Editor In Chief B1 Lesson 2 CONTENT - 2 Be sure to STUDY the illustration and caption before you read the text. Don’t forget to analyze any facts or figures.

Capitalization - 1 African tribes Southern accent Capitalize a proper adjective. A proper adjective is derived from a proper noun. African tribes Southern accent

Grammar - 1 Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns. Adjectives tell what kind (small house), which one (this hat) or how many (one child). Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives or adverbs hot hotter hottest Compared to soda, tea is most sweet.

Usage - 1 A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number, gender, and person. The antecedent is the noun or noun phrase to which the pronoun refers. The boy flew a kite. He flew a kite.

Usage - 2 Word pairs that are often confused Bring (to carry something with you) / take (to carry to another place) lay (to place) / lie (to rest) leave (to go away) / let (to allow) may (to be permitted) / can (be able to do) raise (move something higher position, objects) / rise (to move from lower to higher, people) Teacher (to instruct) / learn (to gain knowledge)

Spelling - 1 Be sure to use the correct homophone when spelling the following: hour/our to/too/two your/you’re its/it’s lose/loose their/there/they’re Their going to have to study more to prepare for the test. Most of the dogs are going too the pet store, two.

Punctuation - 1 A run-on sentence needs to be broken into two complete thoughts which can each stand alone One sea long balanced a ball another sea lion waved his flipper. Place commas and conjunctions to separate the two thoughts One sea lion balanced a ball, and another sea lion waved his flipper. Place periods and capital letters to separate two thoughts One sea lion balanced a ball. Another sea lion waved his flipper.