usong quotation marks

Use quotation marks to show the exact words of the speaker. A quotation may be placed at the beginning or at the end of the sentence. begin the quotation with a capital letter.

ex

Pat said, "Please take the dog for a walk." or "please take the dog for a walk" said Pat

Quotation marks

You use quotation marks to show the exact words of the speaker. Use a comma or another punctuation mark to seperate the question from the rest of the sentence. A quotation may be placed at the beginning or the end of a sentence. Begin the quotation with capital letters.

Capital Letters

Capital letters are the first word of a sentence, the first word of a direct quotation, the first,last and all important words of a title or somg. You also capitalize proper nouns, proper adjectives,abbreviations of titles, abbreviations of days, and months, parts of addresses, postal codes, and abbreviations of provines.

ADJECTIVES

An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun. Example he likes chocolate cookies.

Past Tense

The past perfect tense tells about something that happened before something else in the past. The past perfect tense consists of had + the past particular.

Example: I already had eaten when they arrived.

Verb Phrases

A verb phrase consists of a main verb and 1 or more helping verbs. The helping verb is also called an auxiliary verb. In a verb phrase, the helping verb or verbs precede the main verb.

Linking Verbs

A linking verb does not show action. Instead, it links the subject to a word that either describes the subject or gives the subject another name. A verb is a linking verb if it can replace one of the verbs being ( am, is, are, was, were)

Possessive Nouns

A possessive noun shows possession of the noun that follows. Form the possessive of most singular nouns by adding an apostrophe.

Nouns

Nouns are a person place or thing Ex. My name is Zaine I live in Virden and I have a Hockey Stick

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

Today in grammar we learned about possessive nouns. A possessive noun is a noun that shows possession of the noun that follows.

EXAMPLE A child's toy, My teacher's classroom.

Common And Proper Nouns

There are two main classes of nouns: common nouns and proper nouns.

A common noun names any thing of a class of objects.
Examples: child, glass, door.

A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing. It begins with a capital letter.
Examples: Jane, Winnipeg, House of Commons.

PROPER NOUNS

Today in grammar we learned about proper nouns. A proper noun is a spacific person place or thing.

Nouns

A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or quality. Example: Nancy Fisher is my friend.

Idioms

An idiom is a expression that has a meaning thats different from the usual meanings of the individual words within it.