1. A Guide to Improved Writing Skills for U YOU!

3.  Write the following sentences, and then make corrections with a different colored pen or pencil.  Explain why you made each correction.

4.  there are several steps necessary to repair a broken window first remove the putty second remove the points or nails then replace the broken one with a new one  we would of froze during the storm but we seen a shelter that protected us from the high winds coming off of the rocky mountains

6.  Write the following sentences, and then make corrections with a different color pen.  Explain why you made each correction.

7.  my sister she don’t always have time to visit us on our Birthdays but she does send presents  she has publish a novel entitled mysterious manor and sold a painting named remembrances

9.  Write down and define the following commonly confused words.  Write a sentence properly using each word.

10.  Than, Then  Sentence:  Affect, Effect  Sentence:

12.  Write down and define the following commonly confused words.  Write a sentence properly using each word.

13.  Accept, Except  Sentence:  Your, You’re  Sentence:

15.  Write the following sentences, and then make corrections with a different color pen.  Explain why you made each correction.

16.  i would rather eat mexican food then eat italian food  rising oil prices will have an affect on nearly every one

18.  Write the following sentences, and then make corrections with a different color pen.  Explain why you made each correction.

19.  i need to decide which college offer to except  mom yelled up the stairs you need to clean you’re room

21. Comma Splicing! A run-on sentence is a sentence that joins two independent clauses without punctuation or the appropriate conjunction. A comma splice is similar to a run-on sentence, but it uses a comma to join two clauses that have no appropriate conjunction.

22.  Rachel is very smart, she began reading when she was three years old.  OR  Rachel is very smart; she began reading when she was three years old. Now, Make these right… I love you, you love me. My family bakes together nearly every night, we then get to enjoy everything we make together.

24. There are 3 instances when you can use a semicolon to improve the conventions in your writing. Review the following rules & then write one sentence implementing each rule.

25. Lynn and Pat are friends. Every week they get coffee. Becomes…… Lynn and Pat are friends ; every week they get coffee.

26. Kim never exercises. She is very out of shape. Becomes….. Kim never exercises ; consequently, she is very out of shape.

27.  There are basically two ways to write: with a pen or pencil, which is inexpensive and easily accessible ; or by computer and printer, which is more expensive but quick and neat. *Your Turn- Write a sentence for each rule.