FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING

PART 1 Editing Advice

1. Choose the correct article or Ø for no article. a

Warren Buffet is famous billionaire. the

^ What is first job you had?^ You should save a money for college. 2. Use the after a quantity word when the noun is specific. the

I spent most of money my grandparents gave me.^ 3. Use a plural count noun after a quantity expression. s

A few of my friend have a part-time job. ^ 4. Another is always singular.

Other

Some teenagers save their money. Another teenagers spend it without thinking about their future.

5. A and an are always singular.

Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffet are a billionaires.

6. Use a or an for a definition or a classification of a singular count noun. a

A millennial is person born between 1981 and 1996.^ 7. Don’t use the definite article with a possessive form.

I use two cards for my purchases. One is my credit card. My the other card is a debit card. 8. Don’t use the to make a general statement about a noun. M

The money doesn’t buy happiness.

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The children like toys. 9. Use an indefinite pronoun to substitute for a non-specific noun. one

I have a checking account. Do you have it? 10. Before a plural noun or pronoun, use other, not others.

Some billionaires are from the United States. Others billionaires are from Asia.

PART 2 Editing Practice

Some of the shaded words and phrases have mistakes. Find the mistakes and correct them. If the shaded words are correct, write C. C

I’m a teenager and I know this: the teenagers think a lot about the money. We want money to

buy a new jeans or sneakers. Or we want money to go out with our friends. We sometimes want

to go to the restaurant or to a movie. Most of the my friends try to get a job in the summer to

make some money. At the beginning of every summer, my friends always say, “I need a job. Do

you know where I can find it?”

One of my friend found a summer job at Bender’s. Bender’s is small bookstore. Another

friend found a job at a summer camp. But I have the other way to make money. I prefer to

work in my neighborhood. Most of people in my neighborhood are working or elderly. I ask

my neighbors for work. Some neighbors pay me to take care of the lawn in front of their house.

Another neighbors pay me to clean their garage. In the winter, I shovel a sidewalks in front of

their houses. I like these jobs. I love a music, and I listen to my favorite music while I work.

What do I do with the money I get from my jobs? I buy songs on Internet. I used to buy

CDs, but I only liked a few songs. Some of songs on the CDs were great, but I never listened to

anothers. Now I can download the songs I like and not pay for all the others songs on a CD. This

helps me save money. With the money I save, I can buy the other things I want.

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WRITING TIP

When writing an introduction, grab the readers’ attention with an interesting piece of information. If you choose prompt 1, you can start with some statistics. For example, Did you know that kids in the U.S. earn an average of $67.80 per month? For prompt 2, one possible way to pull in the reader is with a series of questions directed at a teen. For example, Do you need money to upgrade your phone or to get a new pair of sneakers? Engaging openers captivate readers and make them want to read more.

PART 3 Write

Read the prompts. Choose one and write about it. 1. Do you think children should get an allowance from their parents? How much? Does it depend on the child’s age? Should the child have to do chores for the money? Write a few paragraphs explaining your point of view. 2. Write a short essay giving advice to teenagers on how to earn and save money.

PART 4 Edit

Reread the Summary of Unit 14 and the editing advice. Edit your writing from Part 3.