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Identifying Grammar in Sentences (1)
The Basic Sentence Parts
Subject | Verb| Prepositional Phrase
Identify the basic parts of each sentence: subject, verbs, prepositional phrase.
1. Language is universal in human societies.
2. It allows conversations and written communication over time and
distance.
3. People transmit their culture from generation to generation through
language.
4. According to scholars, there are 3,000 different languages, and
many of them have several dialects.
5. Some have few speakers, but many have millions of speakers all over
the world.
6. When young children from any language group want attention, they
imitate the sounds of the people around them.
7. They build their skill at communication as they learn the sounds.
8. By the time children go to school, they have already learned the
patterns of their native language.
9. After they have learned to read and write, they study many
subjects.
10. Eventually, they can understand the past, present, and future of
their world.
Identifying Grammar in Sentences (2)
Basic Sentence Types
S=simple, CP=compound, CX=complex, CC=Compound-Complex.
____1. The most popular sport in the world is soccer.
_____2. People in ancient China and Japan had a form of soccer, and
even Rome had a game that resembled soccer.
_____3. The game as it is played today got its start in England.
_____4. In the Middle Ages, whole towns played soccer on Shrove
Tuesday.
_____5. Goals were built at opposite ends of town, and hundreds of
people who lived in those towns would play on each side.
_____ 6. Such games resembled full-scale brawls.
_____ 7. The first side to score a goal won and was declared village
champion.
_____ 8. Then both sides tended to the wounded, and they didn’t play
again for a whole year.
_____ 9. The rules of the game were written in the late 1800s at
British boarding schools.
_____10. Now, nearly every European country has a national soccer
team, and the teams participate in international tournaments.
_____11. For both rich and poor in Rome, public baths were a daily
pleasure.
_____12. The baths were somewhat similar to modern health clubs,
although they had little equipment for exercising.
_____13. Rome alone had 856 baths; most of them were private.
_____14. Citizens who became rich were expected to build baths for
their fellow citizens, and many generously built huge marble facilities.
_____15. For the equivalent of about a quarter-penny, any Roman could
be massaged, scrubbed, and soaked in a public bath.
_____16. First, bathers might exercise, and then they went to a hot,
dry room to sweat.
_____17. Next, they visited a hot, steamy room, and the final stage
was a plunge into ice-cold water.
Identifying Grammar in Sentences (3)
Parts of Speech
Identify the parts of speech of the underlined words in the following sentences.
N=noun, Pro=pronoun, V=verb, Adj=adjective, Adv=adverb, Conj=conjunction, Art= article,
Prep=preposition
_____ _____ _____1. Before gunpowder was invented, soldiers often
wore armor.
_____ _____ _____2. The armor protected the soldiers against
sharp blows.
_____ _____ _____3. Early armor was designed from layers of animal
hide.
_____ _____ _____4. The first designs were in the form of shields.
_____ _____ _____5. Other designs covered the entire body.
_____ _____ _____6. Whole battles were sometimes won or lost
because of armor.
_____ _____ _____7. Armor craftsmen had important positions in
society.
_____ _____ _____8. Chain mail armor was made of small connected
rings.
_____ _____ _____9. Japanese armor of the 1500s was made of
thousands of fishlike scales.
_____ _____ _____10.Most European armor was made of large metal
plates shaped to the body.
_____ _____ _____11.Some of it was designed with precious metals
and decorated with artistic patterns.
_____ _____ _____12.The metal was heavy, and soldiers needed
special assistance in mounting their horses.
_____ _____ _____13.Because the metal was so strong, knights often
tried to unseat their opponents instead of trying to pierce the armor.
_____ _____ _____14.One famous soldier fell off his horse and into a
stream fifteen inches deep.
_____ _____ _____15.His armor filled with water and he drowned.
Identifying Grammar in Sentences (4)
Word Forms
Many words in English have more than one word form. You must learn how to use each common word
form. How do you choose the word form? The position in the sentence will show you which word
form is required. For example, if the word is the subject of the sentence, it must be the ‘noun’
word form. Use QRW, Appendix 3 pages 313 to complete this chart
Noun
explanation
Verb
explain
Adjective
explanatory
adverb
X
analyze
approach
X
assessment
assumption
X
benefits
concept
X
X
authoritative
X
X
X