Transcript Grade 8 Week 7 DLRx

NO EXCUSES…
Capital letters where necessary.
Punctuation at the end of every sentence.
I (uppercase) not i (lower case)
What is a past participle?
A past participle indicates past or completed action
or time.
It is often called the 'ed' form as it is formed by
adding d or ed, to the base form of regular verbs,
however it is also formed in various other ways for
irregular verbs.
As a verb: Her hair was well brushed.
As an adjective: He had a broken arm.
Sentence Structure
A sentence is a grammatical unit made up of one
or more words.
Sentences can be structured in different ways.
Simple Sentence
A simple sentence has a subject and ONLY ONE verb:
• The girl sprinted after the tiger.
• The cat purred.
Compound Sentence
A compound sentence is formed when you join
two main clauses with a connective:
I like bananas and I like grapes.
Zoe can be rude at times but she is a nice girl.
Complex Sentence
A complex sentence is formed when you join a main clause and a
subordinate clause with a connective. A subordinate clause is one
that relies on a main clause to make sense.
• I love chocolate but there is none left.
He is studying because he has a test tomorrow.
The big dog barked when I arrived.
Antecedents
An antecedent is the word (or words) that a
pronoun refers to.
The word antecedent means to go before in
Latin. It gets its name from the idea that a
pronoun refers to something previously
mentioned in the sentence.
Ex:
When you see the professor, please tell him
I'll be 10 minutes late this evening.
Grammar-monster.com - Antecedents