StAIRS Project: Becoming a Grammar Guru
... the (more surprisingly, most surprisingly) strange ingredients imaginable. For one thing, lipstick spoiled (faster, fastest) than the products made today. Also, the coloring agent used (more commonly, most commonly) then was made from dried and crushed insects. Today, fish scales make lipsticks glis ...
... the (more surprisingly, most surprisingly) strange ingredients imaginable. For one thing, lipstick spoiled (faster, fastest) than the products made today. Also, the coloring agent used (more commonly, most commonly) then was made from dried and crushed insects. Today, fish scales make lipsticks glis ...
Parts of Speech Noun Pronoun Verb Adjective Adverb Preposition
... tells what, to whom, for what, or for whom an action is done. Verbs that often take indirect objects include bring, give, hand, lend, make, send, show, teach, tell, and write. The rescue team gives hot food. (Gives food to or for whom?) The rescue team gives the survivors hot food. ...
... tells what, to whom, for what, or for whom an action is done. Verbs that often take indirect objects include bring, give, hand, lend, make, send, show, teach, tell, and write. The rescue team gives hot food. (Gives food to or for whom?) The rescue team gives the survivors hot food. ...
READING Read text – UP to 420 WRITING Plan, Draft, Revise, Edit
... Conventions for representing long vowel sounds. Know every syllable must have a vowel sound. Decode two-syllable words Read words with inflectional endings. Fry words Use onsets and rimes Features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation) ...
... Conventions for representing long vowel sounds. Know every syllable must have a vowel sound. Decode two-syllable words Read words with inflectional endings. Fry words Use onsets and rimes Features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation) ...
File
... Compares two basically unlike things, BUT it does not use the words like or as. Says that one thing “is” another. A metaphor describes something as “it is” ...
... Compares two basically unlike things, BUT it does not use the words like or as. Says that one thing “is” another. A metaphor describes something as “it is” ...
ELA Milestones
... Nouns – A person, place, or thing Common Noun – Any person, place, or thing Proper Noun – The NAME of a particular person, place or thing Possessive Noun – a noun that shows ownership or possession. To make a noun possessive add ‘s or s’. Singular noun – One person, place, or thing Plural noun – Mor ...
... Nouns – A person, place, or thing Common Noun – Any person, place, or thing Proper Noun – The NAME of a particular person, place or thing Possessive Noun – a noun that shows ownership or possession. To make a noun possessive add ‘s or s’. Singular noun – One person, place, or thing Plural noun – Mor ...
Parts of Speech- Overview - VCC Library
... He walks slowly. b. An adverb modifying an adjective: She is very pretty. c. An adverb modifying another adverb: He walks extremely slowly. An adverb can also modify the sentence as a whole: a. Fortunately, the Learning Centre is open all summer. b. Personally, I don’t like wasabi ice cream. ...
... He walks slowly. b. An adverb modifying an adjective: She is very pretty. c. An adverb modifying another adverb: He walks extremely slowly. An adverb can also modify the sentence as a whole: a. Fortunately, the Learning Centre is open all summer. b. Personally, I don’t like wasabi ice cream. ...
Parts of Speech, Word Order, and Capitalization
... animals, plants, places, things, substances, qualities, or ideas. They are often pointed out by noun indicators (a, an, the). These indicators signal that a noun is ahead, although there may be words between the indicator and the noun itself. Examples: the book the big book a pen a blue pen an a ...
... animals, plants, places, things, substances, qualities, or ideas. They are often pointed out by noun indicators (a, an, the). These indicators signal that a noun is ahead, although there may be words between the indicator and the noun itself. Examples: the book the big book a pen a blue pen an a ...
Adjectives: Highlighting Details
... Directions: Underline the adjectives in the following sentences. Identify whether they are attributive (A) or predicative (P). Also identify if they are descriptive (D), or identifying (I), or quantitative (Q) adjectives. 1. The purple umbrella was resting on those boots. 2. In the summer, the weath ...
... Directions: Underline the adjectives in the following sentences. Identify whether they are attributive (A) or predicative (P). Also identify if they are descriptive (D), or identifying (I), or quantitative (Q) adjectives. 1. The purple umbrella was resting on those boots. 2. In the summer, the weath ...
Avoiding repetition
... Derek Foster worked in advertizing after the war. He became a professional painter in the early 60s. -Use they/them for people in the singular when you are talking generally about males/females: If you ask an artist how they started painting, they’ll frequently say their grandfather and grandmother ...
... Derek Foster worked in advertizing after the war. He became a professional painter in the early 60s. -Use they/them for people in the singular when you are talking generally about males/females: If you ask an artist how they started painting, they’ll frequently say their grandfather and grandmother ...
QBS Continuum for Progression Grammar
... e.g. Red Riding Hood told how the wolf said that he was going for a walk. Verbs and tenses The verb group must “agree” with the subject of the clause, i.e. a plural subject must have a plural verb, e.g. “the boys were going to school”, not “the boys was going to school”. Generally the tense should r ...
... e.g. Red Riding Hood told how the wolf said that he was going for a walk. Verbs and tenses The verb group must “agree” with the subject of the clause, i.e. a plural subject must have a plural verb, e.g. “the boys were going to school”, not “the boys was going to school”. Generally the tense should r ...
A Remedial English Grammar
... Do not put the before the names of meals which means part of daily routine. E.g. Have you had lunch yet? But the must be used, when the meal is a particular one taken as part of social function. or, when the name of the meal refers to the food and not the occasion. E.g. The dinner will be held at th ...
... Do not put the before the names of meals which means part of daily routine. E.g. Have you had lunch yet? But the must be used, when the meal is a particular one taken as part of social function. or, when the name of the meal refers to the food and not the occasion. E.g. The dinner will be held at th ...
Copy of slides shared - Hillside Primary School
... collective (team), or abstract (justice). Abstract nouns (Lv6) are those that you cannot see/touch and can be emotions. Noun phrases- a ‘phrase’ takes its name from the overall job that this group of words is doing… So – ‘the big, blue, shiny bicycle’ – is a noun phrase ...
... collective (team), or abstract (justice). Abstract nouns (Lv6) are those that you cannot see/touch and can be emotions. Noun phrases- a ‘phrase’ takes its name from the overall job that this group of words is doing… So – ‘the big, blue, shiny bicycle’ – is a noun phrase ...
S1 Grammaire - Coatbridge High School
... Noun: Nouns are what you sometimes call “naming words”. They can be a person, object, animal, colour etc… You can normally put “the” or “a/an” or “one” or “some” in front of a noun: e.g. the man, a vase, an elephant, the school, a house, the sky, the planet etc… ...
... Noun: Nouns are what you sometimes call “naming words”. They can be a person, object, animal, colour etc… You can normally put “the” or “a/an” or “one” or “some” in front of a noun: e.g. the man, a vase, an elephant, the school, a house, the sky, the planet etc… ...
Spanish I Second Semester Mastery Checklist
... What is a stem-changing verb and how is it different from a regular verb conjugation? Where is the stem of a verb always located? What two verb conjugations can we NEVER do a stem change in? Stem-changing verbs are also known as… What is the purpose of drawing that shape in a stem-changing verb? Con ...
... What is a stem-changing verb and how is it different from a regular verb conjugation? Where is the stem of a verb always located? What two verb conjugations can we NEVER do a stem change in? Stem-changing verbs are also known as… What is the purpose of drawing that shape in a stem-changing verb? Con ...
Warley Town School Explanation of Terms Used in English KS1
... punctuation is to indicate sentence boundaries. A suffix is an ‘ending’, used at the end of one word to turn it into another word. Unlike root words, suffixes cannot stand on their own as a complete word. Two words are synonyms if they have the same meaning, or similar meanings In English, tense is ...
... punctuation is to indicate sentence boundaries. A suffix is an ‘ending’, used at the end of one word to turn it into another word. Unlike root words, suffixes cannot stand on their own as a complete word. Two words are synonyms if they have the same meaning, or similar meanings In English, tense is ...
Collective nouns
... These nouns are used with singular or plural verbs, depending on your point of view. The crew was/were saved when the ship sank. [workers on a ship/ambulance/plane] The company is/are rehearsing a new production. [group of actors] The cast is/are all amateurs. [actors in a film or theatre production ...
... These nouns are used with singular or plural verbs, depending on your point of view. The crew was/were saved when the ship sank. [workers on a ship/ambulance/plane] The company is/are rehearsing a new production. [group of actors] The cast is/are all amateurs. [actors in a film or theatre production ...
Grammatica 2- Past participle
... Español II- Ch 4 Past Participles • Verbs have a form called the past participle, which can be used as an adjective. • You can use it to describe a condition or an injury to a part of the body. ...
... Español II- Ch 4 Past Participles • Verbs have a form called the past participle, which can be used as an adjective. • You can use it to describe a condition or an injury to a part of the body. ...
File - L. Johnson`s Electronic Portfolio
... Choose the preposition(s) in the following sentences. Example- The kites soared above the clouds. preposition- above 1. She parked between the blue cars. 2. The bird sat on the sill outside my window. Answers 1. between 2. outside ...
... Choose the preposition(s) in the following sentences. Example- The kites soared above the clouds. preposition- above 1. She parked between the blue cars. 2. The bird sat on the sill outside my window. Answers 1. between 2. outside ...
Conventions
... sentence is made up of a simple sentence and another part. The other part has a subject and verb, but it is a dependent clause, which means it doesn’t make sense by itself. ...
... sentence is made up of a simple sentence and another part. The other part has a subject and verb, but it is a dependent clause, which means it doesn’t make sense by itself. ...
General Morphology Thoughts
... weeny”, “a little somethin’ somethin’”… • There is also one reduplicative process in English… ...
... weeny”, “a little somethin’ somethin’”… • There is also one reduplicative process in English… ...
English Skills in Year 4
... Use the first two or three letters of a word to check a spelling in a dictionary. Spell the commonly mis-spelt words from the Y3/4 word list. Compose sentences using a range of sentence structures. Orally rehearse a sentence or a sequence of sentences. Write a narrative with a clear structure, setti ...
... Use the first two or three letters of a word to check a spelling in a dictionary. Spell the commonly mis-spelt words from the Y3/4 word list. Compose sentences using a range of sentence structures. Orally rehearse a sentence or a sequence of sentences. Write a narrative with a clear structure, setti ...
AQA Subject terminology mat
... make the meaning of a verb, adjective, or other adverb stronger or weaker, and often appear between the subject and its verb (She nearly lost everything.) Pronoun - used in place of a noun that has already been mentioned, often to avoid repeating the noun. For example: Laura left early because she w ...
... make the meaning of a verb, adjective, or other adverb stronger or weaker, and often appear between the subject and its verb (She nearly lost everything.) Pronoun - used in place of a noun that has already been mentioned, often to avoid repeating the noun. For example: Laura left early because she w ...
Final Exam Study Guide Chapters 1
... a. Adjective Agreement (page 84) 1. Adjective: A word that describes a noun 2. In French: Because every noun in French has a gender (masculine or feminine), the adjective must agree in gender and number with the noun it describes. 3. Unless your adjective already ends in an unaccented E, to make mos ...
... a. Adjective Agreement (page 84) 1. Adjective: A word that describes a noun 2. In French: Because every noun in French has a gender (masculine or feminine), the adjective must agree in gender and number with the noun it describes. 3. Unless your adjective already ends in an unaccented E, to make mos ...