1. Instructor: Jully Yin Meeting Room: Room 209

2. Currently, the instructor does not have the office hours open on campus. However, the students of this workshop can still reach the instructor if there is any questions need to be answered. How to reach the instructor: jullyyin@gmail.com

3. 1.Parts of Speech (overview and works specifically on Noun, Verb, and Adj.) 2.Parts of Speech (works specifically on Adv., Int.,Prep., Conj. and Pron.) 3.Sentence Functions (Declarative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, and Imperative ) 4.Sentence Structures (Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound-complex) 5.PUNCTUATION & BASIC MECHANICS 6.modal and Auxiliary 7.subject-verb agreement 8.Time and Tenses 9. Time and Tenses 10. Time and Tenses 11. Vocabulary Bank (stem, prefix, infix, and suffix) 12.common mistakes in English writing

4. Open discussion: What is Subject-Verb Agreement ? Can you name 2 examples?

5. I have two pen. Dad work hard every day. The news are surprising.

6. I have two pens. Dad works hard every day. The news is surprising.

7. Basic Principle: Singular subjects need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs.

8. The indefinite pronouns anyone, everyone, someone, no one, nobody are always singular and, therefore, require singular verbs.

9. Some indefinite pronouns — such as all, some — are singular or plural depending on what they're referring to.

10. None can be either singular or plural; it often doesn't matter whether you use a singular or a plural verb — unless something else in the sentence determines its number.

11. None of the engines ? working. None of the food ? fresh.

12. None of the engines are working. None of the food is fresh.

13. always singular requires a singular verb Each of the students is responsible for doing his or her work in the library.

14. The mayor as well as his brothers is going to prison. The mayor and his brothers are going to jail.

15. always singular requires a singular verb Neither of the two traffic lights is working. Either is fine with me.

16. There are two reasons for this. There is no reason for this. Here are two apples.

17. when nor or or is used the subject closer to the verb determines the number of the verb

18. Either my father or my brothers ? going to sell the house. Neither my brothers nor my father ? going to sell the house. ? either my brothers or my father responsible? ? either my father or my brothers responsible?

19. Either my father or my brothers are going to sell the house. Neither my brothers nor my father is going to sell the house. Are either my brothers or my father responsible? Is either my father or my brothers responsible?

20. audience band class committee crowd dozen family flock group heap herd jury kind lot [the] number public staff team

21. Fractional expressions such as half of, a part of, a percentage of, a majority of are sometimes singular and sometimes plural, depending on the meaning.

22. are sometimes singular and sometimes plural, depending on the meaning

23. Some of the voters ? still angry. A large percentage of the older population ? voting against her. Two-fifths of the troops ? lost in the battle. Two-fifths of the vineyard ? destroyed by fire. Forty percent of the students ? in favor of changing the policy. Forty percent of the student body ? in favor of changing the policy. Two and two ? four. Four times four divided by two ? eight.

24. Some of the voters are still angry. A large percentage of the older population is voting against her. Two-fifths of the troops were lost in the battle. Two-fifths of the vineyard was destroyed by fire. Forty percent of the students are in favor of changing the policy. Forty percent of the student body is in favor of changing the policy. Two and two is four. Four times four divided by two is eight.

25. If your sentence compounds a positive and a negative subject and one is plural, the other singular, the verb should agree with the positive subject.

26. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/gr ammar/cgi- shl/quiz.pl/sv_agr_quiz.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/gr ammar/quizzes/svagr2.htm

27. Number agreement Pronunciation of 3 rd person [S] /s/ after a voiceless sound, except /s/, /sh/, and /ch/. /z/ after a voiced sound, except /z/, /zh/, and /j/. / I s/ When a word ends in /s/, /∫/, /t∫/, /z/, /d Ʒ /

28. fix see kiss wash play blur stop hang watch go ram learn cloth receive talk damage memorize call laugh, rob exercise

29. fixes sees kisses washes plays stops hangs watches goes clothes receives talks damages calls laughs exercises

30. /z/ plays, sees, goes, robs, hangs, calls, rams, learns, blurs, clothes, receives /s/ laughs, talks, stops / ɪ z/ fixes, kisses, washes, watches, damages, memorizes, exercises

31. Copula Be verbs Jully is a movie-lover. Auxiliary Jully is lecturing in Taipei University. (Present Progressive Aspect)

32. Auxiliary is used in the following cases: To form Passive Voice To form Progressive Aspect To form Perfect Aspect To emphasize

33. Copula (linguistics), a word used to link subject and predicate. Formation subject + linking verb + information about the subject

34. Copula Be has its special forms. Copula Be may be followed by adjective phrases. (copular verbs, AKA linking verbs, will do the same.) Copula Be behaves like auxiliary in question formation, negation, and construction. Not all languages have Copula Be.

35. Present Tense Am (1 st person) Is (3 rd person) Are (everything else) Past Tense Was (1 st person & 3 rd person) Were (everything else)

36. Copula be can be followed by: Adjective phrases Noun phrases Adverbial prepositional phrases

37. Write your own examples!

38. I am beautiful. I am a student. I am in Disneyland.

39. Be Look Feel Taste Smell Sound Seem Appear Get Become Grow Stay Keep Turn Prove Go Remain Resemb le Run Lie

40. Perception Copulas State Copulas Change-of-state copulas

41. Appear Seem Feel Look Smell Sound Taste

42. Lie Remain Rest stand

43. Become Come Fall Get Go Grow Run turn

44. look smell appear prove sound feel remain taste grow

45. to be (is, am, are, was, were, has been, have been, had been, is being, are being, was being, will have been, etc.) to become (become, becomes, became, has become, have become, had become, will become, will have become, etc.) to seem (seemed, seeming, seems, has seemed, have seemed, had seemed, is seeming, are seeming, was seeming, were seeming, will seem)

46. http://www.quintcareers.com/action _alpha.html

47. What are these words doing? They are expressing action, something that a person, animal, force of nature, or thing can do.

48. Can a person or thing do this? Ex:During biology class, Omesh napped at his desk.