August 30, 2010

NOTES- UNIT 1.1

BASIC PATTERNS

1)INTRANSITIVE VERB: (The verb is not in transition.)

Action verb that can stand alone. It is complete by itself.

The volleyball team practiced for two hours yesterday.

Mrs. Macy Lazar’s English class worked hard on their projects for Fahrenheit 451.

2) TRANSITIVE VERB: (The verb is in transition.)

Active or passive verb. When the subject is the doer, the verb shows action, but it needs more words in the sentence to be complete. When the subject is the receiver,
the verb is passive, and it needs more words in the sentence to be complete.

Subject is doer- verb is active:

Caroline read many books this year.

Subject is receiver- verb is passive:

Many books were read by Caroline this year.

3)LINKING VERB
Subject-linking verb-subject complement or predicate nominative. The subject is neither doer or receiver.
Linking verbs are usually TO BE verbs.

Two girls with the same name are in this class.

This English class is awesome.

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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT! They must agree!

Subject is in charge of the verb. Singular subject = singular verb. Plural subject = plural verb.

Mitchell hoops with style.

If the subject has or or nor in it- the noun that FOLLOWS or or nor controls the verb.

Picasso or his friends are planning on coming to the party.

His friends or Picasso is planning on coming to the party.

Words to memorize!

Indefinite pronouns that are always SINGULAR:

each, every, either, neither, one, body

Each of the students wants a piece of pie.

Indefinite pronouns that are always PLURAL:

both, few, many, others, several

Both students travel often.

Few students want longer classes.

Pronouns that can be singular or plural depending on the prepositional phrase that follows:
some, most, none, all

All of the chairs were moved yesterday.

All of the chair is to be painted.

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NOTES: UNIT 1.2

CASE: NOUNS AND PRONOUNS

Possessive Case-
1. Remember to add ‘s to nouns that are singular.
2. Remember to add ‘ to plural nouns.

Claire’s room the kids’ lockers Clare James’s sister

Personal Pronouns- Change forms to show whether they are in the nominative case (subject), objective case, or possessive case:

Nominative Case Singular Plural

First Person I we
Second Person you you
Third Person he, she, it they
who, which
Objective Case
First Person me us
Second Person you you
Third Person him, her, it them
whom
Possessive Case
First Person my, mine our, ours
Second Person your yours
Third Person his, her, its theirs
whose whose
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