Grammar Gab

Grammar Gab

Lesson on the Conventions of Standard English

ELAGSE3L1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement, comparative and superlative adjectives, and adverbs, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, simple, compound, and complex sentences

First Up...

Subject-verb agreement

What is subject-verb agreement?

• It means that the subject and the verb in a sentence are used together correctly. Verb agreement means that the subject and the verb in a sentence are used together correctly.

Subject means

• Who or What the sentence is about.

Verb means

• What is happening in the sentence (the action).

Now For...

Pronoun-antecedent agreement

What is pronoun-antecedent agreement?

• An antecedent is a word for which a pronoun stands.

• Ante means before

• The pronoun must agree to its antecedent in number (singular or plural pronouns)

• A singular pronoun must replace a singular noun

• A plural pronoun must replace a plural noun

A pronoun is

• A word substituted for a noun

• Example: he, she, it, they, we, I, them, my, etc.

• 
  

• 
  

• 
  

Multiple Choice

What is a subject in a sentence?

• the action in a sentence

• a description of a noun

• who or what a sentence is about

• it modifies a verb in a sentence

Multiple Choice

What is a verb in a sentence

• the action in a sentence

• a description of a noun

• who or what a sentence is about

• it modifies a subject in a sentence

Multiple Choice

True or False: Antecedents are substituted for the verb in a sentence.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A pronoun is

• the noun that is referred to by the noun

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that takes the place of a noun

• a word that describes a verb

Adjectives

• are words that describe a noun in a sentence

• Examples: ugly, stinky, furry, sleepy, beautiful

Comparative Adjectives

• you add the ending -er behind adjective or add the word, more before the adjective.

• Example: Jane was fastER than James.

• Jane was MORE sleepy than James.

Superlative Adjectives

• you add the ending -est to the adjective or add the word, most before the adjective

• Example: Jane was the fastest in her class.

• Jane was the most dedicated in her class.

Multiple Choice

When you use superlative adjectives you can

• add the ending -er to the adjective or add more before the adjective

• add the ending -est to the the adjective or add most before the adjective

Multiple Choice

When you use comparative adjectives, you can

• add -er to the ending of the adjective or add more before the adjective

• add -est to the ending of the adjective or add most before the adjective

Adverbs

word or phrase that describes an adjective, verb, or another adverb in a sentence

Comparative and Superlative Adverbs

• with adverbs ending in -ly, you use the word more for comparative and the word most for the superlative

• Example: more quietly, most quietly

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: _______ are words or phrases that describes verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Adverb

• Verb

Conjunctions

• word that is used to connect independent sentences

• coordinating conjunctions are placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank

• subordinating conjunctions introduces a subordinate clause

Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

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Multiple Select

Which words below are conjunctions? Check ALL that apply.

• so

• but

• sad

• stinky

• for

Multiple Choice

What is a sentence?

• words that have no meaning

• words that form a complete thought.

• words that describe nouns

• words that run together