Transcript Unit 3 Revising and Editing

Unit 3 Revising and Editing
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Pronouns
 Take place of a nouns
 Click on the swimmer to play a game with pronouns
Proper Nouns
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Holidays: Christmas, New Year’s Day, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving
Geographical areas: San Francisco, Europe, Spain, the Nile River
People and pets: Mrs. Caroline Jones, Rip Van Winkle, Snoopy
Books, Newspapers, Magazines: Wuthering Heights, Atlanta
Journal, Southern Living
Companies and organizations: Google, ChildFund International,
General Electric
Religious terms: Christian, Methodist, Hindu, God, Allah
Places, buildings: Yellowstone National Park, Empire State
Building, Ritz-Carlton
Titles: President Bush, King George, Queen Elizabeth, Judge
Judy (titles are not capitalized when they’re referred to in
general terms. For example: The criminal appeared before the
judge.
Languages: English, French, Italian
Brand names: Coach, Pepsi, Lucky
Proper Nouns
 Click on the picture to watch the video clip
 Click on the brain to go to brain pop!
Possessive Nouns
 Add an apostrophe s (‘s) to a singular noun to show
possession
 Ex. The girl’s dress was pretty.
 If the noun is plural, add an apostrophe after the s (s’)
 Ex. The three girls’ dresses were yellow.
 If the plural noun does not end in s add an
apostrophe s (‘s)
 The children’s shirts were red.
Possessive Nouns
 Click on the pictures to practice with possessive nouns
Regular Verbs
 Regular Verbs
 Helping Verbs
 Add “ed” to a regular
verb to show that
something happened in
the past
 What are some examples
of regular verbs?
 You can also use helping verbs
“have” “has” or “had” to show
past tense
Ex. She has packed a lunch.
Waves have pounded the shore.
Penguins had jumped in the water.
Irregular Verbs
 Past tense forms do not
end in “ed”
 These spellings must be
studied and memorized
(they do not follow a
specific pattern)
 Click on the Farris wheel
to play!
Participles and participle phrases
 Verb form used as an
adjective
 Past participle – add “ed”
ex. The ants made bricks
out of chewed dirt.
 Present participle – add
“ing”
ex. The growing puppy
needed food.
 Participle phrase – group
of words that describe
the noun
 ex. Leaving the press
conference, the politician
felt confident about her
answers.
What is the participle phrase?
What is the phrase and what does the phrase describe?
A memo sent to all the employees was well received.
The teacher's best lesson delivered to his eighth
graders dealt with theme.
My dad's present, bought by his sisters, was a gold
watch.
Acclaimed by many critics as the year's best movie, The
Sound of Music won many awards.
The Sound of Music, acclaimed by many critics as the
year's best movie, won many awards.