No Mistakes Grammar for Kids, Volume IV E-Book

Giacomo Giammatteo

• Herausgeber: Inferno Publishing Company
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Serie: No Mistakes Grammar for Kids
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Seitenzahl: 22

Beschreibung

Have you ever heard your child say would of or could of or should of?

Or have they ever mixed up the use of you're and your? Have you?

If either of those cases fit the bill, then this book is for them. Let Queen Shinobi teach them the proper way to use those words, and let them learn why.

This is the third volume in the No Mistakes Grammar for Kids series. Do your child a favor and pick this book up. The others have worked well—it seems as if Queen Shinobi is a good teacher.  

Leseprobe

No Mistakes Grammar for Kids, Volume IV

Would’ve, Should’ve, and Your and You’re

Giacomo Giammatteo

Inferno Publishing Company

© 2017 Giacomo Giammatteo. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

Inferno Publishing Company

Houston, TX

For more information about this book visit my website.

Edition ISBNs

Trade Paperback 978-1-940313-78-8

E-book 978-1-940313-77-1

Cover design by Natasha Brown

Book design by Giacomo Giammatteo

This edition was prepared by Giacomo Giammatteo [email protected]

Created with Vellum

Contents

I. Contractions

1. “Should of” and “Would of” and “Could of”

2. The Answer

II. Confusing Ones—Your and You’re

1. A Visit with the Queen

2. Shinobi

3. The Long Walk Home

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by Giacomo Giammatteo

III. Cast of Characters

4. Pigs

5. Dogs

6. Cats

7. Horse

8. Dennis

Part I

Contractions

Contractions are great—most of the time.

What are contractions? They’re simply a way of forming one word out of two, like I did at the beginning of this sentence. I said “they’re” instead of “they are”.

And they work great most of the time—usually right up until they don’t. I haven’t seen any problems with contractions like can’t, don’t, won’t, and didn’t. They are short for ‘can not’, ‘do not’, ‘will not’, and ‘did not.’ And I’ve never seen people mess them up.

But where contractions get messed up is when the shortened version sounds similar to something else, whether it’s a real word or not. Our first example is about the mix-ups that occur with words that mean nothing, The second example is about words that sound alike.

“Should of” and “Would of” and “Could of”

Punch cleared the sleep from his eyes and stumbled out the barn door, then he did what he usually did and walked over to soak up the morning sun while he munched on grass. It wasn’t long before Bertie and Mama Squeak joined him.

“Oh, my, you’re up early,” Squeak said.

“Yeah, and I should of stayed in bed,” Punch said.

“You mean should have stayed in bed.”

“That’s what I said.”

“No. You said ‘should of’ when you meant ‘should’ve.’”

Punch began running in circles and laughing. “I got you this time, Mom. It’s should of. Everybody knows that.”

“Really? Well, maybe you better go ask Queen Shinobi.”

“I knew