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Sentence Tanglers
  • Grade 3
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A double negative in a sentence is a sentence contains two negative words:
  • He doesn't even know no one.
  • My sister used to play.. um basketball.. but she doesn't no more.
  • They don’t have nothin.
  • But no-one didn’t answered.


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Repeated information is another common sentence tangler.
  • For example, "We're going to the park so since we're going to the park I'll bring my bike," is a sentence that contains repeated information.
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Ain’t
  • In speaking, many people use the word "ain't."  In formal writing, however, this is considered an inappropriate verb form.
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Ain’t
  • For example, in the sentence, "I ain't going to clean my room," we can replace "ain't" with "am not."
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Subject Verb Agreement
  •  When the subject is singular the verb must be plural
  • When the subject is plural and the verb is singular.
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Subject Verb Agreement
  • For example, in the sentence, "John eat vegetables," John, the subject, is singular.  Eat, the verb, is plural.  We can replace "eat" with "eats."
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Irregular Verbs
  • Irregular verbs can be tricky.  These verbs change form when in the past, or future tense.  Many have to be joined with  helping verbs.  For a complete list of irregular verbs, click
  • HERE.
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Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
      • We been having hamburgers for dinner.
      • We be having hamburgers for dinner.
      • We are having hamburgers for dinner.
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Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
      • We been having hamburgers for dinner.
      • We be having hamburgers for dinner.
      • We are having hamburgers for dinner.
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Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
      • I ain't got any money.
      • I haven't got any money.
      • I doesn't have any money.
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Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
      • I ain't got any money.
      • I haven't got no money.
      • I don't have any money.
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Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
      • We don't have any homework tonight.
      • We don't got any homework tonight.
      • We ain't got any homework tonight.
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Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
      • We don't have any homework tonight.
      • We don't got any homework tonight.
      • We ain't got any homework tonight.
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Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
      • I don't got practice today
      • I do not has practice today.
      • I do not have practice today.
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Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
      • I don't got practice today
      • I do not has practice today.
      • I do not have practice today.
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Want to learn more?  Try these!
  • http://www.ecu.edu.au/ses/research/CALLR/AENG/what/rules/negative.htm
  • Irregular Verbs
  • English Grammar Quizzes