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Topics Covered

Example Sentence

Subjects, Verbs, Sentences

Rex barks.

Verb Phrases, Helping Verbs

Rex will bark.

Questions (Interrogative Sentences)

Will Rex bark?

Review: Subjects (Nouns), Verbs,

Parts of Speech

Review Sentences & Quiz 1

Pronouns &
Commands (Imperative Sentences)

He barks.
Go.

Adjectives

Crazy Rex barks.

Adverbs

He howled loudly.

Review: Subjects, Verb Phrases, Adjectives,

Adverbs

Review Sentences & Quiz 2

Prepositional Phrases (Adjective)

The girl with the blue

shirt smiled.

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Prepositional Phrases (Adverb)

The boy ran across the field.

Walk across the room.

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Review: Prepositional Phrases

The dog with the loud bark ran into the

house.
Review Sentences & Quiz 3

(Adjective & Adverb)

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Transitive Active Verbs

Direct Objects (Noun Job)

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Coordinating Conjunctions
(Compound Subject & Verb)

We won the game.

Maria and Martha sat.

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Maria and Martha sat and thought.

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Example Sentence

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Coordinating Conjunctions
(Compound Adjectives & Adverbs)

The black and white dog ran

quickly and quietly.

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Coordinating Conjunctions
(Compound Verb & Prepositional Phrases)

Maria will sit and wait.

I ran across the field
and over the hill.

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Coordinating Conjunctions
(Compound Sentences)

I will teach, and you

will learn.

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Review: Subjects, Verbs, Adjectives,

Adverbs, Prepositions, Coordinating
Conjunctions, Correlative Conjunctions

Review Sentences & Quiz 4

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Transitive Active Verbs

Indirect Objects (Noun Job)

Mrs. Jacobson taught the class history.

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Interjections & Nouns of Direct Address

Wow, we won!
Elizabeth, we won.

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Review: Intransitive Complete Verbs vs.

Transitive Active Verbs,
Subjects, Verbs, Adjectives

Review Sentences & Quiz 5

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Transitive Passive Verbs

The ball was kicked by Jack.

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Linking Verbs - Predicate Adjectives &

Predicate Nouns

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Linking Verb or Action Verb?

Maria tasted the soup.

The soup tasted salty.

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Review: Verb Types & More

Review Sentences & Quiz 6

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Review of Noun Jobs: Subject, Direct Object,

Indirect Object, Object of the Preposition,
Predicate Noun

John baked Gerry and

Tom a cake.
Tom ate the cake with glee.
John is a baker.

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The soup tastes salty.

Mr. Black became a teacher.

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Example Sentence

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Independent Clauses vs. Dependent Clauses

- Adverb Clauses

The kittens ran home after

they lost their mittens.

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Dependent Clauses Noun Clauses

I knew the students

would learn.

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Review: Subordinating Conjunctions,

Dependent Clauses (Noun & Adverb), Verb
Types & More

Review Sentences & Quiz 7

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Dependent Clauses Adjective Clauses

The scarf that I want is black.

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Review: Dependent Clauses (Adverb, Noun,

Adjective), Verb Types & More

Review Sentences & Quiz 8

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Gerunds

Painting is fun.

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Gerund Phrases

Painting pictures is fun.

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Participles

He ate the burnt toast.

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Participial Phrases

The shoe filled with mud

was heavy.

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Infinitive

I want to run.

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Infinitive Phrases

I want to run the race.

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Review: Everything!

Review Sentences & Quiz 9

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