Transcript Grammar and Sentence Review

GRAMMAR AND SENTENCE REVIEW
NOUN
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A person, place or thing
Jimmy read a book in the park.
(person) (thing)
(place)
Common and Proper Nouns
Common: waterfall, chair, winter
Proper: Niagara Falls, Tuesday,
Sally, March
PRONOUN
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a
noun.
 Some common pronouns:
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I, you, he, she, it, we, they, him, her, them, it, us
Example: John is a mail carrier. John carries a blue
bag.
 John is a mail carrier. He carries a blue bag.
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VERB
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A verb is a word that shows what someone or
something is doing (an action).
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Past, Present, and Future Tense Verbs
Daniel played baseball. – PAST TENSE
 He plays baseball everyday. – PRESENT TENSE
 We will go to his game tomorrow. -FUTURE TENSE
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ADJECTIVE
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An adjective describes a noun.
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Example: The yellow basket was full of toys.
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Adjectives give life and creativity to sentences. They
spice up and add vivid images to a paper, or even to
just describe something.
ADVERB
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An adverb can describe how an action happens.
 Jason
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quickly read the book.
How did Jason read? Quickly.
ADVERB
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An adverb can describe when an action happens.
 We
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went to the store yesterday.
When did we go? Yesterday.
ADVERB
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An adverb can describe where an action happens.
 He
put the paper here.
Where did he put the paper?
Here.
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PREPOSITION
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 A preposition may be defined as connecting
word showing the relation of a noun or a noun
substitute to some other word in the sentence
(the squirrel in the tree; the preposition in shows
the relationship between the squirrel and the
tree.). Over ninety percent of preposition usage
involves these nine prepositions:
 with
at
by
to
in
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for
from
of
on
CONJUNCTION
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The part of speech (or word class) that serves to
connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
The common conjunctions--and, but, for, or, nor,
yet, and so--join the elements of a structure.
I decided that I should go to the store for more
sugar, but my neighbor brought some over for my
cake.
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INTERJECTIONS
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TRANSITIONAL WORDS & PHRASES
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Using transitional words and phrases
helps papers read more smoothly, and at the
same time allows the reader to flow more
smoothly from one point to the next.
 Transitions enhance logical organization
and understandability
and improve the connections between
thoughts. They indicate relations,
whether within a sentence, paragraph, or paper.
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SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES
 The
subject of a sentence tells us
who or what the sentence is about.
 Example:
A man in a blue suit
drove by the house.
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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
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SUBJECT AND PREDICATES
 The
predicates of a sentences tells
what the subject does or is.
 Example:
a man in a blue suit
drove by the house.
Clauses
A clause is a group of related words. A
clause has both a subject and a
predicate. There are two types of
clauses.
Independent Clause - An independent
clause can stand alone as a
sentence. Here is an example: We walk
to school. This sentence expresses a
complete thought and can stand alone.
Dependent Clause –
A dependent clause cannot stand
alone as a sentence. Here is an
example: when the cake is done
baking This clause does not
express a complete thought and
cannot stand alone.
SENTENCE FORMATIONS
Simple sentences
Compound sentences
Complex sentences
Compound-complex sentences
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SIMPLE SENTENCE
A simple sentence is one independent clause
in a subject-verb pattern.
We cancelled the order last week.
Rachel and I purchased a subscription to Advertising
Age.
Our customers shop online and refer others to our
Website.
The human relations specialist and my manager
recommended less phone work and offered me another
position.
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COMPOUND SENTENCE
A compound sentence is two independent
clauses connected by a coordinating
conjunction.
Many of our customers are self-employed,
and they purchase items for themselves.
Limited quantities of this product are
available, but we will ship your order next
week.
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COMPLEX SENTENCE
A complex sentence consists of an
independent clause and a dependent clause.
When a product is listed as out of stock, your
order will be filled as soon as possible.
If your order cannot be shipped within 30 days,
we will cancel the order.
Because I arrived late for the sale, I could not
find the items that I wanted.
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COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE
A compound-complex sentence consists of
more than one independent clause and one or
more dependent clauses.
If your order has not been shipped within 30 days,
we will notify you of this delay by e-mail, and you
will have the option to cancel your order.
When you receive a promotional code, enter it on
your order, but only one promotional code may be
used for each order.
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