High-Intermediate (Level 2): Computer Assisted Language Learning

Assignment 5

Grammar Practice

Open the following site in another window:
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
Click on the Ask Grammar, Quizzes, Search Devices pull-down menu and select 170+ Interactive Quizzes
Scroll down past "Basic Sentence Parts" to the section called "Verbs and Verbals".
Click on the following quizzes, read the directions carefully, and complete the quizzes:

Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement II
Practice: Subject-Verb Agreement I
Practice: Subject-Verb Agreement II
Practice: Subject-Verb Agreement III
Practice: Subject-Verb Agreement IV
Agreement Problems
Agreement Problems II

Grammar and Word Processing

Using Microsoft Word, do Exercises 1, 2, and 3 on the handouts from the teacher. Follow the instructions very carefully on the handouts. The notes below are meant to help you complete the tasks.

Show the completed exercises to your teacher before printing.
Print these three exercises, and hand them in to the teacher.

Grammar Notes:

Writers sometimes make mistakes in subject-verb agreement. This especially occurs

in sentences with compound subjects: "John and Julia are very close.";
or with verbs separated from subjects: "The coins on the table are mine."

Be careful! Sometimes a subject looks like a compound subject, but acts like a single subject. This occurs when the elements of the subject together form a widely recognized single set. The 'compound subject' is really the name of the set. Therefore, a singular verb is used.

Some examples:

Ham and eggs is my father's favourite breakfast dish.
Black and white has become a popular photo style in recent years.

Keystroke Notes:

To create a new document, start MS Word. If you are already in MS Word, click on File, New.
To set line spacing to double, place the cursor where the double spacing will begin, click Format, Paragraph, Indents and Spacing, Line Spacing, then click the spacing you want.
To turn on the automatic numbering, click on Format, click Bullets and Numbering, click Numbered, click on the style you want, then click OK.
To print your document, click File, Print, OK.
To save your document a first time, click File, Save, (click Save In to select a drive or folder, select the folder or drive), double-click File Name text box, type a filename, then click Save. *After the first time you only have to click File, Save to save the newest version of your document.
To select a font size, place the cursor where you want the font size to begin. Click Format, Font, Font tab, choose Size, click or type the size you want, then click OK.
To close your document, click File, Close. Click Yes to save changes (the latest version), or click No to abandon changes to the document.
To use the Thesaurus, select the word (using the mouse) you want to look up. Click Tools, Language, Thesaurus. Click the desired meaning. Click Look up to list synonyms. Select the desired synonym. Click Replace.
To change margins, click File, Page Setup, Margins. Click Left, Right, Top, and/or bottom, and type the distance for the margins (or the increase/decrease arrow buttons). Click Apply To, This Point Forward or Whole Document, OK.
To vertically center text, click File, Page Setup, Layout, Vertical Alignment. Select Center. Click OK.