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• Sentence Boundaries: http://www.cuyamaca.net/tpagaard/PagaardSite/Resources/PDFs/Mechanics/SentenceBoundaries.pdf

Activity: Complete these two activities [1] [2]. Print and submit to me.

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• “It” as a ‘dummy subject’ – http://awelu.srv.lu.se/grammar-and-words/selective-mini-grammar/pronouns/dummy-pronouns

Activity: Write five sentences that begin with ‘it’ and submit them to me.

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• Possessive Pronouns: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/pronouns-possessive.htm

Activity: Write five sentences that use possessive pronouns and submit them to me.

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• “Benefit of” is always followed by a noun (i.e., The benefit of sleeping is that I can rest. The benefit of school is that I can learn many new things.

Activity: Write five sentences that use “benefit of” + noun. For example, tell me the benefit of studying or the benefit of Facebook. Submit your sentences to me.

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• Gerund Phrases: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/gerundphrase.htm and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFsP8vEZqSQ

Activity: Write five sentences that use gerund phrases and submit to me.

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• Body Paragraph Development: http://www.regent.edu/admin/stusrv/writingcenter/files/An%20Academic%20Paragraph%20Outline.pdf

Activity: Fill in this outline for a paragraph from our textbook. Submit to me.

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• Past Participles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L0UXPHPnvk and irregular past participle list

Activity: Write five sentences for each use of the past participle from the video, for a total of 15 sentences. (For example, write five sentences that use a past participle as a perfect verb, five for a past participle as an adjective, and five as a passive verb.) Submit to me.

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• Participial Adjectives: http://faculty.washington.edu/marynell/grammar/partadj.html and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7nxCerKscY

Activity: Write five sentences that use participial adjectives and submit to me.

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• Collocations with Prepositions: http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/vlc/errorcorrection/prepositions.htm

Activity: Chose ten of these noun/verb + preposition combinations and write one sentence for each and submit to me.

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• Comma Rules: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02

Activity: Complete the two comma rule quizzes on this page. There is nothing to submit to me for this activity. Check your answers on the page.

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• Count Nouns: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/countnon.html

Activity: Complete the count noun quiz on this page. There is nothing to submit to me for this activity. Check your answers on the page.

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• Tense Shift: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_faigley_penguinhb_1/7/1978/506544.cw/index.html%20parentloc

Activity: Use the left-hand navigation on the web-page above to read ‘introduction’ and ‘examples.’ Then complete two ‘sentence practice’ and two ‘paragraph practice’ exercises.

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• Subject (plural noun) / Verb Agreement: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/599/01

Activity: Complete the verb agreement activity on this page. Print it out and submit it to me.

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• Gerunds: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/what-is-a-gerund

Activity: Write five sentences that have a gerund as a subject. Write five sentences that have a gerund as an object. Submit to me.

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• Past Perfect: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html

Activity: Complete this simple past / past perfect activity. Check your answers on the page. There’s nothing to submit to me.

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• Relative (Adjective) Clauses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAYm_WGqos

Activity: Complete the adjective clause work on this page. Print out and submit to me.

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• Coordinating Conjunctions: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/coordinatingconjunction.htm

Activity: Complete this quiz on coordinating conjunctions. Check your answers on the page. There’s nothing to submit to me.

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• “If clauses:” http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/conditionals-verb-tense-in-if-clauses

Activity: Write three sentences using the “zero conditional,” three sentences using the “first conditional,” three sentences using the “second conditional,” and three sentences using the “third conditional.” Submit to me.

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• When to us the ‘ing” form: http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/verb_forms_and_tenses05.html

Activity: Complete this quiz. Check your answers on the page. There’s nothing to submit to me.

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• Word Form: http://write-site.athabascau.ca/esl/word_forms.php

Activity: Complete this word form quiz and this word form quiz. Check your answers on the page. There’s nothing to submit to me.

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