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Beyond the Basics
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Beyond the Basics
3. At the top of the screen, the laptop will ask you either
“Past tense?” or “Past participle?”
A past participle is a word that is used in
combination with the word “have.” For example,
in the sentence, “I have drunk the water,” “drink”
is the verb and “drunk” is the past participle of that
verb.
4. A verb will be shown below the question.
5. Type either the past tense or past participle of the listed
verb and then press ENTER.
activity 21: advanced missing letter
1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu.
2. Press  ENTER to start Activity 21.
3. A picture will appear.
4. Type the word that matches the picture, then press
ENTER.
activity 22: sentence completion
1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu.
2. Press  ENTER toto start Activity 22.
3. An incomplete sentence will scroll across the screen.
Complete the sentence using correct grammar. You can
make the sentence scroll faster by pressing the right
arrow key.
4. Use the up/down arrow keys to choose the correct
answer and then press ENTER.
activity 23: scrambled sentence
1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu.
2. Press  ENTER to start Activity 23.
3. A scrambled sentence will appear. Select words in the
correct order to make a complete sentence.
4. Move the mouse or press the arrow keys to the word
that belongs at the beginning of the sentence and press
ENTER to select. The selected word moves to the fi rst
space on the second row.
5. Move the mouse or press the arrow keys to each
consecutive word in the sentence and press ENTER to
select. Repeat until you have used up all of the words.
activity 24: sentence correction
1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu.
2. Press  ENTER to start Activity 24.
3. A grammatically-incorrect sentence will appear. Your job
is to fi nd the word that makes the sentence incorrect.
4. Move the cursor to the incorrect word with the mouse or
arrow keys. Press ENTER to confi rm.
Press the help key (?) to fi nd out the position of the
incorrect word.
activity 25: vocabulary builder
1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu.
2. Press  ENTER to start Activity 25.
3. A defi nition will scroll across the screen. You can press
the right arrow key to scroll the sentence faster.
4. Use the keys to look at the three choices. Press ENTER to
select the word that matches the defi nition.
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