Read the various discussion board forums. In five sentences written by five different writers, find errors in verbs in the past time frame. For each sentence, identify the paragraph by title, copy the writer's sentence exactly, provide a revision of the the verb error(s), and explain why your revision is better. Try to include yourself as one of the five writers. (Refer to AEG Ch 2.) Put your name in the subject line. Follow this
example:

zes Midterm Exams Due date: 11PM Mar 25. Verb Forms (50) Basic Terminology and Sentence Structure Identification (50)
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Week of Spring Break beginning Mar 28

No homework or quizzes need to be submitted this week. However, for students' grammatical benefit, it is essential to keep studying and doing practice exercises.
Study AEG Section Four: Editing Written English.
Learning how to edit: 1) The most serious problems, 2) intermediate problems, 3) punctuation and mechanics problems
Practice the Editing Process: Editing Past Time, Editing for Subject-Verb Agreement, Editing Modasl Auxiliaries, Editing for Determiners and Articles, Editing for Prepositions, Editing for Gerunds and Infinitives, Editing for Punctuation and CapitalizationWriting Focused on the Past Time Frame, Writing Focused on teh General Truth Time Frame, Writing Focused on teh Modal Auxiliaries, Writing Focused on Passive Sentences

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Study AEG Chapter 12 Punctuation. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics: Overview of Punctuation Choices, The Period and Other End marks, The Comma, The Apostrophe, The Semicolon, The Colon, Quotation marks, Underlining, Capitalization. Do the online exercises 12-6. Rules for Using Commas. 12-8. Practice with Capitalization.
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Guide to Grammar and Writing: Punctuation Marks
Explanations, examples and self-quizzes on the period, comma, question mark, exclamation mark, colon, semicolon, hyphen, dash, parentheses, brackets, ellipsis, apostrophe, quotation marks, and slash
Punctuation from Purdue University Online Writing Lab
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Week 9 beginning April 4
 
Study AEG Chapter 7 Questions and Commands. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics: Importance of Questions Purposes of Questions Review of the Basic Grammar of Yes-No Questions Review of the Basic Grammar of Informattion Questions Tag Questions Questions Inside of STatements Commands Do the online exercises.

Writing Assignment: Post ten questions on the DB > Questions about a News Article. Due date: 11 pm Thu Apr 7. (100 pts)
Choose an article of interest to you from an online source (e.g., CNN, San Jose Mercury News, Los Angeles Times). Copy the article's exact URL into a Word document. Write ten questions of different types about the article: yes-no questions, information questions, tag questions and embedded questions). Edit your questions for grammatical accuracy. In your Word document, in a list below your questions, write ten answers. Do not post the answers. Keep them for reference when your classmates try to answer your questions. Follow the professor's model.

Questions and Commands Due date: 11PM April 9

Writing Assignment: Answer the questions. Read the subjects on the DB > Questions about a News Article. Due date: 11 pm Sun Apr 10. (20 pts). Choose one message that does not yet have a reply. Read the article and the writer's ten questions. Post a reply: answer the writer's questions. If another student has already posted answers, please choose another student's topic. In other words, one set of questions - one set of answers. First come, first served! To hold your place, click Reply, write "I am going to answer these questions by (5:00) tonight." Later, come back, click your message, click Modify, and post your answers.
Extra credit: If you see and correct errors in the writer's questions, you may earn up to 2 more points.
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Week 10 beginning April 11

Study AEG Chapter 8 Prepositions. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics: Nine most common preposition, In, On, At for time and space, Relationship meanings for prepositions, Use of prepositions, Meanings of the possessives, Making choices between of and the apostrophe for possessives
Appendix E Prepositions: I. Alphabetized list of common prepositions, II. Verb + preposition combinations,
III. Verb + Adjective or Noun + Preposition.
Do the online exercises.

Prepositions: Locators in Time and Space | List of common prepositions
Practice quizzes on prepositions:
Prepositions1 | Prepositions2 | Prepositions3 | Prepositions4 | Prepositions | Prepositions - crossword 1 | Prepositions - crossword 2 | Prepositions - crossword 3 |

Study AEG Chapter 9 Nouns, Articles, and Determiners. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics:
Articles and other determiners, Proper and common nouns, Count nouns, Noncount nouns, Meanings of nouns, Summary of the use of articles, Determiners and quantifiers with count and noncount nouns. Do the online exercises.

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Nouns
Plural forms of nouns, Possessive forms of nouns, An exercise in recognizing nouns, Count versus non-count nouns, An exercise in categorizing count- and non-count nouns, Compound nouns (and adjectives)
Practice quizzes on nouns:
Count/Noncount Nouns | Recgonizing nouns | Naming nouns | Count and non-count nouns

Articles, Determiners and Quantifiers Articles, determiners, and quantifiers are those little words that precede and modify nouns
Practice quizzes on articles: Aricles a, an, the | Aricles a, an, the or no article
Practice quizzes on quantifiers:: Qauntifiers much, many, most,few,a few, little, a little | Quantifiers a few, a Practice quizzes on quantifiersgreat deal, a little, a lot, a lot of, a majority of, enough, many, much of, plenty, several of, some

zes Noun Forms (10) Indefinite Articles: A and An (20) Due date: 11PM Sat Apr 16
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Week 11 beginning April 18

Study AEG Chapter 10 Adverbial, Noun, and Relative Clauses. Listen to the sound files in the Course Documents area. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics. Traditional Definitions, Recognizing Different Types of Clauses: Adverbial Clauses, Relative (Adjective) Clauses, and Noun Clauses
Recognizing and Correcting Common Sentence Problems, Sentence Combining Practice: Adverbial Clauses and Relative (Adjective) Clauses, Sentence Combining; Making Decisions about Combining Sentences

Do the Online Exercises

Punctuation practice Quizzes at Purdue University Online Writing Lab Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling
Accept and Except, Affect and Effect, Apostrophes, Commas vs. Semicolons, Commas with Nonessential Elements [1] [2] [3] , I/E Spelling Rules, Sentence Fragments, Using Commas, Words that Sound Alike: Exercises

Identifying Nouns, Adjectives, and Noun Phrases.. Click and print the article "Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones". Underline all of the nouns and noun phrases. With a yellow highlighter pen, highlight the adjectives. With a green highlighter pen, highlight other modifiers of that noun (articles, personal pronouns, nouns, possessive nouns, adverbs). Draw an arrow from each adjective and other modifier to the noun that it modifies. Then check the answer key.

Identifying Types of Dependent Clauses. Click and print the article "I want a cigarette so bad".With a yellow highlighter pen, highlight all of the dependent clauses and mark each as adverbial clause, noun clause, or relative clause.Then check the answer key.

zes Articles: A, An, The and no article (30) Adverbial, Noun, and Relative Clause Identification (25) Due date: 11PM Sat Apr 23.

Writing Assignment: Post ten sentences Sentences with Adverbial, Noun, and Relative Clauses on the DB . Due date: 11PM Sat Apr 23. (100 pts) Write ten complex sentences related to a topic of your choice. Compose at least two sentences with each of the following types of clauses: adverbial, noun, relative adjectiveor a relative adverb. Set the dependent clause in square brackets. Use a different subordinator in each sentence. Write at least one restrictive clause and one nonrestrictive clause. Include count and noncount nouns. Pay attention to prepositions, articles, determiners, noun forms, verb forms, and punctuation.
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Week 12 beginning April 25

Study AEG Chapter 11 Passive Sentences. Listen to the sound file in the Course Documents area. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics: “Passive” Defined, Comparing Active and Passive Sentences, When to Use Passive Sentences, Making Passive Verbs, Using the By-Phrase, Passive Look-Alikes. Do the online exercises.
Passive sentences in the news: Five-alarm fire

Review AEG Chapter 12 Punctuation. Refer to the exercises in the book and the online exercises
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Punctuation Marks
Explanations, examples and self-quizzes on the period, comma, question mark, exclamation mark, colon, semicolon, hyphen, dash, parentheses, brackets, ellipsis, apostrophe, quotation marks, and slash
Punctuation from Purdue University Online Writing Lab

zes: Active and Passive Voice (10) Due date: 11PM Sat Apr 30. (30 points).

Writing Assignment: Sentences with Passive Sentences
.(50) Due date: 11PM Sat Apr 30. Write five to eight sentences about a factual procedure, either in the past or the present. Use a minimum of five passive constructions where appropriate. Type the title in the subject line.

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Week 13 beginning May 2

Study AEG Chapter 13 Nouns, Adjectives, and Personal Pronouns. Listen to the sound file in the Course Documents area. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics:Adjectives,Noun phrases, Review of personal pronouns Do the online exercises.

Study AEG Chapter 14 Adverbs. Listen to the sound file in the Course Documents area. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics:“Adverb” Defined, Formation of Adversb from Adjectives, Adverbs of Frequency, No and Not, Word Order with Adverbs and Adverbials. Do the online Exercises.

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Adverbs
Definition of Adverb, Using Adverbs in a Numbered List, Adverbs We Can Do Without, Kinds of Adverbs, Positions of Adverbs
Order of Adverbs, Adjuncts, Disjuncts, and Conjuncts, Some Special Cases, Relative Adverbs, Viewpoint, Focus, and Negative Adverbs
Interactive Practice Exercises from Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Adjective or Adverb, Prepositions of Direction: To, On (to), In (to), Prepositions of Location: At, In, On

Adverbs Due date: 11PM Tue May 10
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Week 14 beginning May 9

Writing Assignment: Error Analysis and Editing: 29 sentences (10). Doing this exercise will help prepare you for the final exam. Submit this according to the diretions. Due date: 11PM Wed May 11.

Study AEG Chapter 15 Conditional and Hypothetical. Listen to the sound file in the Course Documents area. Complete the exercises in the book. Topics: “Conditional” and “Hypothetical” Defined, Meaning and Grammar of Conditional Sentences, Modal Auxiliaries in Conditional Sentences, Meaning and Grammar of Hypothetical Sentences, Were in Hypothetical If-Clauses, Wishes as Hypothetical Sentences, Verbs in Conditional Sentences and Hypothetical Sentences. Do the online exercises.

Study AEG Chapter 16 Gerunds and Infinitives. Do the exercises in the book. Topics:
“Gerund” and “Infinitive” Defined, Uses of Gerunds and Infinitives: Gerunds as Direct Objects, Prepositions Followed by Gerunds, Used To and Be Used To, Infinitives as Direct Objects: Infinitives and Adjectives; Infinitives and Too; Infinitives and For; Infinitives and In Order To; How, When, Where + Infinitives, Verbs That Can Have Either a Gerund or an Infinitive as Direct Object with no Meaning Difference, Verbs That Can Have Either a Gerund or an Infinitive as Direct Object with Different Meanings. Do the online Exercises.

zes: Word Order (20) Gerunds and Infinitives (20) Due date: 11PM Sat May 14
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Week 15 beginning May 17
REVIEW. Select from the following exercises to review for the final exam.
Analysis of Simple Sentences: Snow Mark the subject, verb and prepositional phrases in each simple sentence.
Analysis of Compound Sentences: Stonehenge Mark the subjects, verbs, prepositional phrases, and coodinating conjunction in each compound sentence.
Analysis of Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences: Space Flight Mark the subjects, verbs, prepositional phrases, coodinating conjunctionm subordinators, independent clauses and dependent clauses.
Edit for Run-on and Comma Spice Errors: 4A The Composing Process; 4B Efficient Test Taking Find and correct 5-6 run-on and comma splice errors in each paragraph.
Edit for Fragments: 1A The Braille Alphabet; 1B Human Memory Find and correct 5 fragments in each paragraph.
Edit for Verbs: 2A The Flight of the Voyager; 2B The Genetic Manipulation of Tobacco Find the 10 verb errors in each paragraph.
Edit for Agreement: 3A Skimming; 3B The Solar System
Find 8 and 12 subject-verb agreement errors in each paragraph.
Edit for Word Order: The Rosetta Stone Find the word order errors in this paragraph.
Edit for Word Order: Dinosaurs Find the word order errors in this paragraph.
Edit for Word Choice: Tornadoes Find the word order errors in this paragraph.
Edit for Articles: 9A The Sundial; 9B Diamonds Find 17 and 10 article errors in each paragraph.
Edit for Punctuation: 10A Historians and Archeologists; 10B Earthquakes Find and insert 20 punctuation marks in each paragraph.
Edit for Capitalization: 11A Calculus; 11B Thanksgiving

Sentence Combination: Types of Tests, Classroom Behavior, and A Study Plan Combine 3 groups of short simple sentences into compound and complex sentences in the context of 3 distinct paragraphs

Singular subjects need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs. Learn and practice with these links:
Subject-Verb Agreement, including PowerPoint presentation. 12 important points and 3 quizzes (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)

Subject-Verb Agreement, including subject following verb, expletive "it" , "each", "none", subjects are joined by "and", subjects are joined by "or", singular and plural subjects, linking verbs, collective nouns, relative pronouns (University of Madison).
Making Subjects and Verbs Agree (Purdue University)
Agreement: subject-verb, inc. self-test (Scott Foll, Big Dog Grammar)
Rules for Subject-Verb Agreement, inc. practice and drill (Arizona State University Writing Center)
Subject-Verb Agreement (Kellee Weinhold, Oregon University
Subject-Verb Agreement (Texas A&M Writing Center)
Google's links to Subject-Verb Agreement
These self-quizzes can help you practice what you have learned about subject-verb agreement.
Dave Sperling's Subject-Verb Agreement quiz

City University of hong Kong's English Language Centre Subject-Verb Agreement quiz>
Colleen Weldele's Subject/Verb Agreement quiz
Vera Mello's Subject and Verb Agreement quiz
English Zone's Subject-Verb Agreement quizzes: Easy, Intermediate, Advanced Levels. Some quizzes are free; others require membership.
Subject-Verb Agreement quizzes (Erlyn Baack's page, Advanced Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English)
Sample TOEFL grammar questions: Word form: Subject-Verb Agreement
Do the exercises and then check your answers in the AK.
Sentence Fragment Exercisesó#1 Analyze each of 16 sets of sentences as correct (C) or a fragment (F).
Sentence Fragment Exercisesó#2 Proofread 5 brief paragraphs and edit them for fragment errors.
Sentence Fragment Exercisesó#3 Read a paragraph with no punctuation. Add capitals, periods, commas, and/or other punctuation that may be needed to make the word groups into complete sentences. Make sure that there are no fragments.
Take a self-quiz on The Functions of Clauses (self-quiz)
View Prof. Darlingís Powerpoint presentation Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices
and take the self-quizzes: Avoiding Comma Splices 1 & 2, Repairing Run-on Sentences, and Fragments and Run-on Sentences
Commas with Nonessential Elements

Commas Set off Nonessential Elements: Exercise #1
Commas Set off Nonessential Elements: Exercise #2

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Week 16 beginning May 23
Final exam Thursday, May 26, 8:30-10:30AM ESL Lab Room E2-401
The two-hour exam consists of the following tasks.
_ Sentence completion: Verb forms and verb tenses. Format: Fill-in-the-blank online test.
_ Recognition: Are these sentences grammatically, lexically and mechanically correct or not?
_ Editing. Find and edit the grammatical, lexical and mechanical errors in sentences.

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