3.
Answer these questions with a complete sentence.
What did God make on day one?
What did He make on day two?
What did He make on day three?
What did God make on day four?
What did God make on day five?
What did God make on day six?
Verbs tell what the subject does. The word receiving the
action of the verb is called a direct object. The words that
A direct object is a word or word group
that receives an action.
tell what God made are called objects of the verbs, or direct
objects.
God made light. Made is an action verb. Light is the object
of the verb to make. It is the direct object of made.
Write 3 sentences with direct objects.
4. When did God create the heavens and the earth?
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. On
day six God created animals. In the beginning and on day
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that starts with a
preposition and ends with a noun or noun substitute.
Prepositional phrases can be used as adjectives and adverbs.
They tell place, time, direction and relationship.
Some common prepositions: on, in, at, above, below, by,
from, under, with, about, through, of
This is a book to help you learn
English and basic Bible truths.
Read it.
Think about it.
Talk about it.
Learn it.
Use it.
It is recommended that you complete the lessons
in the Introduction book to this series before
starting this book.
How to use this book:
1. Read each page carefully. Try to understand.
2. Listen as someone else reads with correct
pronunciation. (your teacher, a CD, etc.)
3. Repeat the words correctly. Work on pronunciation.
4. Write your own sentences. Read and speak them out
loud. Be creative. Use new words in different ways.
5. Ask questions. Listen to the answers.
6. Make a list of new words and expressions.
7. Participate in discussions.
8. Do all the exercises.
9. Use a dictionary or ask someone about words you do
not understand.
10. Practice, practice, practice.
six. are prepositional phrases of time.
Where did God put the trees, plants, sun, moon,
stars, birds, fish, and animals? He put them on the land,
in the sky, in the sea. He put the sky above the land and sea.
On, the land, in, the sky, in the sea, above the land , are prepositional phrases of place.
Write 3 sentences with prepositional phrases.
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You can only learn a language when you use it. The
more you listen, read, speak and use, the more you will
learn.
Lesson 1
GOD IS OUR CREATOR. WE ARE HIS.
Genesis 1:1-25
In the beginning the One True God created the heavens and
the earth. He made light. He divided the light from the darkness. He made evening and morning. This was day one.
God created the firmament - air. He divided the water above
(in the heavens) from the water below (on the earth).
This was day two.
God created land or earth. He put
grass, trees, plants and seeds on the
land. He told them to grow, to reproduce and to multiply.
This was day three.
God made the sun, the moon and
the stars. He put them in the sky.
He told them to rule the days, nights
and seasons.
This was day four.
God created things
with life. He put fish in
the seas and birds in the
sky. This was day five.
God created animals
on the earth. Then God
made human beings.
This was day six.
1. Sentences make sense.
We read the English language in sentences.
A sentence is a group of words that makes sense.
It has a subject and a verb.
The subject names who or what the sentence is about.
The Verb shows action or states a fact about the subject.
Sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period
(.), question mark (?), or an exclamation point (!). This is
called punctuation.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth," is a complete sentence. It makes sense.
Who was in the beginning? God (subject)
God is a noun. It is the subject of the verb to create.
What did God do? created (verb)
Created is a verb. It states the action of the sentence.
"He made light," is a complete sentence. It has a subject and a verb.
Who made light? He
He is a pronoun. It takes the place of the noun, God.
The verbs created and made are action verbs. They
tell what God did.
Read the text on page one. Find five action verbs of things
God did. What is the subject of each verb?
Write three sentences with action verbs.
2. "This was day one," is a complete statement.
Who was in the beginning?
What did He do?
What did He create on day one?
What did God create on day two?
What did God create on day three?
What did God create on day four?
What did God create on day five?
What did God create on day six?
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It has a subject (This) and a verb (was).
It states a fact or a state of being.
The verb to be (and several other verbs) do not show action.
They express a state of being: God was. God is. God always
will be. God is eternal.
Write three sentences with express a state of being.
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