Grammar Activities

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Exercise 9 EDITING Each of the sentences contains an error. Find and correct the errors. The kind and number of errors are indicated.
     Punctuation- 3                          Capitalization- 2                             Preposition- 1
     Verb tense- 2                           Adverb clause- 2

1. adverb clause
2. capitalization
3. verb tense
4. punctuation
5. punctuation
6. verb tense
7. preposition
8 .punctuation
9. capitalization
10. adverb clause

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Exercise 23 Read the paragraphs about a Chinese folktale. Combine
 the clauses in italics by using adverb clauses of time. Be careful to use the appropiate subordinator. Your revised version should contain the following subordinators: while, until, after, when, whenever, as soon as.

1. After the nigth is clear, you can see shadows on the moon.
2. Whenever he drank wine, he allowed the dragon to run away.
3. During that time while he was there, he met some of his friends.
4. After he drank some more, he finally became completely tipsy.
5.As soon as he saw some fellows playing chess, he asked to join them.
6. After they played a few moves of the game, Wu Kang lost the game.
7.He had wagered and lost the dragon pearl until he immediately wagered and lost the mighty dragon.
8. When the Immortals learnednof the loss, they were furious.
9. The tree reached a great height until they gave Wu Kang an axe and told him to cut off the branches.
10. He had cut off all the branches when immediately after that, bigger ones sprouted and grew.
11. Now whenever you see shadows on the moon, you will know that they are the branches of the cinnamon tree falling down.

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Exercise 6 Study these thesis statements and their supporting topic sentences. Turn each thesis statement into a question. Then write additional topic sentences for each thesis statement.

1. Question: Why is the city the place for me to live?
      C. I enjoy the fast pased life of the city.
2. Question: Is jogging the only way to improve your circulation?
      C. You can also improve your circulation by eating right.
3. Question: Does having an after school job teaches teenagers important life skills?
      C. This jobs can teach teenagers to be responsible with money.
4. Question: Does a foreign student enrolled at an American University encounter difficulty?
      B. Speaking a different language can be hard.
      C. As a foreign student you must learn the new customs.
5. Question: Should taking a foreign language be required in high school?
       A. Learning a foreign language can improve intelligence.
       B. You can have more knowledge in the cultural sense.
       C. To know a foreign language you can have friends in other countries.