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| This kind of sentence has just one independent clause. |
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| This kind of sentence has two independent clauses. |
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| This kind of sentence has an independent clause and at least one dependent (subordinate) clause. |
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| verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs |
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| What do adjectives modify? |
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| What ending is often found on adverbs? |
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| Name the two types of conjunctions. |
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| coordinating and subordinating |
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| What word helps students remember all of the coordinating conjunctions? |
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For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
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| What kind of punctuation can be found after the first clause in a compound sentence? |
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either a comma with a conjunction
or a semicolon |
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| a helping verb and main verb |
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Name the verb phrase in this sentence:
Martha was serving lunch on the patio. |
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Name the verb phrase in the following sentence:
I will not be attending the dance. |
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will be attending
hint: remember that not is an adverb and is never part of the verb phrase |
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Name the verb phrase in the following sentence:
The clever student did not want to disappoint his loving teacher. |
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| Any of these: he, she, him, her, they, them, we, us, I, me, you, it |
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Find the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
After the game they had pizza. |
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Find the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
He found his missing paper under his bed. |
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Find the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
Although Brad was clever, he couldn't outwit his mom on the game show. |
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Find the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
Hard-working students will always find the job of their dreams! |
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Find the simple subject in the following sentence:
Hard-working students will always find the job of their dreams! |
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Find the simple subject in the following sentence:
Although Mychal was clever, he couldn't outwit his mom on the game show. |
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Find the simple subject in the following sentence:
After the game they ate pizza. |
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Find the direct object in the following sentence:
After the game they ate pizza. |
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Find the adjectives in this sentence:
The little dog was playful. |
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Find the adjective in this sentence:
The mother poured the steaming soup into the bowls. |
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steaming
(The articles a, an, and the can also be classified as adjectives.) |
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Find the adjective(s) in this sentence:
Clever students practiced carefully for the grammar exam. |
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clever, grammar
(The articles a, an, and the can also be classified as adjectives.) |
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Find the adverb in this sentence:
Clever students practiced carefully for the grammar exam. |
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Find the adverb in this passage:
The child would not finish his spinach. UGH! |
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Find the interjection in this passage:
The child would not finish his spinach. UGH! |
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| Name three subordinate conjunctions. |
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Most common:
because, since, after, when, as, if, whenever (consult your "Ain't Grammar Great" handout for others) |
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Finish this sentence:
Proper nouns are always... |
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Finish this sentence:
Common nouns are never... |
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Which of these should be
proper nouns:
president obama urged the congress to pass the health care act |
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President Obama
Congress
Health Care Act |
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Action verbs may be followed by either (a) a direct object
(b) a predicate word
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Linking verbs may be followed
by either
(a) a direct object
(b) a predicate word |
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| Name the three types of predicate words... |
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predicate noun
predicate pronoun
predicate adjective |
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Find the predicate word:
My teacher is simply beautiful! |
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Find the predicate word(s):
Seventh grade students are
clever and fun! |
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Find the predicate word:
This is she. |
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Find the predicate word:
He is the President. |
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| What is an antecedent to a pronoun? |
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| The antecedent is the word to which the pronoun points. For example, examine this sentence: My father loves noodles, and he likes to slurp them through his lips. His is the pronoun, and its antecedent is father. |
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Identify the antecendent to the pronoun:
My brother loves to play his violin. |
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| brother (the pronoun is his) |
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Identify the antecendent to the pronoun:
Miss Constant and Miss Swanigan let us see their engagement rings! |
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Miss Constant, Miss Swanigan
(the pronoun is their) |
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Identify the antecedent to the pronoun in the following sentence:
Miss Collier showed us some of her fabulous photography. |
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| Miss Collier is the antecedent to the pronoun her. |
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