PPT-Clause: group of words that contains a subject and a verb.

  EXAMPLE   Some students work in the homeless shelter because they care about helping others   This sentence has two clauses each with a subject and a verb Independent Clause. Webs. Grammar. Phrases & Clauses. Which of the following are phrases and clauses?. 1.In my room—Phrase. 2.The cat went under the bed—Clause . 3.Until next week P or C—why? . 4. Quickly walking to the store P or C—why?. Mrs. Harris. English 9. Sentence Structures. There are many different ways to organize words into sentences. Or, words can be organized into sentences in many different ways.. There are no step by step instructions to putting together sentences. , . 10/7 . & Thursday, . 10/8. Today’s Agenda:. Calendar Distribution. 2) Grammar Lesson: Clauses and Phrases. 3) Hero Cycle Notes, continued. Homework: . Prepare for Root Words Quiz #3 on Friday/Tuesday. Adapted from . My Dog Bites the English Teacher. , by Marian Anders. First, we learned how to find the subject of a sentence and the verb.. Finding Verbs Review:. The Time Change Method. Change the time of the sentence by saying . WHAT IS A NOUN?. Definitions of Noun. The . English word “. noun. ” comes from the Latin ‘. nomen. ’ meaning ‘. name. ’. The function of noun is to name someone or something.. According to Oxford Dictionary (Pearsall, 1999:945), noun is a word used to identify any of a class of people, places or things, or to name a particular one of these. . . Microtheme. On a piece of paper, with your name & date on it, write . 80-100. words on:. an event that lasted . no more than 5 minutes. . . . . that brought you . either. pain or sadness . OR. Grammar. Phrases & Clauses. Which of the following are phrases and clauses?. 1.In my room—Phrase. 2.The cat went under the bed—Clause . 3.Until next week P or C—why? . 4. Quickly walking to the store P or C—why?. A. CLAUSE:. A PHRASE:. …is a group of words that contains a subject. (noun or pronoun performing an action) and a predicate (verb). …is a group of words that might contain a noun. OR a verb, but it does not contain both. 8. th. Grade. What is grammar????. Grammar is a way of thinking about language!!! (Write this down!! . !. ). Four Levels of Grammar . Parts of Speech (shows us each word):What is the word doing?. Parts of Sentence (architecture of the idea): What is being said about what?. subject. and a . predicate.. Subject: names the person place, thing, or idea spoken about in the rest of the sentence. Predicate: says something about the subject. Americans | have made quilts.. Subject Predicate. Genre: . Realistic Fiction. Big Question: How do we learn to connect with others in a new place?. Small Group. . Timer. Review Games. Story Sort. Vocabulary Words:. Arcade Games. Study Stack. . Spelling City: Vocabulary. Highlight the key ideas in your handout when you see or hear them in this presentation.. If two or more subjects are joined by the conjunctions . and. , . or. , or . nor. , the conjunction determines if you use a singular or a plural verb.. Andrea A. Lunsford. Third-person singular subjects . To make a verb in the present tense agree with a third-person singular subject, add –s or –. es. to the base form.. A vegetarian diet . lowers. Verb Phrase. :. . Could have . been . hiding. . (no . subject. ). Prepositional Phrase. :. . In . the kitchen (. no . verb. or . subject). Infinitive Phrase: . . To . go with . them (.