ACTIVITIES

Prepared by: Bachelor of Secondary Education

Major in English
COULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF ?
 BETWEEN VS AMONG
1. Students must know the difference
___________ right and wrong.
(BETWEEN/AMONG)
2. The mutual respect ___________ the
teachers must be upheld. (BETWEEN/AMONG)
3. The teacher conducted her observations
___________ the morning and afternoon class.
(BETWEEN/AMONG)
4. Our house is __________ the wood, the river
and the village. (BETWEEN/AMONG)
5. She lives in the house ____________ the
trees. (BETWEEN/AMONG)
 AFFECT VS EFFECT
1. The snow had a predictable _________ on traffic.
(AFFECT/EFFECT)
2. The opinions will not __________ decision.
(AFFECT/EFFECT)
3. Sally hoped that the Prime Minister would
________ change in her country. (AFFECT/EFFECT)
4. This drug may have the _________ of speeding up
your heart rate. (AFFECT/EFFECT)
5. Stress and tiredness ____________ powers of
concentration. (AFFECT/EFFECT)
 FEWER VS LESS
1. I eat chocolate and __________ biscuits
than I used to. (FEWER/LESS)
2. There are ___________ cars parked outside
than yesterday. (FEWER/LESS)
3. People should eat ____________ fat to
reduce the risk of heart disease.
(FEWER/LESS)
4. Women commit __________ crimes than
me. (FEWER/LESS)
5. We have __________ infantry and armor
than the enemy. (FEWER/LESS)
 IN SPITE VS. DESPITE
1. In spite of having a health problem, she is always
smiling.
______________________________________________.
2. Despite being the boss, she works as hard as her
employees.
______________________________________________.
3. In spite of having a lot of money, she refuses to help the
homeless.
______________________________________________.
4. Despite hating rock music, she went to the concert.
_________________________________________.
5. In spite of being in a hurry, I didn’t forget to lock the
door.
_______________________________________________.
 PROPER PLACEMENT OF PREPOSITION (Ending sentence with a
preposition)

Direction: Arrange the preposition in its right

placement in each sentence.

1.) I’m thinking living in Italy for a year

about.
2.) I agree his opinion with.
3.) They are talking the teacher to.
4.) She is Mary looking for.
5.) The sunset I’m looking at.
COMMONLY CONFUSED PREPOSITION :IN, AT AND ON
• 1)I want to gain 7 kilogram                  (on,
at, in) one month.
2)Could you get me this
pants                      (on, at, in) a larger size?

3)She seems to be
interested                      (on, at, in) English.

4)I will come to pick you

up                      (on, at, in) 4:00 pm
tomorrow.
5)This class will be held                      (on,
 MIXING POSSESSIVE AND PLURALS
1) All the _______(boys, boys’) uniforms got
dirty at that game.
2) That _________(elephants, elephant’s)
ears are huge!
3.) Are you eating my gummy _______(bears,
bear’s)?
4. ________ (Annas, Anna’s) bakery that she
just opened has the best bread I've ever
tasted.
5. She bought pizza for her______ (cousins,
cousins’).
 MISSING COMMA IN A COMPOUND
SENTENCE
A compound sentence is composed of two
complete and related ideas connected by
a conjunction. In order to indicate that
two ideas are related, there should be a
comma before the conjunction.
 MISSING COMMAS IN SENTENCES

Put the comma/s in their right places:

1. After studying Japanese for years I still found myself

lost when I visited Tokyo for the first time.
2. All of us want freedom yet only a few of us really
want responsibility.
3. I’ve always wanted to do something different with
my hair but I could never find time.
4. I enjoy writing novels but too hard.
5. We all stayed home but my sister went to work.
 USING INCOMPLETE COMPARISON
Complete the sentences in your own
words to make complete comparison

1.The classroom is cleaner.

2. Today, my students got better scores.
3. The review session went longer.
4. Educational system in the Philippines
went slower.
4. His patience became shorter.
 MISPLACED MODIFIERS
• A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies—
that is, gives information about—another word in the same
sentence.
 Example: I'm going to the Saturn Café for a vegetarian
 burger. 

• A misplaced modifier is a modifier that is in the wrong

place. This can make the sentence awkward, confusing, or
funny.
 Example: I'm going to the vegetarian Saturn Café for
a burger. 
 MISPLACED MODIFIERS

1. Let’s adopt the dog from the animal shelter with

black spots.
2. Mrs. Harris hung the lovely students’ drawing on
the wall.
3. He threw the ball to the girl made of orange
rubber.