W3D1: LP GRAMMAR REVIEW 1

AGENDA:

Take-up Combining Sentences activity

Clauses

Fragments, Comma Splice, Fused Sentence

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

who, that, which

one, body, thing

unclear reference

Person Agreement

Verb Forms
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Combining Sentences
take-up activity give chalk to two people and have them write their sentences
on the board correct the sentences do the other two sentences
GRAMMAR REVIEW 1
Headings On Board ASK what are these; how to fix
Fragments
sentence missing
subject/verb/both

Who
Refers to people

-one, -body, -thing

Antecedents with these
endings are singular need

DC alone

singular pronouns

Fix:
add missing part

Verb Forms
Base- alone or with modal
Past - alone
Present Participle be + ing
Past participle have, had,
has

Comma Splice
2 ind clauses joined by a
comma

That

Unclear Reference

people and things

it must be clear who the

pronoun is referring to

Fix:
comma + conjuction
semi-colon
period

introduces essential info

Fused Sentence

Which

Person Agreement

people and things

1st, 2nd, 3rd person

introduces additional info

Dont mix persons

2 ind clauses with nothing in

between
Fix:

Fix: proper names, move

words around, sing. with sing.,
pl. with pl.

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comma + conjuction
semi-colon
period

usually separated by commas

Dont mix plural and singular

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