Grammar Practice

1. New Century College was created by George Mason University. This was to meet the Commonwealth of Virginia’s call for a University of the Twenty-First Century.

2. Sam goes to his room. He goes to his desk and sits on the chair. When the doorbell rings, he goes to get the door.

3. The characters, setting, background story, and the conflicts of the video script are quickly and visually set up by the writer.

4. The New Century College motto is “Connecting the Classroom to the world.” Faculty create educational experience. They prepare NCC graduates for the workplace. They prepare them for the demands of active local, regional, and global citizenship.

5. Writing for video is an important skill for the multimedia writer, DVDs can be accommodated by full-motion video.

6. Mary is watching television. She has a determined face. Her face is bathed in the light of the television.

7. U.S. News and World Report ranks George Mason University’s Graduate School of Law in Tier One, this acknowledges the School of Law as being among the best graduate schools in the nation.

8. New Century College awards four degrees, each program allows students to design their own concentrations in conjunction with a faculty advisor.

9. The writer has to show the audience the story with dramatic action, instead of simply having the story be told.

10. The sky can be seen to get darker as it begins to rain.