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Post by vocabulitis5 on May 28, 2009 17:14:35 GMT -8
Test 3
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 4, 2009 11:38:37 GMT -8
Notes
1. T
Having: already did
-coming: still coming
-doesn’t make sense if the first part already came
-they already reached a point
2. if becomes a subordinate clause
You can’t have if marching through a rainstorm
As if they had marched or would have marched
-If I had eaten breakfast, I would go to lunch with you
Answer: D
2. ON the vascular harmful effects are increasingly well documented
3. 3. Lost connection
4. Becomes clause
-describes issue
-fragment
-would happen
-will is a problem
5. Restating of a subject (appositive)
-look for subject/verb outside
-quimby did it
-comma after quimby
AND- you don’t even have subject/verb
HAVE PILOTED, DID IT SOUNDS AWKWARD
Answer: E
6. You could put in anything after comma
-cant put subject and verb just after comma
-put phrase and clause
-semicolon ends sentence and starts new one
-there is no this here..in this is awkward
-for with a comma works like a because…
-work has been singular and singular
-work has been excellent (much clearer)
Answer: D
7. Images and wit are the subjects
Compound subjects
-plural verb
-they give reader pleasure
-please the one who is reading..please is plural verb
-one who is reading( not better…)
-gives pleasure bad because there are two subjects
-give one pleasure in the reading of it (it looks like it should be poem but poem cannot be antecedent because it says POEM’S)
-poem’s means my, your, his can’t be image because image is plural
--not a noun or pronoun..it’s an adjective
-can’t have an adjective as an antecedent
8. something being usually is totally unnecessary and awkward
12. directed by George wolf: modifier
13. –whether (if) used correctly
-a or b use whether
-or are they (don’t need)
-curse or blessing don’t repeat same idea…omit second time
Answer: b
14. people which doesn’t make sense ..supposed to be people who/that
-correct to use when you have no comma
15. when he talked (Patrick henry)
-cause beginning with because
-Subject of clause is most
-having been not proper
-most can be plural or singular
-most, some, or all can be both depending on what you’re talking about
Some of the cookies are countable so it’s plural
-most of members so it’s plural in this case
16. how to do…
-preserving could work if it was the subject of the clause
Answer: A
17. when: is it a when talking about time?
They don’t mind having him around..get along with him even though he makes insulting remarks
When needs to be because
Answer: D
18. answer: D
Clearer has more built into it
Has been clear: subject is
Clear or not clear is an idea
Whole group of words
How critical an improved balance of trade…clause
Subject inside the clause
Outside: has been more clearer
Whole clause is the subject
19. has not: subject is critics contend that reforms in welfare has not managed to brig…etc
Has is supposed to be have
20. it: antecedent
Which word is antecedent? Crabs, waters, numbers, microorganisms
CRABS
If you see pronoun, make sure you see the antecedent
RULES
1. SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT
2. TENSE
3. PRONOUN/ANTECEDENT
21. clause: which uses remote cameras in the catching of speeding motorists
Antecedent of which is system
System: singular
Use and which needs to be singular
Don’t say system is the subject for uses
22. sensitive to be criticized : awkward
Sensitive to something..
Sensitive to criticism by the press is correct
23. their modify artists
24. fiercer er is for two things
Est is for three objects
Answer: D
25. two causes:
Less funding and decrease in jobs
A with b is only one thing..prep phrase
Two separate things..
Two clauses then say a and b with ruins it
Answer: C
26. subject NUMBER
A number: are
27. novel by this person and we want to say that it’s more read,popular,or stronger
Novel is compared with person
Ex: my brain is bigger than david
Correct: my brain is bigger than david’s BRAIN
28. pronoun: antecedent
Ante means before
Ante doesn’t come before..it comes after
What is the antecedent of the it?
It is the truck
Trucks is plural and you have to say until they are replaced by something
Answer: A
29. NO ERROR
Write sentences!
How do we use if then situation?
Write two sentences each
If then sentence!
1. Write a regular sentence
2. Ex I didn’t go to school
3. If I _______had done
4. Then I ______would have ( PAST PARTICIPAL)
HOW DO WE DO THIS?
Has to have HAD DONE!
1. I stole the money
2. If I hadn’t stolen the money, then I would not have gone to jail.
3. Write sentences! At least 2 sentences on gdocs
sentences:
1. I lost my pencil case full of all my pencils. If i was focusing on what was going on, then I would have realized that i was missing one of my possessions.
2. I went swimming with my sister in the hot sun. If I knew I would be sun burned until I turned black as the night, then I would have applied sun screen every once in a while.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 11, 2009 12:47:35 GMT -8
1. find subject and verb
were: verb
one of the most popular and attractive: subject
(prepositional phrase)
answer: D
2. rule of parallism
tornado: ripped through town
-toppling
-uprooting
-last one should be doing (snapping)
answer:C
4. can't have er and more at the same time
sorrier or more sorry
big to bigger
beautiful can't be beautifuler
so you add more in front of beautiful
one or two syllables: add er
three or more: add more
answer: B
ex: DAvid is taller than I!
-Mom loves the dog more than I/Me
I: than is making a new statement
Me: Mom loves the dog more than mom loves me
omit mom loves
left with "me"
Than I is always correct
5. can't have about after determine
choices: whether or if
if no good for the situation
only good for if then statement
whether can be used in different situations from if
judges: he or she/they
it's they because it's plural
he or she is for a singular
passive voice is proper
6. mountains summit having been reached is passive and awkward
pronoun they means the climbers
answer: D
7. Whether blah blah to blah blah acts as one word
subject of the sentence
remains uncertain is the first sentence
problem is the did not
in actuality of the sailing: nobody talks like that
ex:Mr K. taught us the fact that students are lazy
take out the fact
that students are lazy
noun is well known to everyone
correct form and good sentence
that in the beginning of sentence: not an error
answer D
8. , and conjunction
; subject v
, adj/adv
sentence has subject and verb
even so is like however ( use with semicolon)
not a comma
answer: E
10.dangling up to the comma
name needs to be close to the description
most people seem to be the one being criticised
dangling: with the wrong word when it should be matched with amelia earhart
answer: D
11. c: and they are otherwise
can't just have and because first part ended
conflicts that..describes a word in front of it
answer: D
12. ex: david and joe are my friends. The former is a student and the latter is a t.a former refers to the first and latter is the second thing or person.
But the latter is not nearly
error: D
cannot have as with than in same sentence
13. nothing's wrong
14. rule is about comparison
from is correct
rather than, more than, less than, different than
problem in comparison
illogical comparison
want to say artists of earlier times
answer: D
15. of public policy prep phrase
use the word that because we don't like to repeat same word twice in same line
few issues are likely to provoke the interest
issue become antecedent of that
issues is plural that is singular
16. antecedent for them is fish
antecedent for it is each
no error
17. in is the problem
18. form is important
change to drive
driving is called gerund
to turn off is infinitive
19. can't say had swam
it's had swum
20.antecedent for they is agency
collective noun is like a group
21. which is disease
ex: mr kim, my most favorite teacher in the world, blah blah
which is the subject
which completed blah blah blah
if which is the subject.. is it singular or plural?
singular!
23.antecedent of their is indians
no problem
24. subject for provide is record
by fossil prep phrase
the ancient remains of plants and animals is an appositive
26. studying is a gerund
need to say expects
27. can never say we
28. neither turns or into nor
29. subject of is = directory and list
ex: in my desk is a pen and a pencil
in my desk is not a subject
it just tells you the position
in this case my subject is a pen and pencil
sentences
write than sentences
five sentences that uses the than I, Than she, than they, and than he sentences
I am bigger than she.
1. Everyone calls me the petite one so I always think that I am smaller than she.
2. While I am being called a short person, another person is being called a giant because he is larger than I.
3. My pet loves everyone because it is always loving and adorable but my pet loves me more than she.
4. Being comfortable changes the attitudes of many because I am more hyper than he is at church.
5. Receiving the results of the test scores changed the expressions on everyone's face because I could see that she looked happier than he.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 18, 2009 12:39:59 GMT -8
sentences:
1. Before I had gone to sleep in the serene comfortableness of my bed, my sister terribly annoyed me and caused me to sleep in fury.
2. After I had finished the laborious hours of homework, I went into the darkness of the kitchen and drank two glasses of silky milk.
3. Before we dipped our toes into the freezing public swimming pool, we had stretched and exercised for the prevention of stiffness.
4. After running the long distance of two miles, I had been sweating persperation so much that I felt very dehydrated.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 18, 2009 12:41:08 GMT -8
split infinitive
(to move back)
parallel structure
17. when you begin a sentence with a phrase you
call it a participle
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 25, 2009 11:23:28 GMT -8
notes
7. pronoun needs antecedent
pronoun: it
antecedent:finding
subject: finding
finding is a gerund
8. subject: difficulties
verb: threatens
plural subject
with singular verb
threatens turns to threaten
9. to do
to appeal/persuade
rather than to do A and B
10. as an undergraduate at rutgers university
DANGLING
modifyer or a participle
IT IS MODIFYER
phrase that acts as an adjective
11. their is pronoun
antecedent is empire
passive voice
UNNECESSARY HERE
13. if I __eat__
the taco I __get sick__
14. subject: circumstances
writing about people whose circumstances were deporable
DANGLING
not mismatch: not dangling
mismatch: dangling
no error in sentence
17. which situation
the car, which i bought
which modifies those
you have to say who or whom instead of which
who=he=nominative case
he is subject
whom=him=objective case
him is objective
18. prefer A to B
you need word to
than: bigger, less, more than
19. we can't change it to your standard
talking about ancient society
20. subject: use
21. would be in the present/past
22. antecedent of who is workers
NO ERROR
26.NO ANTECEDENT
do it is the problem
29.BETWEEN MEANS BETWEEN A AND B
NOT OR
sentences
1. I never attended preschool, but if I had gone to preschool then I would have been smarter than I am now.
2. I don't go to university high, but if I really want to go then I would try my best and learn how to attend with my independent skills.
3. I won't be going to the concert, but if I were to go to the concert then I would have enjoyed my week.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 9, 2009 11:24:06 GMT -8
NOTES
1. answer is C
clause until council
answer b is wrong
-were enthusiastic and supportive of
if of wasn't there you got two adjective
but in this case we have of
enthusiastic and supportive get to share
OF rules
2. answer D
c and b is a description about the problem
d: problem of the pollution is frequently compounded
it is the verb of the sentence
3. rule of HAVING BEEN A VICTIM THEN COMMA
DANGLINGG
who was victim? helen
structure.. is it wrong?
______, yujinia
a generous, yujinia
appositive
being generous or having generosity comma then yujinia
if she isn't generous anymore, it turn sout
having been generous
or having had generosity
4. you don't want to put THEY
their has no antecedent so that doesn't work
the laws allow students to vote wherever or in the place where..
ANSWER D
8. sv -- sv
what can i have in the blank?
, and
, or
;
, but
.
, yes
, so
; however
; therefore
9.
soua, who is running for office is _____going to win
who is through office is a clause
answer c
parallelism
10. a and e are the choices because they are shorter!
that's not neccessarily the case
because they're more likely to be the answers
but in this casee...
that their music draws on is correct
The reason for Rebecca's laziness is
for rebecca's laziness is prep so you ignore
subject: reason
verb: is
(that she is too smart)
r. is lazy because she is too smart
this is the way to use because
you state full independent clause then state reason why
because is an adverb because it explains WHY
ANSWER B
14. subject: introducting and replacing
17. those who refer to people
when you see averb, you look for a subject
just when means same time
everything needs to be the same tense
19. their life needs to be changed to their lives
23. no errorr!
24.past perfect
passive voice
under which the workers, rather than the state, owns most enterprises.
in this system or under this system or of this sytem
26.
ms andrews is appositive
27. it is not dangling
fastest is wrong because it is comparing all the animals
28. they cannot fuse together and become a candidate
29. of the two candidates prepositional phrase
subject of the verb is is which]
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 16, 2009 12:00:05 GMT -8
Grammar Review Instructions for July 9th.
We will be reviewing our grammar today. You are to look through the questions that you missed on previous practice tests, starting from Test #1. Your incorrect answers should already be highlighted in your Gdoc answer sheet.
Find questions that you do not completely understand and would like for me to explain again. In this document, write the test number and question number that you want to go over.
You should also check the bulletin board for your past notes. If there are any concepts you don't understand, I will explain those as well. Write your questions in this document.
You will do this preparation for the first hour. I will check this document periodically to make sure that you are working through the questions.
You can take your break at 4:50. We will begin our lecture session at 5:00.
MR.K
Test 1
#19,20,21,26
Test 3
# 20-22,24,25,26,30,31
Test 4
# 12,15,20,22,25
Test 7
# 5,7,8,9,16-18
Test 8
#1,4,5,19,22,23
YOu don't need to answer every question im just listing the ones that i need reminding
NOTES
Section 7 questions
2. Burdened with ___,
Eating a pie, ___studying all night,
Eating the pie, my dog bit me
Seems like the dog was eating the pie
Ex: driving too fast, the car skidded off the road.
Dangling? YES driving too fast¡¦car was driving too fast but it wasn¡¯t driving
The person was driving the car
The pattern matters
When you see this pattern, you need to say DANGLING
Dangling participle or modifier
Modifier: general class
-appositive
-pre. Phrase
-participle: verb form used as adjective
Participle: eating a pie studying all night
Describes the person!
Studying and eating describes the person
Participle is most common
Eating a pie, my dog bit me
Ex:The man walked his dog in a blue coat
In a blue coat is dangling
It is describing the man
Ex:Kaslyn talked back to the teacher, a bold student.
A bold student is called an appositive
Renaming!
A bold student dangling?
Correct: kaslyn, a bold student, talked back to the teacher.
OR
A bold student, kaslyn, talked back to the teacher.
9. george orwell's term "doublespeak" refers not referring
10. scientists predict they will¡¦
Predict and will are two verbs
Run on sentence
Comma splice is a type of run on sentence
Scientists predict, they will¡¦
EX: Joshua was late Joshua didn¡¯t finish
Joshua was late; Joshua didn¡¯t finish.
Cannot have a comma with therefore
Can have comma with and
Can have comma with so but it is not formal writing
Can have comma with but
Not just a comma
ANSWER: E
Sv___sv
Compound sentence
Cannot use so as a conjunction as an essay DON¡¯T DO IT
USAGE OF ¡°SO¡±
Two ways to use so
1. I like you, so I¡¯ll give you candy!
Not okay change it so you don¡¯t use SO
Use BECAUSE I like you I¡¯ll give candy
Correct way ¡°so that¡±
1. I like you so much that I will give you candy
2. I will give you candy so that you won¡¯t hate me¡¦
Don¡¯t use SO as a CONJUNCTION
Don¡¯t use SO ever
Use so as a very
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH incorrect
I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH correct
Why does ¡°so¡± not work?
So does not say very or extremely
You could only say I HATE YOU SO MUCH THAT I WANT TO SLAP YOU
Always want to use that
c: a baggage cart was what sarah desperately searched for
d: a baggage cart for which sarah desperately searched
11. with billions of tons yet to be mined,
prepositional phrase
answer: b
do we like because? VERY GOOOD"
"doubleplusgood"
being is noooo goood
doubleplusungood
with and because difference
with: preposition
with his pen, he wrote many novels
don't write half a sentence starting with because
I have to go, i want to sleep
verb:have
what do you have? to go (infinitive)
verb: want
dwhat do you want? to sleep (infinitive)
26. subject: pollution
verb: has been studied
,but correct compound sentence
ignore airpollution caused by industrial fumes has been studied for years,
second phrase:but only recently has the harmful effects of noise pollution become known
subject: effects
33. now that i am almost old enough to vote, i pay more attention to the character of candidates.
DELETE IT
34. the media report the lies, they say it is because they are newsworthy
comma splice: two sentences connected with a comma
always check:
1. subject and verb
2. tense
3. pronoun/antecedent
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 30, 2009 11:44:57 GMT -8
Instructions for July 16th.
The following are problematic phrases taken from practice tests. Before we begin the lecture, take some time to go through the list and try to identify the grammar rule associated with the phrase. Write your guess in the right column. You are not expected to know all of them, but I will need to see your guesses to know how well you know your grammar topics. During lecture, you will need to replace your text with the correct answers.
You have until 4:30 PM to go through the list.
RED FLAG
RULE
4:00 P.M. this afternoon
REDUNDENCYend up saying the same thing
4 pm and this afternoon
4pm is ALWAYS in the afternoon
a means of survival
means:singular
a means people think it's wrong but it's correct
means--> end
E is most likely to be the answer
a number of
a # of vs. the # of
15 is the number of people in my class
the number of
-verb: is
a number of
-a lot of means many
-verb is ARE
A talented and versatile artist,
is ____: you're not gonna get this kind
person does something s-v
it is a modifier
APPOSITIVE:has descriptions in the beginning of the sentence
talented is NOT a participle
just an adjective
RULE IS DANGLING!
-The man walked his dog in a blue coat
dangling "in a blue coat"
you're not allowed to say DOG IN A BLUE COAT
-The man tied to a long leash walked his dog
dangling:tied to a long leash
____, s-v-o man kicked dog
gerund: ing=noun
participle ing,ed=adjective
abide with
abide BY
about me getting the seats
possessive before a gerund
getting is the gerund
ing word used as a noun like skiing
about MY getting
about YOUR getting
gerund: somebody's doing something and use it as a noun and use it as a possessive form saying WHO'S saying it
about who
OBJECTIVE CASE AFTER PREPOSITION
about whom
After seeing the movie,
dangling
___, without a subject and verb it is dangling!
agreement among two people
between vs. among
between
-two things
among
-three or more things
agreement BETWEEN two people
Along the curve of the island lies¡
adverb phrases
dangling modifier type issue
all intended to describe the noun
these tell WHERE
v-s for lies
we don't know because it's not there yet
ex: in my desk is/are
what's the subject?
as expensive than
as ___adj___ as
need two as
not than
At the heart of this program....
where something is..
verb subject pattern
barely
double negative word
barely,rarely,scarcely
I can barely hear you
incorrect: i can't barely hear you
because of being¡
because is GOOD
because of preposition
soua gets everything wrong because she is foolish
before
before or after in sentence, think about tense
tell you it happened in the past, and before the past
A before B
A----B-----now
a: had done, had had, had eaten
b: did, had, ate
best workers are those which¡
best workers are those WHO...
talking about workers
between
between vs. among
between a and b
Between the sales manager and I
change I to me
between: me,her,him
wrong to say I with between
between you and I
between you and ME
Burdened with luggage¡
burdened with luggage..., rebecca struggled to find the cart
DANGLING
clever designed birdfeeder
cleverly designed birdfeeder
adverb modifies adjective
concerned ____
concerned about ____
sometimes you can use concerned with ___
confident about
confident IN not about
IN my ability
department
collective noun
jury
team
singular: is verb
it becomes IT not THEY
english department is an IT
soccer team is an it
different than
different FROM
not than
each of the women
subject: each
singular verb
is,does
of the women (pronoun)
each of the women : she
each of the women thinks SHE is...
either
singular is or does
everybody
singular is,does
opens his/their book
everybody should open HIS book
he/his is to include ALL people
only in sixties with hippies and women's movement thought HIS was sexist and only referring to men
his/her his or her is fine but gets ridiculous with every pronoun in an essay
everyone
his/her his or her
few times when you want to do it not to offend audience
singular
family
collective noun
Far away from being a conservative,¡
special expression
far from being something
far from being a conservative
someone NOT a conservative
you don't use AWAY
far away is for a distance
difference between farther/further
farther:
-distances
further:
-more
read further
fieldwork where they can study ¡
where should be used if the word in front is a place
you can have a church where you prayed
school where you did something
can't say the book where ___
movie where brad pitt is a hero
movie is not a where
for Joe and I
joe and me
for we students
decide between we and us
ignore students and see what you get
for we
for us
for who
for whom
foundation awarded Carlos and I
foundation awared ME not I
had swam
swum
bring, brought, had brought
slay, slew, had slain
had taken
a---b---now
Hailed as one of the best poets of all time,
lie, lay lain
lay, laid, laid
has taken
he had wrote
written
he has cast his vote
casted
he is regarded to be
her ability for supervising
for changed to of
him talking
I am as smart as
I am better than her
I am taller than
I feel badly
badly to bad
I prefer that ¡
if could, he would choose to do it
If he ¡
If I was any faster
was to were
if she had accepted, she¡
imminent
In the foothills of the mountain range is¡
In the year of 1977
prepositional phrase
incredulous
indebted with
Inside the box is ¡
prepositional phrase
intently and with compassion
invaluable
is different ¡
It is important that ¡
It was them
itself
jury
kind of a car
largely due to
last year
lay
less
less fat
less paper
less than three women
fewer
look at the prices close
me gaining weight
more
most
superlative
Mother told my brother and I
neither
neither
none
none of us
not only
now that
one likes to believe¡
one of the kids
ought
people which were attending
people who wish to be a model
persecuted
plus being
prefer
preoccupation
principle
prohibit
prohibit to own
protested over the decision
rarely
rock and roll
scarcely
sensitive to be cricized
she could of done
since 1985
staff
stationery
supply and demand
surely
ten pages or less
than
the announcement where ¡
the author about whom I wrote¡
the boys and their teacher
the council announced their decision
the latter
the most perfect
the number of
the number of people have increased
the period of time
the principal was aggravated
the principle doctrines
the rapid spreading notion
the reason is because
the scene when
the story where
the use of plastic is greater than¡
there is usually two German shepherds
there were two causes:
this being that
this group of people
To pass English this year, ¡
infinitive
Until it can
was more widely read than
we had rented
you
pronoun
you are taller than I
off of
discrete
discreet
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