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Grammar Practice
Articles -

Name: _______________

The articles are a, an, the
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They are special adjectives, but are marked with a
checkmark
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Nouns –

Name a person, place, thing or idea and can be common or proper
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A common noun is lady, but a proper
noun is Mrs
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A common noun is store, but a proper noun is Dick’s Sporting Goods
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Example: The tall man on television was dressed in a nice suit
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* Practice
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After the violent storm, many of the houses in the city were damaged
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We met Aunt Jan for dinner at the new restaurant on Thursday
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“Jessica went to the store so SHE could buy
some ice cream
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Some
pronouns can be used as the subject of a sentence, but others are used as object
pronouns or possessive pronouns
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on top of the word
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(“They” is a subject

pronoun since “they” is the subject of the sentence; “their” is a possessive pronoun showing
ownership of the vacation
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(“She” is a subject pronoun; “him” is an
object pronoun since it’s not the subject, and it receives the action
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])

* Practice: Checkmark the articles
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Underline the verbs
twice
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over the pronouns
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During the hurricane, their house was severely damaged by the wind
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Their house was painted a light gray color
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Action verbs show some kind of action – skipped, hop, throw, baked, watched,
took, etc
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Depending on the verb tense, a helping verb may be
needed
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} “am” is a helping
verb used with the main action verb “planning
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” The
helping verbs are listed below
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Note that some of the linking verbs are also
helping verbs
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Linking verbs – am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been (all of these can be helping verbs
also) Other linking verbs are - feel, smell, taste, sound, look, seems, becomes
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Double underline verbs
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{“was” is used as a
helping verb
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{“mixed” and “rolled” are
action verbs}

My father is a teacher at the college on Spring Street
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The

linking verb “is” links the noun teacher to the subject father
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Underline the nouns once
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over the
pronouns
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The strong man cut the tree into smaller pieces
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Many young boys practiced basketball for the game on Saturday
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They are shopping for a new house in our neighborhood
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Adjectives -

Describes a noun or pronoun only
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The “adjective test” is to say the word between
an article and a noun
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the pink house – since this makes sense, “pink” is an adjective and describes the noun
house
the quickly store – since this does NOT make sense, “quickly” is NOT an adjective
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Adjectives answer the questions which one? what kind? how many? how much? whose?
Adjectives are marked by writing adj
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adj

adj

Examples: The tall man on television was shopping for a nice suit
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(“small” and “black” describe the
noun cat; “tiny” and “red” describe string)
* Practice: Checkmark the articles
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Underline the verbs twice
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over the pronouns
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over the adjectives
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One television channel showed a long commercial about a new shampoo
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The green shrubs and trees needed rain
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Adverbs tell when? where? how? how often? and to what extent?
Many adverbs deal with time (today, soon, sometimes)
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“Not”,
“never”, and “always” are always adverbs
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For example:
We quickly ran in the hardware store and bought blue paint for our house
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Quickly is an adverb that tells how they ran, and you can move it around in the sentence
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adj

adv adj

The delicious soup was very hot
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(“severely”
tells how damaged)

* Practice: Checkmark the articles
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Underline the verbs twice
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over the pronouns
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over the adjectives
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over the
adverbs
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The angry pig ran wildly around the muddy pit
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It’s a very thrilling time of year for a ballgame
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Prepositions –

These are words that add additional information to sentences
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A prepositional phrase is not necessary to the
sentence, but it adds additional information
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Prepositions are marked by writing prep
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A list of the major prepositions is below
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prep

prep

Grandmother lives (around the corner) (from the library
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)
* Practice: Checkmark the articles
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Underline the verbs twice
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over the pronouns
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over the adjectives
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over the
adverbs
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over the prepositions, and put parentheses around the prepositional
phrases
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Dad was too tired and couldn’t play with me
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Along the path we picked up a dozen small pebbles
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The
c
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could be joining two prepositional phrases, two verbs, two subject nouns, etc
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c
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The coordination conjunctions are:
and,
but, or, nor, for, yet, and semicolon (;)
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c
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c
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prep

prep

The boy ran (over the hill) and (through the

woods
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c
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prep

c
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Peter and James were disciples (of Jesus
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c
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pron

c
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pron adv

The lady loved her cat, but she also liked dogs
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Underline the nouns once
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Write pron
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Write adj
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Write adv
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Write prep
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Put a c
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over any coordinating conjunctions
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The green shrubs and trees needed rain
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Interjections – The interjection shows emotion or feeling and is marked with an
exclamation point above the word
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!

pron adv adj

Well, I’m not sure
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The torn books were taken to the repair shop
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Yes! I enjoyed our short vacation to the mountains
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For many years, the Navaho Indians lived in Arizona and New Mexico
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Hard work often leads to a successful future
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Computers are useful, but they can also be frustrating
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Amelia traveled to Switzerland for her vacation
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Soap and toothpaste are two necessary things for everyone

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