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Harris
Spring 2017
Did you get a good nights sleep and
eat a good breakfast?
because
here we go.
Your First Writing
Assignment
The Before Picture
Write a paragraph with this topic.
Why are horror movies so popular?
Make
Let
Have
Get
Help
Causative verbs = to cause someone or
something else to do something.
make/have/let/help/get
These onions are making me cry.
The policeman had the driver pull over onto
the side of the road.
My tablet wont let me use a CD.
The appendices at the back of the book have
been helping me remember my grammar.
My husband has gotten the sales manager to
lower the price.
Relative/Adjective
Clauses
A clause is a group of words
with a subject and verb
combination.
Relative Clauses (aka Adjective)
Last week, MacDonalds sold Happy Meals,
which had books instead of toys inside.
What does an adjective do?
It describes a noun.
What does this sentence describe?
Happy Meals
What had books instead of toys inside?
Happy Meals
Adverb Clauses
Time/Condition/Reason
(and others)
Do you see any information about time ?
Time Clause
S
The TV fell off the cabinet when the dog
V
was chasing the cat around the room.
S V
Ever since my car broke down , Ive been
taking the bus to school.
After the classS isV over, lets go get some
lunch.
Reason Clauses (Adverb)
S V S V
That s [ what I want ]
noun clause
Do you see any noun clauses?
A noun clause answers the question
who or what.
S V
Pete knows what?
S V S V O
Pete knows [what he can do ] !
noun clause
Reported SpeechNoun Clause
Direct Speech--This is Goldie, my pet
fish, Pete tells his class.
Reported Speech
Pete told his class that that was
Goldie, his pet fish.
Reported/Indirect Speech
I told my mom (that) I would be home early.
She said (that) dinner would be at 6 pm.
CNN reported that Mt. Everest had moved 3 cm
because of the April 25th earthquake.
Direct Speech:
I will be home early, I told my mom.
Dinner will be at 6 pm, she said.
Mt. Everest moved 3 cm because of the April 25th
earthquake, reported CNN.