Review
All the capital letters have been left out of this newspaper article. Write it out correctly.
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celebration of school anniversary the barbados bugle can repor t that on tuesday 10th apri l, just before easter, st. mary’s primary school celebrated its 50th anniversary. some of the school’s rst students were there. cyrius burns, now aged 57, ew from grenada for the day. dr. ona peter, 55, visited from barbuda. the minister of educat ion also visi ted.
We also use capital letters in titles: • for the first word of the title • for the other important words in the title.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Grenada Informer
Write these titles correctly. 1 the caribbean times 2 adventure in the long valley 3 exploring the bottom of the sea 4 more stories to read aloud 5 junior geography for the caribbean Verbs
Verbs of action describe actions that someone or something does: The waves pounded on the shore. Verbs of being describe a state or a condition: Andrew was excited about the party. He also felt a little nervous.
WB 6 p34
1 List the verbs in this paragraph. Are they action verbs or verbs of being? Melissa went out into the yard. It was a very hot day. She saw Stefan over by the washroom. He looked ill. Melissa gave him a drink of water. He sat in the shade. Melissa fetched a teacher. Stefan told the teacher he felt sick. The teacher called his mom and Stefan went home. Helping verbs are used with the main verb to tell us more about it. The most common are be , have and do . helping verb main verb
Grandma has made a mango pie.
• Before reading the explanation of capital letters, ask students to close their books and to work in pairs, compiling a list of when capital letters are used. As a class, compare their rules with those on the page.
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