PPT-Subject verb agreement Final -s/-es: Use, Pronunciation, and Spelling

Noun s Friend s are important Noun es I like my class es A final s or es is added to a noun to make the noun plural Friend and class singular nouns. Initialisms. A case study. Amanda . Payne. What are acronyms & . Initialisms. ?. In most cases, they are considered to be the same thing – “a word formed from the initial letters of other words”. For example - “scuba”.. Lecture . 11. Spoken Language Processing. Prof. Andrew Rosenberg. What is a pronunciation model?. 1. Acoustic . Model. Pronunciation. Model. Language. Model. Audio Features. Phone . Hypothese. Word . Rule 1:. Basic Principle. : . Singular . subjects (nouns) . need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs.. . The key is to correctly identify the subject of the sentence, and decide if it is singular or plural. Then, match the verb to the subject.. Why do Subjects and Verbs have to agree?. What’s wrong with this?. . Mr. Jefferson eat his peas.. Or. The ghostly dogs barks at the moon.. Or. . Anyone who think we are wrong is a jerk!. Subjects and Verbs. あ. え. い. う. お. Three types of writing. 私　は　カナダ　に　行きます。. Kanji. Hiragana. Katakana. Kanji. 　漢字. Chinese or native-Japanese origin. used for whole words . used for parts of words. Ms. . Lodhie’s. Mini-Lesson on. Sophisticated Writing =). Recognize him?. (It’s . Gollum, . from “The Lord of the Rings. ”). “. We wants it, we needs it. . Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little . to insistentl eatsomethin insistentl pgypgy redundantly:redundantly:perseverateperseverate childrenofchildrenof perseverateperseverate perseverateperseverate pronunciation:pronunciation: pronunciation Jennifer St. John, OLBI. TESL Ottawa Winter PD Event. February 4, 2017 . Overview of Presentation. Introduction. Context. Strategies – Resources – Sample Tasks. Self-monitoring. Performance. Authentic practice . TEAM Workshop. Teaching ESL for excellence. 2 April 2011. Fluency:. Linking of Consonant & Vowel Sounds. one evening .  . o . neevening. a serious accident .  . a . seriou. . saccident. WELCOME!!!. Instructors:. Melissa Smith. . and Sabina Simon. Class Time:. Monday, Wednesday. 1:30-. 3pm. Goals & Perspectives. Take . 3. minutes to write down 3 goals that you would like to work on during this pronunciation class.. 4. From . Real Good Grammar, Too. by Mamie Webb Hixon. PowerPoint Created by Rebecca Juntunen. Last Updated Spring 2017. “There’s a million things I haven’t done. But just you wait.”. -- Lin Manuel Miranda, “Alexander Hamilton” from the musical . Lynn Henrichsen. Pronunciation . t. eaching in China. Unlikely that you will teach an entire course on pronunciation. HIGHLY likely (unavoidable) that you will teach pronunciation in one way or another. Pronunciation . Pausing and Chunking . Word stress. Why is pronunciation important?. Miscommunication can occur when someone:. speaks too fast. says words incorrectly. has a strong accent. hesitates too much when they speak. Singular subjects must have singular verbs. (often end in “s”) . Plural Subjects must have plural verbs. . Subject and verb must always agree in number, whether or not phrases come between them. .