Unit 3
In unit 3, we learned that a small amount of money, or a simple act of kindness can _____ a big difference. What is the missing word?
What is "make"?
In unit three, we learned expressions that are groups of words often used together, such as "an act of kindness", or "extraordinary generosity". What was the name for these groups of words?
What is a collocation?
Is this sentence correct or incorrect:
I will go back my country on April 20th.
Incorrect.
Bonus points if you can fix it.
I am going to go back to my country on April 20th.
What is a rebus? An example is "2b, or not 2b?"
It is the use of a single letter, number or symbol to represent a word when texting.
What expression did we learn in unit 3 that means "are likely to"?
What is "tend to"?
Bonus points if you can use it in a sentence.
People tend to ...I tend to... S/He tends to...
Shannon often says this about English.
What is, "English is crazy"?
This is the name of the Ugandan girl whose family received a pregnant goat from Heifer.
What is Beatrice?
In the following sentence, is the word 'generous' used correctly?
Through an act of generous, Beatrice's family received a goat, and Beatrice could go to school.
Nope.
Bonus points if you can fix it - replace 'generous' with 'generosity'.
Give an example of a dependent clause.
because someone did a thing.
when someone did a thing.
since someone did a thing.
In reading 1 from unit 4, does the writer think that texting is destroying language as we know it?
No.
What is the name of the punctuation that can be used to join together two independent clauses WITHOUT a conjunction? It is also used to make a winking face.
What is a semicolon? ;)
This is the job of a thesis statement.
It provides an exact map, or guide, to the reader about what is going to be written about in the essay.
Finish this quote, "Money makes you happy - if...."
What is 'you spend it on others'?
What word does this definition describe:
The quality of being able to control your actions so that they are within sensible limits. (for example, "I like ice cream, but I don't eat it for every meal": is an example of me showing this quality)
What is moderation?
Turn the following statement into reported speech:
My doctor said, "Come back in two weeks for a check up."
What is "My doctor (told me) (said) to come back in two weeks for a check up."
In unit 4, we learned that there are several purposes for writing. Name two.
Explaining, persuading, giving an opinion, informing, describing or entertaining.
Which of the following sentences is correct:
1. She was watching tv, when the phone rang.
2. She was watching tv when the phone rang.
2.
What is the main difference between a paragraph and an essay?
An essay is made up of several paragraphs.
A paragraph has a topic sentence, but an essay has a thesis statement.
True or false: People are happier from experiences than from possessions.
True
What is the difference between reactive and proactive?
Reactive means that we respond to an action that happened to us after it happened.
Proactive means that we take action to cause something to happen in the hope of preventing a problem later.
Join these two sentences together to make one sentence with a relative clause:
I like Shannon. She is my teacher.
What is, "I like Shannon, who is my teacher."
Does 'complementary' mean:
1. going well together, like peanut butter and jam,
or
2. telling someone that they look very nice today.
1.
What are two ways to fix a run on sentence?
For example, "I like tea I drink a lot of it."
You can divide it into separate independent clauses.
You can put in appropriate punctuation with a coordinating conjunction.
You can put a semicolon between the two clauses.
What is Shannon's natural hair colour?
Brown.
In the essay, "My Friend Bill," the writer talked about several effects that working with an elderly man had on him/her (I don't know if the writer is male or female). Describe two of the effects that the interaction had on the writer of the essay.
What is - the writer met someone s/he really enjoyed spending time with, learned about traveling by train, and discovered that s/he would really like to work with seniors for a career.
What do we call a thing that shows all of the important events that happened during a period of time? (this thing can be useful for understanding and remembering events in a reading text)
What is a timeline?
Correct the following sentence:
Feng showed extraordinary generous when he treat a young man with kindly, by giving the young man money to go to school.
Feng showed extraordinary generosity when he treated a young man with kindness by giving the young man money to go to school.
What is the meaning of "outweigh"?
To be more important, or heavier, than another thing.
I told you a story during the session about who invented punctuation, and why. So, who was it, and why did they do it? Double points if you get both.
The Greeks; they did it to help actors know how to say their lines better. Double points if you get both.
What was the name of the university that published the news story we read yesterday?
U of T, or University of Toronto.