Transcript Tricky Thing #1

Sentence Structure Lessons #4:
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Subject-Verb Agreement:
The Basics
I have a story for you.
It’s about Bill and Giblet.
Part One:
Bill
Giblet
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The Basics:
Introduction
Bill and Giblet are
pelicans. Bill is smart. Giblet
is not smart—he’s annoying.
He follow
followsBill
Billeverywhere.
everywhere.
Bill has tried to explain to
Giblet that he prefers to be
alone, but Giblet never
seems to remember. As it
turns out, Bill does not seem
to mind so much,
after all.
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Do
yousosee
thejust
Okay,
that’s
change?
the beginning. But
let’s use this part
for a moment.
I’m going to change
one word—see if
you can find it.
The Basics:
Introduction
Bill and Giblet
Giblet are
are
pelicans. Bill is smart. Giblet
Giblet
is not smart—he’s annoying.
annoying.
He follow
followsBillBilleverywhere.
everywhere.
Bill has tried to explain to
Giblet
that he
he prefers
prefers to
to be
be
Giblet that
but Giblet
Gibletnever
never
alone, but
seems to
to remember. As it
turns out, Bill does not seem
to mind so much,
after all.
all.
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I took the ‘ ’ away,
and now it sounds
wrong.
Why does one little
letter make such a
big difference?
The Basics:
Introduction
When we write a sentence,
the subject and verb must
Patience,
Giblet.
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Um,
what does
that mean?
.
The Basics:
Introduction
When we write a sentence,
the subject and verb must
First let’s find the
.
and the
.
He follows Bill everywhere.
The
*
The
The
*
tells who or what the sentence is about.
The
is the main word in the subject.
tells what the subject does.
shows action and usually begins the predicate.
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The Basics:
Introduction
When we write a sentence,
the subject and verb must
.
He followss Bill everywhere.
The subject and verb agree by sharing one ‘s’.
The subject can be singular (ONE) or plural (MORE THAN one).
If the subject is singular, the
gets the ‘s’.
If the subject is plural, the
gets the ‘s’.
*
*
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The Basics:
Introduction
When we write a sentence,
the subject and verb must
.
He followss Bill everywhere.
Ooooh,
‘He’ is singular, so the verb
gets
the
‘s’.
I agree,
too!
The subject can be singular (ONE) or plural (MORE THAN one).
*
*
If the subject is singular, the
If the subject is plural, the
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gets the ‘s’.
gets the ‘s’.
The Basics:
Introduction
But what if…
Buzzing
Ignoremosquitos
him. Hes follows Bill everywhere.
Let’s regroup.
Yep, I was
‘Mosquitos’ is plural, so it gets
the
‘s’.
just about to
say that.
The subject can be singular (ONE) or plural (MORE THAN one).
*
*
If the subject is singular, the
If the subject is plural, the
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gets the ‘s’.
gets the ‘s’.
The Basics:
Practice
Buzzing mosquitoss follow Bill everywhere.
Silly Giblet followss Bill everywhere.
And here are a few more simple examples…
The baby ducklings follows Bill everywhere.
The ocean waves follows Bill everywhere.
A Llarge whales follows Bill everywhere.
Each sentence has an ‘s’ on the subject OR the verb…
so they can
!
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The Basics:
Practice
Time to practice a bit…
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
Let’s try one.
bloom
SomeSome
flowers
all summer
flowers bloom all summer
long. long.
blooms
OR
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The Basics:
Practice
Time to practice a bit…
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
Here’sOkay,
another:
here goes:
If you’re not sure
of the answer, ask yourself:
eat
Be careful,
people.
He’sbunny
a
That
carrots
my garden.
Hmm,bunny
That
eats carrots
from from
my garden.
eats
Ooh, ooh!
doofus.
that’s not
bad,
I have a tip!
Giblet.
OR
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The Basics:
Practice
Time to practice a bit…
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
One more…
smell
My coffee
so good
the morning.
My coffee smells so good
in theinmorning.
smells
My coffee smell so good in the morning.
OR
Nope.
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The Basics:
Independent Practice
Are you ready to
practice on your own?
Here’s a sheet on the
BASICS of SubjectVerb Agreement.
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Subject-Verb Agreement:
The Tricky Stuff
Part Two:
Tricky Thing
Tricky Thing
Tricky Thing
Tricky Thing
Tricky Thing
Tricky Thing
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: Plural Subjects that do not end in ‘s’
: Pronouns ‘YOU’ and ‘I’
: Past Tense Verbs
: Linking Verbs and Helping Verbs
: Compound Subjects
: Misleading Subjects
Tricky Thing #1:
Introduction
: Plural Subjects that do not end in ‘s’
Okay, so do you remember this?
Look at this part again closely.
Not all plural subjects end in ‘s’.
The subject and verb agree by sharing one ‘s’.
The subject can be singular (ONE) or plural (MORE THAN one).
If the subject is singular, the
gets the ‘s’.
If the subject is plural, the
gets the ‘s’.
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Tricky Thing #1:
Introduction
: Plural Subjects that do not end in ‘s’
Not all plural subjects end in ‘s’.
One man… two men…
NOT mans
One child… three children…NOT childs
One tooth… four teeth… NOT tooths
One mouse…five mice… NOT mouses
Hmm, what about:
One sheep… six, uh…. sheep! NOT sheeps
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Tricky Thing #1:
Introduction
: Plural Subjects that do not end in ‘s’
Now let’s pull out a sentence to look at:
Not
all plural subjects end in ‘s’.
Bill and Giblet are on a lazy morning flight. Bill spends much of
his flying time thinking up jokes to play on Giblet. He says it keeps
what Giblet
doesspends
this mean
life So
interesting.
much of for
his flying time talking to Bill.
Bill subject
hardly ever–listens.
verb
agreement?
Sometimes they cross paths with a flock of geese. “Here come
some geese, Giblet,” Bill says. “Those geese look for food over in
First
let’s Why
continue
about
Bill you
andcanGiblet.
that marsh.
don’t youour
followstory
them and
see what
find?”
“Sure thing, Bill.” So Giblet flies off. He’s back in five minutes.
“What happened, Giblet?” Bill asks.
“All they do is honk, honk, honk. It gets very annoying.”
Bill clenches his beak. “Hmmph,” he growls, and they fly on.
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Tricky Thing #1:
Introduction
: Plural Subjects that do not end in ‘s’
Let’s pull out another sentence to look at:
Bill and Giblet are on a lazy morning flight. Bill spends much of
his flying time thinking up jokes to play on Giblet. He says it keeps
life interesting. Giblet spends much of his flying time talking to Bill.
Bill hardly ever listens.
Sometimes they cross paths with a flock of geese. “Here come
some geese, Giblet,” Bill says. “Those geese look for food over in
SoWhy
thedon’t
verb
‘s’. you can
that marsh.
youdoes
followNOT
them need
and seeanwhat
find?”
The subject
“Sure
thing, Bill.”isSoplural,
Giblet flies off. He’s back in five minutes.
even happened,
though it Giblet?”
doesn’tBillend
“What
asks.in ‘s’.
“All they do is honk, honk, honk. It gets very annoying.”
Bill clenches his beak. “Hmmph,” he growls, and they fly on.
Those geese look for food over in that marsh.
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Tricky Thing #1:
Introduction
: Plural Subjects that do not end in ‘s’
So we can now say…
ALL plural subjects need: a verb without an ‘s’.
Sometimes they cross paths with a flock of geese.
Which means the verb does NOT need an ‘s’.
‘They’ is a plural pronoun.
It is taking the place of ‘Bill and Giblet’.
‘Bill and Giblet’ are more than one.
So ‘they’ is a plural subject,
even though it doesn’t end in ‘s’.
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Tricky Thing #1:
Practice
Let’s play our little game again…
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
Here we go…
live
PeoplePeople
mightmight live in theintree
the house
tree house
up there.
up there.
lives
OR
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Tricky Thing #1:
Practice
Let’s play our little game again…
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
And another…
rush
The firemen
the burning
The firemen rush to thetoburning
shed. shed.
rushes
OR
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Tricky Thing #1:
Practice
Let’s play our little game again…
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
Try this one…
jump
A moose
.
the woods.
A moose
jumps out ofouttheofwoods.
jumps
OR
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Tricky Thing #1:
Practice
Let’s play our little game again…
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
Hmm, how about this one…
crash
Two crazy
moose
through
the weeds.
Two crazy
moose crash through
the weeds.
crashes
OR
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Tricky Thing #2:
Introduction
: Pronouns ‘YOU’ and ‘I’
Pronouns take the place of nouns.
We often use pronouns as the
Wow.hold on
Now
It’sright
a crazy
there
SINGULAR
PLURAL a
we livefolks.
in.
It jumps…worldminute,
We jump…
.
SINGULAR
You jump…
He jumps…
For
example… They jump… I jump…
‘You’ and
She of
jumps…
Most
these pronouns fit with what we’ve
said‘I’ are
about
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.
singular, but
their verbs do
NOT get an ‘s’.
Tricky Thing #2:
Practice
: Pronouns ‘YOU’ and ‘I’
walk
We
to the park on Saturdays.
walks
hope
I
my package will come today.
hopes
break
She
a dish almost every day.
breaks
You
need
needs
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to finish your homework.
Tricky Thing #3:
Introduction
: Past Tense Verbs
gets tense
EASIER
with
We have been working withactually
present
verbs.
past tense verbs, because, well, you don’t even have
PRESENT
happening
nowit out: PAST = already happened
to worry =about
it. Check
Present Tense
Past Tense
crawl or crawls
crawled
A beetle crawled onto a stick.
Five beetles crawled onto a stick.
I crawled onto a stick.
The past tense verb is spelled the same whether
the subject is singular or plural.
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Tricky Thing #4:
Introduction
: Linking Verbs and Helping Verbs
Now let’s pull out a few sentences:
A Bill and Giblet were
is awandering
verb that
does not show action.
along the shore together. Tall
A
works
together
with an were
action
verb.
coconut
trees overhung
the water,
and seashells
scattered
about.
“YouHere
are walking
extra-waddly
Gib. You verbs:
might be eating
are some
common these
linkingdays,
and helping
too many fish.”
is Giblet
are was
amconcerned.
was were
hasI dohave
had
does Bill.”
do did
“Really?
feel a bit
top-heavy,
Suddenly, a coconut plopped down in front of them. Giblet stared
at it, wondering.
Oh boy,
thought
Bill.Bill
Giblet
thought of something.
Let’s hear
more
from
andhasGiblet.
But just before Giblet jammed a coconut into his gullet, Bill stopped
him. Then we’ll do a bit more with these verbs.
“Giblet! We’re pelicans. We don’t eat coconuts.”
“Well you said not to eat so many fish. So I thought I’d try a
coconut instead.”
Bill rolled his eyes and kept walking.
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Tricky Thing #4:
Introduction
: Linking Verbs and Helping Verbs
Common linking and helping verbs:
is are am was were has have had does do did
Giblet wass concerned.
Giblet hass thought of something.
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Tricky Thing #4:
Introduction
: Linking Verbs and Helping Verbs
Common linking and helping verbs:
is are am was were has have had does do did
Seashellss were scattered about.
You are walking extra-waddly these days, Gib.
AND,
Ourthe tricky pronouns
‘
’ and ‘ ’
areworking!
still being tricky!
rule is still
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Let’s do the pointing-game now with
Linking Verbs and Helping Verbs…
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
Here we go…
is
CousinCousin
Jeb Jeb is grouchy
grouchy
the morning.
in theinmorning.
are
OR
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Tricky Thing #4:
Practice
Tricky Thing #4:
Practice
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
Here is another…
is
The puppy’s
feet feet are dirty. dirty.
The puppy’s
are
OR
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Tricky Thing #4:
Practice
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
Next…
has
You You have a hole
a hole
in your
pocket.
in your
pocket.
have
OR
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Tricky Thing #4:
Practice
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
Switching to helping verbs now…
was walking
The The
gorillas
a straight
gorillas were walking in ainstraight
line.line.
were walking
OR
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Tricky Thing #4:
Practice
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
Once again…
was quacking
A duck
my nap.
A duck was quacking duringduring
my nap.
were quacking
OR
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Tricky Thing #4:
Practice
For the choice on top, point your finger up.
For the choice on bottom, point your finger down.
Last one…
has been waiting
She She has been waiting all afternoon
all afternoon.
have been waiting
OR
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Tricky Thing #5:
Introduction
: Compound Subjects
A compound subject is made of more than one
simple subject connected with a word like and or or.
WellOh.
that’s
not
Jancy and
and her monkey perform a funnyBummer.
showtoo
every Friday.
tricky.
A
is PLURAL
when it is joined by and.
So the
does
NOT get an ‘s’.
But when a compound subject
is joined by OR, things get a little trickier.
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Tricky Thing #5:
Introduction
: Compound Subjects
Either the nature
guides or
or the
most or
experienced
most experienced
camper
the naturecamper
guidess
lead
_____the
hikes on this trail.
leads
IF both
subjects
SINGULAR,
the verb
needswith
an ‘s’.
sentence
has are
a compound
subject
connected
‘or’.
*This
We
IF both
havesubjects
to look carefully
are PLURAL,
at thethe
subjects
verb does
in order
not need
to an ‘s’.
*make the agree.
if one subject is SINGULAR, and one subject is PLURAL,
* BUT,
then it depends on the subject closest to the verb.
Now,
if our
subjectsisflip-flop,
verb
will not
no longer
agree.
Since
‘campers’
plural, theour
verb
does
need an
‘s’.
Since
is plural,
the verb
doesneeds
not need
an ‘s’.
But if‘guides’
‘camper’
is singular,
the verb
an ‘s’.
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Tricky Thing #5:
Practice
: Compound Subjects
Let’s do just a couple more practice sentences
with Tricky Thing #5…
My two sisters or Caroline
is coming
are coming
me to the concert.
Aunt Judy and
hips when they
with
Ooh, that’s tricky. We have ‘or’ joining the
two subjects. That means we really need
to pay attention towiggles
the subject closest to
the verb.
Uncle Gill
bothEven though the first subject
theiris
plural, ‘Caroline’ is singular, so our helping
dances.
verb needs an ‘s’ (is coming).
compound subject with ‘and’
dance. Aautomatically
makes the whole
subject plural, so our verbs do
not need an ‘s’—neither of them!
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wiggle
Tricky Thing #6:
Introduction
: Misleading Subjects
We’ll
use final
a story
sentence
to help show something tricky.,
For our
tricky
thing about
let’s
readGiblet
oneare
lastflying
installment
from
and Giblet.
Bill and
low over
someBillwater.
They are trying to
spot some breakfast. Up ahead, Bill sees something bobbing. It’s a boot.
“Fresh fish, up ahead, Gib,” says Bill with a smile. Giblet flies down and
snags the boot.
“It’s not a fish, Bill. It’s a helmet.” Giblet puts the boot on his head.
Bill just shakes his head.
Right then, a flock of geese flies over the top of Bill and Giblet.
“Incoming!” yells Giblet. He has spotted some doo-doo dropping right
towards Bill. But Bill doesn’t see it. Giblet charges ahead and blocks the
mess with his helmet.
Bill stays clean.
“That was awesome, Giblet.”
“You’re welcome, Bill.”
And on they fly together.
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Tricky Thing #6:
Introduction
: Misleading Subjects
A flock of geese flies over the top of Bill and Giblet.
‘geese’ is misleading because… geese fly
HereSometimes
is the is the words
. subject…
in the
subjectAcan
‘flock’
true simple
flockmislead
flies you
But what
? make the verb agree.
whenis the
you are trying to
‘Misleading’ means it leads you
away from what is correct.
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Tricky Thing #6:
Practice
: Misleading Subjects
How about a final round of our game?
But let’s add a step. This time, you’ll first see only the subject.
Point to the true
. Either
or
is blowing
The stack
of papers
everywhere.
The stack
of papers is blowing everywhere.
are blowing
OR
OR
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Tricky Thing #6:
Practice
: Misleading Subjects
How about a final round of our game?
But let’s add a step. This time, you’ll first see only the subject.
Point to the true
. Either
or
Here’s another one:
is
FiveFive
packs
of gum
just enough
for trip
the. trip.
packs
of gum are just enough
for the
are
OR
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OR
Tricky Thing #6:
Practice
: Misleading Subjects
How about a final round of our game?
But let’s add a step. This time, you’ll first see only the subject.
Point to the true
. Either
or
And one more:
clogs
The The
gunkgunk
in the
plumbing.
in pipes
the pipes clogs the the
plumbing.
clog
OR
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OR
Tricky Things:
Independent Practice
Let’s practice on your
own now.
Here’s a sheet on the
tricky things about
Subject-Verb
Agreement.
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