Level 3:Paragraph Format

Subject-Verb Agreement

Review: Noun Phrases The EKU Bookstore sells cold drinks.

President of the United States Barack Obama was on television yesterday.

The car I bought three years ago needs new tires, windshield wipers, and brake lights.

Our teachers in the EELI program have college educations.

Most people in Kentucky call themselves Southerners.

Review: Verb Phrases Eating at fast-food restaurants all the time will

become expensive.

Studying for the quiz made me sleepy.

Playing basketball, skiing, and climbing mountains are three of my favorite activities.

Going to the tutoring lab helps me improve my English.

Review: Prepositional Phrases Across the street from Case Hall is the new

Science building.

Around the first and the fifteenth is when I get paid.

Between campus and Wal-Mart sits Patty A. Clay Hospital.

Inside my backpack is where I keep my books.

“There is” and “There are” There is a computer lab on this floor.

There is an Enrichment Activity next week.

There was a teacher in EELI last session named Katherine.

There are six students in level three.

There are thirty days in the month of June.

There were too many people at the gym yesterday.

There is, There was, There are, There were, and There will be There is…

There was…

There are…

There were…

There will be…

There might be…

Prepositional Phrases inside Subjects Two of my books were not in the bookstore, so

I did not buy them.

Several of the students went to Florida last summer.

Most of my life was spent in Kentucky.

Either of these dates are good for me.

The days of the week are easy to remember.

Prepositional Phrases inside Subjects Anyone with an I-20 can study English in America.

Everyone at the party was arrested by the police!

The phone on the table rings non-stop.

The coffee in my cup is decaffeinated.

The restaurant around the corner serves good food.

The building on top of the hill burned down.

Prepositional Phrases in Subjects The coffee shop around the corner

______________.

A student in the EELI program _________________.

My mother in Saudi Arabia __________________.

The people at the party __________________.

The blinds on the window ___________________.

Twelve sisters from France ________________.

Singular Words One of my favorite books is Harry Potter and

the Sorcerer’s Stone.

Neither of the girls wants to go with us.

Each of the women goes to different schools.

Either of those times works for me.

Singular or Plural? Some of my books [is/are] not here.

All of the new students [is/are] taking a test.

All of the cake [is/are] gone!

Most of the pencils [is/are] dull.

None of the buildings [is/are] air conditioned!

Homework Page 13

Practice 2 Practice 3

Write 10 There is/are/was/were sentences. Write 10 sentences with prepositions in the

subjects. Write 5 sentences with noun phrase subjects. Write 5 sentences with verb phrase subjects.

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