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ESL012
Chapter 1 Sentence Structure and Mechanics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a sentence? Which one is a subject, He or love? Which one is a verb, he or love? | A sentence is a group of words. A sentence always has a subject and a verb. he is a subject. love is a verb. |
| What is a subject? I live in Arizona. Which one is a subject? | A subject is who or what does the verb. It comes right before a verb in a sentence. I is a subject. |
| What are the two types of verbs: Which one is an action verb, drive or like? Which one is non-action verb, play or have | 1. Many verbs express actions. 2. Some verbs do not express actions. Drive is an action verb. |
| What is a singular noun? What is a plural noun? Write plurals of hot dog, watch, library | A singular noun is one thing or person. A plural noun is more than on thing or person. hot dogs watches libraries |
| write irregular plural nouns: person man woman child | people men women children |
| Put the words in order. 1. small / my / is / house / . 2. he / teacher / a / is / ? | 1. My house is small. 2. Is he a teacher? |
| What is a paragraph? | A paragraph is a group of sentences with one main idea. |
| What is an indent? | There is a space before you start writing a paragraph. |
| What is a capital letter? | Use a capital letter for the first word in a sentence. |
| How does a sentence end? | Put a question mark (?) after a question. Put a period (.) after a statement. |
| Write plural nouns for box, church, dish, and kiss | boxes churches dishes kisses |
| Write plural nouns for tomato, volcano, photo, and piano | tomatoes volcanoes photos pianos |
| Write plural nouns for boy, key, baby, party, and city | boys keys babies parties cities |
| Write plural nouns for knife and wife | knives wives |