7 th grade grammar vocabulary and notes. grammar lesson 4 vocabulary micro – greek prefix meaning...
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7th Grade Grammar
Vocabulary and Notes
Grammar Lesson 4
Vocabulary
•Micro – Greek prefix meaning small or minute
•Microbus – small vehicle shaped like a bus
•Microcosm – a little world
•Microscope – an instrument used to view very small objects
Action Verbs
• Action verbs tell what the subject is or does.
• A sentence can contain more than one action verb.
• Action verbs make writing more vivid and more precise.
• Diagramming simple subjects and simple predicates. See notes on board.
Grammar Lesson 5
• Vocabulary
• Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.
• Waive – means to relinquish or give up voluntarily
• Wave – moving swell on the surface of the water
Capitalizing Proper Nouns
• A common noun doesn’t name a specific person, place, or thing.
• A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing.
• Proper nouns require a capital letter.
• Common nouns that are part of a proper noun are capitalized.
• Small words that are part of a proper noun are not capitalized unless they are the first or last word.
Grammar Lesson 6
• Vocabulary
• Climactic: refers to climax or culmination
• Climate: the general weather of a region over a period of years
Verb Tense
• Tense means time.
• Verbs tell us what action is occurring and when it is happening.
• Verb tense, or form, changes to show when the action takes place.
• Three verb tenses:• Present
• Past
• Future
Present Tense
• Present tense is action that is happening now.
• Add an s to the verb when it is singular.
• Do not add s to singular verbs when the pronoun is I or you.
• When verbs end in s, x, z, ch, or sh, add es when the subject is singular.
• When a verb ends in a consonant and a y, change the y to i and add es for a singular form.
Past Tense
• Past tense shows action that has already happened.
• Add ed to form the past tense of regular verbs.
• When one-syllable verbs end in a consonant, double the consonant and add ed.
• When a verb ends in e, drop the e and add ed.
Errors to Avoid
• Don’t use present tense form for past tense verbs.
• Do not use past and present tense in same phrase.