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ENGLISH GRAMMAR
Distinguish a complete thought (sentence) from an incomplete thought
The simple and complete subject and predicate
learn that a sentence may be completed by a direct object
identify compound subjects and compound predicates
Combine subjects and predicates to form compounds
Four kinds of sentences and punctuates each type
A noun names a person, place, or thing
Proper and common nouns
Proper nouns begin with capital letters and are often composed of two or more words
Singular and plural nouns - various ways of forming plural nouns
Possession is shown in singular and plural nouns
A noun can be the subject or direct object of a sentence
Personal pronoun and to use personal pronouns in place of a noun
Three kinds of personal pronouns (the speaker, the spoken to, and the spoken about) and that some are singular and some are plural
Certain pronouns are used as subject pronouns and that certain pronouns are used as direct object pronouns
Correct use of some personal pronouns (I/we and me/us)
Use possessive pronouns correctly
Adjectives describe a noun or pronoun and that a proper adjective comes from a proper noun
Some limiting adjectives point out nouns (articles, distributive), some tell how many (numeral), and some are used with descriptive adjectives
Adjectives are used to compare persons, places, or things, and learns how to form that comparison
Action verbs and to use them in sentences
Distinguish between an action verb and a being verb
How the verb is an essential part of a sentence
A verb phrase is composed of a helping verb or verbs and a main verb
Verbs that form their past and past participle by adding d or ed to the present are called regular verbs
Verbs that do not form their past or past participle by adding d or ed to the present are called irregular verbs
learn that a verb may be in the present, past, or future tense and that in the present tense, singular verbs end in s; plural verbs do not end in s
recognize a linking verb which links the subject with a noun or an adjective
Singular subject must have a singular verb and that a plural subject must have a plural verb
A subject often follows a predicate and what the correct use of there is/there are and there was/there were is
Three kinds of adverbs (time, place, and manner) and how to identify adverbs and use them correctly
form the comparison of adverbs correctly using er and est as well as more and most
to use the adjective good and the adverb well correctly and to use only one negative idea in a sentence
learn to use diagramming sentences as a method of identifying the parts of a sentence
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