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Describing Words: Taste, Smell, Sound, and Touch
Grade 1 grammar: describing words from the senses, and how to tell which sense a word like soft or sharp is being used for.
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Describing Words: Color, Size, and Shape
Grade 1 grammar: use describing words for color and size and shape, and find them in front of a noun or after is and are.
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Possessive Pronouns: My, Your, His, Her, Its, Their
Grade 1 grammar: show who owns something with my and your and his and her and its and their, and never with an apostrophe.
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Using He, She, It, and They
Grade 1 grammar: match he and she and it and they to the naming word each one stands for, and keep the reader clear on who you mean.
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Using I and Me Correctly
Grade 1 grammar: use I in the naming part and me in the telling part, with the cover-up test for sentences with two people.
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Possessive Nouns: Showing Who Owns Something
Grade 1 grammar: add an apostrophe and s to show who owns something, and tell a possessive noun from a plural noun.
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Capitalizing Days, Months, and Holidays
Grade 1 grammar: capital letters for the days of the week and months of the year and holiday names, and why seasons stay lowercase.
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Special Names of Places: Cities, Streets, and Schools
Grade 1 grammar: capitalize the names of cities and states and countries and place names like Bell Street and Hillside School.
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Special Names and Titles for People
Capitalize the names of people and write titles like Mr. and Dr. correctly.
