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Unit 7

Unit 7. Similar predicates. Mike is tall. Samuel is tall. Mike is tall and Samuel is tall too. Mike is tall and so is Samuel. Mike and Samuel are (both) tall. They are (both) tall. Similar predicates. Mike is Guatemalan. I am Guatemalan.

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Unit 7

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  1. Unit 7

  2. Similar predicates Mike is tall. Samuel is tall. • Mike is tall and Samuel is tall too. • Mike is tall and so is Samuel. • Mike and Samuel are (both) tall. • They are (both) tall.

  3. Similar predicates Mike is Guatemalan. I am Guatemalan. • Mike is Guatemalan and I am Guatemalan too. • Mike is Guatemalan and so am I. • Mike and I are (both) Guatemalan. • We are (both) Guatemalan.

  4. Similar predicates Samuel is a teacher. You are a teacher. • Samuel is a teacher and you are a teacher too. • Samuel is a teacher and so are you. • Samuel and you are (both) teachers. • You are (both) teachers.

  5. Negative forms of “be”

  6. Predicate Noun (Singular) Subject BE Noun I, You, a He, She, am an person (occupation) It, This, is my, your,… animal That… are object or thing Predicate Noun (Plural) Subject BE Noun We, a You, are an persons (occupations) They (my, your,…) animals objects or things

  7. Examples: Singular Plural I am a student. You are a friend. It is a bee. We are students. You are friends. They are bees.

  8. Predicate Adjective (Singular) Subject BE Adjective I, You, a description He, She, am an nationality It, This, is my, your,… age That… are color Predicate Adjective (Plural) Subject BE Adjective We, a description You, are an nationality They my, your,… age color Adjectives have no plural transformation.

  9. Examples: Singular Plural He is fat. I am Guatemalan. She is twenty-three. It is brown. They are fat. We are Guatemalan. They are twenty-three. They are brown.

  10. Possessives That is her blouse. (feminine) That is Wendy’s blouse. (specific)

  11. Possessive form of Nouns • When a noun finishes in “s” use only apostrophe ( ’ ). Jesus Jesus’ Alexis Alexis’ Carlos Carlos’ the doctors the doctors’

  12. Exception When a proper name that finishes in “s” has one syllable only, we use apostrophe and “s” ( ’s ) Chris Chris’s Tess Tess’s Charles Charles’s Mr. Jones Mr. Jones’s

  13. When a noun finishes in a different letter, we use apostrophe and s ( ’s ). Susan Susan’s Robert Robert’s the girl the girl’s the children the children’s

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