by Language Arts Lady | May 2, 2023 | 10 Minute Grammar
Next level parts of speech—verbs ! (See the “intro” to verbs episode here!) Today’s episode about verbs covers the following: The sneaky cat CLIMBS. First three kinds of verbs 1. Action 2. Being/helping/linking 3. Infinitives Why action? 1. Forward motion of...
by Language Arts Lady | May 8, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
He passed the test or He past the test? Go passed the house or Go past the house? Passed and past are super confusing–as evidenced in social media every where. It’s not just students who have trouble with this confusing word...
by Language Arts Lady | Sep 30, 2019 | Articles, Grammar
One of the first things that we teach students who are learning to write sentences is that every sentence must have two things: a subject and a verb. (Technically, I teach that a sentence must have FIVE things—CAVES: Capital, All Makes Sense, Verb, End Mark,...