Download WOW Day 2 corrected

WOW
1. “My ignorance about musical instruments is embarrassing,” I told Aunt Jennifer.
2.She explained, “These kinds of instruments are all horns: trumpets, trombones,
cornets and French horns.”
3.Last week, Kyle and I saw this television program about early instruments.
4.“Did you know,” he said, “that horns were once made from real animal horns?”
Rules
1. Suffixes – when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel we must drop the e on the
root word
- Example: ignore + ance = ignorance
2. Comma – used to separate what is being said from who said it (identifier)
- Use a comma at the end of speech when it is followed by the identifier
3. Subject-verb agreement – if the subject of the sentence is singular, then the verb is
also singular
- Example: My dog is cute (dog = subject, is = verb)
4. Irregular verbs – in past tense we change the spelling (don’t just add –ed)
Examples: tell – told
teach – taught
swim – swam
ride – rode
5. Adjectives – describe nouns
- must agree with the noun they are describing
- plural nouns get plural adjectives
- Example: kinds of instruments (plural)
this program (singular)
6. Colons (:) – sometimes used in sentences to introduce a list of items
7. Pronouns – always put proper nouns before pronouns when using “and” to join
them
Example: Kyle and I
8. Capitals – do NOT put capitals on words in the middle of sentences unless they are
proper nouns (or you are shouting)