Tuesday, April 14, 2009

How to make Toast

Have you ever nearly burned your house down trying to make toast? Follow this carefully and you will be able to avoid this. You may want to keep a fire extinguisher on hand just in case.

For this you will need, bread I prefer white bread, but any kind of bread will work fine. You will need a toaster, with out it you will not be able to make toast, a flame works to but we are trying to avoid burning the house down. You will also need something to put on the toast, jam, peanut butter, or butter works the best, but you could also leave it plain.



First take a piece of bread and put it in the toaster, most toasters have a dial that lets you set how dark you want your toast to be, too low and your toast will remain bread, too high and your toast will burn. Pull the lever down. Wait about 10 to 15 minutes if the toaster does not warm up you will want to plug it in.



Wait about 3 minutes and the toast should pop up, remove the toast from the toaster, you may want to let it cool first or you may get burned. Now you can put on the jam peanut butter or butter on it, or if you like you can leave it plain. You can now eat your perfect toast!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Fragments: Exercise

Question 1
Correct
Question 2
Incorrect
Question 3
Correct
Question 4
Incorrect
Question 5
Correct
Question 6
Correct
Question 7
Correct
Question 8
Incorrect
Question 9
Correct
Question 10
Correct
Question 11
Correct
Question 12
Incorrect
Question 13
Correct
Question 14
Correct
Question 15
Correct
Question 16
Incorrect

Identifying Sentence Structure quiz

(Click on question number to jump to question.)
points earned
points possible
Question 1
correct
1

Question 2
incorrect
0

Question 3
correct
1

Question 4
incorrect
0

Question 5
incorrect
0

Question 6
incorrect
0

Question 7
incorrect
0

Question 8
correct
1

Question 9
correct
1

Question 10
correct
1

Question 11
incorrect
0

Question 12
incorrect
0

Question 13
correct
1

Question 14
incorrect
0

Question 15
incorrect
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Score: (40%)
6

Monday, April 6, 2009

Grammar and Mechanics Exercises

1- The team won (its) (it's) game. Did you win (yours) (your's), (to)(too) (two)?The team won its first game. Did you win yours to?
2- They left (their) (there) books (there) (their) (they're).They left their books there.
3- I hear (your) (you're) about to graduate.I hear you’re about to graduate.
4- (Its) (It's) nice that (there) (their) (they're) friendly.It’s nice that they’re friendly.
5- Although I get (alot) (a lot) of colds, I feel (all right)(alright)now.Although I get a lot of colds, I feel alright.
6- (Whose) (Who's) prettier (then) (than) you?Who’s prettier than you?
7- Are you tired? I'm out of (breathe) (breath), (too) (to) (two).Are you tired? I’m out of breath, too.
8- Run back and (fourth) (forth) from (hear) (here) to (their) (there).Run back and forth from here to there.
9- (Your) (You're) about to (loose) (lose) (your) (you're) book.You’re about to lose your book.
10- Everyone will (accept) (except) the prize (accept) (except) you.Everyone will accept the prize except you.
11- Do you know (weather) (whether) or not he will give me the prize.Do you know whether or not he will give me the prize?
12- Many people (choose) (chose) to live in large cities.Many people choose to live in large cities.
13- Is the doctor (through) (thorough) (threw) with my exam?Is the doctor through with my exam?
14- What (affect) (effect) does the school (principle)(principal) haveon you?What effect doe the school principle have?
15- What did he (advice) (advise) you to do? Did you take his (advice)(advise)?What did he advise you to do? Did you take his advice?
16- (There) (Their) (They're) are (alot) (a lot) of (your) (you're) friendsin the boat.There are a lot of your friends in the boat
17- I will (buy) (by) a book (buy) (by) Ray Bradbury
I will buy a book by Ray Bradbury

Grammer exercise: comma splice/run on sentences

1. Some radio stations have powerful signals, they can be heard in nearby cities.
2. One disc jockey reads letters; he also jokes with callers
3. Several stations hold contests; prizes are often albums.
4. Tanya won one contest, she named a song correctly.
5. The sound system is complex; few people could operate it.
6. The Reds won the pennant, they will play in the World Series.
7. Last summer we camped; it was the best vacation ever.
8. Tony has a set of barbells; he lifts weights every day.
9. We saw an old Hitchcock film; it was a classic thriller.
10. A raccoon visits our back porch every evening, we call him the Lone Ranger