Study Guide for Test 1 - Chapter 1

ESL022 Writing II

There are three parts to the test:

1.  Write a paragraph of 5-6 sentences about a place.  You can

          describe a country (review example sentences on pages 13-14), 

or

          describe a place you want to visit (review sentences you wrote on pages 14-15 and on your Graded Homework #1 assignment).

2.  Edit (write the corrections in) a paragraph for:

          capital letters (review pages 3 and 7-9 and study pages 212-3),

          end punctuation (review page 4),

          correct use of at, in, on (review pages 9-10),

          correct subject-verb agreement (review pages 19 and 21),

and   inclusion of a subject and verb (review pages 15-17).

This part will be similar to what you did in your books for Activity 22 on page 29.

3.  Identify if a sentence is complete or a fragment and explain why.

 This part will be similar to what you did in your books for Activity 21 on pages 27-29.

Do the exercises below to help you review.

Capitalize and punctuate a paragraph:  http://www.5minuteenglish.com/mar13.htm

Use the correct preposition of place (on, at, in):  http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/exgrammar/topic200a.html

and

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/exgrammar/topic200b.html

and http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/inonat.html

Subject-Verb Agreement with There Is/Are:

http://www.eslgo.com/classes/beginner/bedroom.html

Complete Sentence or Fragment?

http://www.quia.com/pop/13222.html