Transcript Jeopardy - Level 6

Jeopardy
Adverb
Clauses
Adverb
Adverbial
Phrases
Connectors
Conditionals
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Adverbs
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What are the three types of adverbs we
discussed in class?
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Answer: sentence, focus, negative
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What the three places you can put a sentence
adverb?
Answer: beginning, middle, end
Beginning: Clearly, he is a good speaker.
End: He is a good speaker, clearly.
Middle: Depends on the verb
 He is clearly a good speaker.
 Adverb goes after a be verb or modal
 Adverb goes before other verbs
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What is the difference in meaning?
 A: I just don’t love him; I don’t want him to
marry me.
 B: I don’t just love him; I want him to marry me.
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Answer:
 A: focus on don’t – negative meaning
 B: focus on love – means she loves him very
much
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Why are these sentences incorrect?
 Rarely Eva does arrive late at the office.
 Seldom our team does lose.
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Answer: Both sentences begin with negative
adverbs so the verb or auxiliary usually comes
before the subject.
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Which one is correct?
 A: Here the train comes.
 B: Here comes the train.
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Answer: Here and there are adverbs that cause
inversion when they’re at the beginning of a
sentence. Inversion occurs if the subject is a
noun. Don’t invert if the subject is a pronoun.
 Here it comes.
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What is an adverb clause?
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Answer: They are dependent clauses that
indicate how, when, where, why, or under what
condition. An adverb clause has an adverb, a
subject, and a verb.
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What is a complex sentence?
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Answer: A complex sentence has a dependent
and independent clause. If the sentence
contains an adverb clause, it is dependent.
 Whenever I exercise, I feel good.
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Why is this sentence incorrect?
 Only if I study I will earn an “A”.
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Answer: When only if is used in the beginning of
a sentence, the subject and verb of the main
clause are inverted and no comma is used.
 Only If I study will I earn an “A”.
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Which sentence is correct?
 A: We’ll be leaving as soon as she arrives.
 B: We’ll be leaving since she arrives.
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Answer: A is correct because you want to
indicate time. Since indicates time and reason,
but in this sentence it is indicating reason.
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What s the difference between even if and
unless?
 Even if he practices, he won’t make the team.
 Unless he practices, he won’t make the team.
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Answer:
 Even if – condition doesn’t matter, the result will
be the same (no chance)
 Unless – something must happen in order for
something else to be true (possible chance)
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What are the two types of adverb clauses that
we reduced to adverb or adverbial phrases?
Answer:
 Adverb clauses of time
 Adverb clauses of reason
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Is it possible to reduce this adverb clause to and
adverb phrase? Why or why not?
 Maggie cooked dinner while her children played
outside.
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Answer: No. You can’t reduce an adverb clause
to and adverb phrase if the subjects are
different.
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Which one is correct?
 A: Because not knowing what to do, we called
the service department.
 B: Not knowing what to do, we called the
service department.
 Answer: B because it is an adverb of reason.
Adverb clauses of reason can be reduced to
adverbial phrases (no adverb).
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What is the best answer?
A: During relaxing at home, I reminisced about
the trip.
B: While relaxing at home, I reminisced about
the trip.
C: Relaxing at home, I reminisced about the trip.
D: B & C
Answer: D because while is a better choice of
adverb than during. Also, adverb clauses with
while can be reduced to adverbial phrases.
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Why is this sentence incorrect?
 Having given the choice, I decided to walk to
work.
 Answer: Clauses containing passive can be
changed to an adverbial phrase with just a past
participle.
 Given the choice, I decided to walk to work.
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What are the three types of connectors?
Answer:
 Coordinating conjunctions – FANBOYS
 Subordinating conjunctions – adverb
 Transitions
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Which one is correct?
 A: I never forget a face; and, I have trouble
remembering sentences.
 B: I never forget a face; however, I have trouble
remembering sentences.
 Answer: B because it needs a transition.
However shows contrast. And shows addition.
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Which sentence is correct?
 A: You’d better get up right now, or you’ll miss
the bus.
 B: You’d better get up right now, because you’ll
miss the bus.
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Answer: A because it needs a coordinating
conjunction. You use a comma before the
coordinating conjunction and you want to show
options.
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Why is this sentence incorrect?
 However Bao has a degree, he has a very poor
job.
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Answer: The transition should go in the middle.
It needs a semicolon and a comma. If the
transition were at the beginning or end, then the
comma would go right after it or before it.
 Bao has a degree; however, he has a very
poor job.
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Why is this sentence incorrect?
 We need to get tickets, otherwise we won’t get
seats.
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Answer: The meaning is correct, but you need to
change the comma to a semicolon and add a
comma after the transition. The other option
would be to change otherwise to or.
 We need to get tickets; otherwise, we won’t
get seats.
 We need to get tickets, or we won’t get seats.
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What are the two types of conditional
sentences?
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Answer: Real and Unreal
Present real
Future time situation
Present unreal
Past unreal
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Which sentence is correct?
 A: We won’t be able to go on the picnic if it will
rain tomorrow.
 B: We won’t be able to go on the picnic if it rains
tomorrow.
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Answer: B because it is expressing future time
situation. You need to use the present tense in
the if clause (conditional).
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Which one is correct?
 A: If it hadn’t rained, we could’ve had the picnic
last week.
 B: If it didn’t rain, we could’ve had the picnic
last week.
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Answer: B because you’re expressing the past
unreal.
 Could, might, or would + have + past participle
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Why is this sentence incorrect?
 Bao wishes he listened to his inner voice.
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Answer: You want to express the past with wish
because Bao regrets not listening to his inner
voice. Listened – had listened
 Bao wishes he had listened to his inner voice.
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What are the two forms of the conditional that
can be mixed?
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Answer: The present unreal and the past unreal
(see next slide for examples)
Mixed
Mixed