B2-Lesson 22 Archaeological Find Editor In Chief

Grammar Verbs can be active or passive. In the passive voice the action is being done to the subject. (3.25) Example: Active: The dog chases the birds. Passive: The birds are being chased by the dog.

Grammar Verb tense shows whether an action has already occurred, is now occurring, or will occur in the future. Irregular verbs are sometimes confused. (3.24) Example: did have done had done will have done went have gone had gone will have gone spend have spent had spent will have spent

Grammar A helping verb (auxiliary verb) is part of a verb phrase. Common helping verbs include: be, can, could, do, have, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would.

Punctuation A comma is used after an introductory word or an interjection. (5.14) Example: Unfortunately, she was too ill to perform in the recital. Goodness, that class was totally out of control! However, we decided to follow Dana’s plan anyway.

Punctuation Use an apostrophe to form the singular possessive. (5.3) Example: dog’s bone Maria’s ball car’s color

Grammar Infinitives (“plain verbs”) use the word will to form the future tense. (3.24) Example: She will have to study for her test.

Content Be sure to STUDY the illustration and caption before you read the text. Don’t forget to analyze any facts or figures.

Spelling Be sure to use the correct homophone when spelling the following: are/our where/were to/too/two Whose/who’s its/it’s lose/loose their/there/they’re

Punctuation In EIC, correct a run-on sentence by creating two sentences. The first sentence ends in final punctuation. The second sentence begins with a capital letter.

Usage An adjective and the noun or pronoun it modifies must agree in number. (4.5) Demonstrative adjectives include: this/these that/those