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(a) NO COMMA: I ate an apple and a banana. (b) COMMA: I ate an apple a banana and a pear.
(a) NO COMMA: I ate an apple and a banana. (b) COMMA: I ate an apple a banana and a pear. and connects two words and connects three or more
NO COMMA COMMAS
COMMA
(d) PERIOD: I ate an apple You ate a pear. (e) INCORRECT: I ate an apple, you ate a pear.
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(d) PERIOD: I ate an apple You ate a pear. (e) INCORRECT: I ate an apple, you ate a pear. period two complete sentences no and no comma
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(a) The team played well but didnt win. (b) Is it going to rain or snow? (c) Would you like peas, carrots, or squash? and, but and or commas conjunctions connect items series of three or more
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I had the flu. = a sentence I didnt feel sick. = a sentence (d) I had the flu, but I didnt feel sick. (e) Did you have the flu, or was it just a cold? two complete sentences with but or or
comma
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and but or
COMMA NO COMMA
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and but or
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and but or
COMMA NO COMMA
She goes to school, studies hard ____ and gets good grades.
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and but or
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and but or
COMMA NO COMMA
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(a) I dont play tennis, but Jim does. does = play tennis (b) I like racketball, but Jim doesnt. (c) I wont be leaving, but Nazan will. (d) Yi-When has been to Rome, but Jen hasnt. (e) She isnt at school, but he is.
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(f) I dont play tennis, and Jim doesnt either. (g) I like racketball, and Jim does too. (h) I wont be leaving, and Nazan wont either. (i) Yi-When has been to Rome, and Jen has too. (j) She isnt at school, and he isnt either.
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I dont play tennis, but Jim does. negative + but + affirmative I like racketball, but Jim doesnt. affirmative + but + negative I wont be leaving, and Nazan wont either. negative + and + negative I dont play tennis, and Jim doesnt either. negative + and + negative
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CORRECT
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INCORRECT
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CORRECT
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CORRECT
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INCORRECT
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(a) A feather is lighter than a brick. (b) Feathers and bricks are lighter than horses and trucks. (c) Horses are more beautiful than trucks.
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(a) A feather is lighter than a brick. (b) Feathers and bricks are lighter than horses and trucks. (c) A horse is more beautiful than a truck.
comparative + than
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(d) The purple box is the longest of all the boxes. (e) The brown box is the biggest box in the group.
superlative
one of a group
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(d) The purple box is the longest of all the boxes. (e) The brown box is the biggest box in the group. (f) Everest is the most massive mountain in the world.
superlative
-est or most
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CORRECT
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CORRECT
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Our company is doing better than all of our competition. We are the best!
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ONE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
old wise
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famous pleasant
use more
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SUPERLATIVE
busy pretty
busier prettier
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SUPERLATIVE
cleverer more clever gentler more gentle friendlier more friendly can use either
the cleverest the most clever the gentlest the most gentle the friendliest the most friendly
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important
more important
fascinating more fascinating the most fascinating use more use the most
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good bad
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carefully slowly
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fast hard
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Greta
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The market is four miles from Rosas house and five miles farther (or further) from my house. I live _______________ from the market than Rosa does.
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I have many pleasant memories from childhood. pleasant most _________ The _____ memory is going to the zoo with my grandfather.
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(a) My car is very old. (b) They walk very slowly on icy sidewalks.
very very
adjectives adverbs
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(d) Erina is much smarter than I am. Erina is a lot smarter than I am. Erina is far smarter than I am. (e) Dan reads much faster than he used to. Dan reads a lot faster than he used to. Dan reads far faster than he used to. much, a lot, far comparative adjectives comparative adverbs
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Trees are _____ much more colorful in the spring than in the winter.
very much
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The weather is ____ a lot warmer in the spring than in the winter.
very a lot
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very far
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Miko
Amanda
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(a) A toy is less educational than a book. (b) A toy is not as educational as a book.
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(c) A child is not as wise as an adult. (d) INCORRECT: A child is less wise than an adult. one-syllable adjectives or adverbs
only not as as
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same meaning
(b) PASSIVE: The wood was sanded by the carpenter.
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ACTIVE:
PASSIVE:
by + O S (d) The house was sold by Carol. object of active subject of active subject of passive object of by
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ACTIVE
ACTIVE
ACTIVE
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