Unit 8
2 These sentences have verbs and objects. The subjects are missing. Rewrite each sentence, putting in a suitable subject. Example: ____________ roll down the hill.
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1 ____________ tastes delicious. 2 ____________ play cricket in the field. 3 ____________ broke into three pieces. 4 ____________ barks a lot in the night. 5 ____________ lays lots of eggs. 6 ____________ climb the tree in the yard. 7 ____________ fly over the rooftops. 8 ____________ has four legs and a tail.
Pronouns – subject and object
We use pronouns in place of nouns. When the noun is the subject of the sentence we use a subject pronoun. Gran rapped. She rapped.
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subject pronoun
3 Find the subject of the sentence. Replace it with a subject pronoun. Example: The boys and girls enjoyed Gran’s raps. è They enjoyed Gran’s raps . 1 Gran likes to wear crazy clothes. 2 The clothes are usually big and colourful. 3 Her hat is enormous. 4 Mom and I take Gran shopping. 5 The bus driver knows Gran. 6 All the people on the bus say hello to her. Subject pronouns I we you they he / she / it
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• Exercise 2: The part of the sentences provided in this exercise (e.g. roll down the hill ) is the predicate. See page 39 for work on subject and predicate . • If appropriate, tell students that a verb that takes an object is a transitive verb (I like Gran. I sang a song.) and verbs that do not have an object are intransitive verbs (I cried. I sang.) .
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