Change the words in the sentence below as indicated. You can only change the exact word in the sequence given; after someone else has posted the next change, then you can post another change. Student 1 writes #1 Subject Noun, and changes the subject noun; Student 2 writes #2 Direct Object Noun, and changes that noun. Each student only makes one change at a time and keeps to the order indicated.If you complete all 7 changes, then start making more changes again from 1 to 7.
Sam usually saves his hard-earned money in the bank.
1. change the subject noun 2. change the direct object noun
3. change the indirect object noun 4. change the verb name
5. change the adjective 6. change the adverb
7. change the verb tense
Last week you got all the way from
Rachida quickly gave her young son a hug before he went to school.
to
Mrs.Smith gladly offered her diminutive neighbor a scarf as the teenager runs to school.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
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My father usually saves his hard-earned money in the bank.
2;Direct object
My father usually saves his hard-earned dollars in the bank.
Andra: Yes, now remember to identify it as as #1, subject noun.
Bernie: Yes, and identify it as #2, direct object noun.
#3. change the indirect object noun:
My father usually saves his hard-earned dollars in the safe.
#4. change the verb:
My father usually saved his hard-earned dollars in a safe.
5. change the adjective
My father usually saved his spareable dollars in a safe.
#6 Change the adverb
My father never saved his spareable dollars in a safe.
Nadia: Good.
Sara: Yes, but note you were asked to change the verb name, not the verb tense here.
Andra: Yes, but "spare" is the correct adjective;-)
Bernie: Good--but next student please get rid of 'spareable'.
7. change the verb tense
My father had never saved his spare dollars in a safe.
Nadia: Good.
#1; Change the subject noun
Mrs. Reynolds had never saved her spare dollars in a safe.
Bernie: Good--you noticed that you needed to change the pronoun, too:-)
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