Download Underline the prepositional phrase in each of the following sentences

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Grammar Study Guide
Parts of Speech
This study guide is due Wednesday, September 24, 2014
The test will be Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Standard (Core Content):
4.L.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a) Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, and why).
b) Form and use the progressive (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking) verb tenses.
c) Use modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions.
d) Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).
e) Form and use prepositional phrases.
MATCHING. Write the letter of the correct definition on the blank beside the word.
_____noun
A A word that tells what is happening.
_____common noun
_____proper noun
_____verb
_____action verb
_____helping verb
_____ adjective
_____ article
_____adverb
_____preposition
_____conjunction
_____pronoun
_____interjection
B A word that is used to link sentences, clauses,
phrases, or words. FANBOYS
C A word that combines with a noun or
pronoun to form a phrase to tell about another
word in the sentence.
D Names ANY person, place, thing, or idea and
is not specific. These words will be capitalized
only if at the beginning of a sentence.
E The words a, an, and the, and are special
types of adjectives used before nouns in
sentences.
F Words that modify a verb, adjective, or
another adverb. They answer when, where,
how, and to what extent.
G A word used to show action or state of being.
H A word that takes the place of a noun.
I A word that names a person, place, thing, or
idea.
J A word that expresses strong feeling.
K Names a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea
and is always capitalized.
L A word that helps the main verb in a
sentence.
M Words that describe (or modify) a noun or
pronoun. They tell which one, how many, how
much, or what kind.
Identify the bold face word in each of the following sentences. On the blanks beside the
sentences, write: N for noun, PN for pronoun, AV for action verb, HV for helping verb, ADJ for
adjective, ADV for adverb, ART for article, CON for conjunction, INJ for interjection, and PREP
for preposition.
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The young girl is an excellent singer. ________
The huge black horse easily won the race. _______
Joshua quickly finished his homework and went out to play. _______
The mouse ran under the table.______
Mrs. McCoy carried her daughter into the house. _______
A fourth grade student climbed on the monkey bars during recess._______
Mrs. Parker has finished putting supplies into her cabinets. ______
We were going to go outside for recess, but it rained during our scheduled time._____
There are sixteen boys on the basketball team.______
We will not have school on Monday.______
I will have an apple for my snack after school today.______
Mrs. Stomberg said that social studies is her favorite subject. ______
Wow! Did you see the large spider in our classroom? _____
Read each of the following sentences. Circle the correct progressive
tense of the underlined verb.
1. Sheryl played with her dog.
present
2. Harry will go with Bob to the movies.
3. Leslie had sung in the choir.
4. Anne writes stories for her friends.
present
past
future
present
past
past
present
future
future
past
5. Tom is selling his baseball cards to the collector. present
future
past
future
Underline the prepositional phrase in each of the following sentences:
(1 ) The
baseball rolled underneath the car.
( 2 ) Allison climbed the tall ladder without fear.
( 3 ) It is time you did something for yourself.
( 4 ) Andrew waited until the tall sailing ship disappeared beyond the horizon.
( 5 ) The strange noises are coming from that old house.
On a separate sheet of paper, list the 23 helping verbs (auxiliaries.)
After making the list, highlight the eight state of being verbs.