Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Writing for two different purposes
Hi. Please help me with these.
1. Let us pretend that someone is asked to write simple phrases for someone to mime for. And before this activity, the sheets containing a list of phrases (to mime for) are handed out. Are these correct (good?) as phrases for that puropose? Do you think we have to put definite articles or possessive pronouns? Instead, could we put indefinite articles for all phrases of the kind as the example phrases below?
1. take the garbage out/take your garbage out/take garbage out
2. wash the window/wash your window/wash a window
3. spill the drink/spill your drink/spill a drink
4. celebrate the promotion/your promotion/a promotion
2. I think this could be one of those questions that appear in a school writing assignment. Anyway, could you check the tenses?
Please write what you would do under this circumstance (situation?).
Hypothetical situation: Let us pretend that you are married have a teenaged son. One day he goes into his room and doesn't come out for two days. He hasn't come out to eat and doesn't open his door. You dont happen to have a key to his room. You have tried to find out anything that was troubling him but couldn't find (find out?) any.
How would you deal with this hypothetical situation?
1. Let us pretend that someone is asked to write simple phrases for someone to mime for. And before this activity, the sheets containing a list of phrases (to mime for) are handed out. Are these correct (good?) as phrases for that puropose? Do you think we have to put definite articles or possessive pronouns? Instead, could we put indefinite articles for all phrases of the kind as the example phrases below?
1. take the garbage out/take your garbage out/take garbage out
2. wash the window/wash your window/wash a window
3. spill the drink/spill your drink/spill a drink
4. celebrate the promotion/your promotion/a promotion
2. I think this could be one of those questions that appear in a school writing assignment. Anyway, could you check the tenses?
Please write what you would do under this circumstance (situation?).
Hypothetical situation: Let us pretend that you are married have a teenaged son. One day he goes into his room and doesn't come out for two days. He hasn't come out to eat and doesn't open his door. You dont happen to have a key to his room. You have tried to find out anything that was troubling him but couldn't find (find out?) any.
How would you deal with this hypothetical situation?
Top answer
These all seem right as amended. I have underlined the ones I would probably use: 1. T ake the garbage out / T ake your garbage out/ T ake a garbage bag out 2.
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These all seem right as amended. I have underlined the ones I would probably use:
1. Take the garbage out/Take your garbage out/Take a garbage bag out
2. Wash the window/Wash your window/Wash a window
3. Spill the drink/
1. Take the garbage out/Take your garbage out/Take a garbage bag out
2. Wash the window/Wash your window/Wash a window
3. Spill the drink/
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