Overall Review of
Tenth Grade Grammar
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word(s):
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Auks use their strong wings to swim
quickly through water.
Parts of Speech
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word(s):
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Auk is the name of a family of seabirds
that includes puffins.
Parts of Speech
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The great auks were short-necked and
squat-bodied birds.
Parts of Speech
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word(s):
Unable to fly but able to swim and dive,
the great auks bred on the shores of the
Northern Hemisphere.
Parts of Speech
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They became extinct in the nineteenth
century—in fact, in 1844.
Parts of Speech
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word(s):
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Some of these birds were thirty inches tall
and three feet long. Wow!
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word(s):
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The adult bird had a large white patch in
front of the eye.
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A stuffed specimen of the great auk may
be seen at the Smithsonian Institution.
Parts of Speech
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This institution, which contains a
museum, is located in Washington, D.C.
Parts of Speech
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word(s):
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It was established in 1846 with money left
by James Smithson, a British scientist.
Parts of Speech
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parentheses.
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(predicate nominative) One of my favorite
authors is Jane Austen.
Parts of the Sentence
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parentheses.
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(direct object)
early 1800s.
She wrote novels in the
Parts of the Sentence
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parentheses.
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(objective complement) Many critics
consider her a genius.
Parts of the Sentence
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parentheses.
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(simple subject) I love her novel Pride and
Prejudice.
Parts of the Sentence
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parentheses.
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(complete predicate) Mr. Darcy is
fascinating.
Parts of the Sentence
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parentheses.
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(complete predicate) Mr. Darcy is
fascinating.
Parts of the Sentence
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parentheses.
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(simple predicate) Wickham pulls tricks on
a number of female characters.
Parts of the Sentence
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parentheses.
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(indirect object) I gave Meg a copy of the
book.
Parts of the Sentence
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Identify the prepositional phrase as either
an adjective or adverb.
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I love chocolate cake with raspberry
icing.
Phrases
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an adjective or adverb.
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The team celebrated after the
championship game.
Phrases
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gerund or participle.
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Waiting patiently, the passengers stood
in line for the bus.
Phrases
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gerund or participle.
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Writing the paper about the Civil War
was a difficult assignment.
Phrases
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gerund or participle.
I have one more chapter to read.
Phrases
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gerund or participle.
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Inspired by the Southwest, Georgia
O’Keeffe included animal bones, flowers,
and the desert in her paintings.
Phrases
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or subordinate.
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Although the final exam was Monday,
they decided to take a weekend trip.
Clauses
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or subordinate.
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They had a great time, but they
overslept.
Clauses
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or subordinate.
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When they returned to campus that
afternoon, they went to their professor’s
office.
Clauses
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clause, adjective clause, or adverb clause.
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The poem that we read was truly
romantic.
Clauses
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clause, adjective clause, or adverb clause.
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After reading it silently, we read it aloud.
Clauses
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clause, adjective clause, or adverb clause.
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When you read a sonnet, you should do
so with special care.
Clauses
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clause, adjective clause, or adverb clause.
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A sonnet is a poem that contains fourteen
lines.
Clauses
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clause, adjective clause, or adverb clause.
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I wonder what the writer was like.
Clauses
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simple, compound, complex, or
compound-complex.
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A teacher injured his back one summer
and he had to wear a plaster cast around
the upper part of his body.
Clauses
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simple, compound, complex, or
compound-complex.
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Because he wore it under his shirt, it was
not noticeable at all.
Clauses
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simple, compound, complex, or
compound-complex.
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On the first day of school, he found
himself assigned to what was supposedly
the toughest class in the whole district.
Clauses
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simple, compound, complex, or
compound-complex.
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After walking confidently into the rowdy
classroom, he opened the window as wide
as possible.
Clauses
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simple, compound, complex, or
compound-complex.
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Then he looked at his class list.
Clauses
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punctuation.
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Ann this is your first visit to the
planetarium I believe
Punctuation
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punctuation.
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At least three fourths of the pizza was
consumed in the first twenty five minutes
of the party
Punctuation
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punctuation.
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Yolandas new sweater she says its from
Peru is colorful and beautiful
Punctuation
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punctuation.
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It was Richard III who said My kingdom
for a horse, Russ stated
Punctuation
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punctuation.
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In his book Walden, Thoreau writes, “The
mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation
But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to
do desperate things.”
Punctuation
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punctuation.
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My favorite short story is The Pit and the
Pendulum
Punctuation
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punctuation.
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Hayrides apple pies and falling leaves
these are the reasons I love fall
Punctuation
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punctuation.
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Pioneers on their way to California faced
many dangers starvation disease and
flooded rivers
Punctuation
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punctuation.
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The mountain cabin was cold dark and
dirty but this was where we had agreed to
spend our vacation
Punctuation
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punctuation.
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According to the article we read the plane
bound for London England disappeared in
a storm in February 1952
Punctuation
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punctuation.
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Sharon Prosser M D is the recipient of the
$3000 award sponsored by the town of
Medina Ohio
Punctuation