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.