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Editor In Chief
Lesson 8
Content
 Remember
that the caption and picture
are ALWAYS correct. Any difference in
information in the passage is an error and
should be corrected.
Grammar
 Past
Participle: used with helping verbs to
form verb phrases.
 Used with a form of the verb “be” in
passive voice. In passive voice, the
subject of the sentence is being acted
upon rather than acting.
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Examples:
A kite was flown by the boy.
The birds were chased by the dog.
Reflexive Pronoun “reflects” back on an
antecedent (the noun or pronoun to which it
refers) that is within the same sentence.
 It must agree in number, gender, and person.
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I went by myself. (antecedent = I)
We could have done that ourselves. (antecedent =
we)
Intensive Pronoun is used to emphasize or
intensify an antecedent that is next to it within
the same sentence.
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The girls themselves thought of the idea. (girls)
You yourself may have seen something similar. (you)
Punctuation
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Run-on Sentences
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Either create two sentences, ending the first with a period
and starting the second with a capital letter
Or use a semicolon to separate the sentences
Or use a comma and coordinating conjunction
Examples:
• INCORRECT: One sea lion balanced a ball another sea lion
waved his flipper.
• CORRECT: One sea lion balanced a ball. Another sea lion waved
his flipper.
• CORRECT: One sea lion balanced a ball; another sea lion waved
his flipper.
• CORRECT: One sea lion balanced a ball, while another sea lion
waved his flipper.
Usage
Agreement of verb with compound subject
 Subjects joined with “and” take a plural verb:
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Our cat and dog spend a lot of time in the yard.
Our cats and dogs spend a lot of time in the yard.
Our cats and dog spend a lot of time in the yard
Our cat and dogs spend a lot of time in the yard.
Singular subjects joined with “or” or “nor” take
singular verb:
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A chair or a stool fits under the counter.
Either our cat or our dog sits on the couch.
Neither Melissa nor Jody plays the clarinet.
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Plural subjects joined with “or” or “nor” take
plural verb:
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Jackets or sweaters are needed in the evenings.
Neither our cats nor our dogs like to have baths.
A plural subject and a singular subject joined
with “or” or “nor” takes verb agreeing with closer
of the two subjects:
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A sports coat or evening clothes are required for the
dinner party.
Evening clothes or a sports coat is required for the
dinner party.
Either my parents or my aunt drives us to school.
Either my aunt or my parents drive us to school.