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Grammar Warm Up

Grammar Warm Up. Directions: Take each set of sentences and combine them into two compound sentences using the rules and tools. Six total sentences. Semi colon Comma and coordinating conjunction I tried to speak Spanish. My friend tried to speak English.

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Grammar Warm Up

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  1. Grammar Warm Up • Directions: Take each set of sentences and combine them into two compound sentences using the rules and tools. Six total sentences. • Semi colon • Comma and coordinating conjunction • I tried to speak Spanish. My friend tried to speak English. • The husband played video games. His wife went shopping. • Mr. Tuttle graduated from Appalachian State. His degree was in English, Secondary Education.

  2. Vocabulary in Context • The amnesiac flipped aimlessly through the family photos he was supposed to recognize. • The theatre critic was capricious in the way he bestowed blame or praise—you could never tell what he was going to say! • Celebrities like Paris Hilton are incessantly callow, and have probably never had to work hard for anything they have.

  3. Vocabulary in Context • His voice was disembodied as you entered the shop because he read from a chair below the height of the counter. • The eloquent tone in which President Obama speaks is like a symphony of speech. • I worked feverishly to rescue my kitten from the confines of the cold, dark well.

  4. Vocabulary in context • The ghost’s guttural voice hauntingly reverberated through the empty halls. • The intricate details of Victorian Era furniture is what makes it so beautiful and expensive. • The Whispering Forest is impenetrable to the evil forces of The Horde.

  5. Vocabulary in Context • Adolf Hitler is one of the most malevolent rulers the world has ever seen. • The perpetual sound of the dripping faucet drove the prisoner crazy. • I have experienced many different stages in my life, but none have been so prosperous as the last three years after I got that raise.

  6. Vocabulary in context • A strong and resilient spirit is the key to leading a happy, fulfilling life. • The teenager’s suppressed anger finally erupted when his teacher called him “Sunshine”. • The bounty hunters were on the trail of the perpetrator, but the wily con man evaded them at every turn.

  7. Things Fall Apart Anticipation Guide • It is OK for one person to have more than one spouse. • Christianity is the true religion. • Being masculine depends on physical strength. • A woman can be intuitive about the health of her child.

  8. Anticipation Guide continued • Men should be intimately involved in raising children. • Accidental manslaughter should be punished severely. • Ancestors have great influence in our present-day lives. • Hard work is the road to self-respect. • A parent should have much control over the future of her/his child.

  9. Anticipation Guide continued • Justice is served in the court system. • Violence is never the answer to any problem. • A child should always respect his/her parents, even if he/she doesn’t agree with them. • A person’s success can be judged by his/her material wealth. ($)

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