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English I
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Day 1
Most verbs are action words, but a few verbs indicate state of
being or existence.
Instructions: Find the verbs in the following sentences. They
are action verbs.
1. The wolf ran across the sand.
2. Sit down.
3. The dog barked at the man.
Day 2
Instructions: Find the verbs in these sentences. These verbs
will be state of being verbs.
1. My uncle is a pilot.
2. The pie looks good.
3.You seem upset.
Day 3
Instructions: Pick out the verbs in these sentences and tell
whether they are action verbs or linking verbs.
1. Suddenly someone sneezed loudly.
2. There are holes in my shirt.
3. He appears happy.
4. The image appeared in the mirror.
Day 4
Sometimes a verb can be more than one word. When a verb is more
than one word, it is called a verb phrase. Verb phrases can be two,
three, or four words. Verb phrases are made by using auxiliary or
helping verbs. What are the verb phrases in these sentences?
Instructions: What are the verb phrases in these sentences?
1.You are going to Seattle.
2.You have been resting too much.
3. We must be early.
4. I will be finished shortly.
Day 5
Some of the helping verbs can be used alone
as the main verb. Is, am, are, was, and were
can be used alone as linking or state of
being verbs. Has, have, had, do, does, and did
always show action when used alone. Be,
being, and been can be used with other verbs
either to show action or state of being. The
other helping verbs cannot be used alone
but only as helping verbs.
These sentences all have what are called
auxiliary or helping verbs. I will refer to
them as helping verbs. There are
twenty-three (23) helping verbs that
should be memorized since they are
used so often. If you will memorize
them, it will make knowing and
understanding verbs much easier. They Instructions: Find the verb or verb
are usually grouped in the following five
phrases in these sentences.
groups:
1. She has too many friends.
 Group 1: is, am, are, was, were, be,
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being, been
Group 2: has, have, had
Group 3: do, does, did
Group 4: shall, will, should, would
Group 5: may, might, must, can, could
2.You do beautiful work.
3. I was in Canada last week.
4.You are being very stubborn.
Day 6
Instructions: List the verbs or verb phrases in the
sentences, and tell whether they are action verbs or state of
being verbs.
1. Jim plays basketball.
2. They will return on the airplane.
3. Badger is a funny dog.
4. I have been here a long time.
5. I should have been playing the drum.
6. Go home.
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Day 7
Instructions: Pick out the verb phrases in the
following sentences. Watch for the helping verbs.
1. I can understand his concern.
2. She must have told you ten times.
3. We shall go tomorrow.
4. The wind was howling all night.
Day 8
The use of helping verbs causes certain changes in verb phrases that
we need to be able to recognize. One change is the use of
contractions.
Instructions:
List the and the contractions in the following sentences.
1. I've done it again.
2.You aren't going with us.
3. She's staying to tend the kids.
Day 9
A helping verb may be connected with another word in a contracted
form. The following sentences have verb phrases using
contractions.
Instructions: Find the verb phrases in each sentence. Determine if
the verb phases are action verbs or state of being verbs.
1. I've done it again.
2.You aren't going with us.
3. She's staying to tend the kids.
Day 10
In sentences that are questions, the verb phrase is often separated by
another word.
Instructions: Find the verb phrases in these sentences. Be sure to
watch for another word separating the helping verb from the main
verb.
1. Have you been driving long?
2. Where was the car parked?
3. Can I be of assistance?
Day 11
Sometimes verb phrases are separated by words called adverbs.
We will learn more about adverbs in later lessons. They are
used often with verbs; however, they are not considered part
of the verb phrase. What are the verb phrases in the three
sentences? Are the verbs action verbs or state of being verbs?
1.You have not helped your father today.
2. I will soon be home.
3. The child had suddenly choked on the food.
Day 12
Instructions: List the verb phrases in the following sentences.
1. My wife is reading in the hammock under the tree.
2. The message can't be altered.
3. Somewhere a party is being planned.
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4. Shouldn't I be a clown for Halloween?
5. I've run out of time.
6. Now write down as many of the twenty-three helping verbs as you
can.
Day 13
Not and its contracted form n't are never part of the verb.
Instructions: Pick out the verb phrases in these sentences.
1. The game will not be finished for another hour.
2. The horse shouldn't have been worked so much.
3. Wouldn't you give me another chance?
Day 14
 Verb phrases with two or more helping verbs always keep a
definite order. Most helping verbs can combine with other helping
verbs but will not combine with all of them. Look at the examples
below which are good combinations.
 is being said, has been said, will be said, could have been said, may
have said, had been said.
Instructions: Now arrange the following helping verbs with the
word in parentheses into a verb phrase. One of the helping verbs
will not combine and must be left out.
Example: was, have, may (gone) = may have gone - was will not
combine in this group.
1. am, will, being (fired)
2. been, could, does, have (learning)
3. might, do, have, been (sleeping)
4. must, were, be (discovered)
5. be, has, should (sold)
Day 15
We can change the form of a verb. (These changes in form are used
in conjugations. We will talk about conjugations in later lessons.)
For example, a verb can have an s added to it as in eat, eats or run,
runs. Other changes could be eating, ate, or eaten for the verb eat.
Run could be changed to running, or ran.
Instructions: Find the verb or verb phrases in these sentences. Take
note of the different verb forms for come and sent.
1. Send me the package in the mail.
2. The new part was sent to me.
3. I am sending Jeff with the neighbors.
Day 16
Instructions: In this lesson pick out only the helping verbs
used in the verb phrases.
1. He should have tried again.
2. The dog had suddenly come into the yard.
3. Has anyone taken out the trash?
4. Could they have been pointing at our car?
5. She's hoping for a call from her sister.
Day 17
Let's look at some sentences to review what we have learned.
Remember that verbs either show action or state of being. Using
helping verbs, we make verb phrases. Verb phrases may be
separated by other words. Verb phrases follow a definite order and
change form.
Instructions: Find the verb phrases and tell what kind of verbs they
are.
1. I can understand your concern.
2. Is Mrs. Johanson going with you?
3. The rooms cannot be held any longer.
4. I haven't seen him for an hour.
Day 17
Instructions: Answer each question true or false.
1. Verbs never change form.
2. A verb is never just one word.
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4. There are twenty-three helping verbs.
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5. Helping verbs cannot be the main verb.
6. Helping verbs can be action verbs.
7. Verb phrases can have three helping verbs.
8. Verbs can be in contracted form.
9. State of being verbs show action.
10. Verbs are the most important words in a sentence.
Day 18
 A noun is a word that names a person, place or thing. It also
one of the eight parts of speech. Examples: man, city, book,
courage. Nouns often follow words like a, an, and the.
1. Send me the package in the mail.
2. The new part was sent to me.
3. I am sending Jeff with the neighbors.
Day 19
A noun is a word that names a person, place or thing. It also
one of the eight parts of speech. Examples: man, city, book,
courage. Nouns often follow words like a, an, and the.
Instructions: Pick out all the nouns in these sentences.
1. The teacher told the student that a person should always be
loyal.
2. People with perseverance will be successful in life.
3. I bought a new pen at the drugstore across the street.
4. The man said to the policeman that he had not seen the
accident.
Day 20
Nouns can be singular as in lesson 16 or be plural in form.
Plural means two or more. Plurals are formed by adding s,
es, changing y to i and adding es, and with changes in spelling
as in man becoming men. Examples: car, cars; fox, foxes;
baby, babies, man, men.
Instructions: Find the nouns in the following sentences.
Some are plurals and some are not.
1. Computers are making work easier for secretaries.
2. Children always require great energies from parents.
3. Labors on farms take great effort by workers.
4. Alaina doesn't like puzzles or mathematics.
Day 21
Nouns are classified into two general classifications, proper and
common. Proper nouns name a special person, place or thing
and begin with capital letters. All other nouns begin with
small letters and are common nouns.
Common nouns city, man, boat, and radio could be changed to
the proper nouns Salt Lake City, Mr. Jones, Santa Maria, and
Motorola.
Instructions: Pick out the nouns in these sentences and tell if
they are common or proper.
1. Becky went with her sisters to Lagoon on Friday.
2. My youngest son is in Brazil until September.
3. Mr. Smith works with his wife in American Fork.
4. Love could bring marriage to Mark and Terri.
Day 22
Nouns can also be classified in specific ways. Concrete nouns, abstract
nouns, and compound nouns are three such ways. Concrete nouns
name things that exist physically as sidewalk, bird, toy, hair and
rain. Abstract nouns name ideas, characteristics, or qualities as
courage, pride, goodness and success. Compound nouns are made
up of more than one word as dining room, Bill of Rights, Jeff
Hansen, and home run.
Instructions: In the following sentences find the nouns and classify
them as concrete, abstract or compound.
1. People like to see a home run hit over the wall.
2. My daughter works for the post office in Salt Lake City.
3. Rhode Island is a success although smaller than Texas.
4. Respect must be earned, but honesty should always be our policy.
Day 23
Three other specific classifications for nouns are collective nouns,
count nouns and mass nouns. Collective nouns name groups as
team, class and choir. Count nouns can be counted as one boy, six
sheep and many days.You can use a, an, many or a number before
it. Mass nouns are not countable as gasoline, water or dirt.
Instructions: Find the nouns in these sentences and classify them
as collective nouns, count nouns or mass nouns.
1. Get some gasoline, or the class will be late arriving.
2. The alien group should come by bus soon.
3. The orchestra will be playing in the arena in the evening.
4. The water at the beach was covered with oil.
Day 24
Instructions: Pick out the nouns in the following sentences and
tell whether they are common or proper.
1. Mrs. Mills told the officer at the post office to weigh the
package.
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3. Sheep and horses eat grass shorter than cattle.
4. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are
important to Americans.
5. War is a terrible thing that all nations should work to stop.
Day 25
Personal pronouns refer to (1) the speaker or speakers, which is
called first person, and include the following pronouns: I, my,
mine, me, myself, we, our, ours, us, ourselves; (2) those spoken
to, which is called second person, and include the following
pronouns: you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves; or (3) those
spoken about, which is called third person, and includes the
following pronouns: he, his, him, himself, she, her, hers, herself,
it, its, itself, they, their, theirs, them, themselves. Personal
pronouns can be singular (one) or plural (two or more) just as
verbs and nouns.
Instructions: Find the personal pronouns in these sentences.
1. She hit him on his head.
2. I saw you at your store.
3. He himself will be our new friend.
4. It will be hard for me to see you.
5. They always get angry at her and me.
Day 26
The word for which the pronoun stands is called its antecedent. It may
be in the same sentence, in a previous sentence, or not given at all.
An example would be The boy threw the football. He threw it over the
fence. Boy is the antecedent for he, and football is the antecedent for
it. A pronoun can be an antecedent for another pronoun. He likes
his new car. He is the antecedent for his. The antecedent always
comes before the pronoun for which it is the antecedent.
Instructions: Pick out the pronouns and their antecedents in these
sentences.
1. He ran after his dad.
2. Jennie wanted her doll for bedtime.
3. The rabbit hopped into its hole.
4. They will help you with your work themselves.
5. The teacher gave us homework every day, and she made our lives
miserable.
Day 27
Some personal pronouns are called possessives because they
show whose something is. They are the following pronouns:
my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, and theirs. An
example would be The money is mine. Mine tells whose
money it is.
Instructions: Find the possessive pronouns in the following
sentences.
1. The new car is his.
2.Yours will be here tomorrow.
3. I like theirs best.
4. Should we go for a ride in his or hers.
Day 28
The personal pronouns myself, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself,
itself, ourselves, and themselves are compound personal pronouns
combining the personal pronoun with self or selves. They are
used as reflexive pronouns . Carl hurt himself is an example
of a reflexive pronoun.
Instructions: Find the reflexive pronouns in these sentences.
1. I should understand myself better.
2. Ann bought herself two new hamsters.
3. They can't help themselves.
4. The boy cut himself on the broken glass.
Day 29
The personal pronouns myself, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself,
itself, ourselves, and themselves can also be used as intensive
pronouns. An example would be Carl himself won the race.
Instructions: Find the intensive pronouns in these sentences.
1. We ourselves went to the movie.
2. The man himself wrestled the alligator.
3. Jeanne herself gave us the gift.
4. They themselves had played until dark.
Day 30
Instructions: Find the personal pronouns. Tell if they are
intensive, reflexive or possessive, and if they have an
antecedent, name it.
1. I want you yourself to come tomorrow.
2. The decision itself is yours to make.
3. She gave herself up to the police.
4. My brother gave me his pet snake.
5.You can tie your shoe by yourself.
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Day 31
Relative pronouns join dependent clauses to independent clauses. They
are who, whose, whom, which, and that. For example, He found his
money that he had lost.That joins the two clauses together into one
sentence. Clauses will be taught in detail later.
Instructions: Find the relative pronouns in the sentences, and see
how many other pronouns you can find as a bonus.
1. I want the house, which is brick.
2. Jack ordered the meal that we picked up.
3. Freddie is the girl who won the contest.
4. Jon is a man on whom I can rely.
5. The student whose answer was wrong turned bright red.
Day 32
Demonstrative pronouns are pronouns that point out. They are
this, that, these, and those. That is my hat. I like these not
those.
Instructions: Find the demonstrative pronouns in these
sentences.
1. That is a great idea.
2. I will take those.
3. How much money do you want for this?
4. These are the shoes I want.
Day 33
Indefinite pronouns are pronouns that do not point out specifically.
They point out generally.They include such words as another, any,
anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone,
everything, many, neither, nobody, none, no one, one, other, others,
some, somebody, and someone.
Instructions: Find the indefinite pronouns in the following sentences.
1. Everybody loves someone sometime.
2. Both of the students should hand in everything they have completed.
3. I didn't see anyone I knew.
4. If no one helps others, nothing gets done.
5. Somebody said that one should touch neither of them.
Day 34
Interrogative pronouns ask questions.Who, whom, whose, which, and
what are interrogative pronouns.
Instructions: Find the interrogative pronouns in these sentences.
1.What is that?
2.Who is going with me?
3.Which is the right answer?
4.Whose was right?
5.To whom did you want to speak?
Day 35
Instructions: Find each pronoun and tell what kind it is. It is
either personal, relative, demonstrative, indefinite, or interrogative.
1. From whom did you get that?
2. Neither of my brothers would read me the story.
3.You need someone who will be kind to others.
4. What does this have to do with me?
5. I liked the play that you hated.
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Day 36
Instructions: Find each pronoun. Tell if it is personal, relative,
demonstrative, indefinite or interrogative. List the
antecedent if there is one. For each personal pronoun tell if it
is possessive, intensive, or reflexive.
1. He himself had helped my mother do something.
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2. Which is the right room for this?
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3. These are mine. Whose are these?
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4. This is the book that I would recommend to you.
5. Everyone has talents. Some have many. No one has none.
6. He found himself lost in his dream.
7. I myself heard him blame himself in front of everybody.
8. Neither of them has anyone who will help us.
9. Who would have guessed that that was wrong?
Day 37
There are seven (7) words in the English language that are always
adjectives. They are the articles a, an, and the and the possessives
my, our, your, and their. (The possessives are from the possessive
pronoun list but are always used with nouns as adjectives.) Being
only seven in number, one should memorize them so they are
immediately recognized as adjectives.
Examples: The neighbor girl likes chocolate ice cream. Mr. Johnson is
tall, dark and handsome. Some authorities like to distinguish
between what they call true adjectives and determiners, but both still
just tell which, whose, what kind, and how many. Those words are the
key to adjectives and should be memorized to make adjectives
easy.
Instructions: Pick out the adjectives in the following sentences.
1. The heavy red dress of Queen Elizabeth weighed over fifty pounds.
2. My sister chose two shirts for my graduation present.
3. That small Mexican restaurant in the next block serves fresh
meals.
4. The little black dog barked at the well-dressed stranger.
5. An old wood fence had caught several discarded candy wrappers.
Day 38
Other pronouns can also be used as adjectives, but they are not always
adjectives as the seven mentioned in lesson 31. Demonstrative pronouns,
this, that, these, those; interrogative pronouns, whose, which, what; and
indefinite pronouns, another, any, both, each, either, many, neither, one, other,
some; when used with a noun become adjectives. Cardinal and ordinal
numbers can be adjectives. Examples: ten students (cardinal), the tenth
student (ordinal). Pronouns used as adjectives are called pronominal
adjectives.
Instructions: List the adjectives in these sentences.
1, Whose car is that red one in the driveway?
2. Those drapes go well with this brown carpet.
3. The two men were wondering what signal had brought many people to
their rescue.
4. The third person entering the city park won another prize.
5. That tie is a good one for this suit.
Day 39
Proper nouns, possessives and modifiers made from them, and common nouns
can be adjectives. Examples: July storms, winter weather, Jim's boat, boy's
bed.
Some authorities call nouns used to described another noun noun adjuncts.
They tell us whose or what kind.
Instructions: Find the adjectives in these sentences.
1. Dan's new hat blew down the man's stairway.
2. Stormy spring weather can cause many flash floods.
3. Pam's new suitcase was ready for the Canadian trip.
4. December winds can make a dangerous Christmas trip.
5.The student's hope was the teacher's happiness.
Day 40
Verb forms can also be used as adjectives. They are called participial
adjectives.
Examples: the lost mine, the howling wolf.
Instructions: Pick out the adjectives in these sentences.
1. The soaking rain caused much damage.
2. The broken dish cut the crying girl.
3. A great work was done by the person with a giving spirit.
4. The laughing hyena was sleeping in its cage.
5. The eager student found the torn book.
Day 41
Adjectives are not limited in how many can be used with a noun to modify
it as in the big black frightening curly bear. These adjectives follow an order
pattern when two or more are used together. There is no written rule but
just common usage.
Examples: the second three days, both his friends. You would not say three second
the days or his both friends. Instructions: Because many words can be
both pronouns and adjectives depending on how they are used in a
sentence, decide if the italicized words are pronouns or adjectives in the
following sentences. Remember that pronouns stand alone, but adjectives
are used to modify nouns.
1. Do either of you have any of this material. Any amount would help.
2. Each girl did her chores, and their mother gave each a hug.
3. This is our answer, and no one disagrees.
4. Both have many chances to play, but neither one is better.
5. What is your name because neither of us knows it?
Day 42
Instructions: Find all the adjectives in these
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1. Our first idea met with many strong complaints.
2. The happy shout from the three frolicking children greeted
their dad on his return.
3. Star Wars is an exciting movie for most people.
4. The flooded basement caused terrible damage.
5. The Johnson family just returned from a hot, exhausting trip
to Arizona.
Day 43
Adjectives can be used in comparisons which means we change the form of
the adjective when speaking of one, two, or more than two. They change
either by adding er or est to the adjective or by using the words more or
most before the adjective. Some are irregular in their form and must be
memorized or looked up in the dictionary. The dictionary gives the
forms for most words using er or est to form comparisons. The three
degrees of comparison are called (1) positive which states a quality of one
thing or person, (2) comparative which compares two things or persons,
and (3) superlative which compares more than two things or persons.
Examples: positive - new, careless, good; comparative - newer, more
careless, better; superlative - newest, most careless, best
Instructions: Write the comparative and superlative forms of the
following adjectives.
1. jolly
2. honest
3. dim
4. friendly
5. little
Day 44
In comparison of adjectives, one-syllable adjectives and some
two-syllable adjectives (especially those ending in y or le)
form the comparative with er and the superlative with est.
Examples: new, newer, newest; jolly, jollier, jolliest.
Instructions: Write the correct comparative and superlative
forms for the following adjectives.
1. glad
2. prompt
3. small
4 noble
5. funny
Day 45
Many two-syllable adjectives and almost all adjectives with
three or more syllables use more or most to form the
comparative and superlative forms. Examples: honest, more
honest, most honest; careful, more careful, most careful.
Instructions: Write the comparative and superlative forms
for these words.
1. interesting
2. critical
3. splendid
4. delicious
5. outstanding