Super Bowl 51

     Did you watch Super Bowl 51 on Sunday night?  If so, you saw an exciting, historical game!  Many experts predicted that the New England Patriots would be victorious, naming the head coach of the Patriots, Bill Belichick, one of the most successful head coaches ever to coach in NFL Football.  Many were surprised when the Atlanta Falcons led the game with the winning score for the entire game.  Falcons fans were hopeful for a win, but they were shocked when the Patriots tied the game with few seconds left in the fourth quarter.  In the first Super Bowl to ever go into overtime, the New England Patriots scored a touchdown, winning the game.  This meant that Tom Brady, the quarterback of the Patriots, became the quarterback with the most Super Bowl wins in NFL history.


Vocabulary:
historical- (adj) describing something in the past
predicted- (v) past tense for the word "predict" meaning to make a guess about an event in the future
victorious- (adj) describing a winner
successful- (adj) describing one who has accomplished a goal
entire- (adj) whole or total
hopeful- (adj) describing one who believes that what is possible will be good
overtime- (n) the name for extra time in sports to break a tie


Vocabulary Exercise: Create your own sentence for each vocabulary word.  Remember to start each sentence with a capital letter and end each sentence with correct punctuation.

1. historical: _______________________________________________

2. predicted: _______________________________________________

3. victorious: ______________________________________________

4. successful: ______________________________________________

5. entire: __________________________________________________

6. hopeful: ________________________________________________

7. overtime: _______________________________________________


Grammar Point: Articles
Articles are words that are used before a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to.  The article "the" is a definite article that refers to one specific thing.  The articles "a" and "an" are indefinite articles that do not refer to a particular thing.  "A" is used before a noun that starts with a consonant.  "An" is used before a word that starts with a vowel.


Grammar Activity:
Please write 3 sentences that each include one of the three articles.