Grammar Review—English 10
1. In the sentence below, label all parts of speech you recognize (nouns, verbs,
pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, prepositions):
The huge Mercedes roared into the blind intersection, took a turn on two wheels,
and violently accelerated onto the highway as it belched black smoke.
2. Fix any errors in these two sentences:
a. The child was lost, therefore she started crying.
b. She bought a new car the salesperson told her to come back in one month
for a free car wash and checkup.
3. Find all subjects and verbs in this sentence:
It was a boring day in the factory when the workers suddenly threw down their
tools and walked out to protest the salaries they were getting.
4. Create a sentence with subordination:
5. Which is the correct word:
a. The company with the most computer products (is/are) coming to San
Marcos.
b. Some of the milk in the huge containers (was/were) picked up and
delivered.
6. Correct any problem here:
a. Each worker let their boss know how bad the pay was at the factory.
b. She is the one whom he loved.
c. The instructor noticed a huge spider lecturing the class.
7. Write a sentence with an appositive.
8. Write a sentence with a verbal.
9. Add punctuation to this sentence:
For the entire weekend at the beach the two brothers sailed swam and hunted for
good-looking girls who would be willing to hang out with them.
10. Add punctuation to this sentence:
She was known for her kind ways however she was cruel to her boyfriend who
worked at Microsoft the computer giant.
11. Add punctuation, capitalization and correctly mark all titles (underline or
quotation marks) to this sentence:
I am taking philosophy 100 which is a good class for one reason it is taught by
professor jones author of a famous poem entitled the day the earth stood still.