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Past participles as adjectives

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  Irregular verbs as past participles

Review of to be - affirmative, negative & questions, present & past

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  to be past tense 6 to be tense past 7 forming questions was were wasn't weren't

Poetry and Pronunciation

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  English Pronunciation Poem The woman reading the poem has an Australian accent but her diction is very clear. Dreams by Langston Hughes Funeral Blues by W. H. Auden Oh the Places You'll Go Sick by Shel Silverstein  

The Electric Company

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  This was a show from the 1970s similar to Sesame Street but for older kids.  They did a lot of great things with phonics to teach kids how to read.  You can use their videos to help with your pronunciation! Shadow Boxes update Shadow Boxes They were very creative! And had a lot of great guest stars.  Can you spot Morgan Freeman? There are a lot of video clips available on You Tube.

Prepositions

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  At the beach! Preposition - a word that explains position, direction or the relationship between two nouns or noun phrases. Position Direction Relationship about at as above beyond because of across down but after from by against in except along into for before on like during to of Near  toward since until up with Prepositions of two or more words According to In addition to In spite of (despite) Along with In case of On account of Because of In front of On top of By means of  In the middle of Out of Contrary to In place of Together with  For the sake of  Instead of With reference to Grammar Monster Explains Prepositions Grammar Monster lists 130 prepositions Prepositions of Time (UK) Practice Prepositions of Place (UK) Guided exercise  (for kids) Intermediate exercises From an older post: Prepositions of time and place, exercises and explanation More prepositions  here. Identify the prepositions Prepositions of time Prepositions of place 1 Prepositi...

To do

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  Uses of to do Grammar Monster "to do" Be or Do? do 1 of 6 verb ˈdü  did   ˈdid    dəd   ;  done   ˈdən    ;  doing   ˈdü-iŋ    ;  does   ˈdəz  transitive verb 1 :  to bring to pass  :  CARRY OUT do  another's wishes it is my earnest desire to know the will of Providence … and if I can learn what it is I will  do  it  Abraham Lincoln 2 :  PUT   — used chiefly in  do to death had been hounded down and  done  to death as heretics  Stringfellow Barr 3 a :  PERFORM ,  EXECUTE do  some work did  his duty b :  COMMIT crimes  done  deliberately 4 a :  BRING ABOUT ,  EFFECT trying to  do  good do  violence b :  to give freely  :  PAY do  honor to her memory 5 :  to bring to an end  :  FINISH   — used in the past participle the job is finally  ...