Transcript week three - ChathamCentralEnglish

WEEK THREE
SEPTEMBER 14- 18
Monday 9/14/09
The events were not exciting, so we
went to Pat’s house to play tennis.
The boys went to store and the movies.
Answer Key
Agreement: subject -verb- events - plural
subject; were - plural verb. Singular
subjects require singular verbs - event was
Comma: before a conjunction in a compound
sentence - FANBOYS - for, and, nor, but, or,
yet and so. You only need the comma
when there is a complete sentence on
both sides of the conjunction.
Proper adjective- person - Pat
Apostrophe- possession- Pat’s house
Correct Sentence Monday
The events were not exciting, so we
went to Pat’s house to play tennis.
TUESDAY
Please bring this book america revisited
to the deans room victor since he needs
it.
ANSWER KEY
Words often confused: bring & take: bring is
toward and take is going away.
Commas: appositive and direct address.
Appositive is a noun placed next to another
noun to give information about that noun.
Direct address is when you speak to a person
directly in the sentence and are speaking to
them; not about them.
Proper Nouns: book & person.
Underlining: book
Apostrophe: possession - the dean’s room
Correct Sentence Tuesday
Please take this book, America
Revisited, to the dean’s room, Victor,
since he needs it.
Wednesday
Last Summer joe attended a six week
institute at georgetown university he
had morning classes and worked at the
chinese embassy every afternoon
Answer Key
Common noun: summer is a season
Proper nouns: person, school, governmental
body. Chinese Embassy is a proper noun
and not a proper adjective because it is an
actual institution, therefore; Embassy is also
capitalized.
Hyphen: compound adjective - six-week
Semicolon: between main clauses.
A semicolon is used when you have a
compound sentence but no conjunction.
There must be a complete sentence on both
sides of the semicolon.
Correct Sentence Wednesday
Last summer Joe attended a six-week
institute at Georgetown University; he
had morning classes and worked at the
Chinese Embassy every afternoon.
Thursday
helen try and arrive before 930 pm so
that their will be time for us to visit
margo said
Answer Key
Quotation marks- direct quotation punctuation needed after the quote.
Idiomatic usage - to not and.
Colon - separates numerals in time
Capitalization- abbreviation
Periods- abbreviation
Homophone- there
Comma- direct quotation
Proper noun - person
Correct Sentence
“Helen, try to arrive before 9:30 P.M. so
that there will be time for us to visit,”
Margo said.