Eng101 T2.16 Verbs Prepositions Pronouns

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Word that shows action or state of being Run, swim, jump, be, appear, seem, feel

There are numerous verb tenses: Present tense, past tense, future tense,

present perfect tense, past perfect tense,future perfect tense, present progressive,

past progressive, future progressive, presentperfect progressive, past perfectprogressive, future perfect progressive,emphatic


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Present actionI want to eat pizza right now.

Action that happens over and overI eat pizza almost every day.

Scientific facts and other things that arealways true (literature included)

Eating twenty-five pizzas a day is not goodfor you.


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Less dynamic Downplays or ignores doer of action

The ball was hit and a run was scored. The score was kept and eventually the gamewas won. Strong emotions were felt bythe fans and much applause was heard.


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The doer of action is unimportant orunknown

School is canceled today! (Who cares whocanceled it?)

You want to be polite or avoid soundingbossy

Your application was rejected.


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You want to emphasize that thing you’retalking about more than the personperforming the action

This big blue ribbon will be given to the

winner.

You are writing in an impersonal,

scientific manner

The mice were separated into two groups.


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As a chiropractor I constantly remind

people that a good night’s rest is one ofthe most important and often overlookedaspects of health.

As a chiropractor I constantly remindpeople that a good night’s rest is one ofthe most important and often overlookedaspects of health.


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As a chiropractor I constantly remind

people that a good night’s rest provides one of the most important and oftenoverlooked aspects of health.

As a chiropractor I constantly remindpeople of the importance of a good

night’s rest as an overlooked aspect ofhealth.


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Word used to show a relationshipbetween noun/pronoun and anotherword in the sentence

› Tell us something about where something is,

when something happens, shows some othertype of relationship between two things

About, above, after, around, at, before,

beneath, between, by, down, for, from, ininside, of, off, on, opposite, since,through, throughout, to, underneath, up,with, without


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Change words to not end inpreposition...if it sounds normal...if not,rewrite the sentence completely

A senator is someone most people look upto.

A senator is someone to whom most

people upwardly look.Most people look up to a senator.


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Notice the ease Harley hits the ball with.

Notice the ease with which Hartley hits the

ball.


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Circle all verbs to ensure that none of theverbs shift. Make sure there aren’t toomany “Be” verbs.

Look at the word before each endpunctuation (period, question mark,exclamation point) to ensure that it is nota preposition.


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What is a pronoun? Substitutes a noun

He, she, it, her, him, they, we, us, them

What is an antecedent?

Noun or pronoun that a pronoun refers to

Isabela gave her dog its bath.

Zack gave his sister her doll.


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Do not use plural pronouns to refer to singularantecedents

Runners must train rigorously if he or shewants to excel.

A medical student must study hard if theywant to succeed.

The recruiter may tell the truth, but there is

much that they choose not to tell.


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The pronoun almost always refers to the nounclosest to it.

It was pitch dark and my cat was still outdoors. Igrabbed my flashlight to begin the search

and listened for its purr.What is purring?

The flashlight

It was pitch dark and my cat was still outdoors. Igrabbed my flashlight to begin the searchand listened for Magic’s purr.


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While driving it at 200 mph around the NorthPole, Santa swerved to avoid hitting an elf

and landed his sleigh in a snowdrift.What is “it”?

We don’t know until the end of the sentence.

While Santa was driving his sleigh at 200 mpharound the North Pole, he swerved to avoidhitting an elf and landed in a snowdrift.


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I’ve been to Canada, and I like them because

they are very kind to Americans.

Who are they?

I’ve been to Canada, and I like the Canadiansbecause they are very kind to Americans.


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Compound subjects joined by and always takea plural referent.

Jones and Smith made their presentation.

With compound subjects joined by or/nor , the

referent pronoun agrees with the antecedentcloser to the pronoun.

Neither the director nor the actors did their jobs.

Neither the actors nor the director did his or her job.


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Collective nouns (group, jury, crowd, team,etc.) may be singular or plural, depending onmeaning

The jury read its verdict.

The jury is acting as one unit.

The jury members gave their opinions.

The jury members are acting as twelve

individuals.


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Indefinite pronouns are singular (anybody, anyone,anything, each, either, everybody, everyone,

everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing,

somebody, someone, something)

When someone has been drinking, they are likelyto speed.

When someone has been drinking, he or she is

likely to speed.

When drivers have been drinking, they are likely to speed.

A driver who has been drinking is likely to speed.


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People are who/whoseThings are which/that

She is a person that likes pie.

She is a person who likes pie.

There is the dog who ate my pie.

There is the dog that ate my pie.


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Highlight all pronouns. Circle eachpronoun’s antecedent. Check to ensure

that they align in singularity and plurality.If an antecedent can not be found,create one.


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With the belief of a flawed human body comes thedestiny of suffering and cancer. This approach tohealth takes on a defensive rather than an offensivestance. If you believe that more pink solves our

countries cancer epidemic you choose to participatein this flawed thinking. Here lies the problem with pink – it represents all things incorrect with allopathicwestern medicine and the theory that you will getcancer, no action can change it – so find it earlykeep your fingers crossed and hope for the best. The

majority of money outside of marketing and hugesalaries for their top personnel (I bet their checks areeven pink) goes to early detection of cancer withmammograms and treatment with drugs and surgery.


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With the belief of a flawed human body comes thedestiny of suffering and cancer. This approach tohealth takes on a defensive rather than an offensivestance. If you believe that more pink solves our

countries cancer epidemic you choose to participatein this flawed thinking. Here lies the problem with pink – it represents all things incorrect with allopathicwestern medicine and the theory that you will getcancer, no action can change it – so find it earlykeep your fingers crossed and hope for the best. The

majority of money outside of marketing and hugesalaries for their top personnel (I bet their checks areeven pink) goes to early detection of cancer withmammograms and treatment with drugs and surgery.


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With the belief of a flawed human body comes thedestiny of suffering and cancer. This approach tohealth takes on a defensive rather than an offensivestance. If people believe that more pink solves the

country’s cancer epidemic they choose toparticipate in this flawed thinking. Here lies theproblem with pink – it represents all things incorrectwith allopathic western medicine and the theory thatpeople will get cancer, no action can change thecontraction of disease – so find it early. People should

keep their fingers crossed and hope for the best. Themajority of money outside of marketing and hugesalaries for the company’s top personnel goes toearly detection of cancer with mammograms andtreatment with drugs and surgery.


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With the belief of a flawed human body comes thedestiny of suffering and cancer. This approach tohealth takes on a defensive rather than an offensivestance. If one believes that more pink solves this

countries cancer epidemic one chooses toparticipate in this flawed thinking. Here lies theproblem with pink – it represents all things incorrectwith allopathic western medicine and the theory thateveryone will get cancer, no action can change it – so find it early keep his or her fingers crossed and

hope for the best. The majority of money outside ofmarketing and huge salaries for the company’s toppersonnel (Dr. Alex bets the top personel’s checksare even pink) goes to early detection of cancer withmammograms and treatment with drugs and surgery.


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Write a 3 paragraphs about what you

learned from this Powerpoint aboutverbs, prepositions, and pronouns.

Read Chapter 8 Narration (pgs. 141-157)

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