MONDAY: Identify each word's PART OF SPEECH. Noun (common ... participle;
gerund phrase, object of the gerund; object complement) cannibal canoe ...
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Daily Grammar Practice WEEK # TWELVE
MONDAY: Identify each word’s PART OF SPEECH. Noun (common, proper, possessive); Pronoun (type: personal [1st, 2nd , 3rd person], reflexive, relative, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite); Adverb; Adjective; Preposition; Conjunction (coordinating, subordinating, correlative); Verb (type: action, linking, helping; tense: part, present, future, past perfect, present perfect, future perfect); Verbal (gerund, participle, infinitive)
cannibal canoe hurricane and barbecue were some of the first words borrowed from native americans TUESDAY: Identify the SENTENCE PARTS AND PHRASES. Subject; Verb (transitive, intransitive);Complement (direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective); Phrases (appositive/appositive phrase; adv or adj prepositional phrase, object of the preposition; infinitive phrase, object of the infinitive, subject of the infinitive; participle phrase, object of the participle; gerund phrase, object of the gerund; object complement)
cannibal canoe hurricane and barbecue were some of the first words borrowed from native americans WEDNESDAY: identify CLAUSES AND SENTENCE TYPE. Clauses (Independent—there must always be an independent clause; Dependent—adv, adj, noun); Sentence Type (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex)
cannibal canoe hurricane and barbecue were some of the first words borrowed from native americans
THURSDAY: add PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION Semicolon, colon, apostrophe, underlining, quotation marks, hyphen, dash, comma
cannibal canoe hurricane and barbecue were some of the first words borrowed from native americans
FRIDAY: Grammar Focus—Subjunctive and Subject-Verb Agreement 1. Read pages 67-71 of chapter 2 from Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. 2. Select the correct verb in the sentences below, and then 3. Give a reason for why you selected that verb. 1. The herd of cows is/are hungry.
2. The woman said that if she was/were a bit taller, she could reach the ceiling.
3. Do you think that everyone is/are going to think we is/are crazy for loving grammar?
4. He walked speedily along the beach, as if he was/were a flash of lightening in the night sky.
5. I need someone to tell me if the group of pencils is/are sufficient for the SAT’s.
6. I wish I was/were home in my snuggly pajamas, and while I was/were hoping this scenario was/were true with all my might, the bright sunshine mocked me.
Extra Credit: Find misuses of the subjunctive verb tense in published works (self-published works excluded). You must bring me the print out or show a picture as proof. 0.5 Extra credit points per instance. Good for up to 4 extra credit points. This offer is invalidated if the assignment is late. Examples: Joan Osborn sings, “What if God was one of us.” and Gwen Stefani sings, “If I was a rich girl.” You may not use these examples as your extra credit.
