**SENTENCE COMPLETION, March 19th, 2013**

Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence*; you can add the phrase or clause before or after (not both) to the clause below:

... Margaret Atwood is a well-known Canadian author ...

 

Sentence 1: add a phrase            

Sentence 2: add a dependent clause     

Sentence 3: add an independent clause

* Please write three separate sentences.

**NUMBER CHANGE, March 19th, 2013**

If a sentence is singular, change it to the plural; if it is plural, change it to the singular.

A rabbit is hiding under a shrub in my garden; it seems to sleep there for an hour at least each afternoon. It looks like a patch of snow as the rabbit hasn’t yet started to change colour. When spring comes, I don’t want the rabbit in my garden as it will eat any tender shoot that comes up through the soil.

**VOCABULARY, March 19th, 2013**

Vocabulary building is important for both reading comprehension and writing. Use the following two words (note the part of speech) in one sentence.

antidote      (noun)     +      ecological      (adjective)

SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS, March 19th, 2013

We can describe someone admitting something as confessing. Provide a synonym and an antonym for this word—each student should write a different word.

**ACTIVE & PASSIVE, March 19th, 2013**

Write one sentence in the active voice and one in the passive voice using the verb begin.

**TIME CHANGE, March 19th, 2013**

Change the time (verb tense) in the following sentence; replace any time clue words as necessary.

I am on my way to a party for my sister’s birthday. I have to drive across town, so I am allowing myself forty minutes for that, but I hear on the radio that there is an accident on the freeway that may delay me. I have my cell phone with me, so I can phone to tell her about the situation.

Note that there is more than one way to do this, and each student should choose a different time frame with different time clues.