subject/verb agreement & Irregular Verbs
The players (wants, want) to ride the bus home after the game.
What is want?
Giving non-living objects human qualities.
What is a Personification?
1. Everyone in the cafeteria on Friday realized (he/she, they) were in trouble when Mrs. E announced that no one would leave until the floor was clean.
What is EVERYONE and HE/SHE?
What sport do the Miami Dolphins play?
What is football?
Before the theater production Jamie and I went to eat pizza.
Before the theater production, Jamie and I went to eat pizza
The man with all the birds (lives, live) on the fourth floor.
What is lives?
It rained cats and dogs
What is an idiom?
The (teachers, teachers’) lounge has a coffee pot and a microwave for them to use.
What is TEACHERS' and Plural Possessive?
What type of song is associated with Christmas?
A carol or carols
If we all join the baseball club our weekends will be spent playing sports together
If we all join the baseball club, our weekends will be spent playing sports together
Everyone (loves, love) to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
What is loves?
A person, place, thing, idea, or quality
What is a noun?
2. All of the students immediately began to clean up (his/her, their) food trays, milk cartons, and candy wrappers.
What is ALL and THEIR?
How many total members of the Senate are there?
The airplane was unable to take off because it had mechanical problems.
The airplane was unable to take off because it had mechanical problems. Rule 0
Mack and Sam (is, are) going to the game on Friday night.
What is ARE?
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Example: gentle, helpful, small
What is an adjective?
The dog could walk, but (it’s, its) leg was swollen and puffy.
What is DOG and ITS?
Niagara Falls is located in what two countries?
The United States and Canada
Christi was bored and drew pretty pink butterflies in the margins of her paper she was not going to do well on her test tomorrow.
Christi was bored and drew pretty, pink butterflies in the margins of her paper; she was not going to do well on her test tomorrow. Rules 8 & 9
The news (is, are) on at six o’clock.
What is IS?
Use 3 words to describe how you're feeling today
CONGRATULATIONS YOU'VE WON 200 BONUS POINTS
Both of the assistant principals held up (his/her, their) hands to get everyone’s attention.
What is BOTH and THEIR?
What does the Richter Scale measure?
What is an earthquake?
After the fabulous dinner my friends and family took me for dessert at my favorite ice cream parlor.
After the fabulous dinner, my friends and family took me for dessert at my favorite ice cream parlor. Rule 5
Peter didn’t (choose, chose) the correct answers on his quiz.
What is CHOOSE?
writing that is written to entertain and is not real
What is Fiction?
We know our neighbors are home because (their, there, they’re) blasting music from the pool house.
What is THEY'RE and CONTRACTION?
A pride is an animal group of ____
What are lions?
Dr. Frazier was tired and grumpy yet he still had four more hours on his shift at the hospital.
Dr. Frazier was tired and grumpy, yet he still had four more hours on his shift at the hospital. Rule 2
The twins have (ridden, rode) their motorcycles in the Fourth of July parade.
What is Ridden?
He is as smart as a computer.
What type of figurative language is this?
What is a simile.
Linda was fascinated by the (cars, car’s) unique options for the blue tooth stereo.
What is CAR'S?
What is the study of stars, planets and galaxies called?
Astronomy
Yikes the gorilla in the tree was nervous and beat his chest with his large hairy fists.
Yikes, the gorilla in the tree was nervous and beat his chest with his large, hairy fists. Rule 3 & 8
My teacher has (drinked, drank, drunken, drunk) 3 cups of coffee today and is talking very fast.
What is DRUNK?
My brother is a racecar.
What type of figurative language is this?
What is a metaphor.
Telephones that use video (images, image’s) are being used all over the world today.
Who is IMAGES?
Dump, serve, dig, floater, and wipe are terms used in which team sport?
Volleyball
Since you understand independent and dependent clauses you will be able to write with more sentence variety.
Since you understand independent and dependent clauses, you will be able to write with more sentence variety. Rule 6
The small child had (broke, broken) his father’s ipad and was in deep trouble.
What is BROKEN?
The subject in this sentence?
My mom and dad drive to the city together to work every day
What is the my mom and dad
My mother made the (childrens’, children’s) lunches for the field trip on Tuesday.
What is CHILDREN'S?
What is harder to catch the faster you run?
What is your breath?
Mark said “I enjoy playing with my friends, watching movies and listening to music."
Mark said, “I enjoy playing with my friends, watching movies, and listening to music." Rule 4 and 1
I have never (ate, eaten) such a tasty meatloaf as yours.
What is EATEN?
Who is the principal of Willow Springs?
Who is Mrs. Eldridge?
Mike decided to visit a (mens/men’s/mens’) clothing store to find a few new (suits/ suit’s/ suits’)
What is MEN'S and SUITS?
Area 51 is located in which state?
Nevada
Cowboy Stadium a football field in Arlington is also called Jerry World.
Cowboy Stadium, a football field in Arlington, is also called Jerry World. Rule 7