GRAMMER RULES

A FULL SENTENCE HAS 3 COMPONENTS

• A subject- The dog sought shelter from the storm
• A verb- Mary proudly carried her bucket of fish
• A complete thought- Bobby yelled

SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT

• Subjects agree with their verbs in number (singular or plural)
• The butterfly is colorful

APOSTROPHES

• Shows possession
• Men's, women's, and children's
• If more than one owner: womens'

CONTRACTIONS

• less formal
• Less emphatic
• Less urgent
• It's, you've, you're

PUTTING TWO SENTENCES TOGETHER

• Use two full sentences
• Use a coma and the word "and" in betweeen

IRREGULAR VERBS

• Determine the tense
• Past
• Present
• Perfect
• Future

PARALLELISM

• Stays with the trend within the sentence
• Hesterday she walked,talked, and ran all day

TRANSITION WORDS

• Expectations fulfilled:
• Consequently, thus, and therefore
• Expectations violated:
• Conversely, despite, and in spite of

DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSE

• Describes what comes immediately before or after

SUBJECTIVE MOOD

• Dependent on the beginning of the sentence
• Starting with 'if', 'suppose', or 'i wish' use 'were' as the verb