ENGL 1113
Student: ________________________
Grammar Assignment #2
Before beginning this assignment, log on to the grammar web site: http://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/index.html . Some of the words in the grammar exercise can be found on the web site; the others you will have to find in a dictionary. Log onto the grammar web site; go to the Home page; click on Get Started. Then click on Grammar at the top of the page; click on Review Grammar at the bottom of the page. Click on Commonly Confused Words on the left hand side. On the right hand side, find the following words and review: Affect/Effect, Borrow/Lend, Complement/Compliment, Couldn’t Care Less, Farther/Further, Irregardless, It’s/Its, Used to, Who’s/Whose, Your/You’re. You …show more content…
The (number, amount) of paper needed for this project was greater than we expected.
11. She looked (well, good) in her new swim suit.
12. Thank you very much, but your (complements, compliments) are inflating my ego.
13. The boys (use to, used to) play poker all night before they were married.
14. Who has (lain, laid) on this sofa ?
15. I have been chosen to judge the speech contest, and I have promised to be as fair and (disinterested, uninterested) as possible.
16. A college education will (affect, effect) your earning potential for a lifetime.
17. I (could care less, couldn’t care less) about your latest love interest.
18. He is a good baseball player, but he played (bad, badly) in last night’s game.
19. (It’s, Its) my opinion that you need to study more for your vocabulary tests.
20. It looks (like, as if) you didn’t bother combing your hair this morning.
Submitting this assignment: Save the assignment as a Microsoft Word document, attach it to the assignment page, and click the submit button. The assignment must be submitted no later than the required due date.
Grading: Points possible for completing this assignment correctly is 20 points. You can review my feedback and your points earned by viewing the My Grades area in your
Student: ________________________
Grammar Assignment #2
Before beginning this assignment, log on to the grammar web site: http://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/index.html . Some of the words in the grammar exercise can be found on the web site; the others you will have to find in a dictionary. Log onto the grammar web site; go to the Home page; click on Get Started. Then click on Grammar at the top of the page; click on Review Grammar at the bottom of the page. Click on Commonly Confused Words on the left hand side. On the right hand side, find the following words and review: Affect/Effect, Borrow/Lend, Complement/Compliment, Couldn’t Care Less, Farther/Further, Irregardless, It’s/Its, Used to, Who’s/Whose, Your/You’re. You …show more content…
The (number, amount) of paper needed for this project was greater than we expected.
11. She looked (well, good) in her new swim suit.
12. Thank you very much, but your (complements, compliments) are inflating my ego.
13. The boys (use to, used to) play poker all night before they were married.
14. Who has (lain, laid) on this sofa ?
15. I have been chosen to judge the speech contest, and I have promised to be as fair and (disinterested, uninterested) as possible.
16. A college education will (affect, effect) your earning potential for a lifetime.
17. I (could care less, couldn’t care less) about your latest love interest.
18. He is a good baseball player, but he played (bad, badly) in last night’s game.
19. (It’s, Its) my opinion that you need to study more for your vocabulary tests.
20. It looks (like, as if) you didn’t bother combing your hair this morning.
Submitting this assignment: Save the assignment as a Microsoft Word document, attach it to the assignment page, and click the submit button. The assignment must be submitted no later than the required due date.
Grading: Points possible for completing this assignment correctly is 20 points. You can review my feedback and your points earned by viewing the My Grades area in your