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2 Welcome Grade 11 Students
2 Welcome Grade 11 Students
GRADE 11
STUDENTS
1. Be on TIME.
3. RESPECT others.
Classroom Rules:
4. Be ATTENTIVE.
Some
2.
mean to say.
Importance of 3.
It allows translators to
preserve the meaning of
4.
It helps doctors to ensure
patient safety.
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Spelling Errors How to use -ie and -ei.
-ie and -ei Spelling Errors
Rule 1: Rule 2:
Rule 1: Rule 2:
a. Iratible
b. irritable
c. iritable
d.irratable
2. (of handwriting or print) clear enough to
read.
a. legable
b. legible
c. leggible
d. leggable
3. unable to be challenged or denied.
a. indisputable
b. indesputible
c. innisputable
d. indisputible
4. difficult to believe; extraordinary.
a. incredible
b. incredable
c. increible
d. increable
5. able to be changed in form, function, or
character.
a. comvertable
b. convertable
c. convirtible
d. convertible
How to use -ent / -
Spelling Errors ence and -ant / -ance.
-ant, -ent, -ance, and -ence Spelling Errors
-ent / -ence
-ant / -ance
Look for root words
Use ‘ant’ & ‘ance’ after
that end in a soft ‘c’ or
root words that could
‘g’ (‘s’ or ‘j’ sound);
end in
these often use ‘ent’ &
‘-ation’.
‘ence’
Activity
- ent, -ence, -ant and -ance
Starter
Infec_______
Domi______
Emerg_____
Dec________
Challenge 1
Import_____
Influ_______
Refer______
Insure_______
Challenge 2
Vac________
Depend_______
Curr _________
How to use -ary, -ery
Spelling Errors and -ory .
Noun words that have the suffix of -ary
Ex. commentary , dictionary, secretary,
-ary
beneficiary, etc.
Can be a
Noun Adjective words that have the suffix
or Adjective. of -ary
Ex. stationary, complimentary,
arbitrary, temporary, etc.
Noun words that have the suffix of -ory
-ory
Ex. category, lavatory, etc.
Words that
end on -ory
Adjective words that have suffix
can be
or - ory.
Nouns or
Adjectives.
derogatory, satisfactory, etc.
Noun words that have the suffix of -ery.
-ery
Ex. brewery, machinery, etc.
Words that
end on -ery
Adjective words that have suffix
can be
or - ery.
Nouns or
Adjectives.
Ex. blustery, shivery, etc.
Activity
- ary, - ery, -ory
Is it -ary, -ery or -ory?
direct____
discipline____
volunt___
discover___
deposit___
surge___ bake____
second___
flat____
invent___
arbitr___
conservat______
Spelling Homonyms Correctly
Below is a list of commonly used homonyms of which proofreaders need to be aware.
they to rain
threw principal
their too reign
through principle
they're two rein
proceed OR prosede
recieved OR received
circuit OR sircuit
sucede OR suceed
patience OR patiance
Choose the correct spelling of each word.
volenteered OR volunteered
prospector OR prospecter
exceed OR exsede
miserible OR miserable
divisible OR divisable
Capitalization
Rule 1: Capitalize proper nouns and proper
adjectives.
Rule 2: Capitalize geographical names.
Rule 3: Capitalize a person's title only if followed
by their name.
Rule 4: Capitalize the pronoun I.
Capitalization
Rule 1: Use a comma after the salutation of a friendly letter and after the
closing of any letter.
Rule 2: Use a hyphen with compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine and with
fractions used as adjectives.
Rule 3: To form the possessive case of a singular noun, add an apostrophe and an s.
Rule 4: To form the possessive case of a plural noun ending In s, add an apostrophe.
Rule 5: Use an apostrophe to show where letters have been omitted in a contraction.
1.When did the Millers dog run away from home?
Rule 2: Use a semicolon between independent clauses joined by such words as for
example, besides, nevertheless, therefore, however, and instead.
Rule 3: A semicolon (rather than a comma) may be needed to separate the independent
clauses of a compound sentence if commas appear within the clauses.
Rule 4: Use a colon before a list of items, especially after expressions such as the following
or as follows.
Rule 5: Use a colon between the hour and minute when writing the time.
Rule 6: Use a colon after the salutation of a business letter.
Semi-Colon and Colon
2.) The garage, living room, kitchen, and dining room are on the first floor the bedrooms and
bathrooms are on the second floor.
Hyphen and Apostrophe
Rule 1: Use a hyphen to divide a word at the end of a line.
2.Bobs new car was traveling at seventy five miles per hour.
Rule 1: Use underlining (or italics) for titles of books, periodicals, works of art, plays, films, ships, and the like.
Rule 2: Use quotation marks to enclose a direct quotation (a person's exact words).
Rule 3: A direct quotation is set off from the rest of the sentence by commas or by a question mark or exclamation point.
Rule 4: A period or a comma following a quotation should be placed inside the closing quotation marks. A period is only used if
the quotation comes at the end of the sentence that includes it.
Rule 5: A question mark or an exclamation point should be placed inside the closing quotation marks if the quotation is a
question or an exclamation. Otherwise, it should be placed outside the closing quotation marks.
Rule 6: Use quotation marks to enclose titles of short works (poems, short stories, songs, television programs, and articles).
Underlining and Quotation Mark
Activity:
1. Marcia replied, I couldn't read the book. The Friendship, because my dog ate it.
3. Yes, Ms. McCoy, I did cheat on my math test that we took last week on Chapter 11, said Juanita.
4. All of my friends really enjoyed the article Denzel Washington, The Movie Star, in the recent issue of Ebony.