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http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/gc-connectives.html •Fragments and Run On Sentences http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/fragments_quiz.htm •Practice Repairing Run on Sentences http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm •Parts of an essay review http://www.slideshare.net/yoyo2012/parts-of-an-essay-11572332?related=1 This website provides example sentences of various transition words and offers information on the punctuation associated with them: http://www.elc.byu.edu/classes/buck/w_garden/classes/buck/transitions.html.
This website lists various transition words and then at the bottom has a worksheet to quiz yourself: http://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub/handouts_worksheets/english/transitions.pdf In case you are unsure, here are the answers to the worksheet: 1. so, 2. but, 3. for example, 4. therefore, 5. for, 6. despite this, 7. consequently, 8. meanwhile, 9. in fact, 10. later, 11. though, 12. in addition, 13. then, 14. obviously/thus, 15. furthermore, 16. most of all, 17. with out a doubt, 18. to sum up, 19. still, 20. finally 1. ambition
2. ideal 3. announce 4. crucial 5. express 1) After decades of watching the number of elderly being placed in retirement homes increase, there is now a growing trend among members of Generation X to care for parents at home. The number of Generation Xers with a high degree of ___involvement_________ in their elderly parents’ care has risen sharply in recent years. 2) According to Don Waler of the AMC, this _________significant_________ change is in part due to members of this generation witnessing their own parents’ struggles with decisions of how to care for ailing grandparents. 3) It could be that by the time the Millennial Generation must face this issue, retirement homes will be seen as ____old-fashioned_________. 4) Waler is quick to point out that there are certain ____circumstances______ where nursing homes still play a vital role in the care of the elderly. 5) Elderly parents with diseases that require around-the-clock care need many of the medical facilities that certain nursing home offer. In deciding which type of care an elderly parent requires, younger generations must ______distinguish_____ between a home that offers medical care and one that primarily provides social opportunities, and then decide if these needs can be met within the home.
6) ______Keeping a vocabulary journal_________, _____looking up words in an on-line dictionary___________, ______reviewing words with a friend_________, and ________learning a words’ collocations_________ are all vocabulary learning strategies we can do to help us learn new words. Click here to read a more in-depth article about collocations: http://www.bothell.washington.edu/wacc/for-students/eslhandbook/vocabulary
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