Sentence Tanglers

Grade 3

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.

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.

Ain’t

In speaking, many people use the word "ain't." In formal writing, however, this is considered an inappropriate verb form.

Ain’t

For example, in the sentence, "I ain't going to clean my room," we can replace "ain't" with "am not."

Subject Verb Agreement

When the subject is singular the verb must be plural

When the subject is plural and the verb is singular.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Want to learn more? Try these!

http://www.ecu.edu.au/ses/research/CALLR/AENG/what/rules/negative.htm

Irregular Verbs

English Grammar Quizzes


	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.


	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.


	In speaking, many people use the word "ain't." In formal writing, however, this is considered an inappropriate verb form.


	For example, in the sentence, "I ain't going to clean my room," we can replace "ain't" with "am not."


	When the subject is singular the verb must be plural
	When the subject is plural and the verb is singular.


	For example, in the sentence, "John eat vegetables," John, the subject, is singular. Eat, the verb, is plural. We can replace "eat" with "eats."


	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.


			We been having hamburgers for dinner.
			We be having hamburgers for dinner.
			We are having hamburgers for dinner.


			I ain't got any money.
			I haven't got any money.
			I doesn't have any money.


			I ain't got any money.
			I haven't got no money.
			I don't have any money.


			We don't have any homework tonight.
			We don't got any homework tonight.
			We ain't got any homework tonight.


			I don't got practice today
			I do not has practice today.
			I do not have practice today.


	http://www.ecu.edu.au/ses/research/CALLR/AENG/what/rules/negative.htm
	Irregular Verbs
	English Grammar Quizzes