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Grammar Inventory
Circle the COMMON NOUNS in the sentences below:
Circle the PREPOSITIONS in the sentences below:
13. Over the mountain and through the jungle was
where we found my brother.
1.
The car drove off the road.
2. Santa Claus delivers many presents.
3. Liberty, to some, seems like a mere illusion.
Circle the PROPER NOUNS in the sentences below:
4.
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France.
5. The Catcher in the Rye is that guy’s favorite
14. The man with the neon green shirt had
ridiculous animadversions on his website about
the Showtime series Homeland.
15. After the storm, we went to the game.
Correctly label each sentence as one of the following:
simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex
novel.
AND
6. Hurrican Katrina destroyed the lives of many
just one decade ago.
Circle the PRONOUNS in the sentences below:
7.
Did you do your homework?
8. I asked John if he could bring me some pizza,
but he said no.
Place a SQUARE around independent clauses and a
CIRCLE around dependent clauses
16. _________ "I'd rather be a lightning rod
than a seismograph.”
17. _________John, Jack, Amy, Sarah, and Paige all
couldn’t agree on what they should do while
Circle the VERBS in the sentences below:
9. The idea of moving away from is terrifying to
some people.
10. Running is indeed a sport.
Circle the ADJECTIVES in the sentences below:
they were at the beach.
18. _________Because the farther north ones goes
the more snow can be expected, I will stay here
of go somewhere warmer.
19. _________After Ben came home from school,
he ate a sandwich as a snack, but his mother
11. The mangled vehicle was delivered to the
junkyard yesterday.
12. Purple is my favorite color.
accosted him for ruining his appetite.
20. How must we punctuation coordinating
conjunctions(FANBOYS) when they tie 2
sentences together? Explain in complete
sentences.