Week 23

Week 23: Unit 4 Grammar & Punctuation Wrap Up

Grammar Overview:

1. Apostrophe vs. Plural

2. Verb tense

3. Prepositions

4. Prepositional phrases

1. Apostrophe ' vs. Plural Review

• Apostrophes

  We use apostrophes mainly for contractions or possession.

• Contractions: Bringing two words together

• Example: can't > can not, don't > do not, won't > will not, haven't > have not, couldn't > could not

• Possession: When someone or something owns or is related to something or someone else.

• Example: My sister's car (the car belongs to my sister), the dog's toy (the toy belongs to the dog), my brother's textbook (the textbook belongs to your brother)

Plural

• We use apostrophes mainly for contractions or possession.

• We use plural to show when there are more than one person or thing.

• Example: I have three cousins. You ate ten oranges. We own four horses.

Multiple Choice

Apostrophe vs. Plural Practice

#1. I went to my ____ house yesterday.

• brothers

• brother's

• brother

Multiple Choice

Apostrophe vs. Plural Practice

#2. Our mother baked three _______.

• cake's

• cake

• cakes

Multiple Choice

Apostrophe vs. Plural Practice

#3. My ______ summer break is eight weeks long.

• friend's

• friends

• friend

Multiple Choice

Apostrophe vs. Plural Practice

#4. She's got two ______ at her ____ vacation house.

• duck's, aunt's

• ducks, aunts

• duck's, aunts

• ducks, aunt's

2. Verb Review

• Verb Review: The action word, what the person or thing is doing.

• Example: Run, bike, swim, have, bake, yell, walk, take, jump, eat

• She ran a fourteen mile race.

• He ate ten hamburgers.

• You visited your aunt last year didn't you?

Verb Tense Review

• Verb Tense: The part of the verb that shows when something happened.

• Example: He walked home. - Past tense

• Next month, we will go to the new coffee shop. -both "next month" and "will" show future.

• We swim every day after school. -"swim every day" shows that currently, they swim more than once, a repeated action.

Verb Tense Continued

• Verb Tense Mistakes: If two verbs are in a sentence, their tense has to go together.

• Correct: He walked home and then ate ice cream. - both walked and ate show past

• Incorrect: He walks home and ate ice cream. -walks is present, but ate is past, so when did this happen?

Multiple Choice

Verb Tense Practice

#5. Last week we ___ to the skating rink then __ pizza.

• went, ate

• go, eat

• went, eat

Multiple Choice

Verb Tense Practice

#6. When I graduate, I ____ then ____ the world.

• worked hard, travel

• will work hard, travel

• work hard, traveling

Multiple Choice

Verb Tense Practice

#7. I ______ my homework and _____ a nap.

• will finish, took

• finish, took

• finished, took

3. Prepositions

• Prepositions do many things, there are tons!

• Prepositions give location and direction to things.

• Example: on, across, beside, next to, above, during, over, within, off

• Example: My keys are on the counter.

• The pots are above the stove.

• He left during the meeting.

• She went home after it rained.

Multiple Choice

Preposition Practice:

Which word is the preposition?

8. The ball rolled down the hill.

• ball

• hill

• down

• rolled

Multiple Choice

Preposition Practice:

Which word is the preposition?

9. She lived along the river.

• along

• she

• river

• lived

4. Prepositional Phrases

• A prepositional phrase is the preposition and what comes after

• Example: She slept under the warm blanket.

• He ran home after it snowed.

Multiple Choice

Preposition Phrase Practice:

Where is the prepositional phrase?

10. She lived along the river.

• She lived

• along

• along the river

• She lived along the river

Multiple Choice

Preposition Phrase Practice:

Where is the prepositional phrase?

11. The ball rolled down the hill.

• down

• the hill

• down the hill

• the ball rolled