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.
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.

 Read 15-21