The Best Things in Life are Free

The moon belongs to everyone.
The best things in life are free.


The stars all shine for everyone.
They're shining there for you and me.


The flowers in spring;




The sunbeams that shine –
They’re yours; they’re mine.



And love can come to everyone.
The best things in life are free.





1. VOCABULARY Circle the meaning.
Moonbeams
(a) rays of light from the moon (b) kinds of candy (c) the Chinese calendar

2. RHYMES are words that have the same vowel sounds. e.g. see and tea

What words rhyme in the song?
a. ______________rhymes with free.
b. spring rhymes with _______________ .
c. shine rhymes with ________________ .


3. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS replace the noun with a pronoun.

Possessive adjectives Possessive pronouns

my book/s mine
your book/s yours
his book/s his
her book/s hers
its leg/s its
our books/s ours
your book/s yours
their book/s theirs

In the song, “They’re yours; they’re mine.”
Yours and mine refer to ____________________________________

4. IRREGUAR SUPERLATIVES (compared to all others)
the best
adjective comparative superlative
good better than the best
bad worse than the worst
far farther than the farthest

Your turn. Please write your own sentences using the superlative.

a. the best ________________________________________________________

b. the worst ________________________________________________________

c. the farthest ________________________________________________________



5. Work with your partner and find . . .
TENSE
SUBJECTS and VERBS; PRESENT/PAST SINGULAR/PLURAL INFINITIVE
a. moon belongs √ √ to belong
b. things are √ √ to be
c._____________________________________________________________________

d. _____________________________________________________________________

e. _____________________________________________________________________

d. _____________________________________________________________________

e. _____________________________________________________________________

f. _____________________________________________________________________

g. _____________________________________________________________________

h. _____________________________________________________________________

i. _____________________________________________________________________

j. _____________________________________________________________________


6. PREPOSITIONS (a group of words consisting of a preposition and an object)
e.g. with my friend behind the big desk on top of it for him

How many prepositional phrases can you find?
a. to everyone
b.
c.
d.

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