Alternate Assignment

12/6/07

Make grammatical corrections and rewrite sentences as necessary.  There are number clues to indicate where error occur or poorly worded sentences.

Scotland

There is a green hill above Kintraw, known as the Fairies' Hill, of which the following story is told.

              Many years ago, the (1) wive of the farmer at Kintraw fell ill and (2) deid, leaving two or three

young children. The (3) sunday after the funeral the farmer and his servants went to church. (4) Leaving

the children(5) at home in charge of the eldest, a girl of about ten years of age.  On the (6)Farmer's

return the children told him their mother had been to see them, and had combed their hair and dressed

them. As they still persisted in their statement after being remonstrated with, they were punished for

telling what was not true.

            The same thing occured again the following Sunday. The father now told the children, if

there(7) mother came again, they were (8)in inquire of her why she came.  Next Sunday, when she

reappeared, the eldest child put her father's question to her.   (8)When the mother told them she had been

carried off by the "Good People," and could only get away for an hour or two on Sundays, (10)  and

should her coffin be opened it would be found to contain only a withered leaf.

The farmer, much perplexed, went to the minister for advice. (10) Who scoffed at the idea of any

supernatural connection with the children's story, ridiculed the existence of "Good People," and would

not allow the coffin to be opened.  The matter was allowed to rest.  But, some little time after, the

minister, who had gone to Lochgilphead for the day, was found lying dead near the Fairies' Hill.  He had been

a victim, many people thought, to the indignation of the Fairy world he had laughed at.

 

11/9/07

     Showing Possession When the Noun is Plural

(Excerpt from: Painless Grammar by Rebecca Elliott)

Change the possessive nouns to reflect singular and plural.

        One person, one item                       Two people, two items

eg.     the boy's jacket                                the boys' jacket

1.       my (parent) car                                my (parent) car

2.       my (boss) hat                                   my (boss) hat

3.       the (woman) dress                           the (women) dresses *notice the spelling change...

4.       the (child) toy                                  the (children) toy

5.       the (passerby) glance                       the (passersby) glances

6.       one (month) vacation                       two (month) vacation

7.       one (dollar) worth                           two (dollar) worth

8.       the (razor) edge                              the  two (razor) edges

9.       the (chair) leg                                 the (chair) legs

10. Write a sentence about two people who own one (1) dog.