REVIEWER IN ENGLISH 2 (3RD QUARTER) VERBS – action words; they tell us what people, animals

or things are doing.

SHORT AND LONG SOUND

BE VERBS – these verbs connect words in a sentence;
SHORT A also called LINKING VERBS. (is, am, are)
>ant >man >pan >sad >pal >nag >back 1. Use am with the pronoun I.
>map >mat >dad >fan >cat >pants >apple 2. Use is with a singular noun with the pronouns
he, she, and it.
LONG A 3. Use are with a plural noun or the pronouns you,
we, and they.
>pay >vase >say >pail >made >bake >paid
ADVERB – a word that describes a verb. Many adverbs
>tame >cake >snake >whale >plane >grapes
end in –ly.

>quickly >loudly >clearly

SHORT E >heavily

>get >red >set >pen >left >belt >help >brightly >soundly >easily
>politely
>dress >bell >bed >jet >egg >desk >set
CONTRACTION – a short way of writing two words;
LONG E
using an apostrophe (‘) to take place of the letters that
>eat >keep >team >knee >weak >bean >glee are left out.

>peak >queen >teeth >deer >cheese>bee >tree She is = she’s he is=he’s we are=we’re

They are=they’re do not=don’t does

not=doesn’t
SHORT I
We will=we’ll I have = I’ve
>big >him >kid >win >fill >sick >wish
PREPOSITIONS – words that connect nouns and
>pink >sip >pick >dish >sing >will >miss pronouns to other words in a sentence.
LONG I In on under at behind above about
>like >sign >mind >wild >light >shine >child from over between with along
BE across to beside after below for

>right >fight >high >wide >write >ride >pie SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE – action that is done today

>when a singular noun does the action, we add –s or –

es to the verb to make the present tense form.
SHORT O
>when a plural noun does the action, we do not add –s
>dog >job >cost loss >soft >solid >solve or
>body >pot >frog >moth >ostrich >rob -es to the verb in the present tense. Use the base form
LONG O of the verb.
>old >joke >post >load >road >cold >bowl PRESENT PROGRESSIVE FORM OF THE VERB – show
>grow >smoke >phone >bone >globe >sore >store action that is going on now or at this very moment and
continuing

1. Use is with a singular noun, are with a plural

SHORT U noun and am with the pronoun I followed by
the –ing form of the verb.
>bus >cup >fun >hut >bump >dust >must
2. For verbs that end in –e, drop first the final –e
>bunch >sun >tub >drum >truck >jug before adding –ing.
>trumpet 3. For one syllable verbs that have a short vowel
coming before the final consonant, double the
LONG U
consonant before adding –ing.
>cue >huge >cure >use >pure >value >amuse Put-putting rub-rubbing win-winning
4. For most other verbs, just add –ing.
>excuse >cube >tube >mute >tune >fuse