Transcript Second Punctuation / Grammar PowerPoint

Grammar & Punctuation Practice
Answer a question and win or lose a
point for your team!
• Incorrect:
• The most important
thing a student can
do is to organize your
time.
– Students is plural.
• Revision:
– The most important
thing that students
can do is to organize
their time.
Incorrect
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B
All the sentences use "the," which
one is correct?
A. The water is life.
B. Have you seen the new iPhone?
C. The cigarettes are bad for you.
D. I love the Turkey.
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Incorrect
Movies in today’s
market makes a
great deal of
money.
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Apostrophe Practice Review
Directions: Identify as correct or incorrect.
• My fathers biggest
barbecue is held on
National Day.
Incorrect
father’s
• When students do not
understand what they
read, they should note
their questions and
find answers.
Correct
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Decide whether each sentence
group is a correct sentence or
if it is a sentence fragment.
My friend Emre
being a great
footballer.
Fragment
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Incorrect
There is many
advantages to
seeing a movie
in the cinema
rather
than watching
a DVD at home.
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• The pronoun “your”
does not refer to
students.
• Revision:
• Students should
realize that education
supports your long
term goals.
– Students should realize
that education supports
their long term goals.
Incorrect
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Correct
The dark cinema
and the enormous
screen take the
movie viewer to
another world.
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• Incorrect:
• Each of us must take
responsibility for the
quality of their own
life.
– Each is singular.
• Revision:
– Each of us must take
responsibility for the
quality of his/her life.
Or…
– Individuals must take
responsibility for the
quality of their own
lives.
Incorrect
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When students join clubs and organizations,
they increase their chances of staying in
university.
Correct
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• Meltem dropped the
heavy camera on her
foot and broke it.
• Incorrect:
– Did the camera break
or did her foot?
• Revision:
– The camera broke
when Meltem
dropped it on her
foot.
Incorrect
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Practice Exercises
Correct each of the following sentences.

Although Sean
does not speak
Spanish too good,
he went to visit
Costa Rica with his
high school
classmates.
speak Spanish
well
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Decide whether each sentence
group is a correct sentence or
if it is a sentence fragment.
Aunt Ayse’s
desserts are not
for those who are
watching their diet.
Correct
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Practice Exercises
Correct each of the following sentences.
 One biology
phenomenon was
the walking tree
which moves five
to eight inches per
year.
biological
phenomenon
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Apostrophe Practice Review
Directions: Identify as correct or incorrect.
• Germanys and Italys
religious celebrations are
sometimes similar, even
when it comes to food.
Incorrect
Germany’s/Italy’s
• Revision:
• Anyone can be
successful in school if
they makes the right
choices.
– Anyone can be
successful in school if
s/he makes the right
choices.
Or
– Students can be
successful in school if
they make the right
choices.
Incorrect
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Practice Exercises
Correct each of the following sentences.
The people they
met on the Aegean
coast swam well in
the sea.
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correct
Incorrect
You may find out
too late that
the health clubs
aren't for you.
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Decide whether each sentence
group is a correct sentence or
if it is a sentence fragment.
Filled with cream,
these desserts
contain hundreds
of calories.
Correct
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Learning to Identify and Correct
Comma Splices
Practice Review: Identify each
entry as correct or incorrect.
The traffic was terrible this
morning, thus we were late
for class.
Learning to Identify and Correct
Comma Splices
Practice Review: Identify each
entry as correct or incorrect.
The traffic was terrible this morning,
thus we were late for class.
Incorrect
Practice Exercises
Correct each of the following sentences.
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He was surprised
to see how quick
his Spanish
improved while he
was visiting Central
America.
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how quickly his
Spanish
Learning to Identify and Correct
Comma Splices
Practice Review: Identify each
entry as correct or incorrect.
We went out in Taksim last
night we had a great time.
Learning to Identify and Correct
Comma Splices
Practice Review: Identify each
entry as correct or incorrect.
It is a fused sentence.
Incorrect
We went out in Taksim last
night we had a great time.
Incorrect
Are you shopping
for an health club
to join so you can
get in shape?
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Practice Review Exercises
;
 Punctuation may seem crazy ___
,
however ___
there are rules that can be
learned.
, although common___
,
Semi-Colons ___
are often used incorrectly.
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Incorrect
The background
music in movies
play an important
role.
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Correct
The music creates
a mood and gives
a signal of
something
to come in the film.
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Correct
Look for a gym
near your house,
and check out the
exercise instructors
and personal
trainers.
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Decide whether each sentence
group is a correct sentence or
if it is a sentence fragment.
Although she
says that she
doesn’t
like to watch
TV.
Fragment
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All the sentences use "the," which
one is correct?
A. Can you pass the salt please?
B. The crime is a problem in many
big cities.
C. The apples are good for you.
D. I love the skiing.
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Decide whether each sentence
group is a correct sentence or
if it is a sentence fragment.
It often seems
that technology
just makes life
more complicated.
Correct
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• Students should copy
the material that the
instructor writes on
the board, and you
should review these
notes within 24
hours.
• Incorrect:
– The subject shifts to you
when the subject was
students.
• Revision:
– Students should copy the
material that the
instructor writes on the
board, and they should
review these notes
within 24 hours.
Incorrect
FIVE QUESTIONS LEFT INCLUDING THIS ONE!!!
Practice Exercises
Correct each of the following sentences.
 Since Emre was the
taller of the boys
on the trip, he
often attracted
attention.
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tallest
Decide whether each sentence
group is a correct sentence or
if it is a sentence fragment.
For example,
Antalya and
Bodrum.
Fragment
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Practice Review Exercises
, it
 If you improve your punctuation ___
will increase your essay grades.
,
,
 Using a comma ___ however___ is not
as simple as it seems.
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Libraries are important for
students because they
provide information.
Does THEY refer to
students or
libraries?
Incorrect
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