Grammar 1 &2 and Spelling 1&2

2. English
Grammar 1 : Homophone
Grammar2:Simple,
Continuous and Perfect
Tenses

3. Homophone
Introduction: What do we
call words like “its” and
“it´s” ?

4. Homophone
 We call words like “its” and “it´s”, which sound the
same but have different spellings and meanings
homophones.
 Some of the most commonly used homophones are
possessive adjectives and contractions, such as
“your” and “you´re”, “its” and “it´s” and “their” and
“they´re”, while others are parts of the verb “to be”
(“are” is often confused with “our” and “were” with
“where”)
 Revise “possessive adjectives”
 How an apostrophe replaces the missing letters in a
contraction,
 Irregular parts of the verb “to be”.

5. Revise
 “Possessive adjectives”
How an apostrophe replaces
the missing letters in a
contraction,
Irregular parts of the verb “to
be”.

6. Possessive
adjective,
apostrophe
and irregular
parts of the
verb to be
 A possessive adjective replaces one noun and
describes another by saying whose it is. Lucy fed her
cat. Lucy´s, her. An apostrophe with the letter s is
used after a noun to indicate possession, as in Ben´s
new toy .
 The apostrophe is needed to show that the s is not
being used to make a plural.
 An apostrophe is also used to show that one or more
letters is missing in a contraction. Sometimes we
contract words by joining them together and leaving
out some of their letters, as in “I´m” for “ I am”. “
didn´t” for “ did not” and “you´ll” for “you will”.
 Irregular parts of the verb “to be”
 I am, you are, he/she is, we are, they are

7. Homophone
Different type
of homograph:
homonyms
heteronyms
Homonyms: words that look and
sound the same but have different
meanings, as in “the second time”
and “in a second”
Heteronyms: words that look the
same but sound different and have
different meanings, as in “to lead
the way” and “ a lead pencil”.

8. Examples of
homophone
one/won, be/bee, son/sun,
knot/not, main/mane, fair/fare,
plain/plane, ball/bawl, grate/great,
heal/heel/he’ll, missed/mist,
scene/seen, berry/bury

9. Homophone
Mix-Ups
 led, lead
 aloud, allowed
 aisle, isle
 precede, proceed
 steal, steel
 mourning, morning
 bridal, bridle,
 compliment, complement

10. Grammar2:
Simple,
Continuous
and Perfect
Tenses
The infinitive,
“to push”
Past Present Future
Simple pushed push/pushes shall/will push
Continuous was/were
pushing
am/are/is
pushing
shall/will be
pushing
Perfect had pushed have/has
pushed
shall/will have
pushed

11. Spelling1: Numerical Prefixes for 1
 What do “uni” and “mono” mean?
 For example, unicycle and monocle.
 The word unicycle describes a type of bicycle
that only has one wheel and a monocle is like
a pair of spectacles (glasses) with just one
lens. Both prefixes mean “one”: uni-is from
the Latin “unus”, meaning “one” and mono-
comes from the Greek “monos”, meaning
alone. Examples?

12. Spelling list 1
unit, unicorn, monogram,
monorail, monotone, unify,
unicycle, union, universe,
monocle, monologue,
monosyllable, universal,
monochrome, monolith,
unification, monopoly

13. Spelling 2: Numerical Prefixes
for 2
Do you know what bi, di and du
mean? A bicycle is a vehicle with
two wheels, a digraph is a pair of
letters that make one sound and a
duet is a piece of music for tow
performers. These prefixes mean
“two”, “twice” or “double” come
from the Latin “duos”, meaning two
and the Greek “dis”, meaning
“twice”.

14. Spelling list 2
Duo, duet, biceps,
bicycle, duel, dilemma,
biathlon, binary, diverge,
duplicate, diagraph,
billion, biennial,
binoculars, bicentenary,
bilingual, bicentennial