Grammar Review

Quick Grammar Review

A contraction of "you are" - used to designate action performed by you.

​You're

Used for possession - when something belongs to you.

​Your

Commonly Confused Words:

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book is on the table near the door.

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too young to have a driver's license!

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Your

You're

A contraction of "they are" - used to designate action performed by them.

​They're

Used for possession - when something belongs to them.

Their

Commonly Confused Words:

​There

Used to designate a place.

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is a pile of permission slips on my desk.

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going to the movies today at 10.

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grades have gotten even better this marking period.

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There

They're

Their

Used for comparison: Introduces the second element being compared, or means apart from/except.

​Than

Used to show time: At that time, or during the time in question.

​Then

Commonly Confused Words

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​ She said she'd be home in an hour, and only ​

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will they be able to relax.

I would rather stay in ​

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go out.

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then

than

Capitalization:

• Proper nouns (people's names, place names, holidays, months, days of the week, months of the year . . .)

• First words of sentences

• The pronoun "I"

• Titles (Mr., Ms., Dr. . . .)

Categorize

Options (13)

New Year's Day

Cristian Ronaldo

If I went to work yesterday . . .

Crest toothpaste

Mr. William Shakespeare

Halloween

April fool's day

friday, march 12

Miss marie curie

National Pet Day

The next time i pay for dinner . . .

las vegas, Nevada

Tuesday, August 15

Which words are capitalized correctly and which are not?

Correct

Incorrect

Subject-Verb Agreement

Single Subject → Single Verb

Examples:

One pencil writes . . . draws . . . falls
One bird flies . . . sings . . . perches
One player jumps . . . practices . . . scores

Plural Subject → Plural Verb

Examples:

The pencils write . . . draw . . . fall
Those birds fly . . . sing . . . perch
All the players jump . . . practice . . . score

Match

Match the nouns to their verbs:

• artist

• dogs

• student

• bees

draws

bark

studies

swarm

• draws

• bark

• studies

• swarm

Plurals vs. Possessives

Plurals

​Plurals indicate number and use no punctuation

One trophy - three trophies
One goose - a flock of geese
One box - a pile of boxes
One family - All of the families

Possessives

​Possessives show belonging and use apostrophes

Joshua's trophy
The rabbit's home
The referees' whistles
The student's schedule

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came running when we filled their bowls.

The ​

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bowls had been empty for a week.

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dogs

dogs'