Freshmen, Ms. ByunName______Date ___ Pd ___

Dirty Dozen:Subject-Verb Agreement + Verb Tense S-V+ V-T

Do Now: Correct the following sentence (2 errors):

AIM: ______

Probably the most common error on standardized exams, Subject-Verb Agreement also appears frequently in students’ writing.

The following sentence exhibits the most common S-V trap. (a ______sentence)

1. INCORRECT: Gas, often undetectable by most people, are less dense than liquid.

Rule:______If we aren’t careful, ______

2. INCORRECT: Neither she nor he kidnap hamsters. It iseither the students or the teacher whocheck the clock.

Rule: ______

3. INCORRECT: Usually no one in the hallways say a word when they spot a dean. Everyone avert their eyes.

Rule: ______

4. INCORRECT:Two dollars are not enough for her to buy a hamster. Forty-one minutes are too long for a class.

Rule: ______

5. INCORRECT: Ninety percent of Ms. Byun’s FWS class work diligently during peer editing.

Alternate version: ______

Rule: ______

6.NOT: The freshman class take the PSAT next month.

Rule: ______

Practice (carefully review for possible errors—S-V, P-R/P-A, and WW):

A) All of the books, including yours, is/are in that box.

B) That pair of trousers need/needs to be hemmed.

C) Neither the red velvet cupcakesnor the carrot cake is/are in the fridge.

D)There’s these freshmen that sit together at lunch. There’s also a nearby group of sophomores that casually eavesdrop.

E) Everyone in the “rush hour” hallways, teachers and students alike, struggle to get to there next class.

F) The circulation and enforcement of rules is an important part of the principal’s job.

G) Extreme’s, "More Than Words": Saying I love you is not the words I want to hear from you.

Its not that I want you not to say.... /More than words is all you have to do to make it real....

Writing Seminar Dirty Dozen: V-T errorName ______

AIM: ______

Do Now:Unscramble the following sentence: dozen next errors twelve will by we have month, reviewed dirty ______

1. Present: Monawalks.
2. Past: Mona walkedyesterday. (and is not walking right now)
3. Future:Monawill walktomorrow.(she hasn’t started walking, but plans to)

4. Present Perfect: Monahas walked(since…). (compared to #2: she started walking in the past and still does)
5. Past Perfect: Monahad walked(up until/when…)  (the walking is over before another action starts)

6. Future Perfect: By next week, Monawill have walkedmany miles. (by a specific time in the future, Mona will be done walking)

Note: The basic meaning of the perfect aspect is "prior," and it’s used in relation to some other point in time.

Practice:

1. Jill washed the car when Bill arrived (______). i.e.______.

2. Jill had washed the car when Bill arrived. (______). i.e. ______

Some examples of irregular verbs

Be
Present: I am
Past: ______
Future: ______
Present Perfect: ______
Past Perfect: ______
Future Perfect: ______
(sim verbs: ______) / Bring
Present: ______
Past: ______
Future: ______
Present Perfect: ______
Past Perfect: ______
Future Perfect: ______
(sim verbs: ______) / Forget
Present: ______
Past: ______
Future: ______
Present Perfect: ______
Past Perfect: ______
Future Perfect: ______
(sim verbs: ______)
Swim
Present: ______
Past: ______
Future: ______
Present Perfect: ______
Past Perfect: ______
Future Perfect: ______
(sim verbs: ______) / Burst + Cast
Present: ______+ ______
Past: ______+ ______
Future: ______+ ______
Present Perf: ______+ ______
Past Perf: ______+ ______
Future Perf: ______+ ______
(sim verbs: ______) / wear
Present: ______
Past: ______
Future: ______
Present Perfect: ______
Past Perfect: ______
Future Perfect: ______
(sim verbs: ______)

Watch out for:

LIE: What “I” do to myself/recline (I lie down to nap)
I lie  Yesterday I ______, I have ______/ LAY: What I can do to “hay” (I lay the hay down on the ground)
I lay… Yesterday I ______, I have ______
LOSE (v): ______vs. a loose ( ) ______
I lose Yesterday I ______, I have ______/ LOOSEN ______
I loosen Yesterday I ______, I have ______