Write a review for a product you purchased from Amazon or another online company. Look at your use of adjectives and adverbs. What other adjectives/adverbs could you use to “spice it up?”
Parts of Speech Conjunctions and Interjections Exercise 1
Write out a sample phone conversation that you might have with a friend. Look at your use of conjunctions and interjections in this conversation.
Parts of Speech Nouns and Pronouns Writing Exercise 1
Write a paragraph about something meaningful to you. Look at your use of nouns and pronouns within the paragraph.
Parts of Speech Prepositions Writing Exercise 1
Choose one of the stories you wrote in your prepositions handout, and write it here! Pay attention to how you are using prepositions.
Parts of Speech Verbs Writing Exercise 1
Write a few sentences or a paragraph about something you love to do. Circle all of the verbs, and determine if they are weak or strong verbs. Then, determine what verb tenses the verbs are. Change some of the verb choices and tenses around to see what different effects the changes make on the meaning of your paragraph.
Active and Passive Voice Writing Exercise
- Write steps on how to conduct baking soda experiments, using passive voice.
- Switch all of the sentences to active voice and compare the two.
- Write about a topic that interests you, using active voice.
- Switch all of the sentences to active voice and compare the two.
- When is it more appropriate to use passive voice? When is it more appropriate to use active voice?
Articles Writing Exercise 1
Find the lyrics to your favorite song, and circle all of the nouns and underline all of the articles. Why does the noun have an article or not?
Commonly Confused or Misused Words Writing Exercise 1
Choose five categories of commonly confused or misused words from the handout, and write a sentence for each category showing the difference between the words in that category. Make your sentences as fun and creative as possible!
Irregular Verbs Exercise 1
Write a few sentences using verbs from the irregular verbs chart (on the handout).
