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Bible Language Arts Ms. Meek Lesson # 45 Participles, Contractions, Abbreviations-review

Bible Language Arts Ms. Meek Lesson # 45 Participles, Contractions, Abbreviations-review. Participles. A participle is a verb form used as an adjective. Examples: The growing babies need food. Ants make bricks of out chewed dirt.

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Bible Language Arts Ms. Meek Lesson # 45 Participles, Contractions, Abbreviations-review

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  1. Bible Language ArtsMs. Meek Lesson # 45 Participles, Contractions, Abbreviations-review

  2. Participles A participle is a verb form used as an adjective. Examples: The growing babies need food. Ants make bricks of out chewed dirt. Each verb has two forms that can be used as participles The present and the past.

  3. Present Participles The Present Participle of regular verbs is formed by adding -ing to the verb. If the verb ends in e, drop the e before adding - ing. Examples Walk + ing = walking Move + ing = moving

  4. Present Participle The present participle form of a verb can be used a an adjective Examples: The crawling ants look very busy. Their scurrying bodies are all over the grass.

  5. Past Participles Form the past participle of regular verbs by adding -ed to the verb. If the verb ends in e, drop the e before adding -ed. If the verb ends in y, drop the y and add -ied. Examples: Mix + ed = mixed Store + ed = stored Study + ed = studied

  6. Past Participle Remember that the participle form of a verb can be used as and adjective. Examples: Workers move stored eggs each day. The ants must move to an expanded nest.

  7. Participial Phrases A participial phrase begins with a participle and describes a noun. Participial phrases are formed using past and present participles. Examples: The children playing with the puppy leaped for joy. Carla returned to find her picnic lunch covered with ants.

  8. Contractions A contraction is a shortened form of one or two words (one of which is usually a verb). In a contraction, an apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter or letters.

  9. Apostrophes When you join two words to make a contraction, use an apostrophe (‘) to represent the letters left out. Example: have + not =haven’t The contraction is two words now in one. The apostrophe represents the letter o that was removed.

  10. Common Contractions

  11. Contractions Contractions are words to be used in casual conversation or informal writing. Do not use contractions in formal writing or formal conversations.

  12. Abbreviations An abbreviation is the shorted form of a longer word. Most abbreviations begin with a capital letter and end with a period. Use them only in special kinds of writing, such as addresses and lists.

  13. Abbreviations for People and Places Most abbreviations begin with a capital letter and end with a period. However, both letters of state name abbreviations are capital letters, and no period is used. Examples: Person - Mr. James Smith Place - 55 Porter Blvd. Place - Shoreline, WA 98155

  14. Abbreviations for Mailing Addresses When writing street names and states in a mailing address. Abbreviate words such as road or avenue with a capital letter and end with a period. Examples: Road -> Rd. Street ->St. Avenue -> Ave. Court -> Ct. Post Office -> P.O. Boulevard -> Blvd.

  15. Time and Measurement The abbreviations for days and months begin with a capital letter and end with a period. However some other abbreviations for time and measurements begin with a lowercase letter and end with a period. Examples: Time - Wed., Aug. 26 Measurement - 165 mi., 4yd.

  16. Some Common Abbreviations

  17. Some Common Abbreviations Con’t

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