GRAMMAR BASICS
These are the 8 parts of speech.
What are noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction, interjection, preposition?
These are the Linking Verbs.
This is the definition of an ADJECTIVE. BONUS: These are the questions that an adjective answers.
What is the part of speech that modifies a noun or pronoun? BONUS: What kind? How many? Which one? Whose?
This is the PRONOUN definition.
A pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition.
Anne arrived early.
S-Vi early = adverb
reagan and hazel climbed the stairs, and met emma at the top.
Reagan and Hazel climbed the stairs and met Emma at the top.
These are 5 parts that every sentence should have.
What are: subject, predicate, capital letter, end mark, make sense?
These are the Helping Verbs.
What are: do, does, did, has, have, had, may, must, might, am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been, should, could, would, shall, will, can?
This is the definition of an ADVERB. BONUS: These are the questions an adverb answers.
This is the term for the noun that the pronoun replaces.
What is antecedent?
The commuter boat is cost-efficient and highly effective.
S-VL-PA PA = cost-efficient & effective
charis ana and evie are reading about the 1200's for History.
Charis, Ana, and Evie are reading about the 1200s for history.
These are the principal elements of a sentence. BONUS: These are the defintions of the principal elements.
What are subject and predicate? (the words that sit on the baseline) BONUS: The subject is who or what the sentence is about. The predicate is what is being said about the subject.
Identify the correct form of the verb listed. a. past participle: I ( am knowing / have known ) a lot about moles. b. past: Last year, one little fellow ( had run / ran ) under the porch.
a. past participle: I ( have known ) a lot about moles. b. past: Last year, one little fellow ( ran ) under the porch.
This is the Preposition Definition. BONUS: these are all the parts of the phrase.
A preposition is a word (or words) that connects a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. BONUS: a prepositional phrase contains a Preposition + [modifiers] + Object of the Preposition.
These are the 4 types of PERSONAL PRONOUNS in Chapter 4. DD
What are Subject, object, possessive, absolute?
Does the harbor become a water highway?
S-Vl-PN PN = highway
andrew please order 3 pizza's for the Davis's.
Andrew, please order three pizzas for the Davises.
In the following sentence from Sindbad the Sailor, these are the predicate nominatives: “Do not be alarmed, my friend . . . I am not the King, but his son-in-law.”
What are: King & son-in-law? “Do not be alarmed, my friend . . . I am not the King, but his son-in-law.”
Identify the correct form of the verb listed. a. present: They often ( build / built ) their tunnels in our garden. b. present participle: Those pests ( dig / are digging ) more tunnels again.
a. present: They often ( build ) their tunnels in our garden. b. present participle: Those pests ( are digging ) more tunnels again.
In the following sentence, identify the prepositional phrases: He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she longed for was not to be hers after all. They drove over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that [the neighbor] Mrs. Rachel couldn’t see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables.
He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she longed for was not to be hers after all. They drove over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that [the neighbor] Mrs. Rachel couldn’t see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables.
Find the personal pronouns: He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she longed for was not to be hers after all. They drove over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that [the neighbor] Mrs. Rachel couldn’t see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables.
He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she longed for was not to be hers after all. They drove over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that [the neighbor] Mrs. Rachel couldn’t see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables.
Kindly take your ticket and watch the game.
S-Vt-DO (You) = implied subject, Kindly = adverb, DO = ticket, game
sinbad the sailor and other tales from the Arabian Nights by n j dawood
Sinbad the Sailor and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights by N. J. Dawood
Rewrite the following sentence by including a predicate adjective: Those energetic people are the car salesmen.
Those car salesmen are really energetic.
to raise: List the principal parts of this verb (verb forms). BONUS: Is this a regular or irregular verb?
raise/raises, raised, (is) raising, (has) raised BONUS: regular
In the following sentence from Johnny Tremain, identify the adjectives (ignore articles): “[Cilla] gave him a piece of cold meat pie, a flat loaf of rye bread, [and] dried apples.” BONUS: this is the adjective that is diagrammed differently from the rest.
“[Cilla] gave him a piece of cold meat pie, a flat loaf of rye bread, [and] dried apples.” BONUS: dried
Fix these sentences: Marilla waited for you and I. Mrs. Rachel saw Matthew and I in the wagon.
Marilla waited for you and me. Mrs. Rachel saw Matthew and me in the wagon.
In the story, Anne never calls him Uncle Matthew.
S-Vt-DO-OCN DO = him, OCN = Matthew
The hobbit or there and back again by j r r tolkien
The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien
These are the 3 types of predicates. BONUS: And these are the definitions of each of them.
What are predicate verbs, predicate nouns, & predicate adjectives? BONUS: Predicate verbs are action verbs (Vi or Vt), predicate nouns RENAME the subject, & predicate adjectives DESCRIBE the subject.
to rise: List the principal parts of this verb (verb forms). BONUS: Is this a regular or irregular verb?
rise/rises, rose, (is) rising, (has) risen BONUS: irregular
In the following sentence, identify the adverbs: They drove over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that [the neighbor] Mrs. Rachel couldn’t see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables.
They drove over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that [the neighbor] Mrs. Rachel couldn’t see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables.
Identify these as subject, object, possessive, or absolute pronouns: He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she longed for was not to be hers after all. They drove over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that [the neighbor] Mrs. Rachel couldn’t see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables.
subject = He, it, he, she, They object = them possessive = her absolute = hers
“Do not be alarmed, my friend . . . I am not the King, but his son-in-law.” DD
S-Vl-PA, NDA (Noun of Direct Address) = friend, S-Vl-PN, PN = King, son-in-law
malachi eats tacos with jc & esmond so these wrappers mus be his. (watch out for the pronoun!)
Malachi eats tacos with J.C. and Esmond, so these wrappers must be Malachi's. OR Malachi eats tacos with J.C. and Esmond, so these wrappers must be theirs.