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Unit 3 Revising and Editing. You can do this!. Pronouns. Take place of a nouns Click on the swimmer to play a game with pronouns. Proper Nouns. Holidays: Christmas, New Year’s Day, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving Geographical areas: San Francisco, Europe, Spain, the Nile River - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Unit 3 Revising and EditingYou can do this!
Take place of a nouns
Click on the swimmer to play a game with pronouns
Pronouns
Holidays: Christmas, New Year’s Day, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving Geographical areas: San Francisco, Europe, Spain, the Nile
River People and pets: Mrs. Caroline Jones, Rip Van Winkle, Snoopy Books, Newspapers, Magazines: Wuthering Heights, Atlanta
Journal, Southern Living Companies and organizations: Google, ChildFund
International, General Electric Religious terms: Christian, Methodist, Hindu, God, Allah Places, buildings: Yellowstone National Park, Empire State
Building, Ritz-Carlton Titles: President Bush, King George, Queen Elizabeth, Judge
Judy (titles are not capitalized when they’re referred to in general terms. For example: The criminal appeared before the judge.
Languages: English, French, Italian Brand names: Coach, Pepsi, Lucky
Proper Nouns
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Proper Nouns
Add an apostrophe s (‘s) to a singular noun to show possession
Ex. The girl’s dress was pretty. If the noun is plural, add an apostrophe after
the s (s’) Ex. The three girls’ dresses were yellow. If the plural noun does not end in s add an
apostrophe s (‘s) The children’s shirts were red.
Possessive Nouns
Click on the pictures to practice with possessive nouns
Possessive Nouns
Regular Verbs
Regular Verbs Add “ed” to a regular
verb to show that something happened in the past
What are some examples of regular verbs?
Helping Verbs You can also use helping
verbs “have” “has” or “had” to show past tense
Ex. She has packed a lunch.Waves have pounded the shore.Penguins had jumped in the water.
Irregular Verbs
Past tense forms do not end in “ed”
These spellings must be studied and memorized
(they do not follow a specific pattern)
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Participles and participle phrases
Verb form used as an adjective
Past participle – add “ed”ex. The ants made bricks out of chewed dirt.
Present participle – add “ing”ex. The growing puppy
needed food.
Participle phrase – group of words that describe the noun
ex. Leaving the press conference, the politician felt confident about her answers.
What is the phrase and what does the phrase describe?
A memo sent to all the employees was well received.
The teacher's best lesson delivered to his eighth graders dealt with theme.
My dad's present, bought by his sisters, was a gold watch.
Acclaimed by many critics as the year's best movie, The Sound of Music won many awards.
The Sound of Music, acclaimed by many critics as the year's best movie, won many awards.
What is the participle phrase?