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    1. Many high school graduates struggle with freshman composition courses in college because they did not work hard enough on writing assignments in high school. 2. Most American colleges offer remedial English classes focusing on composition to help students who are not adequately prepared in writing. 3. Graduates with weak writing skills may be denied job or career opportunities because of their deficiencies.

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    1. Many high school graduates struggle with freshman composition courses in college because they did not work hard enough on writing assignments in high school. 2. Most American colleges offer remedial English classes focusing on composition to help students who are not adequately prepared in writing. 3. Graduates with weak writing skills may be denied job or career opportunities because of their deficiencies.

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    Highschoolgraduatesreplyingtoaquestionnaireabouttheircollegecourses
    oftenmentionfreshmanEnglishasthecoursegivingthemthemosttrouble.
    2.Facingcollegestandards,thegraduatesrealizethattheydidnotworkhard
    enoughonthethemesassignedinhighschool.3.Statisticsreportedbythe
    NationalEducationAssociationrevealedthatthevastmajorityofAmericancolleges
    offerreme
    dialEnglishclassesemphasizingcomposition.4.Handicappedbytheirwriting

    deficiencies,graduatesseeking
    employmentoradvancementintheiroccupationsareoften
    denieddesirableopportunities.5.Recognizingtheimportanceofpractice,teachersof

    composi
    tion,imitatingtheathleticcoach,conductregularpracticesessions.
    EXERCISE5.Foreachofthefollowingsentences,copythenumberedand
    italicizedphrasesinorderonyourpaper.Placeeachphraseanditsnumberona
    separateline.Aftereachphrase,writetheworditmodifies,andtellwhetheritisa
    participialphrase,anadjectiveprepositionalphrase,oranadverbprepositional
    phrase.Donotlistseparatelytheprepositionalphrasewithinalargeritalicized
    phrase.
    EXAMPLE(1)Livingfarfromthecity,Idevelopedaninterest(2)innature(3)atan

    earlyage.
    1.Livingfarfromthecity,1,participial2.innature,interest,adjective3.atanearly
    age,developed,adverb
    a.(1)Havingstudiedhard,Karenwalkedrapidly(2)toschool,confidentthatshe
    woulddowellonhertest(3)inchemistry.
    b.(4)Bynextweekallofthestudents(5)tryingoutforthesoccerteamwillhaveheard
    (6)fromthecoachorhisassistant.
    c.Those(7)goingonthefieldtripinthemorningwillmeet(8)ateitherDebbie's
    houseateightthirtyortheschoolatnineo'clock.
    d.Today'snewspaper,(9)printedlastnight,madenomention(10)ofthismorning's
    traffictieup.

    PhrasesContainingVerbals>45
    e.

    Many(11)ofthearticles(12)writtenforanewspaperarebased(13)onnewswire
    reports.

    f.

    (14)Annoyedbythemosquitoes,Mr.Sims,(15)slappingathisneckandface,
    went(16)intohishouse(17)forawhile.

    g.

    (18)Rinsedwithhotwater,thedisheswerestackedinthesink,(19)waitingtobe
    washed.

    h.

    Thegift(20)giventoourprincipal,Mrs.Scott,wasanecklace(21)madeofsilverand
    turquoise.

    i.

    (22)Addressingheraudience,theprincipalspokewords(23)ofencouragement.

    j.

    Attheendofthespeechweheardsomepeople(24)clappingpolitelyinthefront
    rowsandothers(25)cheeringhoarselyfromthebalcony.

    TheGerundandtheGerundPhrase
    3g.Agerundisaverbformendinginingthatisusedasanoun.
    Travelingisfun.[Travelingisformedfromtheverbtraveland,asthesubjectof

    thesentence,isusedasanoun.]

    Agerundisaverbalnoun.Itmaybeusedinanywaythatanounmaybeused.
    Goodwritingcomesfrommuchpractice.[gerundusedassubject]

    3g
    writi_"
    comes
    practice

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