Improve_Your_Punctuation.PDF

Answers to exercises CHAPTER 1 1. Plurals: cats crutches children deer duchesses dwarfs–dwarves halves ladies men marriages meta ...

started went left were could (not) remember was Personal pronouns:she it Demonstrative pronoun:that Possessive pronoun:hers Inte ...

6. Passive voice: (a) The guest of honour was served first by the hostess. (b) Night storage heaters were installed by the landl ...

(d) Dreaming of her holiday... noun phrase using a gerund (subject of sentence) (it) made her forget... main clause (e) Furiousl ...

... a meeting had been – adverbial clause of arranged... reason ... he had stayed in his hotel... – adverbial clause of conditio ...

(e) Julie was doing her homework... main clause ... Dan was laying the table... main clause ... their father was reading the pap ...

CHAPTER 5 Punctuation David flung open the office door and sat down at his desk; he had a great deal to do. Would he complete th ...

CHAPTER 7 1. Dialogue Alan stared at his wife in dismay. ‘Are you sure you’re pregnant?’ he asked. ‘Of course I’m sure,’ she rep ...

Alan: Of course there is. Kate: I won’t have an abortion if that’s what you mean. I might’ve agreed once but not now. Alan: But ...

‘Nonsense, dear. Of course you do; everyone wants a white wedding in church,’ her mother replied. ‘St Paul’s Church will be perf ...

Glossary Acronym.A word formed from the initial letters of other words. Active voice.The subjectdoesthe action. Adjective.A word ...

Noun. abstract:A word that denotes a quality or state. collective: A singular word which refers to a group of people or things. ...

Tautology.A statement that is repeated in a different way in the same sentence. Thesaurus.A book which will give a selection of ...

Further reading Write Right, Jan Venolia (David St John Publisher) The King’s English, Fowler (Oxford) Roget’s Thesaurus(Longman ...

Index abbreviations, 99–100 acronyms, 101 adjectives, 9, 66–76, 137 demonstrative, 72 interrogative, 72–3 possessive, 70–1 adver ...

homophones, 120–2 hyphens, 148 indirect speech, 108–9, 142 infinitives, 23, 28–30, 146 initial letters, 101 interjections, 24, 1 ...

verbs, 12, 136 active voice, 23–4 auxilliary, 12 finite, 12–13, 136 infinitive, 13, 19–20, 136 intransitive, 22, 23 irregular, 1 ...