Today's Agenda:
Vocabulary Lesson 14, Page 115: Context Clues of Comparison and Contrast: Quiz Friday!
Check any Grammar for Writing Workbook pages not previously corrected
Short review of linking verbs and predicate pronouns, followed by pronoun worksheets.
Homework: "Use It!" for Monday; Study for pronoun quiz!
Reminders: Pronoun quiz covers all material from the Grammar for Writing Workbook, pages 64-75. Here are some of the major points.
Plural Indefinite Pronouns (both, few, many, several). These pronouns are plural regardless of the nouns that follow them in a sentence.
Example: Few of the men brought their jackets.
Singular or Plural Indefinte Pronouns (all, none, any, some, most). The number of the object of the phrasethat follows determines whether the pronoun is singular or plural in a particular sentence.
Example: All of the teachers parked their cars on the grass. (plural)
Example: All of the thread was wound around its spool. (singular)
Singular Indefinite Pronouns often include word parts one, thing, and body. Singular indefinite pronouns are singular regardless of the words or phrases which follow them.
Example: Everyone in the class brought his or her lunch today.
Pronouns which are used as Subjects of sentences or as Predicate Pronouns must be in the Subjective (or Nominative) case: I, you, he, she, they, we, it . Predicate Pronouns follow linking verbs and rename (or refer back to) the subject.
Example: The winners of the race are Carlos and he.
Study well, and good luck!
