Read and decide if it is a complete sentence or a fragment. Of course there are still older golfers who continue the traditions of the sport, but these three young athletes show how golf is changing. In 2011, after a terrible earthquake in Japan, Ishikawa impressed his fans once again by promising to donate all of the money he earned that year to help the earthquake victims. Each of his victories since then has shown his incredible athletic skill, and he has become a favorite with fans.
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Ishikawa is a professional Japanese golfer who was born in In 2007, he became the youngest player ever to win a professional golf tournament in Japan. Today she is one of the world’s best female golfers. She shocked everyone by competing against men-and beating many of them-at the age of fourteen. Wie, born in Hawaii in 1989, is Korean-American. Both of them are quite different from the traditional golfer. Two other young golf stars are Michelle Wie and Ryo Ishikawa. Garcia caught the world’s attention by hitting a golf shot at a target from behind a tree with his eyes closed. He became a professional golfer in 1999 at the age of 19. Garcia was born in 1980 and started golfing at the age of three. One of the young stars is Sergio Garcia, a fascinating golfer from Spain. Young people around the world are playing the game, and some of them have caused a lot of excitement. Golf is no longer just a favorite sport of wealthy middle-aged businessmen or senior citizens. 12Įditing a Paragraph for Errors in Subject-Verb Agreement Ch1 Academic Paragraphs Find errors and make corrections.
Underline the subject and circle the correct verb form. Put parentheses around the prepositional phrases. (At the end of the film), moviegoers applauded the defeat (of the evil Empire). Darth Vader represents the evil Empire and always wears black. The heroes (in Luke Skywalker’s life) are Jedi knights. (In the original Star Wars), Luke Skywalker becomes a freedom fighter. Lucas and his team designed and built an imaginary world (of good and evil). He worked (with talented artists and engineers). George Lucas wrote the story and planned the special effects. Audiences loved the film and the characters (in it). Underline the subjects and double underline the verbs. Your science classes will enable you to get a job, but being able to take care of others is a very special talent. In your paragraph, you say that your only special talent is speaking Spanish, but I think you have other talents if you are going to work in the field of medicine. I would also like to know how many science classes you need to take after Biology 101 to become a nurse practitioner. For example, I want to know how a nurse is different from a nurse practitioner. I would like to know more about your goals.
Until now, everyone in my English classes came from Asian countries, such as China, Thailand, and Vietnam, or from countries in the Middle East. I was living in Chicago before I moved here last December. You are the first person from Central America I have met. The two main religions if Japan are Buddhism and Shintoism.įind errors in capitalization. My roommate is fron the South, so she speaks English with a southern accent. I just read a good book by Ernest Hemingway called The Old Man and the Sea. I am taking four classes this semester: American history, Sociology 32, Economics 40, and a digital product design course. Greenhills College is located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States and on the second Monday in October in Canada. Thanksgiving is a holiday in both Canada and the United States, but it is celebrated on different days in the two countries. El Salvador-place on a map San Salvador-place on a map United States-place on a map New York-place on a map Aunt Rosa-title and name of a person Brooklyn-place on a map City College-name of a school English-name of a language 7 Spanish-name of a languageįind the errors in capitalization. assistance beutification brightness criticism excitement leader simplification 4ħ Page Format for Work Done on a ComputerĬopy nine words or groups of words that begin with a capital letter from page 9. Use: -or/-er, -tion/ -sion/ -ication, -ance/-ence, -ism, -ment, -ness. contribution education improve revolutionize 3Ĭomplete the chart with nouns. Longman Academic Writing Series Alice Oshima | Ann Hogue Paragraphs to Essays 3 PEARSONĬomplete the chart with nouns and verbs.