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NINTH GRADE ENGLISH
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Contains a subject and a verb
Includes a complete thought
Has an end mark
AKA: independent clause
Example: The waves are crashing along the
shore.
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A word that shows the relationship of a noun
or a pronoun to another word
About
Before
During
Off
Toward
Above
Behind
Except
On
Under
Across
Below
For
Onto
Underneath
After
Beneath
From
Out
Until
Against
Beside
In
Outside
Up
Along
Between
Inside
Over
Upon
Among
Beyond
Into
Since
With
Around
By
Like
Through
Within
As
Despite
Near
Throughout
Without
At
Down
Of
to
According to
Aside from
Because of
By means of
In addition to
In front of
In place of
In spite of
Instead of
On account of
Out of
Prior to
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Examples:
The dog slept near my bed.
 The dog slept under my bed.
 The dog slept behind my bed.
 The dog slept beside my bed.
 The dog slept on my bed.
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The noun or pronoun that a preposition relates
another word to is called the object of the
preposition.
The preposition, its object, and any modifiers of
the objects together form a preposition phrase.
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Alice went to the store.
The group rested under the tree.
I live down the street.
According to my mom, I should be there at
noon.
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Express an action, a condition, or a state of
being
Three types of verbs
Action
 Linking
 helping
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Express either physical or mental action
Something you can actually “do”
Examples…
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The student thought through the question
The family travels during the summer.
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Links the subject to another part of the sentence
that renames the subject or describes the
subject
Two types of linking verbs
Am
Was
Be
Is
Were
Being
Are
been
Look
Smell
Feel
Sound
Taste
Grow
Appear Become Seem
remain
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Some of the verbs that can express conditions
can also be action verbs
Example: The popcorn tasted good.
Example: I tasted the sauce.
Substitute the verb for IS, ARE, WAS, or
WERE.
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Helps a main verb to express an action or a
state of being
Combine with other verbs to form verb phrases
VERB PHRASES—consist of at least one main
verb and one or more helping verbs
Have
Does
should Must
Has
Did
Would
Can
Had
Shall
May
could
do
Will
Might
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The main word or
group of words that
tells who or what the
sentence is about
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HERE and THERE are
NEVER subjects!
Understood YOU can
be a subject!
The subject is NEVER
in a prepositional
phrase!
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Two or more sentences written as though they
are one sentence
Example: The waves are crashing along the
shore the children are playing in them.
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Part of a sentence that’s punctuated as if it
were a complete sentence
Lacks either a subject, verb, or a complete
thought
Example:
The waves along the shore.
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Four ways to correct a run-on sentence
Example…
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The waves are crashing along the shore the children
are playing in them.
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The waves are crashing along the shore the
children are playing in them.
Make two sentences.
The waves are crashing along the shore. The
children are playing in them.
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The waves are
crashing along the
shore the children are
playing in them.
Use a comma and a
coordinating
conjunction.
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The waves are
crashing along the
shore, and the
children are playing
in them.
And
But
For
Yet
Or
So
Nor
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The waves are crashing along the shore the
children are playing in them.
Use a semicolon.
The waves are crashing along the shore; the
children are playing in them.
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The waves are crashing along the shore the
children are playing in them.
Use a semicolon, conjunctive adverb or
transitional expression, and a comma
Conjunctive
Adverbs
Accordingly
Meanwhile
Also
Moreover
Besides
Nevertheless
Consequently
Next
Furthermore
Otherwise
However
Still
Indeed
Then
Instead
Therefore
Transitional
Expressions
As a result
For example
For instance
In addition
In fact
That is
On the other
hand
In other words
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The waves are crashing along the shore the
children are playing in them.
The waves are crashing along the shore;
indeed, the children are playing in them.