Intermediate (Level 1): Computer Assisted Language Learning

Assignment 3

Objectives:

• Practice identifying sentence fragments
• Practice repairing sentence fragments
• Become familiar with basic MS Word functions

1. Grammar and Word Processing: Sentence Fragments

   Read the following Powerpoint Presentation on sentence fragments:

   • Avoiding Sentence Fragments
     (Click on each slide to view the next slide.)

   Do the following practice exercises:

   • Practice 1
   • Practice 2
   • Practice 3

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2. 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:

Phrase A group of words without a subject or without a verb "My relatives in Chicago"(no verb); "Rounding the corner." (no subject) Clause A group of words that has a subject and a verb "My relatives live in Chicago."; "When the red convertible was rounding the corner." Independent Clause A clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence "I have too much homework"; "love is the answer" Dependent Clause A clause that can not stand alone as a sentence. It must be attached to an independent clause. "after the class finishes"; "because he didn't study hard enough" Subordinator Dependent clauses always start with subordinators such as since, after, if, which, etc. Fragment An incomplete sentence -- either of the following: Phrase: ie - no subject or no verb Dependent Clause: ie - a clause with a subordinator

Keystroke Notes:

To create a new document, start MS Word. If you are already in MS Word, click on File, New. To insert the date, click Insert, Date and Time, click the format you want, then click OK 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 close your document, click File, Close. Click Yes to save changes (the latest version), or click No to abandon changes to the document. To type underlined text, place the cursor where the underlining will begin, click on the underline button (U), then type the underlined text. Click on the underline button again to stop the underlining. To remove underlines, highlight the underlined text and click the underline button.