Grammar warm up
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GRAMMAR WARM UP
Use your “in-class” notebook to write your answers to the following questions.
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A sentence is a group of words which express
a complete thought.Directions: number a page from your notebook 1-5.
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Wri te S f o r each group o f words tha t i s a sen tence . Wr i te N f o r each group tha t i s no t a sen tence
Example:
N Flew 852 feet.
This is not a complete sentence because it does not express a complete thought. We, as readers, do not know What “flew 852 feet” (no subject).
N The wind across the sand.
This sentence is not complete because we don’t know what the wind across the sand is doing (no verb).
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Write S for each group of words that is a sentence. Write N for each group that is not a sentence
1. On the same day, December 17th.
2. To try the airplane.
3. Wilbur was the first to try the plane.
4. These early flights were just the beginning.
5. This unsuccessful flight.
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A VERSUS AN
What is the rule?
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You put a before the words that starts with a consonant sound and an before words that start with a vowel sound.
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(A/ An) hour ago…
(A/ An) historic moment…
(A/ An) mansion…
(A/ An) M&M…
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To form the plural of nouns that end in a consonant and y change the y to i and add es.
Singularlibrarybalcony
Plural librariesbalconies
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If a noun ends in a vowel and y, just add s.
Singularkeyjoy
Plural keysjoys
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1.Many country celebrate different holiday.
2.They have different story and custom.
3.The youngest baby through the oldest adult celebrate with family.
Rewrite each sentence with the correct plural of the underlined words.