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Title: ENGL 245 ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Workshop # 1
Diana Snchez Martnez
University of Turabo
School of Professional Studies
Ahora Program

Title: ENGL 245 ENGLISH GRAMMAR

1. Using the internet resources indicated, review the topics for today.
Define the following terms:
a. Grammar: express how words are use in a language.
b. Parts of Speech: classification of words according their place and functions
in the sentence.
c. Sentence: one or more words that express and statement; compound by
subject and predicate.
2. Complete and hand in quizzes.
Q1.

The boy ate the apple.

subject
predicate

Q2.

The boy ate the apple.

subject
predicatea

Q3.

I need help with this math problem.

subject
predicate

Q4.

Next week my grandmother is coming from Korea.

subject
predicate

Q5.

My favourite month is May.

subject
predicate

Q6.

May is my favourite month.

subject
predicate

Q7.

Our homeroom is having a pizza party tomorrow.

subject
predicate

Q8. Football is played in every country in the world.

subject
predicate
Q9.

Yasmin yawned.
subject

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predicate
Q10.

My expensive new watch has stopped.

subject
predicate

Q11.

Sitting on the roof of my house was a huge black bird.

subject
predicate

Q12.

After dinner I like to have a little sleep in front of the television.

subject
predicate

Q13.

I always bring my dictionary to class.

subject
predicate

Q14.

You have a vocabulary test tomorrow.

subject
Predicate

Q15. My friend and I went shopping.

subject
predicate
Q16.

At the weekend my mother works at a sports club.

subject
predicate

Q17.

Both my parents have to work at the weekend.

subject
predicate

Q18. On the way from school to Frankfurt yesterday afternoon bus number
21 crashed into a parked car.
Subject
Predicate
Q19.

A student and the bus driver were injured in the crash.

subject
predicate

Q20.

In the ESL lesson tomorrow you will have a vocabulary test.

subject
predicate

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Q21.

On Saturday mornings my friends and I play football in the park.

subject
predicate

Q22.

The ozone hole over Antarctica is getting larger every year.

subject
predicate

Q23.

The old hotel in the town center is going to be knocked down to make
way for a new shopping center.
subject
predicate

Q24.

After doing his homework John went to bed.

subject
predicate

Q25.

A glacier is a river of ice moving slowly down a mountain.

subject
predicate

Q26.

Of all the months in the year May is my favourite.

subject
predicate

Q27.

In most English sentences the subject comes before the predicate.

subject
predicate

Q28.

Occasionally the predicate comes before the subject.

subject
predicate

Q29. Waiting by the school gate in the rain was my mother.

subject
predicate
Q30. In this quiz you have been tested on your knowledge of subject and
predicate.
subject
Predicate

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Title: ENGL 245 ENGLISH GRAMMAR

c. Decide what parts of speech should be used to complete the
sentences. Then click the dropdown menu
to see the answer.
1. These kids
2.

it hard to express themselves.

people are impervious to criticism.

3. The police tried to

4. It was very

the mob.
of you to be so tactless.

5. The work was so

that they got bored.

6. It's difficult to make a

7. The Prime Minister received a

vote of confidence.

8. The proposal was rejected because it was

9. If you should lose your checkbook,

immediately.
10. You're under no

the bank

to buy anything.

3. Complete the pre-test in Appendix A

Appendix A
Ice Breaking Activity
Complete the sentences
1. If you were a noun, you would be: proper.
2. If you were a verb, you would be: living.
3. If you were an adjective, you would be: beautiful.
4. If you were an adjective, you would be: happily.
5. If you were a conjunction, you would be: so.
6. If you were a preposition, you would be: in front.
7. If you were a pronoun, you would be: she.
8. If you were a complete sentence, your sentence will be: The beautiful Diana is
living happily in front of the beach and she is enjoying it.

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Pre- test: Circle each of the following parts of speech in each sentence.
A. Find the NOUN(s) in each sentence.
1. Please put these new books in the bookcase over there.
2. A computer can store and retrieve information.
3. Does Tim live in a house or in an apartment?
4. Ms. Enriquez believes wealth cannot buy happiness.
5. Her loyalty and honesty made her a great friend.
B. Find the VERB in each sentence.
1. Joey ran to the store.
2. The boxer is strong.
3. The teacher helped the student with her homework.
4. Thick clouds cover the planet Venus.
5. Inside the classroom was a happy teacher.
C. Find the PRONOUN in each sentence.
1. A spotted coat helps the leopard hide from its prey.
2. Snow covered the ballpark earlier, but it melted.
3. Ken came by and picked up his basketball before supper.
4. Many artists built their studios in old warehouses.
D. Find the ADJECTIVE(s) in each sentence.
1. The huge crowd appeared excited and restless.
2. Two old prospectors and a weary mule trudged across the desert.
3. The loyal fans cheered their team in the game.
4. Our European guests were weary after the long trip.
E. Find the PREPOSITION(s) in each sentence.
1. The library will hold the book until tomorrow.
2. The messenger for the company stopped several times along the route.
3. The meeting of the Security Council took place at ten oclock in a private area of
the building.
4. The prompter sat behind the scenery with a small flashlight.
5. The elephants lumbered past us toward the water hole.

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F. CHECK UP ON PARTS OF SPEECH Directions: Identify the underlined
words as noun (N), pronoun (PN), verb (V), adjective (ADJ), adverb (ADV),
preposition (P), or conjunction (C).
i.

Paul Anderson was proclaimed the world-champion weight-lifter.

ADJ

ii.

He established this record by lifting 1175 pounds.

C

iii.

The records indicate that the first fight with boxing gloves was fought in
C

1818 in France.

ADJ

iv.

No man alive today could have been present at that time.

N

v.

He had so much to do that he went home early.

C

vi.

Not wanting to be rude, he made his apologies to his host.

N

ADV

vii.

ADV

PN

In 1876, R. Barnes of Chicago led the National League with an average

N

of .403.
x.

PN

The understanding was between the guest and his host.

V

ix.

Ordinarily, I would not leave so soon, but I have so much to do, he

told his host.

viii.

ADV

In the 1957 World Series, Lew Burdette won three games, two of which
were shutouts.
N

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4. Write an Abstract about Error Analysis
Error analysis is the analysis that teachers performed when they hear their
students talking. It is rather a process of identifying errors in expressing
themselves verbally. Some errors are more identified than others, and there are
also errors that are paying more attention than others. This is because the errors
that you are not paying much attention not affect both the message that is being
conducted, and these errors are corrected over time while the student is over
command of language.
The mistakes when speaking are committed by people who are acquiring a
second language. These mistakes are due to misuse of words, or confusion of
some meanings. It is also because the child does not know well the context and
word usage. If we are in a class where is reading a story the child can pronounce
the words wrong, but as teachers we should correct, but not ridicule them. The
teacher should pronounce the word correctly so the student can repeat it correctly.
However, native language also makes many mistakes when speaking. This
is because in the street talking on the street is more casual, and that's what
children hear. Therefore, it should be corrected when speaking incorrectly, so that it
grows with misconceptions of language. Not that I'm wrong informal language but
when represent in work or professional lives that will later so doing wrong they
might be affected.
Error analysis is completely different from what I thought it was. He
understood that it was the errors that were committed when analyzing some
reading, or some exercise to be performed. When I began to look about me more
interested in it. Error analysis is something we do even without intending to do so.
We do this when we are talking to someone or hear about and identify any bad
word said or misused and in our minds correct. However, when we talk to people
we know directly, we correct them, not with the intention of making them feel bad,
but with the intention of helping them.