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GRAMMAR 101S.T.A.R.R.

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Capitalization ……….always

•Beginning of a sentence Where are you? • •Holidays: Christmas , Fourth of July , Valentines Day

•Streets: 100 Holly Court , 15 River Road , 74 Continental Avenue, 24 Park Place

•Months: June, July, August

•Days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

•Cities: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio

•States: Texas, California, Colorado

•Book Titles: Ann of Green Gables, Sarah Plain and Tall, Where the Red Fern Grows

•Movie Titles: She’s the Man A Cinderella Story, Lord of the Flies

Always

Capitalize ……. In a sentence……..

• Put yourself last. (When in doubt… leave the other guy out.)

• Candace and I went to the store.

• Candace and I went to the store.

• Candace and me went to the store. (no sense)

Always capitalize the word…..

fish

sheep

deer

moose

RULE” underline the letter before the “y”

monkey = monkeys

baby = babies

Remember saying: I have one __________ I have two ___________

Possessives

• IT BELONGS TO THEM….. THEY OWN IT…. USUALLY SIDE BY SIDE…

That is Howard’s blanket.

Those are the students’ papers.

birthday

winter

spring

summerfall

a.m.

p.m.

NEVER CAPITALIZE THE FOLLOWING !!!!!!!!!!!

I have thei r presents. (belongs to them) their

Go put the chips over there on the table.(direction/place)

They are (usually in the front of sentence)

They’re very smart!!!!

The dog wagged its tail. The tail belongs to the dog.

It is (usually at the beginning of the sentence.)

It’s a wonderful day.

To, Too, and Two

Preposition: I want to go to the store.

I want to buy some books at the store too.also

The book store is too big.

The librarian is too fat.

an amount

Want a

Book?

We have two cats.

“BLING”:Words: like a flashing sign warning that you need a comma. conjunctions

and, but or, so, because….. There are more ,but these are usual.

Combining

Words…..

Commas

Series: She had eggs, cereal, toast, and jam for breakfast.

Series phrase: I want you to brush your teeth, take a shower, and go to bed.

Name a person twice: Last year my teacher, Mr. Hand, told Spicoli to get out of the room.

commas

Introductory word…… (actual sentence underlined)

Mom, can I go to the mall?

No, you can’t go to the mall.

First, you have to clean your room.

I hate cleaning.

City and state

Denver, Colorado

July 14, 2013

Today is Monday, July 14, 2013July 4, 2013, will be fun.

Quotation marks

Separate the speaker from what they say with a commaThe actual sentence is in quotation marks (what the speaker is saying.)

The cheerleader yelled, “You need to make a touchdown!”

“I already know that!” yelled Jeff.

“I already know that,” yelled Jeff !

The use of ….. a and an

You can not have two vowels side by side…..if a word stats with a consonant use “A”, if a word starts with a vowel use “AN”.

A Snake A Frog

An Egg An Ox

Books

Anne of Green Gables

Do not capitalize of, an, the, etc.. In the middle

of titles

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Movie Titles

The Wizard of Oz

Notice…. When written it is always in correct form, but on movie

posters certain liberties are take to make the

movie poster stand out

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Abbreviations

Dr. Dr. Seuss Mr. Mr. HandMrs. ClausB.D. Brianna DenisFeb. FebruaryF.B.I Federal Bureau of Investigations

Any and No

Wrong: I don’t have no candy.

Correct: I don’t have any candy.

A double negative !!!!!!

Do notno

Same meaning

REVISE CHANGEREVISION……………..All mean the same thing