Kompetenzerweiterung I, Homework for Week 5

For homework, please:

1.       Complete the tense exercise on the back of the error correction handout distributed in class today. The exercise requires some kind of past tense. (You can review the rules in brief here: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/past-tense)

2.       On that same handout you’ll find numbers 11-15 have been left blank. There, I would like you to write five sentences which contain one error each to quiz your neighbor with in Monday’s class.

3.       Try your hand at the error correction quizzes at the New York Times website (these are written with sophisticated native speakers in mind, so don’t fret if they’re hard!): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/17/insider/copy-edit-this-quiz-8.html

(The NY Times site is interactive, so click on the spot in the sentence where you suspect an error and you’ll get automatic feedback as to whether you are right or not. After three tries, the site will display the answer.)

4.       Read the rules for adverb placement here: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/grammatik/britisch-grammatik/about-adjectives-and-adverbs/adverbs-and-adverb-phrases-position

5.       And try this quiz: https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adverb_position.htm

6.       Finally, take this quiz on negative prefixes: http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/negprefix.html

Your optional essay for this week is to respond to the article distributed in class on Amazon OR to write your own essay entitled "__________ Doesn’t Play Fair. So What?" is which you insert whatever you want into that blank. For this essay, please still keep my guidelines in mind (available in my first blog post).