Grammar basics

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• Middelbare school
• MBO
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Let's talk about grammar :) 

The goals for today:

- You can tell when to use capital letters using the acronym 'M.I.N.T.S.'

- You can tell the difference between 'their',  'they're' and 'there'

- You know how contractions work in English grammar

Pop quiz:
Which of these words is not properly capitalized?

1. Meergronden
2. Anna
3. i
4. September

Capitalize all nessesary letters in this sentence:
my father hann always spends a lot of time in the kitchen, especially in december around christmas time.

fall is my favourite season because around november the leaves start falling and i get to re-watch gilmore girls.

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Contractions!

No, not the pregnancy kind :) 

Rewrite the sentence with contractions:
He will go to the store when he is done with his homework.

This is not the most difficult sentence, but it is still a bit hard.

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_____ mum is the nicest mum I've ever met.

1. There
2. Their
3. They're

Oh, I live over ____.

1. there
2. their
3. they're

I can't stand them, _____ the worst people I've ever met.

1. there
2. their
3. they're

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What do the letters in the acronym 'mints' stand for?

Make a sentence using two contractions.

Make a sentence using the word there and their.

Additional practice

https://english.lingolia.com/en/vocabulary/confusing-words/their-theyre-there/exercises

https://agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/contractions/write-1.htm