tailieunhanh - Sentence Building Pretest

Chapter One is designed to help you write better by giving you instruction in building better sentences. Sections of the chapter devoted to capitalization, punctuation, and proper article usage will get you started in the right direction. Other sections providing instruction in sentence structure, sentence building, and error correction will get you ready for the basics of paragraph building in Chapter Two. | Sentence Building Pretest To better understand Chapter One correct the mistakes below. Write the corrected sentences on the lines below. 1. Jenny attends several classes at her university. For example English literature listening and speech. 2. Dr. Lim is the President of the school board. 3. His birthday is November 9 1951. 1 Chapter One Sentence Building Chapter One is designed to help you write better by giving you instruction in building better sentences. Sections of the chapter devoted to capitalization punctuation and proper article usage will get you started in the right direction. Other sections providing instruction in sentence structure sentence building and error correction will get you ready for the basics of paragraph building in Chapter Two. Sentence Building Tools Capitalization Capitalization is a good place to start when you study writing. The first word in every sentence should be capitalized. It sets off the more specific nouns. Common nouns are not capitalized unless they are at the beginning of a sentence. The names of people should be capitalized. Suhyun Kim John Wayne Ted Tucker 2 Exercise 1. Using correct capitalization write the following names. james monroe_ wilson pickett__ jung-ah park 2. Write your name with the correct capital letters. name The first letter of the first word in a sentence is capitalized. This includes all types of sentences statements commands questions and exclamations. Examples Statement I want to buy a new car. Command Close the door. Question Are you a student Exclamation Look out The names of cities countries and continents are capitalized. Examples Seoul Pusan Europe London New York Korea Africa China Exercise Write the names of two cities three countries and a continent here .