HONORS ENGLISH I: GRAMMAR
Grammar Pre-Test
Directions: Identify the form and function of the words in these sentences.
1. My boss at the pizza parlor gave everyone a raise.
2. Uncle Fred recently moved to Arizona for his health.
3. Typhoons and hurricanes are identical storms.
4. They simply occur in different parts of the world.
5. Hank’s strange behavior was out of character.
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Form = name of word classes such as noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, and
conjunction.
-Noun Phrase + Verb Phrase = Sentence
Function = their function in a given sentence such as subject, modifier of verb, direct
object, object of preposition, and appositive.
-Subject + Predicate = Sentence
Direct Objects = receives the verb’s action
Indirect Objects = recipient of the direct object
PRACTICE:
--Identify the form classes (don’t worry about noun and verb phrases yet) with
abbreviations (Art, N, Adj, V, Prep, Adv, Conj).
--Identify the direct and/or indirect object.
1. The boys prepared a terrific dinner for their girlfriends.
2. The old jalopy turned into our driveway.
3. The ugly duckling turned into a beautiful swan.
4. Betsy gave her dog a bath.
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1. The student asked his teacher a quick question.
Art
N
V
PP
N/IO
Art Adj
N/DO
2. Karina got her Math textbook before the bell rang.
N
V
PP
Adj
N/DO
Prep/SC Art
N
V
3. Greg, the overachiever, wants an A+ in Biology.
N
Art
N
V
Art N/DO Prep
N
4. After school, Alex says goodbye to his friends.
Prep/SC
N
N
V
N /DO
Prep PP
N/IO
5. Today in class, I passed my first grammar quiz.
N
Prep N
N
V
PP Adj
Adj
N/DO
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Prepositions versus Adverbs
-Review these in your Grammar Packet.
-Find the prepositions and adverbs:
-The house on the corner is new.
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-The security guard in our building knows every tenant personally.
-I have always admired the lovely homes along Sparks Street.
-The meeting during our lunch hour was a waste of time.
-Jack is a man of many talents.
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Indirect Object: In a sentence with a verb like give, the indirect object is the
recipient; the direct object is the thing given: “We gave our friends a ride home.” The
indirect object can be shifted to the slot following the direct object with a
preposition to or for: “Joe gave a message to Kim”; “Sam bought a ticket for his dad.”
Copy the following sentences and identify the indirect and direct object.
1. Karl tossed an apple to Greta.
2. Karl tossed Greta an apple.
3. Avril gave her Mercedes a wax job.
4. Avril gave a wax job to her Mercedes.
5. Sanjay cooks us delicious meals.
6. Sanjay cooks delicious meals for us.
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Grammar Quiz #2
-Directions: Copy the following sentences, label the word classes of each word,
circle the direct and/or indirect object, and underline the prepositional phrase.
1. Enthusiastic residents of the community spoke passionately.
2. The new law prohibits billboards on major highways.
3. The merchants in town sell apples to customers.
4. The students rested after their long trip.
5. The man bought new tires for his truck.
10-3-13 Determiners Part Two
-Articles: the, a(n)
Possessive Nouns: John’s, my son’s
-Demonstrative Pronouns: this/these, that*/those
-Numbers: one, two
Possessive Pronouns: my, your, their
-Indefinite Pronouns: several, only, both, some, any, most, no
Directions: Identify the determiners and the determiner’s form class.
1. These whole-grain flours are popular now.
2. No student can make-up late grades.
3. My daughter’s teacher values punctuality.
4. Two houses on the street have this strange blue color.
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-Adjectives describe the noun, adverbs describe the verb. Most adjectives can be
made into an adverb by adding the suffix “ly.”
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-Time (now, today), Duration (already, still), Frequency (often, never), Location
(there, here), Direction (away, thence), and Sequence (afterward, next) =
ADVERBS. Some adverbs can be prepositions (above, around, behind, below).
-Are the –ly words in the following sentences ADJs or ADVs?
1.We’re leaving immediately and driving directly to Austin.
2.The natives around here are not always friendly.
3.He wasn’t particularly neighborly.
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NO GRAMMAR QUIZ --- PSAT DAY
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Predicate Adjective = subject complement*, which both completes the verb and
modifies or describes the subject.
-EX: The cat is black.
*Found in the Be Patterns, not Linking Verbs Patterns.
-Thus, in the sentence “the residents of the community spoke passionately,”
“passionately” is the ADVERB.
Auxiliaries- the modals, have and do combine with every verb. Be is limited to
special cases. (have, has, had, having, is, was, being, can, could, will, should, may,
might, ought to, do, does, did)
-Qualifiers* or intensifiers to alter the meaning of adjectives and adverbs. (very,
quite, rather, really, pretty, awfully, too, still, even, some, much, no) *can be a word
class AND a sentence function; for example, “particularly” in the sentence “they are
particularly neighborly” is an adverb functioning as a qualifier.
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-Coordinating: (and, or, but, yet, nor, for) EX: Riley and Time worked out on
Saturday. I’ll meet you at the ticket window or in the grandstand. They can also join
complete sentences: I disapproved, and I told him so.
-Correlative Conjunctions: (both—and, either—or, neither—nor, not only—but
also) connect both complete sentences and elements within the sentence. EX: I will
either meet you in the lobby or come to your room. Not only the coaches and players
but also the fans had high hopes of defeating the Crimson Tide.
-Conjunctive Adverbs: (therefore, for example, however) movable.
-Subordinating Conjunctions: (when, though, if, unless, because, as) Their function
is not to connect independent ideas as equals but rather to show a relationship
between two ideas which one is an dependent and the other an independent clause.
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Grammar Quiz #3
4th Period:
Correl. C.
Art. N Coord. C. N Correl. C.
Art. N
1. Not only the coaches and players but also the fans had
Adj. N Prep. Gerund/V Art. Adj./N N
high hopes of defeating the Crimson Tide.
V
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Poss. Pron.
N
V Adv. Adj. Art. N Prep. N Pers. Pron. V
2. My accountant is not cheap; the amount of tax she saves
Pers. Pron. Conjunct. Adv. V Adj. Poss. Pron. N
me, however, is worth her fee.
N Coord. C. N
V Prep. N
3. Riley and Tim worked on Sunday.
6th Period:
Correl. C.
Art. N Coord. C. N Correl. C.
Art. N
1. Not only the coaches and players but also the fans had
V
Adj. N Prep. Gerund/V Art. Adj./N N
high hopes of defeating the Crimson Tide.
N Coord. C. N
V Prep. N
2. Riley and Tim worked on Sunday.
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Relatives: Introduce the relative, or adjectival, clause, connecting the clause to the
noun it modifies.
-Relative Pronouns: who (whose, whom), which, and that.
-EX: The price that we pay for sneakers keeps going up.
-Relative Adverbs: where, when, why
-EX: Nothing exciting ever happens in the small town where I was born.
-Indefinite Relative Pronouns: whoever (whomever, whosever), whichever,
whatever and what (meaning “that which”). No specific referent; instead, they have
a general, indefinite reference.
Interrogatives: who, whose, whom, which, what, how, why, when where—
introduce the questions.
-EX: What are you doing here?