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Singular: only one person, place or thing

Singular: only one person, place or thing. Plural noun: more than one. And, finally…noun gender. Masculine- boy Feminine- girl Indefinite- either Neuter- neither. Masculine: brother Feminine: sister Indefinite: horse Neuter: socks. Compound Noun. A noun made of two or more words.

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Singular: only one person, place or thing

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  1. Singular: only one person, place or thing

  2. Plural noun: more than one

  3. And, finally…noun gender.

  4. Masculine- boy • Feminine- girl • Indefinite- either • Neuter- neither

  5. Masculine: brother • Feminine: sister • Indefinite: horse • Neuter: socks

  6. Compound Noun • A noun made of two or more words.

  7. Possessive Nouns • Show ownership

  8. Singular possessive • Doctor’s stethoscope • Surfer’s board • Anybody’s guess • Grandma’s feather bed

  9. We’re talking about past and present tense.

  10. It’s a gift, it’s called the present…

  11. Give me a PRESENT today.

  12. Present tense means NOW. This is NOT the now verb with “ing”, that is a different kind of verb. • Cast meow. • I snack. • She glances. • Lance owns. • Nathan crawls.

  13. We don’t actually use present tense a whole lot. Usually we use it when talking about things that happen every day: • The bus comes at 9 AM. • She goes to school every morning. • Grandma goes to bed at 5:30 pm after she eats her prunes.

  14. Rules for present tense verbs • If your subject is singular (just one) and not “I” or “you,” add an s to the verb: • He snacks. • She glances. • Gretchen bristles.

  15. MORE rules • If your subject is plural, or “I” or “you”, don’t add an s: • Cats meow. • I snack. • They own. • Kari and Matt crawl. • You go over there.

  16. AND…prepare yourself…this one is complicated… • If the subject is singular (just one), AND the verb ends in s, x, ch, z, or sh…. • Add es. • Robert blushes. • The pitcher pitches the ball. • The trainer coaxes him away. • She watches TV.

  17. Another rule • When the verb ends in a consonant and y, we change the y to i and add esfor SINGULAR: • I cry—She cries. • They rely on you—She relies on you.

  18. Plural Possessive • Elephants’ trunks • Waitresses’ aprons • Bosses’ schedules • Aunts’ houses • Kids’ homework • Newkirks’ house

  19. PAST TENSE—first rule • For a regular, not weird, verb… • To put it in the past tense, you add ed. • He tossed the ball. • She walked over there.

  20. 1-1-1 rule • You have a ONE-SYLLABLE verb that ends in a CONSONANT. • To make it past tense, you can use a wonderful thing called the 1-1-1 rule:

  21. 1-1-1 Rule: Hop. Is this word one syllable? Does the word have one vowel? Does the word end in one consonant?

  22. Yes! This word follows the 1-1-1- pattern: 1 syllable 1 vowel 1 consonant at the end

  23. For words that follow this rule, double the final consonant if you are making it past tense. Hopped Tripped Skipped Mapped Stopped Added

  24. Next rule If the verb ends in e, you add a d to make it past tense: -bake, baked -writhe, writhed

  25. And finally, if the verb ends in y, you change the y to i and add –ed: Dry- dried Apply- applied

  26. Future tense

  27. Future tense • Has not yet occurred! • Become a fortune teller.

  28. Now, when you go FORMAL… • Fancy writing • Future tense in FORMAL writing is FANCY. SHALL Instead of WILL.

  29. Fancy fancyfancy - SHALL • We shall adapt. • You shall cooperate. • It shall be a black tie affair. • Drinks shall be served at half past the hour.

  30. NOT a fancy party. • Informal: WILL. • The party will be at ten. • Hamburgers will be on the grill at 11. Drinks will be served. Little Bobby will open his presents at 12.

  31. Now let’s talk about helping verbs. • Every predicate has a verb. Sometimes the verb includes more than one word. When this happens, it is often because there is a HELPING VERB.

  32. Example: • You MIGHT HAVE wondered about the origin of teddy bears.

  33. Common helping verbs • Is • Am • Are • Was • Were • Be • Being • Been • Has • Have • Had • May • Might • Must • Can • Could • Do • Does • Did • Shall • Will • Should • Would

  34. SUBJECT… • The WHO. Connecticut became a state in 1788. Fifty states make the United States.

  35. PREDICATE… • The WHAT. Connecticut became a state in 1788. Fifty states make the United States.

  36. So here’s where it gets a little complicated…

  37. Bob left.

  38. But what if Bob is really sad that we didn’t tell more about him so we want to make our sentence say, “Cute little Bob left for the hair salon.” • In that case, the sentence would have a SIMPLE SUBJECT and SIMPLE PREDICATE.

  39. Here, all we have is a WHO and a WHAT. These are the SIMPLE SUBJECT and SIMPLE PREDICATE. Bob left.

  40. Here, instead of keeping it SIMPLE, we made it COMPLICATED by adding bows to it. Cute little BOB LEFT for the hair salon.

  41. Red-headed John played the piano all night.

  42. The SIMPLE version: John played.

  43. And, complicated, here we go! Red-headed JOHN PLAYED the piano all night. What is the SIMPLE subject?

  44. The basketball player shoots baskets every day.

  45. The SIMPLE version: Player shoots.

  46. And, complicated, here we go! The basketball PLAYER SHOOTS baskets every day. What is the SIMPLE subject?

  47. Simple predicate, same idea: • Tom told me a joke.

  48. The SIMPLE version: Simple predicate is TOLD. Tom told.

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