PARALLEL STRUCTURE
INVERSION IN NEGATIVE ADVERBIALS
REPORTED SPEECH
USES OF WISH
A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
100
FIND THE MISTAKE AND CORRECT IT. "I enjoy playing jeopardy, win games and of course to get extra points."
I enjoy playing jeopardy, winning games and getting extra points.
100
FIND THE MISTAKE AND CORRECT IT. "Seldom the teacher lets us sing in a karaoke."
Seldom does the teacher let us sing in a karaoke.
100
READ THE QUOTE AND REPORT IT. "If you think you have seen it all, you are wrong." unknown.
Someone said that if we thought we had seen it all, we were wrong.
100
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WISH USED FOR EXPRESSING A REGRET. a) "I wish you to recover soon." b) "I wish you had recovered soon." c) "I wish you wouldn't drink." d) "I wish you hadn't driven drunk."
The answer is D "I wish you hadn't driven drunk."
100
STAND UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLASSROOM AND DANCE MAMBO NUMBER 5.
CONGRATULATIONS PARTNERS!!! YOU ARE GREAT DANCERS!!!
200
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE USING A CORRECT FORM OF PARALLEL STRUCTURE. USE SOME OF THESE WORDS: INTELLIGENT / KIND / HUMAN BEING / RUNNER / ARCHAELOGIST / BORING "When I met her I thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world, ..."
Possible Answer: When I met her I though she was the most beautiful girl in the world, the most intelligent archaelogist and the kindest human being.
200
READ THE SENTENCES AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT EXAMPLE OF AN INVERSION USING NEGATIVE ADVERBIALS.. a)" He knew her very little." b) "Little did he know about her." c) "He knew her when she was little." d) "Little he knew about her."
The answer is B. "Little did he know about her."
200
READ THE QUOTE AND REPORT IT CORRECTLY. "The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it." BY Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey said the greatest gift of life was friendship, and he had received it.
200
USING THE FOLLOWING WORDS, WRITE A QUOTE USING WISH TO EXPRESS AN ACTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE DOING INSTEAD OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW. WE - HAVE FUN - INSTEAD OF - HAVE CLASS
We wish we were having fun instead of having class.
200
GET A PARTNER FROM THE OTHER TEAM AND MAKE HIM / HER LAUGH. (DO NOT USE SPANISH, THIS IS AN ENGLISH SPEAKING AREA). THIS ACTIVITY IS FOR ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS. NOTE: YOU CAN'T LOOK AWAY WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE YOU LAUGH!!!!
SO TELL ME, DID THEY MAKE YOU LAUGH? THAT'S THE ATTITUDE!!!!!!
300
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS PARTIALLY TRUE. IDENTIFY THE MISTAKE AND CORRECT IT. "The Parallel Structure involves keeping the same structure during the whole sentence, use only adjectives, nouns, adverbs, verbs or clauses and making sure you are not mixing them."
The mistake is "use" and the correct statement is... The Parallel Structure involves keeping the same structure during the whole sentence, using only adjectives, nouns, adverbs, verbs or clauses and making sure you are not mixing them.
300
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF AN INVERSION WITH NEGATIVE ADVERBIALS? EXPLAIN WHY. a) Never had I studied so much for an English exam. b) Little had I studied for an English exam. c) Had I not studied for an English exam, I would have failed. d) Seldom had I studied for an English exam.
The answer is C. Had I not studied for an English exam, I would have failed. Because it doesn't have a negative adverbial. It is an inverted conditional.
300
REPORT THE FOLLOWING QUOTE. "I'm very grateful because I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health." By Eric Idle.
Eric Idle said that he was very grateful because he had been very blessed in his life and had been rewarded with good friends and good health.
300
WRITE AN EXAMPLE OF WISH, USED FOR EXPRESSING THE DESIRE OF CHANGING AN ANNOYING BEHAVIOR: USE CELLPHONE IN CLASS.
I wish you would stop using the chellphone in class.
300
SOLVE THE FOLLOWING RIDDLE. A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl called Isobel. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Isobel seven apples. Why?
Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away. XD
M
e
n
u