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Daily Grammar Practice. Fall 2011. August 22, 2011. Directions: Write the sentence on your paper in ink. Label the parts of speech. Every word is a part of speech so they should all be labeled. Label what kind of verb and conjunction. Their team will practice after school. Answers.
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Daily Grammar Practice Fall 2011
August 22, 2011 Directions: Write the sentence on your paper in ink. Label the parts of speech. Every word is a part of speech so they should all be labeled. Label what kind of verb and conjunction. Their team will practice after school.
Answers • Their = possessive pronoun • team = concrete noun • will = helping verb • practice = action verb • after = preposition • school = concrete noun • Notes: • There = demonstrative pronoun (placement) • They’re = contraction – they + are • Their = possessive pronoun (whose is it?) • Prepositions = must be part of a prepositional phrase • Helping verbs are only helping if there is another verb present
August 29, 2011 Directions: Write the sentence on your paper in ink. Label the parts of speech. Every word is a part of speech so they should all be labeled. Label what kind of verb and conjunction. Jeb likes cars, but he can’t drive yet.
Answers: • Jeb: noun • likes: action verb • cars: noun • but: coordinating conjunction • he: pronoun • can’t: can – helping verb not – adverb • drive: action verb • yet: adverb • Notes: • Not is not a verb! • Yet – common adverb, answer question, when? • Coordinating conjunction with a comma connects two independent clauses
September 12, 2011 Directions: Write the sentence on your paper in ink. Label the parts of speech. Every word is a part of speech so they should all be labeled. Label what kind of verb and conjunction. Sara read the novel To Kill a Mockingbird in her English class.
Answers: • Sara: noun • Read: action verb • The: article, adjective • Novel: noun • To Kill a Mockingbird: noun • In: preposition • Her: possessive pronoun • English: adjective • Class: noun
September 19, 2011 Directions: Write the sentence on your paper in ink. Label the parts of speech. Every word is a part of speech so they should all be labeled. Label what kind of verb and conjunction. Can you come over and watch the movie Casablanca after school?
Answers: • Can: helping verb • You: pronoun • Come: action verb • Over: adverb • And: coordinating conjunction • Watch: action verb • The: adjective • Movie: noun • Casablanca: noun • After: preposition • School: noun
September 26, 2011 Directions: Write the sentence on your paper in ink. Label the parts of the sentence. Subject(s), verb(s), compliment(s), phrase(s), clause(s) and sentence type. Each of the girls did her homework.
Answers: • Each: Subject • Of the girls: Prepositional phrase – adj. • Did: action verb • Her: personal pronoun • Homework: direct object