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Review: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs and Sentence Marks

Apply use a personal pronoun, tell action time, recognize noun number, choose an ending mark using supplied texts and original responses.

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Unit review questions
1. Subject: Ben, described as he. Verb: will run. Highlight: shoe. Purpose: telling: He will run Which pronoun replaces the named subject without changing the stated identity or number?
Need a hint?
  • Use the identity given, not a guess from a name.
  • An object described as it does not become he.
2. Subject: Ben, described as he. Verb: will run. Highlight: shoe. Purpose: telling: He will run When does the verb say this action happens?
Need a hint?
  • Will signals future here.
  • An -ed form is not the present form.
3. Subject: Ben, described as he. Verb: will run. Highlight: shoe. Purpose: telling: He will run What does the highlighted word name or express?
Need a hint?
  • Box becomes boxes.
  • The plural -s on a noun differs from a verb ending.
4. Subject: Ben, described as he. Verb: will run. Highlight: shoe. Purpose: telling: He will run Which ending mark fits the sentence purpose?
Need a hint?
  • Does starts a question in this task.
  • A comma does not replace a sentence ending.

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Use the skills in a new task

Make a short complete response demonstrating the four skills in this unit. Use fictional Jo, whose pronoun is they, to write: Jo will draw two boxes. Replace Jo with They, circle will draw, underline plural boxes, and add a period. Say why the action is future and boxes means more than one. Longer writing targets in optional extensions can be completed in a later session.

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  • Find the subject description. Replace the name with its stated pronoun and retain the action.
  • Locate the action expression and use its ending or will to choose the time. Do not change the sentence while classifying it.
  • Read the highlighted noun, check its ending and notice any quantity word. Tell whether it names one or several.
  • Read the sentence aloud, identify its purpose and add exactly one suitable ending mark.
Compare with a model response

Jo will draw two boxes. They will draw two boxes. The second sentence uses Jo’s supplied pronoun they. Will draw states future action. Boxes is a plural noun, and two confirms more than one. The period finishes a telling sentence. I do not replace Jo’s stated pronoun by guessing from the name, and I keep the future helper when substituting the subject.

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