I.Discuss the following:

1. Why should people in the business world be knowledgeable of the sentence structure and paragraph structure?
2. How can the lessons in Module 2 (Word Power, Grammar, Sentences, Paragraphs, Punctuation Marks) help you to be a better writer?
3. How do you see yourself communicating in the corporate world?

II.Sentence Structure

A. What structure do the following sentences use? Underline your answer.

1.Melai and Jason have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation.

a.Simple Sentence

b. Compound Sentence

c. Complex Sentence

d. Compound-Complex Sentence

2.Marianne loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing.

a. Simple Sentence

b. Compound Sentence

c. Complex Sentence

d. Compound-Complex Sentence

3.Dingdong, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest.

a. Simple Sentence

b. Compound Sentence

c. Complex Sentence

d. Compound-Complex Sentence

4. Jericho says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, and cooking over a woodstove.

a. Simple Sentence

b. Compound Sentence

c. Complex Sentence

d. Compound-Complex Sentence

5.Richard dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets nasty sunburn.

a. Simple Sentence

b. Compound Sentence

c. Complex Sentence

d. Compound-Complex Sentence

6.Coco tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week.

a. Simple Sentence

b. Compound Sentence

c. Complex Sentence

d. Compound-Complex Sentence

7.This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations.

a. Simple Sentence

b. Compound Sentence

c. Complex Sentence

d. Compound-Complex Sentence

8.Alden went to the white beaches of Boracay, and Maine went to Pagudpud.

a. Simple Sentence

b. Compound Sentence

c. Complex Sentence

d. Compound-Complex Sentence

9.Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet.

a. Simple Sentence

b. Compound Sentence

c. Complex Sentence

d. Compound-Complex Sentence

10.Vic took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone.

a. Simple Sentence

b. Compound Sentence

c. Complex Sentence

d. Compound-Complex Sentence

B. The following are weak sentences. Rewrite them on the spaces provided.

1. At this point in time we can't ascertain the reason as to why the screen door was left open.

2. My sister, who is employed as a nutritionist at the University of Michigan, recommends the daily intake of megadoses of Vitamin C.

3. Basically, in light of the fact that Congressman Santos was totally exhausted by his last campaign, there was an expectation on the part of the voters that he would not reduplicate his effort to achieve office in government again.

4. It is to be hoped that we discover a means to create absolutely proper and fitting tribute to Professor Espinoza.

5. There is a desire on the part of many of us to maintain a spring recess for the purpose of getting away from the demands of our studies.

6. Joe was an honest and hard working man. Basically, he never gave much consideration to sitting idly about, doing nothing constructive.(Rewrite one sentence.)

7. What is your basic understanding of predestination?

8. At what point in time will a downturn in the stock market have a really serious effect on the social life of people as a whole?

9. I would call your attention to the fact that our President, who was formerly the Governor of Arkansas, is basically a Southerner.

10. There are millions of fans who desperately want idols to stay in the city.