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?logTarget: Use been and being correctly throughout work.Target: Use your and you’re correctly throughout your work.Rule: Use been after the verb to have and its other forms e.g. has, had, will have. Use being after the verb to be and its other forms e.g. is, was, were. Explanation: Been is often used to indicate an event. Being is often used to show a feeling. Example: I have been to the sweet shop. The shopkeeper was being very annoying. Rule: Your is used as a possessive form of you. You’re is a contraction for you are. Explanation: Your is used to show ownership of something. You’re is a shorter way of writing you are and is often used colloquially. Example: Pick your bag up off the floor. You’re being ridiculous. Target: Use semi-colons accuratelyTarget: Avoid comma splices throughout your workRule: Semi-colons are used to separate two main clauses that are closely related in topic.Explanation:Semi-colons can connect two sentences that are about a similar topic instead of using a connective or treating them as two separate sentences.Example:I love reading; J.K. Rowling is my favourite author.I have a spelling test tomorrow; I will be revising tonight.Rule: A comma splice connects two independent clauses INCORRECTLY.Explanation: A comma cannot be used to connect two independent clauses. A semi colon or a connective must be used to connect two independent clauses. A comma can connect a subordinate clause to a main clause. Below is an example of a comma splice and the correct way to connect two independent clauses. Example: I was dancing by myself, I was happy. I dancing by myself and I was happy. I was dancing by myself, to make me happy. I was dancing by myself; I was happy. Target: Use paragraphs accuratelyTarget: Use question marks accuratelyRule: You should have a new paragraph for every new idea.Explanation: Paragraphs are like stepping stones, leading your reader through your writing. You need to start a new paragraph for every change of time, place, topic or person: TiPToP. Paragraphs are not a set length; you should vary their length for effect.Rule: Question marks are used to conclude an interrogative clause or phrase.Explanation: If you are writing a question, you need to use a question mark instead of a full stop. You do not need them for indirect questions.Example: Which are the main themes in the novel?Have you done your homework? (direct question)He asked me if I had done my homework (indirect question)Target: Use speech marks accuratelyTarget: use colons accuratelyRule: Speech marks are used to denote direct speech.Explanation: If you are writing what someone is talking, what they say goes in speech marks. You need to separate the speech from the rest of the sentence, usually with a comma. The first letter within the speech marks should be a capital letter unless you are breaking up the speech by stating who is speaking (see example 2). Example: “I’m not really sure how to answer this question,” claimed the student.“If you don’t hurry up,” he said, “we won’t get to the game on time.”Rule: Colons should be used when the second clause clarifies the first. Both clauses should be independent. Explanation: The second clause can be a phrase or a full sentence. The second sentence does not need a capital letter. Example: He got what he worked for: a promotion. He got what he worked for: he really earned that promotion.Target: Use capital letters in the correct places.Target: to be able to use the correct homophone for there, they’re or their in sentences.Rule: A capital letter must be used: At the start of a sentenceChildren are noisy. For the first person personal pronoun, I. When I went to the shop I bought some crisps. For proper nouns, such as: Names and titles of peopleMr Smith, Mrs Smith, Dr.SmithMonths of yearJanuary, March, NovemberDays of the week Monday, Wednesday, SundaySeasonsSummer, Spring, WinterHolidaysChristmas, Easter, EidNames of countries and continentsUnited Kingdom, EuropeExplanation: ‘There’ is used to indicate a location.‘They’re’ is the shortened form of ‘they are’.‘Their’ is used to indicate possession.Examples: “They’re all going to the cinema this evening,” said Paul.There are thousands of stars in the sky.The children ate all their sandwiches.Target: to be able to use apostrophes in the correct places.Target: to use the correct form of it’s and its in our writing.Explanation: Apostrophes are used in two circumstances: To show possession;To show that letters have been omitted.Examples:The dog’s collar was falling off his neck. Sally didn’t know what to do. The students’ work was outstanding.Rule:It’s is short for it is or it hasIt’s been raining for a week, and now it’s starting to snow. Its is used to show possession. I think the company want to have its cake and eat it. Target: use commas accurately in all your writing.Target: the correct use of were, where and we’re.Explanation: a comma is where you pause in your mas are used inLists. Example: He needs eggs, butter, milk and sugar. In punctuating clauses within a sentence. Example: When she was running, she fell over.With connectives that link across sentences. Example: She enjoyed dancing, however she wasn’t very good at pound sentences. Example: She enjoyed swimming, especially underwater, because she could go really fast.Explanations and examples:Were: second person singular past or plural past.Example: We were really happy.Where: in or to what place or positionExample: Where do you live?We’re: contraction of ‘we are’.Example: We’re going to the shops.Target: use full stops accurately.Target: Always use a lot instead of alot.Explanation: full stops are used at the end of a sentence. They are also used for abbreviations. Example sentence: The girl ran quickly down the hill. Example abbreviation: Dr. FosterExplanation: alot is not a word. You should ALWAYS use a lot.Example: My dog barks at the postman a lot.There were a lot of people at the party.Target: use our and are correctly at all timesTarget: Use modal verbs correctlyRule: The word “our” refers to something belonging to someone particularly the one speaking and other people, while the word “are” indicates a state of being and is used as an auxiliary verb.Examples of are:We are going to Tinago Falls.Are you coming or not?They are coming with us.Examples of our:Our son is a member of the local football team.That dog is ours.Rule: After modal verbs (could, should would, etc) use ‘have’. Explanation: The phrase ‘could of’ does not exist. Use ‘have’ after the word. could havemight havewould havemay haveshould have must haveExample: I should have eaten breakfast because now I am hungry.Target: Use the past tense of the verb ‘to be’ correctlyTarget: Use the present tense of the verb ‘to be’ correctlyRule: When the subject is single, use ‘was’. When the subject is plural, use ‘were’. Exception: when using the second person, always use ‘were’ Explanation: You must be careful to use the correct form of the verb because sometimes when speaking in Yorkshire dialect, we use the incorrect one. Example:Singular: I was walking to the shop this morning. Plural: The girls were walking to the shop this morning.Second person: You were walking to the shop this morning.Rule: When the subject is single, use ‘is’. When the subject is plural, use ‘are’. Exception 1 : When the subject is first person ‘I’, use ‘am’.Exception 2 : When using the second person, always use ‘are’ Explanation: You must be careful to use the correct form of the verb because sometimes when speaking in Yorkshire dialect, we use the incorrect one. Example:Singular: She is walking to the shop. Plural: The girls are walking to the shop.First person: I am walking to the shop.Second person: You are walking to the shop. ................
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