Extra Lesson: Direct Speech

Extra Lesson: Episode 1

Sanga + Frey

Sanga

Story 1

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

Once there was a wolf named Sanga.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Comma after once?

Once, there was a wolf named Sanga.

Once upon a time, there was a worf named Sanga.

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

He was a lone wolf because he got kicked out of his pack for not being able to hunt, therefore useless.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Conjunctive Adverb

He was a lone wolf because he got kicked out of his pack for not being able to hunt; therefore, he was considered to be useless.

He was, therefore, considered to be useless.

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

Sanga was devastated when he heard the news because he did not know how to hunt and could not survive alone in the wild.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

He was hungry and afraid.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

“Today, I must try to hunt. I can’t starve forever.” Sanga murmured to himself enthusiastically.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

No fullstop after direct speech!

“Today, I must try to hunt. I can’t starve forever,” Sanga murmured to himself enthusiastically.

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

Sanga slowly walked out of his new home, which was a cave before searching for his meal.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Adding an interrupter!

Sanga slowly walked out of his new home, which was a cave, before searching for his meal.

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

After searching for a few minutes, Sanga decided to rest.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

He felt guilty because this was how his old pack hunted while he stayed behind the scenes living his life.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Too many ideas!

He felt guilty because this was how his old pack hunted while he stayed behind the scenes living his life.

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

After bringing himself up he started to hunt again.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Adverb clause at the start!

After bringing himself up, he started to hunt again.

He started to hunt again after bringing himself up.

Frey

Story 2

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

It was a bright sunny day and Frey, the anaconda was

catching her prey in the amazon forest.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Comma after interrupter!

It was a bright sunny day and Frey, the anaconda, was catching her prey in the amazon forest.

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

It was all well, she went and talk to her friends in the forest till dawn.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Separate the clauses!

It was all well. She went and talk to her friends in the forest till dawn.

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

Then, she went back to her lair to sleep, dreaming of her waking up and catching more prey tomorrow.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

her vs herself

Then, she went back to her lair to sleep, dreaming of her waking up and catching more prey tomorrow.

He thought of her while catching the prey.

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

It was the middle of the night when she slither out of her hole to see animals

frantically running around.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Multiple Choice

Can you identify anything wrong with the following sentence?

She could see the birds flying, the moose running and she also see the fire roaring and burning the forest.

• Yes, I spot the error!

• Looks good to me!

• Looks like there is something wrong, but I don't know what :(

Subject Verb Agreement

She could see the birds flying, the moose running and she also saw the fire roaring and burning the forest.