Bobby has a dog and a cat. b) Choice Bobby wanted to get a rat or a lizard. c) Contrast and dogs but not rats and lizards. Bobby’s mother likes cats 2. Multiple parts of speech commonly connected by conjunctions a) Nouns Bobby has a dog and a cat. b) Adjectives Bobby has a black and white cat. c) Verbs cat sleeps all day and plays all night. Bobby’s 3. Parallelism (NEW) Incorrect: cat is beautiful and plays. Bobby’s Correct: cat is beautiful and playful. Bobby’s 4. Punctuation: Comma usage (NEW) (No commas) Bobby wanted to get a rat or a lizard. Bobby wanted to get a rat, a snake, or a lizard. SENTENCES 1. Common conjunctions and their functions in sentences a) Addition Bobby likes cats, and his mother likes them too. b) Contrast Bobby likes snakes, but his mother like them. doesn’t c) Choice Will Bobby get a boa constrictor, or will his mother say no? d) Result (NEW) Bobby’s mother is afraid of snakes, so Bobby can’t have a boa constrictor. e) Unexpected result (NEW) is afraid of snakes, but she bought Bobby a boa Bobby’s mother constrictor for his birthday (anyway). 2. Punctuation: conjoined versus non-conjoined sentences Bobby likes cats and dogs, and his mother likes them too. Bobby likes cats and dogs. His mother likes them too. 3. Ellipsis and substitution a) But Bobby likes snakes, but his mother . doesn’t mother snakes, but Bobby does. Bobby’s doesn’t like b) And (i) Affirmative sentences Bobby likes snakes, and his sister does too. Bobby likes snakes, and so does his sister. (ii) Negative sentences Bobby rabbits, and his sister either. doesn’t like doesn’t
Bobby has a dog and a cat. b) Choice Bobby wanted to get a rat or a lizard. c) Contrast Bobby’s mother likes cats and dogs but not rats and lizards. 2. Multiple parts of speech commonly connected by conjunctions a) Nouns Bobby has a dog and a cat. b) Adjectives Bobby has a black and white cat. c) Verbs Bobby’s cat sleeps all day and plays all night. 3. Parallelism (NEW) Incorrect: Bobby’s cat is beautiful and plays. Correct: Bobby’s cat is beautiful and playful. 4. Punctuation: Comma usage (NEW) Bobby wanted to get a rat or a lizard. (No commas) Bobby wanted to get a rat, a snake, or a lizard. SENTENCES 1. Common conjunctions and their functions in sentences a) Addition Bobby likes cats, and his mother likes them too. b) Contrast Bobby likes snakes, but his mother doesn’t like them. c) Choice Will Bobby get a boa constrictor, or will his mother say no? d) Result (NEW) Bobby’s mother is afraid of snakes, so Bobby can’t have a boa constrictor. e) Unexpected result (NEW) Bobby’s mother is afraid of snakes, but she bought Bobby a boa constrictor for his birthday (anyway). 2. Punctuation: conjoined versus non-conjoined sentences Bobby likes cats and dogs, and his mother likes them too. Bobby likes cats and dogs. His mother likes them too. 3. Ellipsis and substitution a) But Bobby likes snakes, but his mother doesn’t . Bobby’s mother doesn’t like snakes, but Bobby does. b) And (i) Affirmative sentences Bobby likes snakes, and his sister does too. Bobby likes snakes, and so does his sister. (ii) Negative sentences Bobby doesn’t like rabbits, and his sister doesn’t either.