Punctuation

Hi all,

this is the PPT we saw in class and some exercises for you to practice.
punctuation.ppt

Some explanations:

Using commas (OWL website): http://gongwai.xaufe.edu.cn/englishonline/zhxl/xzmj/owl_purdue/g_comma.html

Punctuation Mistakes

The comma splice: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_07.htm#commsplice


Exercises:
Commas exercise: http://db.tt/geaXLsW

Commas, colons, and stops: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_55.htm

Varios exercises of all kinds: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_41.htm

PPT's, links and exam contents

These are the PPTs we have seen in class.

Subject and verb agreeement:

http://www.eslbee.com/SV_agreement.pdf
The same as the previous one: http://eslbee.com/cgi-bin/quiztest.cgi?sv_agreement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/verbsubjectagreement/factsheet1.shtml

Appositives: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/986051/LyC2/conquering%20comma%20%28clauses%29.PPT

EXAM CONTENTS:

• Weekly readings (vocabulary and comprehension)

- Magazine articles:
- St. Patrick's day (I Love English Magazine, march 2005)
- "News USA," (environment related, Magazine "Today I love English")
- Natalie Portman and other celebrities (Magazine "Today I love English")
- Dead or Alive (short story, here and in "Cigeno" copy centre)
- The Flying Doctor Service. (Handout given in class. Soon here, too.)

• Subject-verb agreement.
• Quotation marks.
  
• Basic punctuation. (in the paragraph that you write)

Weekly Reading 3

Hello,

this is the weekly reading that you're going to read now. I hope you like it.

Charles Chaplin right button click and choose "save link as" (click con botón derecho y elegir "guardar enlace como").

jpeg format coming soon.


If you don't want to waste paper and ink, read it from the original. This is a magazine that is available in hemeroteca, second floor. It is called "I love English" and the edition is: July-August-September 2004.

The material in hemeroteca (like the dictionaries, for instance) is to be read there. You can't take it home.

I hope you enjoy it.

Links about subject-verb agreement

http://eslbee.com/cgi-bin/quiztest.cgi?sv_agreement
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm