Cause and Effect Practice

We have a lot of practice to do today in the LAB.

Go to the following websites and do several different activities related to cause/effect writing. Anything that you do not finish in the LAB is for homework.

1. Read the explanation first and do the two exercises. Links are at the bottom of the page. http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/cause.html#causeconj

2. Smoking Gap Fill Exercise - http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/hd1/english/cause/smokingeffects.htm

3. Transport Gap Fill Exercise - http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/hd1/english/cause/transport.htm

4. Take the quiz - http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/sequencing/quiz1341.html

Do the following questions WITH A PARTNER. It’s not necessary for you to write them down; only discuss them orally. Do not look at the answer sheet until you are done.

5. What’s the effect? http://www.k12reader.com/cause-effect/whats_the_effect.pdf
6. What’s the cause? http://www.k12reader.com/cause-effect/why_whats_the_cause.pdf

Do this activity by yourself. Write down your answers in your notebook!

7. What is the cause and effect?  http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/worksheets/cause_and_effect_worksheets/cause_and_effect_grade_3_worksheet.pdf

After you finish identifying the cause and effect for each question, combine the two clauses/sentences to make THREE complex sentence using cause/effect conjunctions.

E.g. There was a loud boom of thunder, and my dog began to scratch the door.

Examples of complex sentence:

a) Since there was a loud boom of thunder, my dog began to scratch at the door.

b) Due to the loud boom of thunder, my dog began to scratch at the door.

c) My dog began to scratch at the door because there was a loud boom of thunder.

Phrasal Verbs

Go to the following link and practice phrasal verbs. We've practiced some of the pages in class. The PDF link has other activities that you can practice on your own. The answers to all the worksheets for homework are below.

https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/9780472032433-excerpt.pdf

P 10

1.     G

2.     H

3.     J

4.     C

5.     L

6.     I

7.     D

8.     E

9.     F

10.  A

11.  B

12.  K

P11

1.     D

2.     I

3.     J

4.     G

5.     L

6.     B

7.     A

8.     K

9.     F      

10.  E       They put the fire out. They put out the fire.

11.  C

12.  H

P12

1.     Turn the TV on

Put it off

2.     Tried them on

I put on two pairs of socks

Put them back

3.     Pick me up

Fill it out

4.     I’ll out it down

5.     Take mine off

6.     Write it down

7.     Tear up

Throw them away

8.     To put it off

P13 Ex. 6

2. She called it off.

3. Please write it down.

4. She tore it up.

5. Don’t turn it on now.

6. He handed them out.

7. I left them out.

8. Did you fill it out?

P 16 Ex. 7

1.     When I get through work every day, I get in my car and drive home.

2.     Every time the teacher calls on Boris, he is asleep. I don’t know how she puts up with him.

3.     Natalia got on a plane to Seattle last night to go look after her grandfather until he got over the flu. When she gets back to school, Natalia will have to catch up on her homeowork.

4.     Molly, look out for that car!

5.     When I was cleaning my room, I came across some old papers from 1995.

P 16   Ex. 8

2. They’re counting on him and me.

3. I couldn’t catch up with them.

4. The professor called on him.

5. We ran into them.

6. Before class, I went over it.

P 19   Ex. 9

1.     Break up

2.     Catch up

3.     Keep on

4.     Take off

5.     Give up

6.     Hurry up

7.     Get up

8.     Show up

9.     Grow up

10.  Hold on

11.  Slow down

12.  Break down

P 20  Ex. 10

1.     Slow down

Hurry up

2.     Went off

Getting up

Kept on

3.     Come on

Eat out

Show up

4.     Took off

Wake up

Gave up

5.     Grow up

Breaks down

P 21  Ex. 11

1.     It took years of paying higher prices before I caught on.

2.     If you’re like me, then you don’t have money to throw it away foolishly.

3.     I usually go over the ads in the newspaper on Thursday.

4.     Good

5.     Sometimes I come across a great bargain on the clearance rack.

6.     However, you need to watch out for damaged merchandise.

7.     Never count on all stores to have the same policy.

8.     Good

9.     Of course, it is usually the job of the store clerk to clear the fitting rooms and out the clothes away.

10.  If you take someone with you when shopping for yourself, be certain that you get along with that person.

Answers to Verb+Preposition HW

Verb + Object +

Preposition Combinations

1 page 162

2. learn; from

3. explains; to

4. get; from

5. ask; for

6. remind; about

7. ask; for

2 page 162

2. His co-workers help him with difficult tasks.

3. He asks them for advice.

4. He gets good feedback from them.

5. They explain company policies to him.

6. He discusses problems with them.

3 page 163

Answers will vary.

Verb + Preposition Combinations

1 page 164

2. about

3. with

4. to

5. to

6. on

7. on

8. for

9. about

10. on

11. for

2 pages 164–165

2. for

3. about

4. for

5. at

6. on

7. with

8. to

9. for

10. about

11. on

3 page 165

Answers will vary

Avoid Common Mistakes

page 165-166

2. b   3.  b   4. a   5. b   6. a   7. c   8.b

2 page 166

Do noises distract you? Is it hard for you to deal with

noisy co-workers? What can solve the problem? A set of

PrivaPhones can solve  it! Just wear on PrivaPhones at work.

You’ll ask yourself, “What happened to the noise?” With

PrivaPhones, you won’t hear it. This lets you work

hard at your job. PrivaPhones depend on new technology to

protect your ears. Your PrivaPhones are waiting for you

today!

Self-Assessment pages 166–167

1. b

2. a

3. c

4. a

5. b

6. c

7. a

8. c

9. b

10. c

11. a

12. b

13. c

14. c

15. a

LAB Instructions

Hi everyone,

First, go to  https://mohawkcollege.acereader.com/ and do the highlighted activities for today. 

For the rest of the class, choose what you would like to do. Your options are:

1. Click on the Ultimate Speed Reader icon on the desktop and practice reading. 

2. Click on the Tense Busters icon on the desktop and choose any grammar point that you would like to practice. Preferably choose a grammar point that you struggle with in writing. You should know what you struggle with based on the comments and feedback I give you on your paragraphs in class/assessments. If the grammar point is not available on Tense Busters, go on Google and search for other websites that are useful.

Let me know if you need help and I'll come around.

Answers to the Trans. and Intrans. Verbs HW and Flower Arrangement

How to arrange flowers

1. Gather the necessary materials. 

2. Cut the flower stems diagonally, about an inch from the ends, using a sharp knife or garden shears.

3. Prepare the vase, bowl, box or whatever vessel you plan on using for the flower arrangement. Make sure the vessel is nice and clean, with no residue or dirt.

4. Pour the water into the vessel, and then add a single package of preservative solution. If you don't have any preservative solution, try adding a couple of drops of Clorox bleach to the water instead. If you have any closed buds and you want them to open quickly, use warm water instead of cool water.

5. Use an odd number of flowers in each layer. 

6. Add the larger, more dominant flowers first. Work with a single flower type at a time. Work in a circle, placing one flower at a time around the outer edge of the container.

7. Once you have finished putting in the largest flowers, move on to the second circle, using a different variety of flower. This circle of flowers should be inside the first circle. Leave the stems slightly longer on the inner flowers. Continue to layer the flowers in this manner, one variety after another, according to the size and number of flowers in your arrangement.

8. You can add the final touches to your arrangement by inserting any greenery, leaves, berries or other decorations.

Answers to the Modal Grammar Homework

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