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Grammar Madness You are about to meet Dr. Verbo, a quirky but fun-loving scientist, who is as clumsy as he is smart. He had another accident today while writing to his favorite pen-pal, the Wizard, and he needs your help to rewrite parts of the letter that he unwittingly erased. You'll have to rewrite it several times. But don't be discouraged! Things could be much worse. Did you know that one of the world's greatest writers, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, had to write on toilet paper while he was in prison? He had to swallow the paper, so that the prison guards wouldn't find it. After he was released from prison, he rewrote his books on regular writing paper and won the Nobel prize for literature! Words to ponder: "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." Mark Twain BEGINNER: 1. Select Madness from the main menu screen. Choose Mostly Mad, and select Words from the List. Complete three versions of Dr. Verbo's writing. Consult the Glossary at left for help. 2. Find and complete your Grammar Madness Beginner Worksheet, again using the glossary as needed. You Need: GOOD: 1. Complete Beginner. 2. Do three more versions of Dr. Verbo's writing, choosing Very Mad and Words from the List. 3. Complete the Letter to the Wiz for Grammar Madness in your folder. After you have written your letter, trade letters with your partner. Mark any needed corrections in your partner’s letter and then return it. Correct yours and mail to the EXPERT: 1. Complete Good. 2. Now see if you can recognize all the correct choices in the word lists in Grammar Madness. Follow the instructions to complete the Word Wiz’s Worksheet from your folder. Wiz. Grammar Madness Beginner Worksheet for Beginner level. Letter to the Wiz for Grammar Madness for Good level. Word Wiz’s Worksheet for Expert level. September 29,1997 Grammar Madness Grammar Madness Beginner Worksheet Have you learned what words are nouns, verb, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions? Let’s find out. You can check the Glossary in your task card folder, or look up words in a dictionary to find out what part of speech they are. 1. Look up the following words in the dictionary and write down what parts of speech they are - Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, or preposition (some can be more than one). The part of speech is listed right after the word: “n” for noun, “vb”, “vt”, or “vi” for verb, “adj” for adjective, “adv” for adverb, and “prep” for preposition. extreme extremely out tumble tumbler 2. Underline the three nouns in the following sentence. Circle the verb. Sally sells seashells at the seashore. 3. Underline the three adjectives in the following sentence. Circle the noun that the adjectives modify (describe). Leslie bought three big blue balloons. 4. Underline the prepositional phrase in the following sentence. Circle the preposition (usually the first word in the prepositional phrase). Please don’t jump off the cliff! Letter to the Wiz for Grammar Madness Fold this paper back at the solid line, so that you can’t see the bottom half of the page. Then think of words that are each of the parts of speech listed below. Check your Glossary to help you with your choices. 1. Noun 2. Noun 3. Verb 4. Verb 5. Preposition 6. Noun 7. Adjective 8. Adverb Now unfold this paper and fill in the words you have written above in the spaces indicated below. There is also a space for you to ask the Wizard whatever you would like to know! Dear Wiz, My favorite things are and . I like (1. Noun) to them and (3. Verb) (2. Noun) them. Best of all, I (4. Verb) like to hide them the (5. Preposition) . I would like (6. Noun) to know: ? (Any question you want to ask the Wizard) Please write me a letter (7. Adjective) . (8. Adverb) Sincerely, (Proper Noun - Your Name) Grammar Madness Word Wiz's Worksheet Play Very Mad in Grammar Madness, selecting words from the lists in the computer. Notice the first three categories of words you must find, such as adjective, present tense verb, and noun. Write these three categories in the spaces below. Categories (Parts of Speech): __________________ __________________ __________________ Now write the five words from the computer's list that are correct choices in each category. Correct Choices: __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ Using your lists above, create a sentence containing a word from each of your three lists. Cross off the three words used. Then create two more sentences, each containing unused words from each of the three lists. Sentence 1__________________________________________________________ Sentence 2__________________________________________________________ Sentence 3__________________________________________________________ Glossary Noun- a word that names a person, place, thing, quality, or action. Examples: Mary, America, table, computer, joy, explanation. Proper Noun - a noun that always begins with a capital letter, such as a person’s name. Pronoun- a word that substitutes for a noun. Examples: he, she, it, we, they. Verb- a word that describes an action or state of being. Examples: go, read, wait, be. I see you. Adjective- a word that modifies or gives a description of another word. Examples: beautiful, soft, green, tiny. The beautiful girl sat down. Adverb- a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs often end in -ly. Examples: very, slowly, finally. She reads slowly. He writes really well. Preposition- a word that shows the relation between a noun or noun-equivalent (the object of the preposition) to some other word in a sentence. Examples: Across, after, at, before, between, by for, from, in, of, on, over, to, under, with, up. He jumped onto the bicycle. Prepositional phrase- a group of words that shows the relation between a noun or noun-equivalent and some other word in a sentence. The first word in a prepositional phrase is almost always a preposition. Example: I dove into the pool. Interjection- a part of speech used for simple exclamations. Examples: Oh! Ouch! Whew!