Fernando Felix Manuel Reyes Victor Vazquez Grammar Adverbs clauses: They are a connecting word, and are

in the sentences with particular function: Because/since/-cause Although/even though- opposition when/while/as/since/until/once/before/after- time Etc. EXAMPLE: I run very fast because they want to steal me. Parallelism: Words in the sentences with same grammatical form and function: EXAMPLE: we have the homework of mathematics, English, chemistry, geology and literature. Some Tenses: Simple past: subject+ verb in past (or did not in negative form+ verb simple form)+ complement (in question the subject and the verb are inverted). I ran in the park yesterday Present perfect: subject+ have (not)/has (not) + verb past participle+ complement We have gone to school since 1995 Inversion Occur in sentences like question, with negative words as nowhere, never, seldom, at no time, etc. and in presence of only . EXAMPLE: not only read I books, also read the newspaper. Comparative: In short adjectives, finished with ER, and after+ THAN the other object. In large word before it is the word MORE: you are bigger THAN she/ the human is MORE intelligent THAN other animals.

Superlative In short adjectives, finished with EST. In large word before it is the word MOST: You are the MOST intelligent in your class/ The Vatican is the smallest country in the world.

Passive voice: The object in the sentences become in the subject. The tense is the same but plus the verb TO BE in that tense, after the original verb in past participle: Victor Hugo wrote The Miserables------The Miserables was wroten by Victor Hugo Irregular plurals Some words dont have the finish S or ES when pass since singular to plural, they change the structure of the word, for example, man dont is mans, the correct form is MEN. Others dont change, fish is in singular and in plural: I have some fish/ I brush my teeth Appositives: Is a noun phase that explain or give more information about another noun phase, can be between commas or in the first or finish of the sentences, separate by commas. The last tlatoani Cuauthmoc, Moctezumas nephew, died 3 years after the Fall of Tenochtitlan. Incomplete adjective clauses: Adjective clauses are a way of joining two sentences; it modifies a noun in another clause of sentence. It begins with adjective clauses marker. This is a topic. It interests me. This is a topic that interests me. Some adjective clause marker: Who whom whose which that where when. Incomplete or missing appositives An appositive is a noun phrase that explains or rephrases another noun phrase. Buffalo Bill, a famous frontiersman, operated his own Wild West Show. Jerome Kerns most famous work is Showboat, one of the finest, most enduring musical comedies.

Errors with word forms Common noun endings: -tion. sion. ence. ance. ity. hood. ment. Common verb endings: -ize. en. er. ify. ate Common adverb endings: -ly. ally. Example: differ difference different differently

Errors with verbs. Errors in subject-verb agreement. Some examples: A sentence with two subjects: the chemistry lab and the physics lab are Subjects with each and every are singular: each state has, everyone wants. Quantities of time, money, distance: five hundred dollars was, two years has, ten miles is. Irregular plurals do not end in-s but take plural verbs: his feet are, the women were.