Verb Tenses
What is a use of the simple past?
Definite points of time
regular actions in the past
state of being
events or actions
How is a sentence in English formed?
Subject + verb + adj/adv/detail
What is the argument of the introduction paragraph?
Thesis statement
What is one transition into the conclusion paragraph?
In conclusion, All in all, To wrap up, etc.
Give a sentence in the present progressive tense
is/are + verb + -ing
will + not + be + verb + -ing
What is a collective noun?
a noun that describes a large unit
What do you do after your hook?
Explain your hook
How do you start a conclusion?
Restate the thesis
Give a sentence with a plural common noun.
What is the formula for present perfect?
Have/Has + verb + ed (past participle)
Give an example of a count noun and its plural form
bottle, pineapple (s/es)
What makes a thesis statement weak?
It needs to take a stand or make a claim, that is, it can’t be a fact. If it’s a fact, then there’s nothing to prove.
It cannot have “I think” or “I feel” or anything like that in it.
How do you know what you need to answer in the prompt given?
A sentence in the simple future on the topic of pets
ex: I will buy a golden retriever once I move out.
Give a sentence in the future perfect tense.
will + have + verb + past participle (ed/en)
Give an example of a non-count noun.
furniture
water
sand
wind, etc
What are three types of hooks of an introduction?
Ask an interesting question
Personal anecdote/personal story
Quote
Statistic/Fact
Definition
What are you not allowed to do in a conclusion?
Introduce new arguments
A sentence about Spongebob in the past progressive with two common nouns and one proper noun.
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What are the uses of present perfect?
-Events that have or haven’t happened before now.
-To emphasize that an event just recently happened.
-To express an event that has occurred repeatedly from a point in the past up to the present time.
What are the three rhetorical situations/devices? Give an example of each
ethos pathos logos
Give an example of a good statement.
-make sure the argument is strong-
How can you end a conclusion? Give me an example
Hook; fact/stat, anecdote, quote, definition, solution, call to action
give a sentence with one proper noun, one common noun, a count noun, and with the theme of outer space.
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