Grammar Lesson 14
November 9, 2015
Review Set 14
Pages 85-87
Questions 6-30
Review
Participles
Participles are formed as verbs, but used as
adjectives. Participles usually end with ing.
Remember, present tense verbs end with s or es, but
present participles end with ing.
Present Tense
Present Participle
walks
Is walking
talks
Is talking
retrieves
Is retrieving
Review
Collective Nouns
Collective nouns are specific nouns which show more than one of
something. It is a word like family, team, group, or collection. Plural
nouns were at one point singular, but collective nouns always
describe more than one of something.
Plural
Collective
kittens
litter
students
class
soldiers
regiment
Review
Compound Nouns
Compound nouns can be formed in two ways.
They can be one word made from two smaller words. For example,
fingernail (finger + nail), doorknob (door +knob), and butterfly
(butter + fly) are all compound nouns.
Compound nouns can also be two or more separate words used as a
phrase to name one person, place, or thing. For example, United
States of America, roller skates, and mother in law are all
Prepositions
Prepositions are words which show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the
sentence.
The simple prepositions are listed on page 81 of your textbook. Here are a few of them:
Aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, alongside, amid, among, around, at, before, behind,
below, beneath, beside, besides, between, but, by, concerning, considering, despite, down, during,
except, excepting, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of.
Remember that simple prepositions are always followed by a person, place, or thing.
For example:
Our Constitution protects us from a dictator.
The word from is preposition, and the word dictator, which names a person, follows it.
Complex prepositions
Complex prepositions are made up of two or more words. For example, the
following are all complex prepositions:
In behalf of
Alongside of
Down from
Except for
Prior to
Over to
There is a more complete list of complex prepositions on page 82 of your
textbook. Remember, when you see two or more prepositions used together,
that is a complex preposition.
Examples
Underline each simple and complex preposition in sentences
a and b. Answers are on the next slide.
a. According to Article II of the Constitution, and prior to the
Twenty Second amendment, the President had no term
limits.
b. The Electoral College elects the President on behalf of the
American people.
Examples (answer page)
Underline each simple and complex preposition in sentences a and b.
a. According to Article II of the Constitution, and
prior to the Twenty Second amendment, the
President had no term limits.
b. The Electoral College elects the President on
behalf of the American people.
Lesson 14
Review Set 14
Page 85
Questions 6-30
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