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A N S W E R K E Y – 1 9 0 QUESTION ANSWER LESSON 1. b. 1, 2 2. d. 1 3. c. 12 4. a. 9 5. d. 6, 7 6. b. 10 7. d. 9, 15 8. a. 2 9. c. 14–17 10. b. 16 11. a. 13 12. a. 6, 7 13. c. 17 14. b. 18 www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com QUESTION ANSWER LESSON 15. b. 12 16. d. 16 17. e. 5, 8 18. b. 5, 6 19. d. 15 20. a. 11 – A N S W E R K E Y – 1 9 1 P o s t t e s t , P a r t 2 Use the scoring chart on pages 174–175 to evaluate your essay. After you assign a number for each of the categories shown on the chart, average the numbers to get an overall score. www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com G r a m m a r a n d M e c h a n i c s Websites www.grammarbook.com: the popular Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation online, with simple explanations of grammar and punctuation pitfalls, and separate exercises and answer keys www.m-w.com: Merriam-Webster Online. This site has a number of interesting features that will make you for- get you are trying to improve your spelling! Check out the Word for the Wise section (www.m-w.com/cgi- bin/wftw.pl) for fun facts about words. www.protrainco.com/info/grammar.htm: The Professional Training Company’s “Good Grammar, Good Style Pages” www.spelling.hemscott.net: Useful advice on how to improve your spelling www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html: Paul Brians’s “Common Errors in English” Books Castley, Anna, Practical Spelling: The Bad Speller’s Guide to Getting It Right Every Time (LearningExpress, 1998) Fowler, H.W., revised by Robert W. Burchfield, The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage, 3rd Edition (Oxford Uni- versity Press, 2005) Johnson, Edward D., The Handbook of Good English (Washington Square Press, 1991) LearningExpress, 1001 Vocabulary and Spelling Questions: Fast, Focused Practice to Help You Improve Your Word Skills (LearningExpress, 1999) LearningExpress, Grammar Essentials, 3rd Edition (LearningExpress, 2006) Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster’s Guide to Punctuation and Style (Merriam-Webster, 2002) O’Conner, Patricia T., Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English, 2nd Edition (River- head Trade, 2004) Additional Resources 1 9 3 www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com Princeton Review, Grammar Smart: A Guide to Perfect Usage, 2nd Edition (Princeton Review, 2001) Strunk, William, and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, 4th Edition (Longman, 2000) Williams, Joseph M., Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (University of Chicago Press, 1995) E s s a y E x a m I n f o r m a t i o n ■ ACT Online information, study tips, and practice test: www.actstudent.org. Books: The creator of the ACT published The Real ACT Prep Guide in 2004 (Peterson’s Guides). Try Learning- Express’s ACT Exam Success in Only 6 Steps. ■ SAT Online information from the creator of the SAT: www.collegeboard.com. Books: Since the SAT essay was given for the first time in 2005, be certain you use only the latest editions of SAT preparation and information books. Good ones include Acing the SAT, published by LearningExpress, and 10 Real SATs, published by The College Board. ■ GED www.philaliteracy.org/tech/essay/ is the Mayor of Philadelphia’s Commission on Literacy’s site on how to pre- pare for the GED essay. Books: Check out LearningExpress’s Acing the GED. ■ Regents’ www.gsu.edu/~wwwrtp/ is the state of Georgia Regents’ Site, with sample essay test form, list of topics, and scor- ing information. Search for specific information on your state’s test using your state name and “Regent’s essay” as search terms. S u p p l e m e n t a l W r i t i n g P r o m p t s 501 Writing Prompt Questions (LearningExpress, 2003) www.4tests.com has free practice tests modeled on the ACT, GED, and SAT essay sections, plus links to many good test-preparation sites. O n l i n e W r i t i n g R e s o u r c e s www.bartleby.com Without a doubt, the best online reference site on the Web. It has a searchable database of reference guides, ency- clopedias, and much more. Just some of the works you’ll find here include The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fowler’s Modern English Usage, The Elements of Style, and The American Heritage Book of Eng- lish Usage. – A P P E N D I X : A D D I T I O N A L R E S O U R C E S – 1 9 4 www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/ This guide to grammar and writing, maintained by Professor Charles Darling of Capital Community College, Hart- ford, CT, is a comprehensive site with a particularly useful “ask grammar” service. http://dir.yahoo.com/social_science/linguistics_and_human_languages/languages/specific_languages/english/ grammar__usage__and_style/ Links to about 30 grammar and usage resources http://www.askoxford.com This site has sections on classic errors and helpful hints, better writing, and ask the experts. You can sign up for “word of the day” e-mails, or chat with others about language questions. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/index.html Common Errors in English, by Paul Brians, Professor of English at Washington State University, is a thorough and easy-to-use site. William, James Co. has published a book based on this site titled Common Errors in English Usage. S u g g e s t i o n s f o r G r e a t W r i t i n g ■ Harper’s (weekly magazine) ■ The Atlantic (monthly magazine) ■ The Economist (London-based weekly magazine; check it out online at www.economist.com) ■ The New Yorker (weekly magazine) ■ Best American Essays 2005, Susan Orlean, editor (Houghton Mifflin, 2005) ■ One Hundred Great Essays, Robert DiYanni (Longman, 2001) ■ The Best American Science Writing 2005, Alan Lightman, Jesse Cohen, editors (Harper Perennial, 2005) – A P P E N D I X : A D D I T I O N A L R E S O U R C E S – 1 9 5 www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com – N O T E S – www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com – N O T E S – www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com – N O T E S – www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com – N O T E S – www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com – N O T E S – www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com – N O T E S – www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com Special FREE Online Practice from LearningExpress! 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