Transcript Grammar Lessons 1

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Grade Grammar
Vocabulary and Notes
Instructions for Grammar Lessons
• Every time we have a grammar lesson you are expected to take notes.
• Since you will not be able to take the textbook home, your notes will help
you with completing your homework and with studying for tests.
• You need to write down the vocabulary and any notes on the powerpoint.
• I may also write notes on the board which you will need to write down too.
Grammar Lesson 1
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Vocab:
Adapt means to adjust, accommodate, or modify to fit.
Adept means expert or proficient.
Adopt means to embrace, espouse, or take by choice.
Four Types of Sentences
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A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
A capital letter begins each sentence.
4 types of sentences:
Declarative: makes a statement and ends with a period.
Interrogative: asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Imperative: expresses a command or a request and ends with a period.
Exclamatory: shows excitement or strong feeling and ends with an !.
Grammar Lesson 2
• Vocab:
• The Greek prefix macro- means large or long.
• Macrocosm: the entire world or the universe, or a system that contains
subsystems.
• Macrofossil: a fossil large enough to see with the naked eye
• Macron: the symbol placed over a vowel to indicate a long vowel sound
Simple Subject/Simple Predicate
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A sentence has two main parts: the subject and the predicate.
Subject: the part that tells who or what the sentence is about.
Predicate: the part that tells something about the subject.
The complete subject or predicate may consist of a single word or of many
words.
• A subject or predicate consisting of many words always has an essential part
that we call the simple subject or simple predicate.
Simple subject
• The main word or words in a sentence that tell who or what is doing or
being something
• Understood subject: in an imperative sentence, the subject “you” is
understood
Simple predicate
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The verb
A verb expresses action or being
If the verb contains more than one word we call this the verb phrase.
Split predicate: in interrogative sentences, we usually find parts of the
predicate split by the subject
Grammar Lesson 3
• Vocab:
• Human: an adjective, means characteristic of man
• Humane: an adjective, means kind or compassionate
Complete Sentences, Sentence Fragments, and
Run-on Sentences
• Complete sentence: expresses a complete thought, has both a subject and
predicate
• Sentence fragments: a piece of a sentence that lacks a subject or a verb or
both
• Run-on sentences: two complete thoughts, written or spoken as one sentence
without proper punctuation or connecting words