Essentials - Week 23 (5th Edition)

Week Twenty –three

Compound-Complex/All/S-Vt-IO-DO  Adverbs  Tasks 1-6

Race to see who can write 112 sentence chart on the board first.

Welcome

Philippians 4:8  Finally, brother, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.

Prayer

Compound-Complex/All/S-Vt-IO-DO

Monica gave her dog a bone.

She gave her cat a toy.

She really loves animals. 

Monica, who really loves animals, gave her cat a toy, and she gave her dog a bone.

Write the three sentences on the board.  Allow the students to put them together using FANBOYS and w/w. Identify and diagram this sentence. See p. 281 for diagram examples.

Adverbs

We are going to have a quick review of adverbs before learning about the last kind of verbals.

What questions do adverbs answer? (How? When? Where? Why? How often? How much? To what extent? Under what conditions?)

Adverbs can be:

Simple  (one-word adverb, no suffix)  very

Flexional  (adjective + ly)  quickly ---------flexional can have degrees, like adjectives

Affirmative  yes, certainly  positive  swiftly

Negative  no, not, never  comparative  more swiftly

superlative  most swiftly

Verbals:  Gerunds

Last week we learned about infinitives being used as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs and participles being used as adjectives.  This week we are going to learn about present participles used as nouns.  Remember, present participles are verbs ending in –ing.  Also, remember a noun is a person, place, thing, activity, or idea.  Well, gerunds are typically activity nouns.  Here are some examples:

Voting was illegal for all black men.  Subject

I love dancing.  Direct object

The judges awarded her cooking first prize.  Indirect object

By studying, she passed the quiz.  Preposition

Her favorite pastime is knitting.  Predicate noun

The teacher called his behavior cheating.  Object complement noun

Have children come up with examples.

Tasks 1-4 

Burning was ill-advised in such windy conditions. (See p. 278 for labeling and diagramming.)

Verbs: Subjunctive Mood

(Teach this portion if you have tour two and beyond students.)

Verbs have three moods: Indicative, imperative, and subjunctive.  Indicative verbs are found in declarative, interrogative, and imperative sentences.  Imperative verbs are found in imperative sentences. These are pretty straightforward.  The subjunctive mood is a bit trickier.

The subjunctive mood is the third mood, and it implies a wish that may not be a fact. It often expresses a wish or desire contrary to fact.  It is also used in blessings in church.  Here are some examples.

    If only I had a million dollars!

    If I were a millionaire, I could buy everything I desire.

    The Lord bless you!

    Hope you have a great trip!

Subjunctive mood uses "if" or "though" or "may". The form of the be verb is always "were" or "be" regardless of the person or number of the subject. Using "if" and "I wish" are the most common uses of the subjunctive in modern English, so it is important to know which verb goes with it properly.

    If I were to listen to you, what would you say?

    If I were you, I would listen to your mother.

    If this be true, what can we do?

    I wish I were taller.

    I wish he were happier.

    I wish he were going to the fair with us.

The subjunctive mood is often used in subordinate clauses that use www.asia.wub as conjunctions.

    If she were going to the fair, what would she like to see?

*See Chart DD for more information about Subjunctive mood.