Tuesday, March 10

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Tuesday, March 10

• Today you need

• BW Copy into Comp Book

• A foldable, worksheet, and comp. book
• I CAN combine sentences by adding different types
  of phrases.
• Be in your seat when the bell rings.
• You do not get recess--you have to earn it!

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Adding Phrases involves

• Taking 2 independent clauses and shortening one
  into a phrase to combine 2 sentences.

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Gerund Phrases

• verb -ing
• Acts like a noun
• Example Julie like fishing in a mountain stream.
  Julie also likes to swim in a cool mountain
  stream.
• Julie likes fishing and swimming in a cool
  mountain stream

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Participle Phrase

• Verb -ed or ing
• Acts like an adjective
• Example The empire State building was
  constructed in one year and forty-five days. The
  empire state building stood as tallest in the
  world.
• The Empire state building, standing tallest in
  the world, was constructed in one year and
  forty-five days.

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Prepositional Phrase

• preposition nouns
• Example Brown bears gather in groups. They
  gather around the banks of rivers.
• Brown bears gather in groups around the banks of
  rivers.

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Infinitive Phrase

• to verb
• Example Bears dig in the ground. This is how
  they find roots and sweet bulbs.
• Bears dig in the ground to find roots and sweet
  bulbs.

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The Rules

• If you have a phrase that is an appositive, you
  need commas around it.
• Appositive extra information (comma rule 4)
• You have to make sure that your verbs are
  PARALLEL.
• means that your verbs end in the same thing.
• Jane likes to swim and fishing in a cool,
  mountain stream.
• Jane likes to swim and to fish in a cool,
  mountain stream.