Transitional words
Are words and phrases that connect ideas between separate sentenAre words and phrases that connect ideas between separate sentences.
What are transitional words?
Is the word that we can use to remember the coordinating conjuctions in an easy way.
FANBOYS
Is a group of words that describe a noun or pronoun in a sentence
What is an adjective phrase?
Are the sentences that give us extra information that we need in order to fully understand the intention of the sentence.
What are Restrictive Relative clauses?
Is a verb that follows the next formula:
base verb + -ing
What is a gerund?
Almost interchangeable with “and.” Prefers identical subjects and usually appears after the subject.
What is also?
Are the coordinating conjuctions
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Change the following sentences into adjective phrases.
Anyone who lives here can use the pool.
Anyone living here can use the pool.
Are the sentences that give us extra information that we don't need in order to fully understand the intention of the sentence.
What are Non-restrictive Relative clauses?
Is formed using: to + base verb
What is a infinitive?
These are used very similarly to 'similarly' and 'likewise,' but before the comma you must first repeat the noun from the first sentence.
What is "like" ? or What is "similar to"?
When we want to add different ideas together, we use the conjunction word
What is "and"?
Change the following sentences into adjective phrases.
My brother, who knows I hate insects, checked the picnic table for stray caterpillars.
My brother, knowing I hate insects, checked the picnic table for stray caterpillars.
Restrictive or non-restrictive
The man in the cafeteria, who has blonde hair, is the one responsible for the robbery.
What is a restrictive relative clause?
_____________ is very useful when we want to make general statements about a concept or idea.
What is "The gerund form"?
I hate school; _________, I dislike it intensely.
_________________, school is the worst place in the world.
What is "that is"? & What is"To put it another way"?
We use the conjunction _________ to show when a second idea is the result of a first idea.
What is "so"?
Change the following sentence into an adjective sentence.
The angry dog barks all day long.
The dog that seems very angry barks all day long.
Restrictive or non-restrictive
The car keys which are in my purse can be found in my walk-in closet.
What is a non-restrictive relative clause?
Change the sentence to infinitive.
Running right after you finish a meal could give you a stomach ache.
To run after you finish a meal could give you a stomach ache.
OR
It could give you a stomach ache to run right after you finish a meal.
_________________, it's clearly time to consider some changes.
What is "Given these points"?
Complete the sentence with a coordinating conjuction.
I ran after Ben’s pet rabbit ________could not catch it.
Complete the following sentence with an adjective phrase.
She wanted to paint her room _________________.
She wanted to paint her room _________________.
Write on the whiteboard 2 relative sentences (1 restrictive and 1 non-restrictive)
Good luck!
My friend is good ___________ voleyball.
My friend is good at playing voleyball