ANSWERS Sentence Punctuation Dear Mr Potter, Dear Mr Dumbledore, We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Given Harry his letter. Taking him to Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find buy his things tomorrow. Weather’s enclosed a list of all necessary books and horrible. Hope you’re well. equipment. Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July. Hagrid Yours sincerely, Minerva McGonagall (Deputy Headmistress) Dear Padfoot, Dear Mr Hagrid, Thank you for Further to our inquiry into the attack by a Harry’s birthday present. on the toy hippogriff on a student in your class, we He’s already zooming along broomstick. He looked so pleased with have accepted the assurances of Professor himself. a picture so you can Dumbledore that you bear no responsibility I’m enclosing see! You know it only rises about two feet for the regrettable incident. off the ground, but he nearly killed the cat However, we must register our concern and he smashed a horrible vase Petunia sent about the hippogriff in question. We have me for Christmas (no complaints there). Of decided to uphold the official complaint of course, James thought it was funny. He says Mr Lucius Malfoy. The hearing will take to be a great Quidditch player, place on April 20th, and we ask you to he’s going but to pack away all the present yourself and your hippogriff at the we’ve had ornaments. committee's offices in London on that date… Block A Session 3 Grammar 2
ANSWERS Sentence Punctuation Dear Mr Potter, We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July. Yours sincerely, Minerva McGonagall (Deputy Headmistress) Dear Mr Dumbledore, Given Harry his letter. Taking him to buy his things tomorrow. Weather’s horrible. Hope you’re well. Hagrid Dear Padfoot, Thank you for Harry’s birthday present. He’s already zooming along on the toy broomstick. He looked so pleased with himself. I’m enclosing a picture so you can see! You know it only rises about two feet off the ground, but he nearly killed the cat and he smashed a horrible vase Petunia sent me for Christmas (no complaints there). Of course, James thought it was funny. He says he’s going to be a great Quidditch player, but we’ve had to pack away all the ornaments. Dear Mr Hagrid, Further to our inquiry into the attack by a hippogriff on a student in your class, we have accepted the assurances of Professor Dumbledore that you bear no responsibility for the regrettable incident. However, we must register our concern about the hippogriff in question. We have decided to uphold the official complaint of Mr Lucius Malfoy. The hearing will take place on April 20th, and we ask you to present yourself and your hippogriff at the committee's offices in London on that date… Block A Session 3 Grammar 2