Discovering the X-Words

Logo by David Marte

The X-Word Families

The Have Family

HAVE

HAS

HAD

The Do Family

DO

DOES

DID

The Be Family

AM

IS

ARE

WAS

WERE

The X-Word Families

The Pairs

CAN - COULD SHALL - SHOULDWILL - WOULD

The “M” Family

MUST MIGHTMAY

THE FIVE USES OF X-WORDS

1. Make questions2. Find the subject3. Make negatives4. Add tense (time)5. Add meaning

• Make questions

• Find the subject

THE FIVE USES OF X-WORDS

All isfair in love and war.

X

Is all fair in love and war?X

X

The SUBJECT is between the two X-Word places

Subject

Predicate

All is fair in love and war.

All that you can possibly do, whether noble or hideous, isX

fair in love and war.

X

Subject PredicateAll that you can possibly do, whether noble or hideous,

is fair in love and war.

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