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Level Three Writing – Sp 2015 (mhl) - “2-sided opinion essay” Sentences – Review – Practice - CorrectAt this point, you have seen the types of sentences that are needed for your Body Paragraphs. Now: It is time to write and check that your sentences have good grammar. Quick Quiz: OK or NOT?The first problem waste of time.The first problem with social media is wasting time.Wasting time is another problem with social mediaThe first problem with social media is a lot of people waste their time.Body Topic: disadvantages to social mediaDisadv #1: spread fake rumors___Reason Disadv #2: ___waste time___How do I change ideas into sentences?Review sentences: Every sentence (or clause) needs a subject. T or F? Every sentence (or clause) needs a verb. T or F?A subject is always a _______ a. noun (or noun clause) b. verbAn object is always a noun (or noun clause) b. verbWhich of these are nouns: Danger - dangerous – problem – benefit – beneficialIdentify the subjects - verbs – (objects) in the following.Social media has several advantagesThere are some advantages to social mediaThe first benefit is education.The first benefit to social media is education.The first advantage is a lot of people use it for education (noun clause)Another danger is spreading fake rumors.How can you complete this sentence? Two answers are correct.The first problem is _____________________ noun b. noun clause b. verbWhich are correct?The first problem is crime.The first problem is criminals.The second problem is waste time. The second problem is wasting time.The second problem is people waste a lot of time.How can you complete this sentence? The first problem is that a lot of students ____________________________________ noun b. verb Reason Disadv #1: spread fake rumors___Reason Disadv #2: ___waste time___Verb phrases: – spread fake rumorswaste timeNoun phrases: – spreading fake rumorswasting timewaste of time dangerReason #2 Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Body topic: (choose your own) __________________ ___ _______________________.Reason #1: __________________Reason #2: ________________________Errors Part 1: Focus on Introduction and Main reason sentencesDirections: Below are the most common codes used by teachers to mark your writing. Can you fix them?codeMEANINGNoteEXAMPLE OF MISTAKE#singular/pluralSecondly, student use networking for apitalnames, places, 1st letter in sentence, etc.Another advantage is for Businesses.spspellingcheck it yourself!!Buisiness – soical - Fnoun – verb – adj - advI agree with use Social MediaFragFragmentIncomplete idea (missing a subject, or a verb, or several words)The main reason is that exchange ideas and information.As a result, quick communication with people.susubjectmissing, or extra, etc.Firstly, using social media it have some positive benefits.For example, get information quickly from social media.svsubject verb agreementcheck carefully. It has / they haveSecondly, social media have some negative aspects.In addition, social media support businesses.vverbMissing, extra, or wrongSecondly, many students used it for research.Secondly, social media have some negative aspectsIf students use it, they will better marks.VTVerb tense Past or present?Many students used it for educationPractice – correct the mistakes and write the codeCODEAnother advantage is for Businesses.Buisiness – soical - Firstly, using social media it have some positive benefits.For example, get information quickly from social media.I agree with use Social MediaMany students used it for educationSecondly, many students used it for research.Secondly, social media have some negative aspectsIf students use it, they will better marks.Secondly, social media have some negative aspects.In addition, social media support businesses.The main reason is that exchange ideas and information.As a result, quick communication with people.There is free advertising for business with social media.Secondly, student use networking for education. QUIZName ____________________________________v - Arabic easier than English. __________________________________________________________________Sub - The first reason is good for businesses.__________________________________________________________________frag - If you use your real name, criminals.__________________________________________________________________Sva - If the university switch to Arabic, it will save money.__________________________________________________________________Su - Therefore, save the money.__________________________________________________________________Sva - Criminals uses social media to steal personal information.__________________________________________________________________Su/v - On the other hand, some negative effects of social media.__________________________________________________________________Sentence Structure Review: Subjects and VerbsDirections: Look at the following sentences: Write “Su” above the subjects, and “V” above the verbs.She lives in Qatar.Writing is one of the most important skills in university life.However, many students find it difficult.Reading gives students a lot of background knowledge.She saves her work and puts it in her portfolio.In this essay, I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city.Most universities have a writing centre.Every Thursday, Fahad and Mohammed go to the Writing Center.There are many teachers there.Aisha and Hafsa always use A4 paper and follow the Essay Format rules.Directions: The sentences above have four basic patterns. Match the number of the sentence with the correct pattern, as shown in the first example below.SVSSVSVVSSVV1,Review: Correct the SVA errorsShe love to eat Arabic food.She have four brothers and sisters.During the weekend, she go to the cinema.She live in Al Ain.I have two brother and seven sisters.Error Correction IISubject practice suSubjectMissing extra, etc.remember – subjects are always NOUNSFirstly, using social media it have some positive benefits.For example, get information quickly from social media.Also, ease of connecting with your family.VERB PRACTICE vVerbThe verb is sissing, extra, or wrongRemember: after Can/will/should/may base formSecondly, social media have some negative aspectsIf students use it, they will better marks.We should using it carefully.VTVerb tense Past or present?Many students used it for educationSVASubject verb agreementSecondly, my brother use Skype to contact us from abroad.If you have problems with your sentences, you will have one of these mistakes. These are the most serious and common mistakes.FragFragmentIncomplete idea (missing a subject, or a verb, or several words)The main reason is that exchange ideas and information.As a result, quick communication with people.For example, is very fast at spreading news.For example, ease of communication.PPunctuationThere are some disadvantages, the first disadvantage is that English is the most common language in the world.English is a hard language, the students don’t know anything.Subject - Verb Agreement – More practice Instructions choose the correct form of each verb.1. Shaikha and her sisters (is, are) at school.2. Ahmed and Saad (doesn't, don't) want to see the movie.3. Mohammed (doesn't, don't) know the answer.4. English (is, are) Mariam's favorite subject while Mathematics (is, are) Eiman's favorite subject.6. My folder and portfolio (is, are) on the floor.7. I (wake, wakes) up at 6 o'clock every morning.8. In the afternoon, I usually (has, have) a nap.9. At 12 noon, I (eat, eats) lunch with my family.10. After shopping at the Al-Ain Mall, I (drink, drinks) coffee at bining sentencesDirections: a) add connecting words. b) Mark the sentence that have just one clause, and which have two (Review: If there is just ONE clause it is a ______________ sentence)____ 1.Our university is very old _______ it is clean.____ 2. There are tables _____ chairs in our classroom.____ 3. The man is old _______ he isn’t strong.____ 4. There are students from the UAE, Qatar, _______ Kuwait in my class.____ 5. Is your book orange ______ green?____ 6. Our teacher is friendly _____ he is smart.____ 7. He is a good teacher _____ we learn a lot.____ 8. Our teacher is nice _____ we have a lot of homework.____ 9. The students are on time _____ the teacher is happy.____ 10. I think for lunch I will eat at the Subway _____ McDonalds.Which of these are simple sentences (just one clause) and which are combined?At UAE University, most of the important majors use English as the language of instruction, but some people think that Arabic, not English, should be the main language of the university. I partly agree that we should switch to Arabic, but I can see both sides. In the following essay I will examine both sides of the argument and give several examples.On one hand Arabic, not English, should be the language of our education in the universities. The most important reason for using the Arabic language is the English foundation courses cost university a lot of money. This is because most lecturers of foundation courses come from abroad and it is expensive to bring them to the UAE, to provide them salary and housing. If they use Arabic lecturers, university will save money to expansion the other facilities in the university. For instance, they can make the canteen bigger because students faces a lot of traffic in the canteen. The second important reason is giving the instruction in Arabic helps student to understand more because it’s their mother language, and they have more vocabulary so, they don’t need to translate the instructions from their teachers or they don’t need to go back to dictionary or translator. As a result, they will save time to learn other knowledge.Some people believe that social media is mostly good, but others disagree with them.EXAMPLES (more needed)I think that + clauseExample: Some people think that social media is a waste of time.I think that social media ___________________________________________Types of sentences (also see .ppt)Simple sentences have just one clause. What are the patterns? Review -- one of the patterns below is NOT for simple sentences./ su v / su v v / su su v / su su v v / su v su v / Combined SentencesIf the pattern is su v su v you have ______ clauses. If you have two (or more) clauses, you have to combine them correctly and use connecting wordsUsual Pattern = su v CW su v (Cw= connecting word)Compound sentences – exactly 7 connecting words - FANBOYS = Most common , and , but , so , (and a four others: yet , for, nor, or) Complex Sentences: Use because – while – since – although – even though – if ________ - _________ (there are many) One clause is independent (IC) and one is dependent clause (DC)Remember this: you can put the connecting clauses first, or second:I ate because I was hungry. = Because I was hungry, I ate. We often use “that” to introduce a new clause:Examples:She didn’t really think that it would happen.I knew that I had seen her somewhere before.I hope that you will enjoy your holidaymore examples, explanation, and practice exercises from the British Council at: clauses are a type of complex sentenceDependent ClausesEach of these sentences contains dependent clauses. Underline beneath all of the dependent clauses. Remember that dependent clauses begin with words like when, since, because, although, who, which, that, and so on. They may be at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the sentence.1. Whenever my sister gets on the computer, she sits there for hours and ignores her family. 2. Fatima passed her English class because she worked hard and her teacher was patient. 4. Usually, the students who practice every day improve the most.5. Someone who knows your password can read your email.6. Before the semester begins, students should buy their iPads.7. Even though they tried to finish, many students couldn’t complete the test.8. Poems that describe nature are common.9. This is my opinion because although there are some disadvantages, it is a good idea overall. 10. I told my friends that I needed some time by plete the adjective clauses (who / which / that)My father is a man _________________________________________.Helicopters are machines ____________________________________.Harry Potter is a boy _________________________________________.The UAE is a country _________________________________________.Chocolate cake is a dessert _____________________________________.Camels are animals _________________________________________.Your liver is an organ _______________________________________.Mozart was a man _________________________________________.Clauses and Phrases.Clause = group of words with at least one s + V (and an idea). A phrase is just a group of words. Write C for Clause and P for phraseIn this essay,After class todayOn A4 paperTo learn more vocabIn the pastIf you agree,When you finishHe tried to thinkThen you will succeedIn the beginning of the processIn other wordsThere are several stepsTo sum upEvery morningPhrases PracticePut parentheses ( ) around each of the prepositional phrases in the following sentences. Remember that a prepositional phrase always begins with a word such as on, in, to, with, of, after, under, against, for, or during and ends with a noun.1. On Mondays, tardy students rush down the halls and scurry into classrooms.2. In the textbook, you will find several illustrations of medieval costumes.3. The antique mall is across town from the conference center.4. Halloween falls on the last day of October.5. For lunch, we had soup with crackers.Our sentences: Which one is NOT OK? Which one has a relative clause?Another reason is that make introverted person.Secondly, social media makes people introverted.Secondly, people who spend a lot of time online can become introverted.Make it better. (vocab)No one can deny that social media get an important part in our lives. (play)On social media, we communicate only by text, and not by going together as before.Which do you prefer and why?Social media has ease of communication. Social media makes communication easier.Social media encourages ease of communication.Error Correction IIIFSocial media can be danger.It is easy for hackers to seeing my information.FragFragmentIncomplete idea (missing a subject, or a verb, or several words)And enables anyone to see beautiful places through images.This is because a tool for business and information.P-CSPunctuation – comma spliceThere are several advantages, the first benefit is education.On the other hand, social media can be dangerous, this is because it is not controlled.suSubjectMissing extra, etc.SVASubject verb agreementSocial media make it easy for hackers to steal information.vVerbThe verb is sissing, extra, or wrongRemember: after Can/will/should/may base formAnother reason is social media fun.Another reason, it can make you lose connections with your family.VTVerb tense Past or present?vocFor example, people can use social media to find the best hotels and sites. 6. Phrases Test BFirst, double underline the real verbs in the following sentences. Then put brackets [ ] around the verbal phrases. Remember that verbals have three forms: 1) the "ing" form of a verb, 2) the "to ___" form of a verb, and 3) the "ed," "en," or "t" form of a verb. All verbals function as something other than real verbs in sentences.1. Knitting a scarf is easy.2. We need to go to the registration office.3. Entertained by the schoolchildren, the principal seemed happy for once.4. I saw several ants crawling across my slice of watermelon.5. Most of us love to get presents.6. Receiving gifts makes some people uncomfortable.7. He really wants to make an effort.8. Finding the perfect pair of shoes takes time.9. She needs to improve her vocabulary.10. I sometimes visualize him hiking through the forest.11. The jewels taken in the robbery were fakes.12. Built in 1929, our house is sturdy and beautiful.13. To catch a home run ball was a dream of mine.14. We ate our pastrami dip sandwiches slowly, savoring every single bite.15. Athletes hate to go home without a medal after training so hard for the Olympics.Copyright ? 2003 Heinle. All Rights Reserved. 20Dependent Clause – dotted lineIndependent clauses - Underline the clauses Prepositional phrases - parentheses ( ) around each of the prepositional phrases in the following sentences. Remember that a prepositional phrase always begins with a word such as on, in, to, with, of, after, under, against, for, or during and ends with a noun.On the other hand, I can see that we need in some ways, English is the best the language of instruction. The first reason for using the English language for the instructions is English is the main language of international orgnization. Today most large organaizations such as the United Nations use English as their main language. If university students study in English, in the future they will get more jobs in international organaizations with high salary, and it will change the students life in the future. The second reason for using the English language for the instructions is more books are written in English than in any other language. Therefore, to get the knowledge from the books, students must know English.In conclusion, I agree to some extent that Arabic should be the language of instruction. Although using Arabic will save money and make our study much more easier, taking the instruction in English is necessary too, because most of people in the world speak English and there are a lot of books written in English. Therefore, I believe students should learn in both languages because it will help them a lot to understand frequently and to make the communication between the people more simple.8. Fragments Test ASome of the word groups below are sentences, and some are fragments. Write “sentence” next to thesentences and “fragment” next to the fragments. Then turn the fragments into sentences by addingwords, deleting words, or changing words.1. Treats that most children love to eat during the holidays.2. In the bottom of the drawer, I found the wrench.3. That famous painter who visited my art class.4. Because of the cold weather, dry skin and chapped lips.5. I eat dinner as soon as I get home at night.6. The chairs in their dining room being plastic.7. However you decide to begin your essay.8. Take the quiz without looking at the book.9. His dog’s name causing a lot of problems.10. Who is going to pick up the pizza?11. When the news comes on, my parents always sit down and watch.12. Soaking in the hot tub for too long.13. Computers and the Internet helping people trace their ancestors.14. That the correct answer.15. My car still has that “new car” smell.. Boats float.Copyright ? 2003 Heinle. All Rights Reserved. 258. Fragments Test BSome of the word groups below are sentences, and some are fragments. Write “sentence” next to thesentences and “fragment” next to the fragments. Then turn the fragments into sentences by addingwords, deleting words, or changing words.1. Greyhounds are beautiful dogs.2. Always buying lottery tickets at my favorite store.3. Always prepare the soil before planting the bulbs.4. The grades given by that teacher were fair.5. Confused by the instructions, the children did not complete the test.6. Helping people gave the volunteers a good feeling.7. Writing an essay based on sources from the library or the Internet.89. Why do mosquitoes bother some people more than others?10. Ferrets make interesting pets but are illegal in some states.11. The biggest balloon any of us had ever seen.12. Take a guess.13. How athletes train for the Olympics.14. Giving the students an inspirational speech.15. The result which made us all happy.Copyright ? 2003 Heinle. All Rights Reserved. 26Run-On Sentences Test AWHAT? A type of punctuation mistakeParents worry and advise grandparents care and encourage.Most people laughed when they heard the joke I cried.Some of the sentences below are correctly punctuated, and some are run-ons. Write “correct” next tothe sentences with proper punctuation and “RO” next to the run-on sentences. Then correct each runonsentence by making one of the independent clauses a dependent clause or by adding a comma, afanboys and a comma, or a semicolon.First the phone rang then the doorbell rang.Is the English class a requirement or an elective?I have finished doing my research now I can focus on my thesis.They saw each other during the Eid and visited each other during the summer holidays.There are many types of computer paper I never know what kind to buy.Speeches are hard to listen to but even harder to give.The field trip to the science museum begins at 7:00 a.m. and finishes at 5:00 p.m.Parrots can be excellent pets but some people don’t like them.You can write a good essay in 40 minutes if your thoughts are organized.Advisors help students and give them ideas for succeeding. MORE PRACTICE Find and correct the grammar mistakes in the sentences below.(subj)The first reason is too busy. (subj/v)Therefore, homework it is helpful to students.The first major reason why foreigners should learn Arabic it is to connect with the Arab people. (V)You should learn Arabic so you can dealing with the people.SVAHomework help students achieve more from their time.Homework give us a lot of help. (P)If teachers know they can give homework, they will use it all the time it will damage their minds.C –The language of the people is arabic.Everyone in my family knows english.en(#)He will be an important people in society.(voc)I will get two reasons to support this opinion.Sp – these are NOT correct.LangaugePeople should learn the language of the native sociatyPeople need freeddom.(f)You should learn Arabic so you can dealing with the people\Some good vocab Homework should not be mandatoryTeachers believe that when they give students homework/mhl ................
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