Corrections Chapters 3 and 4

CHAPTER 3

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Practice 4

FiII in each blank with one of these signal phrases: For example, For instance, or such as. Add commas where necessary. Use each phrase once.

The city of London has many great tourist attractions. (1 ) __for instance__ most tourists make a stop at Westminster Abbey. In this famous church, tourists can see where English kings and queens are crowned. Westminster Abbey is the burial place of famous people (2)__for example,___ poet Geoffrey Chaucer, scientists Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, and actor Laurence Olivier. Tourists also like to catch a glimpse of royal life while in London. (3) ___such as___ they can watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, or they can tour the Tower of London, where the British crown jewels are kept.

CHAPTER 4
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practice 2.

A . Work with a classmate, a small group, or the whole class. Read the following topic sentences for descriptive paragraphs. Then discuss with your partner or group some possible details to describe the place. Next, decide on the best kind of spatial order to use in the description: right to left, left to right, top to bottom, far to near, outside to inside, and so on. Finally, write your details in spatial order on the lines.

1 . After my sister spends two hours getting ready to go out, her room looks as if it had been hit by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake.
a. From the doorway, you see nothing but a mountain of clothes all over the floor.
b. And she is still looking for her bag to carry and throwing more clothes on the floor, she brings a box that is next to her bed.

c. When she finally finds her bag she fixes her hair and leaves the room in a mess.

2. The park near my house is full of activity on a sunny weekend afternoon.

a. In the center there is a big tower and on top of that tower there is a flag of my country that moved from one place to another.

b. To the north of the park there was a clown who made his magic by moving upwards. People have fun on a sunny weekend afternoon.

c. Very close to the clown is a photographer who is taking pictures of a volcano that could be seen from the park.

3 . My uncle's workshop is a model of neatness and organization.

a. From inside everything very neat always admired the neatness of his workshop.

b. My uncle always has his thins well organized from the inside to the outside.

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PRACTICE 5

A. Underline five compound sentences in the model paragraph on page 68.

Join the two sentences in each of the following pairs by using a comma and one of these coordinating conjunctions: yet, for, nor.

1 . Muslims do not drink alcohol. They do not eat pork.

1 . Muslims do not drink alcohol, nor hey do not eat pork.____

2. Some Christians do not work on Sunday. Sunday is their day to worship.

2. Some Christians do not work on Sunday, for sunday is their day to worship.__

3. People who believe in the Hindu religion do not eat beef. They believe that cows are sacred.

3. People who believe in the Hindu religion do not eat beef, yet they believe that cows are sacred._

4. Muslim men are permitted to have four wives. Few of them have more than one.

4. Muslim men are permitted to have four wives, yet few of them have more than one._

5. Buddhist monks do not marry. They do not own property.

5. Buddhist monks do not marry, yet they do not own property.___

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Practice 6

Step 1 Underline all the prepositional phrases in the foJiowing sentences.
Step 2 When possible, rewrite sentences by moving a prepositional phrase to the beginning of its sentence.
Step 3 Punctuate your new sentences correctly.

.STEP 1
1 . A large earthquake occurred under the Indian Ocean on December 26. 2004.
On December 26. 2004. a large earthquake occurred under the Indian Ocean.

2 . The resulting tsunami flooded the shores of several countries and killed nearly 250,000 people.

3. Hundred-foot waves crashed into homes and businesses in the towns near the coast.

4. The giant earthquake came just three clays after aslightly smaller earthquake between Australia and New Zealand.

5 . The energy released by the earthquake continued to be felt for several months after the event.

STEP 2.
1 . A large earthquake occurred under the Indian Ocean on December 26. 2004.
On December 26. 2004. A large earthguak:e occurred under the Indian Ocean._____

2 . The resulting tsunami flooded the shores of several countries and killed nearly 250,000 people.
The resulting tsunami1 flooded the shores of several countries and killed nearly 250,000 people._

3. Hundred-foot waves crashed into homes and businesses in the towns near the coast.
In the towns near the coast the hundred-foot waves crashed into homes and businesses._

4. The giant earthquake came just three clays after aslightly smaller earthquake between Australia and New Zealand.
The giant earthquake after aslightly smaller earthquaker came just three clays between Australia and New Zealand.__

5 . The energy released by the earthquake continued to be felt for several months after the event.

The energy released by the earthquake continued to be felt for several months after the event.__

STEP 3.

On December, 26. 2004. A large earthguake occurred under the Indian Ocean.

The resulting tsunami, flooded the shores of several countries, and killed nearly 250,000 people.

In the towns near the coast, the hundred-foot waves crashed into homes, and businesses.

The giant earthquake, after aslightly smaller earthquake, came just three clays between Australia and New Zealand.

The energy released by the earthquake continued to be felt for several months after the event.

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Exercise 2

Write a summary of "The Stairway" (page 61). Imagine that you are telling a friend the story. Include the important information, but write as few sentences as possible. Write no more than five sentences. Use these questions to pick out the important points.

1 . What is the topic of this descriptive paragraph?

The stairway.

2 . Where is the child when he describes the topic?

inside the house that had a strange atmosphere.

3 . What part of the house does he describe? How does it appear to him?

Describe the staiway. It was dark, squeaking, and quite narrow

4. What is at the top of the stairway?

there was an elegant, middle-aged lady leaning against the wall.

5 . How does he describe her?

The lady wore a beautiful dress with a quiet pattern and a tinge of blue, and her peaceful eyes stared at me

6. What did he imagine then? 

I imagined that the mannequin standing at the top of the stairs was my mother.
What does he know now?
earliest memories

The Stairway

I lived in a house that had a strange atmosphere.  There was a staircase, dark, shrill and quite narrow, and his steps were a bit high for me climbing. At the top of the stairs, there was an elegant middle-aged lady leaning against the wall. The woman was wearing a beautiful dress with a calm pattern and a tinge of blue, and his peaceful eyes watched me every time I went up the stairs. I imagined that the manikin that was at the top of the stairs was my mother. The first memories of when I was two or three years old.