Warm Up:
Prefix
- mortis - death
- nomen - name
- phage - eat
- pop - people
Journal 11 ~ Bedford 21 b & c
Grammar - Bedford 21 - Make subjects and verbs agree (p. 258)
Bedford 21b - Make the verb agree with its subject, not with a word that comes between.
*Hint: rid the sentence of prepositional phrases. (on, in, at, over, under, for, from, and the list goes on)
Example:
The samples on the tray (need, needs) testing.
Take out the prepositional phrase "on the tray" and only look at the subject "samples".
The samples need testing.
*Correct answer is the verb "need".
On your own:
1. High levels of smoke and debris from the fires (cause, causes) respiratory distress for the older population.
2. The cracked windshield, in addition to the torn upholstery and rusted body, (have, has) made Jason's old car difficult to sell.
3. On the tables in Mrs. Witmer's room, (crawl, crawls) the many germs that have escaped in the
hot breath of hardworking students.
Bedford 21c - Treat most subjects joined with and as plural.
*Hint: prepositional phrases have got to go!
Example:
Amber and Allison often (walk, walks) together on campus.
*Correct answer is the verb "walk".
On your own:
1. Our cat Willow, along with her thirteen kittens, (have, has) attacked our dog Sox.
2. This weekend, a killer whale, as well as a school of flesh eating fish, (is, are) terrorizing the visitors at Manresa Beach.
3. Willow and Sox (play, plays) on the front lawn.
The Power of One
Finish Chapter 8
HOMEWORK:
Nope!
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