Bright Idea Questions

PHRASES: Would you wear the same set of clothes every single day? Likewise, would an effective English writer use the same short and simple sentences in their writing? Why do you think so? 1. In what area of your life do you think will you be able to use lessons on prepositions and prepositional phrases? 2. If appositives are used by politicians during campaigns, how do you think will their speech be written? 3. How would you describe a regular scenario at the train station anywhere in Manila? What participles or participial phrases could you use? 4. If you were a gerund, how would you use yourself in a sentence and why? 5. Where can you use infinitives in your daily communication activities? CLAUSES: In cooking, is there a basic set of ingredients that makes up the dish? Do cooks sometimes add other secret ingredients to this basic set to enhance the taste? Likewise, in sentences, is there a basic unit of thought? Can writers expand this basic unit to enhance communication? How can this enhancement be done? 1. If clauses were not part of grammar, how do you think would authors describe their characters in a story? Why are clauses important in stories? 2. How do adverb clauses make sentences interesting? What makes your life interesting? CONJUNCTIONS: Why do we need to use conjunctions in sentences? How can the lesson on conjunctions be of practical use to our everyday communication? 1. How do words relate to each other? What is the purpose of writing words between other words? AVOIDING SENTENCE ERRORS: In businesses, is an auditors job important? Do auditors check whether or not a financial statement is free from errors? Likewise, in writing sentences, is it important to check and proofread ones work for possible errors? Are there ways to avoid these sentence errors in writing? 1. What do you think is the impact of writing in text 9cell phone language) to students communication skills? 2. If people did not know how to identify and correct misplaced and dangling modifiers, how do you think would our laws be interpreted?

References: Axalan-Dalisay, A. M. et al. (2013). Grammar and Composition in Our Changing World II.

Mandaluyong City, Philippines: ANVIL Publishing Inc. Axalan-Dalisay A.M. & Reynes-Santos,J. (2012). Grammar and Composition in Our Changing World III. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: ANVIL Publishing Inc.