2/5 Tuesday
Post date: Feb 5, 2013 9:16:16 PM
Students have two worksheets on grammar. One worksheet is on appositives, one on sentences.
Appositives: Appositives are alternate names for nouns.
- Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, is big.
- George Washington, the first president, was nice.
Simple Sentence: one subject or subjects followed by one predicate or predicates
- Bob is nice. (one subject, one predicate)
- Bob is nice and friendly. (one subject, two predicates)
- Bob and Sare are nice. (two subjects, one predicate)
- Bob and Sare are nice and friendly. (two subjects, two predicates)
Compound Sentence: two simple sentences put together, must use either a semicolon (;) or a coordinating conjunction with a comma (, and ,but ,yet ,so)
- Bob is nice; Sara is friendly.
- Bob is nice, but Sara is friendly.
- Bob is nice, and Sara is friendly.