Subject-Verb Agreement – Exercise 3

Fragments – Exercise 1

1 Name Date FRAGMENTS – EXERCISE 1 Directions: Read each short passage that follows. Determine which part is the fragment. Check your answers with the interactive version of the exercise.

  Exercise

Rules for Using Irregular Verbs

1 RULES FOR USING IRREGULAR VERBS Understand the problem. All verbs, whether regular or irregular, have five forms [often called principal parts]. These forms are the infinitive, simple present, simple past, past participle, and

  Using, Simple, Past, Verb, Irregular, Past simple, Using irregular verbs

lie irregular verbs

1 RULES FOR USING THE IRREGULAR VERBS LAY AND LIE Understand the problem. Choosing the correct forms of lay and lie is a big challenge. Without a doubt, they are the two most difficult irregular verbs.

  Using, Verb, Irregular, Irregular verbs

The Auxiliary Verb

5 WILL +BE PRESENT PARTICIPLE Use the future progressive tense to indicate an action that will continue in the future. I will be growing broccoli in the backyard this spring.

  Progressive, Auxiliary, Verb, Present, The auxiliary verb

T he I nfi ni tive

T he I nfi ni tive Recognize an infinitive when you see one. To sneeze, to smash, to cry, to shriek, to jump, to dunk, to read, to eat, to slurp— all of these are infinitives.

  Viet, He i nfi ni tive

R FINDING AND F SENTENCE FRAGMENTS

1 RULES FOR FINDING AND FIXING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS Recognize the difference between a sentence and a fragment. A fragment resembles a sentence in two ways. Both groups of words begin with a

  Sentences, Fixings, Fragments, Sentence fragments, Fixing sentence fragments

T he Subor dinat e Cl aus e

T he Subor dinat e Cl aus e Recognize a subordinate clause when you see one. A subordinate clause—also called a dependent clause—will begin with a subordinate ...

  He subor dinat e cl aus, Subor, Dinat

Name Date W C E 1: THEIR T RE

1 Name Date WORD CHOICE – EXERCISE 1: THEIR, THERE, AND THEY’RE Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate choice—their, there, or they're…

  Date, Exercise, Their, Choice, Words, Three, Date word choice exercise 1

T he G er und

T he G er und Recognize a gerund when you see one. Every gerund, without exception, ends in ing.Gerunds are not, however, all that easy to identify. The problem is that all present participles also end in ing.

  Gerund, T he g er und

T he G er und Phr as e

T he G er und Phr as e Recognize a gerund phrase when you see one. A gerund phrase will begin with a gerund, an ing word, and …

  Gerund, G er und phr as e

I Am Tyrannosaurus - Children's Books Forever

Tyrannosaurus Rex Tie-ran-uh-SOR-us REX "Tyrant Lizard" I'm Tyrannosaurus! I've got it made; With my long, sharp teeth, I'm never afraid.