Grammar

Week 14: DPE and Easy Grammar

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DPE WEEK 14 - DAY 1

• What is a preposition? Give some examples.
• What is the difference between a helping, linking, and action verb?
• What is a past participle, and how is it different from a simple past tense?
• What is the tense of the following sentence?
• She has visited Paris three times.

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Review

• Interjections are words or phrases that express a strong emotion. They are followed by an exclamation point.
• Ouch!
• Goodness gracious!
• Yikes!
• Oh no!
• Give an interjection for the following sentence:
• _______! The Dallas Cowboys lost again.

Interjections

• Conjunctions are connecting words. They connect nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, interjections, conjunctions, and phrases.
• The girl was stubborn but sweet.
• Tom and Mike watched the game.
• We were not happy nor content.
• I went to school and learned some grammar.

Conjunctions

• Correlative Conjunctions happen in pairs.
• The most common correlative conjunctions are:
• Both/And
• Either/Or
• Neither/Nor
• Not only/But also
• Both Timmy and Sally went to the prom.
• Not only was I hungry, but also I felt moody.

Correlative Conjunctions

• What conjunctions might fit in these blanks?
• Blake ______ Nate liked lacrosse.
• _______ Emma _______ Allie wanted pizza.
• Julia was finished with her schoolwork, _______ her sister was not.
• ______ you work on your DPE, ______ you can read a book.

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Conjunction Practice

and

and

Both

but

or

Either

Limiting Adjectives

• Limiting adjectives are also known as determiners. They include:
• Articles: a, an, the
• Demonstratives: this, that, those, these
• Numbers: twelve, two, one hundred
• Possessive pronouns: my, his, her, its, your, our, their
• Possessive nouns: teachers’ meeting
• Indefinites: many, some, few, several, no, any

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Homework: Week 14 DPE and Easy Grammar (pg 144-150)

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