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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Narrative Writing - Time Shift (Past Perfect)Sentences

Use these exercises to practice creating 'time shift' sentences in narrative writing.
Who said 'time travel' was impossible?

http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/pstperf1.html
http://odl.vwv.at/english/odlres/res8/Grammar/grammar_exercises/tenses/past_perfect/pastperf3.htm
http://odl.vwv.at/english/odlres/res8/Grammar/grammar_exercises/tenses/past_perfect/pastperf1.htm
http://www.learnenglish.de/Games/Tenses/PastPerfectTest.htm
http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/grammar/tense/3.1.xml
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/140.html

This is a 'challenge' exercise that only a few of you will understand. +2 if you can do these questions!!!
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs11.htm

Enjoy these videos to see the 'time shift' sentences, more commonly known as past perfect sentences, used in real context.

75 comments:

  1. Did we learn about this yet? (was out sick)

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  2. Not yet .. Abbie... but tomorrow you will learn how to 'manipulate time' in your narrative writing...!!!

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  4. it's on the blog..on the lefthand side called 'states and capitals'...isn't it?

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  6. Mr. Buxton- It is. I wouldn't use that to remember the states and their capitals because they're in random order. If you forget one word, you won't be able to know the rest.

    -Forrester

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  8. Does anybody know exactly what we need to know for the SS test?

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  9. does anyone have the definition for the vocab word barrier island??? if u do could u please post it on the blog? Thanks!

    ~ Maddie Weber

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  10. Maddie,
    A barrier island is a low,sandy island along the southeast Atlantic coast

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  11. Also,does anyone know what the 3 primary landforms are in the southeast?

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  12. ya coastlines, coastal plains, mountains, and the wetlands! thanks 4 the definition!!!

    ~ Maddie

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  13. hiya. Maddie...I have the definition for barrier islands...here it is...a broadened barrier beach, habitable in places, that provides a measure of protection for the mainland, as during hurricanes and tidal waves.Tada. Also...Maddie...a good way to study is have your mom call out the definition and you say the vocab word. your welcome. happy studieing!

    Love
    MC Beecy

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  14. Are you sure because on the study sheet it said 3.

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  15. Catie- I'm pretty sure coastlines and coastal plains are the same.

    What does our percent have to be to get two +points

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  16. Forrester are you talking about the last question on the blog that is +2 points? I don't know if it matters but I printed it out so he could look at it tomorrow.
    Abigail

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  17. our ruff draft is due tomarrow right?

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  18. I am having sooooo much truble with the worksheet!!!!! CAN ANYONE EXPLANE IT AND GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE!!!!

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  19. MC- The bottom half is just like that excersise on the blog. For the top half, figure out which happened first and write that second. Combine the sentences by using after or because.

    ex:Bob became sick. A kid who was sick came to school.
    Bob became sick because a kid who was sick came to school.

    -Forrester

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  20. Wait, if you get IOO% you get +2 because I got 75%.





    RyAn S.

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  21. are you allowed to try again if you have to get IOO%?




    RyAn S.

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  22. Forrester.. your example is not correct

    remember...you need a had+participle

    i don't have the w/sheet here but i think the answer might be..
    The child was sick because another sick child had come to school

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  23. Mr. Buxton, what are the 3 main landforms of the southeast?

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  24. yeah really what are they i am wondering but maybe if i could search it on google



    RyAn S.

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  25. Mr.Buxton- Sorry, I was trying to make a different example,(It's harder to make a question than to answer it, like it's harder to be a teacher than to be a student.)

    -Forrester

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  26. mountains, rivers, forests is what i got



    RyAn S.

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  27. f you get IOO% you get +2 because I got 75%.





    RyAn S.

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  28. Anyone would this be a correct time shift?
    Bob was sick. He ate to much ice cream. Into, Bob was sick beacuse he had eaten to much ice cream.


    -Sabrina

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  29. mr. buxton what are the 4 major landforms

    flynn

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  30. Ryan S. I don't think that forest would be a landform for the South East because we never talked about it in class. I'm pretty sure they are coastal plains, mountains, and wetlands as said before.

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  31. Flynn, are there four major landforms? I thought there only three.

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  32. ok thanks but aren't wetlands also called piedmonts?




    RyAn S.

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  33. ok ya it is three?
    on the personal narative do you have to write a rough draft of the whole thing or just a little bit

    flynn

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  34. flynn- you dont have to write any but you can!!!!!!!
    (at least for my class!!!!!!!!!!!)

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  35. relly????? ill ask mr b
    who are you?

    flynn

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  36. mr. buxton? on the personal narative thing do we have to write the whole first draft or just a little-bit

    flynn

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  38. how do you know?????
    really who are you tell me?

    flynn

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  41. stop i am not kidding who are you???????????????????????

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  42. Flynn-look around Flynn to find the easy answer(:

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  43. Ryan S. The wetlands and piedmont aren't the same thing. The piedmont and platue are the same.

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  44. coastline plain, plateau (Piedmont), and moutain ranges

    No you do not have to write the whole narrative. Feel free to begin it if you wish...Begin with plenty of sensory language that sets the scene...

    Maybe we were too rushed today...but the creativity and sensory lanhuage in the paired 'show not tell' game was missing on the blue cards :-(
    Make sure that your narrative contain he sights, souuds, and emotions of the event you are describing

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  47. Mr.Buxton, on the test if we put platue instead of piedmont will it be counted wrong?

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  49. Flynn, no Hayden is tigernation1

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  52. Sabrina...proably not... but why not use both to be certain?

    Everybody
    Please remember to clearly sign your comments at all times when posting.(if your name is not displayed on heading)

    Please keep conversations ONLY about academics. NO straying from academics. Last warning to posters.

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  55. hey mr. buxton i would like a little help on the writing thing so i can understand it better.

    flynn

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