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Nouns Part 2

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Nouns in different positions in the sentence:     1.1. The noun as subject.     1.2. The noun as object.     1.3 The noun is the object of the prepositional phrase.     1.1. The noun as subject. A nouns is used as the subject of a sentence. Ex.  a. Birds fly. "Birds" is a noun. It is the subject of the sentence. b. Karl is holding a pen. "Karl" is the noun and it is the subject of the sentence.   1.2. The noun as object. Nouns that  received the action of the subject. The  subject   does the action. Action happens to the  object . We use a  noun  for both the  subject  and the  object  in a sentence. An object can be a  single-word noun   (e.g., dog, goldfish, man), a pronoun (e.g., her, it, him), a noun phrase (e.g., the doggy in window, to eat our goldfish, a man about town). An  object  in a sentence is always a  noun . An  object  in a sentence does nothing. The action happens to the  object . Ex.  Bob drives a truck. She gave  a gift. We  need   a big

Nouns Part 1

 Use of singular and plural forms of nouns First of all,  What is a noun? It is a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun). Practice of Nouns Practice 2 Pluralizing Nouns The plural form   of a noun is the form a noun takes when it refers to more than one item.  For example,  apple  is singular while  apples  is plural.  In the English language, there are many rules and exceptions for pluralizing nouns.  The most common way to pluralize a noun is to add - s  to the end.  girl – girls tree – trees the Walker family – the Walkers When a noun ends in -ss, -x, -ch, -sh, or -z, pluralize it by adding -es to the end. box – boxes ditch – ditches business – businesses the Jones family – the Joneses the Pérez family – the Pérezes The most common way to pluralize a noun ending in - o  is by adding - es  to the end. tomato – tomatoes hero – heroes echo – echoes Some nouns ending in - o  are pluralized by ad

MODULE 2

 TOPICS: 1. Use of singular and plural forms of nouns 2. Nouns in different positions in the sentence 3. The use of quantifiable and unquantifiable nouns.   4. The use of articles 5. Quantifying expressions 6. Possessive nouns 7. Units of measurement with nouns GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Dominate the use of nouns and pronouns with their quantifying expressions and articles in oral and written form. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: Recognizes the nouns in their forms and positions. Verse for the module Use of singular and plural forms of nouns

Adverbial Clause of Time

Time Clauses—Before, After, When They are subordinate clauses that describe when an action occurs.   * Subordinate clause or independent clause is a clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.  Adverb clauses of time cannot stand on their own and must be attached to an independent clause. WHY? because it does not express a complete thought.  *In grammar, a clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb.  EXAMPLES WITH WHEN:  He was talking on the phone when I arrived. When she called, he had already eaten lunch. I washed the dishes when my daughter fell asleep. EXAMPLES WITH AFTER: We will finish after he comes. She ate after I (had) left. EXAMPLES WITH BEFORE: We will finish before he arrives. She (had) left before I telephoned. IT IS FORM BY TWO CLAUSES A MAIN CLAUSE:  It is a complete sentence. Example: I ate breakfast.   A TIME CLAUSE:    It is an incomplete sentence. It must be connected to a main clause. Example:  Before I went to class.   Str

Frequency Adverbs

 What are they? They tell us how often we do things or how often things happen. 😁 Always Usually Often Sometimes  Seldom Rarely Never They come between the subject and the simple present verb.  Example: Ivan ALWAYS eats breakfast.  María USUALLY eats breakfast. ..  I NEVER drink milk.. Frequency Adverbs come after tge simple present tense forms of be:  Is  am  are Examples:  I    am   ALWAYS + late.  They are NEVER + late. It is OFTEN + late.  Practice if you can't access to the link, then access to NEARPOD AND use the code:  3XWPD

FUTURE TENSE

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 FUTURE TENSE THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO EXPRESS FUTURE TENSE. FOR THIS SESSION WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE MOST COMMON WAYS: WILL + VERB ...   BE+ GOING TO Be going to and will are used to  express future time. Sometimes will and be going to  express different meanings.  Using WILL Structure  Subject + will + main verb ...  Negative  Subject + will + not + Main verb .. Question Will + subject + main verb ...?  Never use "S" in the main verb. She will goes   ❌ She will go   ✔ Never use an infinitive with TO She will to go ... ❌ She will go  Contractions: Only with subject pronouns I will come :      I 'll come  He will come :      He'll come  She will come :      She 'll come  They will come :      They 'll come  You will come :      You 'll come  It will come :      It 'll come  Negative They will not come :      They won't come  You will not come :      You won't come  It will not come :      It won't come  GOING TO STRUCTURE Subject + verb be